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The best breweries in Los Angeles: 25 taprooms

Twenty-five breweries and taprooms, from Torrance's beer row to Arts District warehouses.

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10 of the 25

Chinatown 2

  1. Highland Park Brewery

    Chinatown$$

    HPB's Chinatown taproom, twice the size of the original: a wraparound bar, a patio facing the park, and a bar menu with a very good cheeseburger.

  2. Homage Brewing

    Chinatown$$

    A Chinatown brewery with a front patio for afternoon saisons and a garage with a disco ball where DJs spin vinyl and people dance on weekend nights.

Torrance 2

  1. Monkish Brewing Co.

    Torrance$$

    The Belgian-minded Torrance brewery that helped start the West Coast's hazy IPA craze. A bare industrial taproom with a dog- and kid-friendly patio.

  2. Smog City Brewing

    Torrance$$

    A bare-bones South Bay taproom that's a must on any LA beer crawl. The Coffee Porter tastes like cold brew; the bourbon barrel beers run strong.

Arts District 1

  1. Boomtown Brewery

    Arts District$$

    A warehouse-yard brewery on an industrial Arts District block, with room for a crowd and nearly 20 beers, from rice lagers to the Nose Job IPA.

El Segundo 1

  1. El Segundo Brewing Co.

    El Segundo$$

    A Main Street taproom in downtown El Segundo from a brewery known for some of SoCal's hoppiest beer and one of LA's widest IPA ranges.

Elysian Valley 1

  1. Frogtown Brewery

    Elysian Valley$$

    A garage-like Frogtown brewery steps from the river: the 4.1% Lites Out pilsner by day, hazy IPAs by night, food trucks most evenings.

Inglewood 1

  1. Three Weavers Brewing

    Inglewood$$

    Inglewood's brewery, home of the Expatriate West Coast IPA, with big picnic tables, board games and outside food welcome.

Lincoln Heights 1

  1. Benny Boy Brewing

    Lincoln Heights$$

    Brewery, cider house and beer garden in one, with a giant patio of benches and tree stumps, food pop-ups most nights, Mexican lagers and farmhouse ales.

Mid-Wilshire 1

  1. All Season Brewing

    Mid-Wilshire$$

    A cavernous brewery in a former La Brea service station: skee-ball, draft cocktails, a Chica's Tacos window, and the Figure 8 hazy DIPA.

The other 15

The 25 are spread across 19 neighborhoods. Torrance (4), Arts District (2), Chinatown (2) and Hawthorne (2) have the most; Arcadia, Burbank, Echo Park, El Segundo, Elysian Valley, Fashion District, Glassell Park, Glendale, Inglewood, Lincoln Heights, Long Beach, Mid-Wilshire, North Hollywood, Santa Monica and Union Station have one each.

LA Breweries & Taprooms · 25 places

+15 more in the app

A brewery inside a 1940s airplane hangar, gruit brewed with LA wild yeast, pitchers in Union Station's old Fred Harvey Room, a Belmont Shore brewery on the sand since 1990, and more.

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Common questions

What is the best brewery in Los Angeles?
Monkish Brewing Co. in Torrance, the Belgian-minded brewery that helped start the West Coast's hazy IPA craze; Highland Park Brewery's Chinatown taproom, with a patio facing the park and a very good cheeseburger; and Smog City Brewing, a bare-bones South Bay taproom whose Coffee Porter tastes like cold brew.
Which LA breweries have the best patios?
Benny Boy Brewing in Lincoln Heights, a brewery, cider house and beer garden with a giant patio of benches and tree stumps and food pop-ups most nights, and Homage Brewing in Chinatown, with a front patio for afternoon saisons and a garage where DJs spin vinyl on weekend nights.
Which Los Angeles neighborhood is best for breweries and taprooms?
On our list, Torrance has the most, with 4 of the 25. The rest are spread across 18 other neighborhoods, so there is a good one in most parts of the city.
Where can I see all 25?
Whosly's LA Breweries & Taprooms pack has all 25, mapped, with our notes. Add it in the app and every one lands on your own map, ready to save, rate and plan around. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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