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Award-winning taprooms, brewpubs with their own kitchen and draft-beer bars: every place to drink good craft beer in the desert capital, verified one by one.
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House-brewing taproom on Justo Sierra: Junior session IPA, mead, kitchen, and rock & comedy nights.
Over 19 craft beers from Mexicali. Home of Frida Session IPA, Best of Show winner at TIBF. Pizza and beer in perfect harmony.
House-brewing taproom on Calz. Independencia: signature fruited sours (cannabis sour, hibiscus-guava), kitchen and live music.
Best Large Craft Brewery in Mexico at Copa Cerveza MX. Founded in 2012 by the Reneaum brothers, it offers 11 taps in an open-air Beer Garden.
Family project of biker brewers since 2014. Hart (Gold at Cerveza México 2019) and Beast (two-time Copa Baja champion). Open-air terrace and medieval atmosphere.
Inside the historic Cervecería Mexicali building (1923). A century of brewing tradition reborn with modern craft beer.
Multi-award-winning craft brewery and national reference. Named Best Brewery at Copa Cerveza MX. IPAs, Stouts and special editions.
Over 70 beer labels, a laid-back vibe and plenty of Rock & Roll. Live-music stage on the 3rd floor. The most stylish spot in Centro Cívico.
Award-winning warehouse brewery on Héctor Terán: chalkboard with ~15 house taps, coffee beer, live music and pulled-pork nachos.
Bar and chopería in Mexicali's Centro Cívico: draft beer, buffalo wings, nachos and a sports-bar vibe.
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Three taprooms minutes apart made Col. Nueva the beating heart of Mexicali craft beer: start with deep dish pizza and a Lycan Lupus at Fauna, move on to Urbana's beer garden (twice named Best Large Brewery in Mexico) and finish with Amante's Frida IPA. One night, three brewing houses.
Urbana and Amante Brew Company are the top rated in the guide (4.7 on Google); Fauna was twice named Best Large Brewery in Mexico (Copa Cerveza MX), and Ícono holds 4.6 with almost 5,000 reviews in a historic 1923 building. Use the "Top rated" sort to compare.
Ícono opens at 1 PM, La Chopería at 3, Taberna LeBaron at 4 and Averno at 5. The "📅 Open Sundays" chip shows the up-to-date list.
Ícono (artisan pizza and BBQ in its beer garden), Amante (oven-baked pizza), Fauna (Chicago-style deep dish) and La Chopería (wings and game-day snacks). Filter with "🍕 With kitchen" to see them all.
Taberna LeBaron is the city's craft-beer venue (bands on its third-floor stage and 70+ labels); Urbana and Ícono also program music in their gardens. The "🎸 Live music" chip gathers them.
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