Where to Drink Beer in North County | Eater San Diego

"If you are interested in drinking mead (which is an alcoholic drink made with honey, water, and yeast — it’s fermented and aged like wine rather than boiled and made with grain and hops like beer), you’ve got more than a few good options in North County, including Golden Coast Mead and Fruitcraft (who also make great kombucha, which is fermented tea, made with a mixture of bacteria and yeast rather than just yeast). Twisted Horn beats the rest, however, just because they live the life a little bit more. Not only are their brews authentically named (you can drink a Raven’s Claw or a Freja’s Folly), but after you choose a drink, you can sit in a realistically built Nordic mead hall and listen to old Viking tales (seriously — they have storytelling nights). There’s also a great list of ciders (which is made with fruit juice, usually apple, fermented with yeast and aged like wine and mead) to try. If you’re a true mead head, all of the other places are worth a stop, but if you just want to sip something a little different, Twisted Horn will help you set sail. Just make sure you stop when all three sheet hit the wind — some of these drinks hit a double digit ABV (% of alcohol by volume) and keep going after that." - Mike Schramm