Where to Drink Beer in North County | Eater San Diego

"Look, here’s a theory for you, assembled over a lifetime of enjoying great beers: Beer makes people nerdy. When you’re brewing beer, there’s a fair amount of sitting around and drinking: letting it ferment, taste testing it, bottling it up, taste testing it again. All of that sitting around and drinking means you need something fun to do, and what’s more fun than telling stories? Comic books, movies, and games: D&D, roleplaying games, board games and card games. Battlemage understands this relationship through and through, and that’s why their walls are decorated with Magic: The Gathering cards, D&D characters who’ve expired in grisly ways, and a table with coloring books ready to be filled in over suds and conversation. Oh, and speaking of the beer, it’s great too — nearly everything you’ll find on the nerd-inspired tap board (there’s a Hopdouken IPA that’s excellent, a Chocobo Hefeweizen that adds cocoa nibs into the mix, and the real star, The Beer is Dark and Full of Terrors. Get a pint of that delicious stout, park your seat in the Game of Thrones throne they have installed next to the bar, and you’ll agree: Beer makes people nerdy." - Mike Schramm