Black Plague Brewing

1st timer here and its a great atmoshphere, good food so good I had to have two of the outlaw burgers. People brought their children others brought their dogs. Definitely coming back. Bar, table and Lounge seating seating available. There was a group that had a surprise birthday here. Would love to celebrate my birthday here.

Black Plague Brewing is great! There’s lots of seats/ tables, fun themed decor, and reasonable prices- and great vibes! My first visit was for trivia night and it was an awesome experience. Their IPAs specifically are tasty and there are lots of options! Good burgers too. I highly recommend this place.

Black Plague beat all expectations by leaps and bounds. This place is the definition of cool and the beer is spectacular!! So much so….I bought a t shirt commemorating the Troublemaker IPA. The space is gigantic, the vibes are a mix of brewery meets cool basement meets Medieval Plague hospital complete with a guillotine. The Troublemaker (West Coast IPA) and Gothica are two strong recommendations with the emphasis on Gothica. Worth the long venture from Oceanside, loved my evening at Black Plague!

I was in the area for work from Seattle and stopped here for a few beers after a long day. I've been to a lot of great breweries in and around Seattle and Portland and I'm rarely as impressed by the beer as I was here. A compelling mix of different styles and everything had a lot of flavor while being very easy to drink.

Burger and beers were excellent. Kristen was super friendly and knowledgeable about the beer styles and made great recommendations. I will definitely be back the next time I come through. Escondido.

Really nice place. Big open space. Not overly focused on having TV's on every inch of the wall. No pop music played here over the sound system. Dog friendly. Beer selection is great. Amazing burger place attached to the brewery. Amazing! They had a deal when I went. Spent $75 on beer and a t-shirt and they gave me a case of beer for free. Yeah, 24 beers for free. Few too many hipsters for my like but, to each their own. 🤣

Place is good. Been there ones, had burgers and beer. They offer free samples. Burgers delicious. Beer is art. Awesome interior. Check my pictures. Restrooms clean.

The place was super cool with the decor and vibes here. Drinks are also very good - the pink lemonade seltzer 10/10. Shout out to Ariana for the great service and jokes!!!

Third time visiting Black Plague, and I have to start off by saying we love Carlos. He is wonderful and so fun to have a convo with. We actually found out on this visit that he knows a lot about reptiles, and being that we have a few, we need to bring this up next time we have the pleasure of being served by him! Anyways, this time that we visted was during their Macabre Event! It was really fun seeing all the vendors there! Their old food servicer, metal burger, is no longer there but Black Plague took over and now have their own menu. All of their food items are reasonably priced and there quite a few items on the menu. We went with the basic burgers, and they were small but delicious! They do not come with fries, so you will need to purchase a side of chips if you need a side. We LOVE the daywalker and Blonde on tap...both are devine. The interior and exterior of this place is SOOOO cool. If you like halloween? You'll love this place. Go try it out!!! You won't regret it.

It was a very fun Beware the 13th event. The market was cool. I bought a couple of things there, like stickers and accessories. They were also giving out raffle tickets if you purchased items. I won a bag of goodies that I wanted to buy. I got 2 delicious parfait like cakes. One butter beer and the other carrot cake. The carrot cake is my favorite out of the 2, not as sweet, just right. I got a box with scent spray, lotion, and oils. Lastly a pair of earrings and 13 stickers. There was a band playing. The inside has a cool dark aesthetic and the service was fast. I liked my seltzer and I enjoyed myself. I'll probably come back for the other events.

The food is amazing! Highly recommend if you're looking for a chill spot to eat watch a movie maybe, bring your kids. People bring their dogs here. It's a nice spot, and the bartenders are great too! :)

This brewery makes fantastic beer. I have enjoyed everyone I have tasted! The burgers are also pretty fabulous. The bartenders are always friendly and helpful. Excellent service and fun atmosphere!

Took my dad here for Father's Day...Perfect atmosphere, great service...And good beer!!! We coming back

Just moved to the area, we love coming here! Very dog friendly which is a plus, and the employees are the friendliest! The entertainment is great and we can't wait to come back!

Always a good time ! Ambience is fun and unique , plenty of place and great beer I even bought the Tropical hazy shirt

"Don't come back he said"... I replied I wouldn't. Who considers this to be nachos? Burnt cheese over chips? I gave a tip and asked for my sandwiches to be cut in half, nope, didn't happen. Here's $100 worth of garbage. 11/30 @ 2p

What a nice location! I've been to the Escondido one and headed here for a vender event that was a lot of fun. This location is much more open and spacious than Escondido which was nice. We didn't eat but the food menu seemed reduced here. My only complaint was parking was full for the event but I think during normal business it'd probably be fine. (There are signs everywhere that you must park on the street and NOT in the other business parking lots. There's a lot of street space available).

Amazing beer. The hazy is so good! Atmosphere is great. My boyfriend got the red ale. He really enjoyed it. 10/10 recommend. Service was great. She was helpful and friendly!

Daywalker! Come in and ask for daywalker! That beer is light yet heavy! Tasteful but not overbearing! The embodiment of balance! . If you love metal and an assortment of unique beers this is the place. Food is simple but tasty and the service is second to none.

Service was great, staff was friendly, food was fantastic! I loved that the beer selection wasn't super heavy on the IPA selection like a lot of places recently. The decor & ambiance were top notch Looking forward to going back

Great place to have brews. Lots of space. Great service. Lots of options for beer. I liked the Born Free.

Well it's been about a year now since my last review about Black Plague and there undersize pint glasses. Me and my friend decided to go back to Black Plague and check out there beers again and to our surprise they changed the glasses again! They are now using real 16 oz pint glasses!! Way to go Plague glad you got on board with serving the real deal.

Black Plague is, in a word, AWESOME! The staff is great and the beers are really good. Nyjah is my favorite along with the Medusa milk stout. The former has everything you want in an IPA and the latter is one of the better milk stouts I've had in a while. Add the decor and you have a winner. I came away with koozies and a Nyjah deck to hang on my wall.

Cool spot tucked away in a business center. Heavy metal themes, including live metal music almost every weekend. Have yet to have a beer I didn't enjoy.

Good beer, nice beer tenders, and a really cool atmosphere. They found a fun theme and leaned into it!

Made the 17 mile drive to visit Black Plague because I wanted to try one of the burgers out front. The burger was very good. 8/10. The beer was also excellent. I had a hazy IPA that was very good. My dog loved the place.

Really dope and big brewery. Fun dark theme with skeletons hanging from the ceiling. Sell dope merchandise as well.

Great variety of beers and live music most weekends. Burger truck always out front that also serves veggie burgers.

Drinks are on spot, decorated the place to match the name "BLACK PLAGUE" they made everything into a Halloween look . Service is amazing! Our meal came from "FULL METAL BURGERS". Their performance on the food made my mouth drool! Definitely recommend this place for a fun time and hanging out with your friends!

We love this place! Delicious beer, great service, cool vibes! Kayla was super helpful and gave us a splash!

Best place ever I'm here at least once a week on my cheat day the staff is amazing never have to wait for service!!!!!! The Burgers are by far my favorite for comfort food and the sauces are BOMB InyaHemp !!

I've never been to the brewery. But the beer is insanely good. I had their hazy. It makes me wish I didn't live in LA!

Alex gave great beer advice, such a great space and the people make it awesome. Definitely try the new IPA or the seltzer. Food at Full Metal is amazing also.

Great brewery and pub with excellent beer, many choices on draft! The food is also excellent, and service is efficient and fast. No long waits to eat. Servers are great and very friendly. The decor is cool and as you can imagine with the name sort of Gothic and a bit morbid, but after all, it's called the Black Plague. The place was lively and clean. Great place to stop in and have a pint or two and a good snack or meal!

Love this place! Ariana is the best bar tender I've ever had. Definitely will come back!

Food and drinks were great! The service was on top and the vibes inside were good definitely a hangout spot

Chill vibes and great service ! Had the seltzer and it was really good. Definitely coming back here!!!!!

This place never disappoints! Live music is always great, beer tenders are super attentive. Eric is always in great spirits and giving the best hospitality.

This place is huge, fun, hip and cool. Love the atmosphere and decor. Close to home and love the vibes!

Excellent beer selection! If you like a milder IPA, solid blondes, and the people behind the bar are just the best! Love the ambiance!

Absolutely amazing staff and service. The vibes are unmatched, and the beer is always dope! Full Metal burgers outside make the best burgers in San Diego by a mile.

Super cool place with delicious food and amazing drinks. Workers were all very friendly and helpful, definitely worth the visit. And dogs are welcome!

Stopped in this afternoon for some beer to-go. Yet again, excellent service by, yet again, an awesome human! There are currently three iterations of In My Darkest Sour, and I was offered and provided samples of the two on tap--so I could decide which to take home. Literally the best part of this amazing tap room is having such an option/experience. More than anything, I love the chill vibe here. (Aka it's a locals kinda spot, but tourists would do okay.) Thanks Black Plague!

Such a beautiful brewery, the best and most beautiful beer! Service was beautifulllllll

Beer is great! Creepy looking pale employee with the mustache sucks. Dude recommended my friends some canned beers to drinks bc it was a better deal then told them they couldn't drink it here in the building and kicked them out. Tricked them into spending money. What a dickhead

Love, love this place. Awesome ambiance. Frequent events. Beer is tasty and varied. Great food options too! Will def come back here anytime I'm in the area!

Good burger and Mexican lager! Also had the red it was a bit IPAish, but good. Been going here for pub crawls is fun in Escondido.

Cool spot to hang out. Good beer selection and you can play games there too. . X x

This is a review of a visit on a Sunday in Spring 2021. Beer was good! Service was good! Burger was good! I kept the pint - it was a special keep the pint day. I heard All-Star by Smash Mouth play at least 4 times during my visit. HEY NOW!

Delicious beers, cool atmosphere and the burgers out front are great! We recently went to their beer fest which they hold every year. Solid group of breweries!

We stopped in to Black Plague's Brewery to grab some food from Full Metal Burgers and a beer or two. I reviewed the food on their page (Hint: 5 Stars). Black Plague is a large open space, larger than most breweries, and a lot of tables both inside and out. They have a few video games, a pinball machine, a merch shop and everything is very on theme with them. I started with their 1347 West Coast IPA w/Blood Orange and it was fantastic. I followed it up with their collaboration with Resident Brewing, The End is Near Pale Ale, and it was very good too. The service was great, the vibe was perfect, they were showing the NBA playoffs live on their TVs and we even bought a couple of shirts. Everyone had a great time and agreed that we will definitely make this part of our normal rotation.

We LOVE this spot!! Isabelle is an awesome bartender and the rest of the staff is also phenomenal

I went to the brewery for a painting class. Ordered the lightest beer and it was very good. Staff was very friendly and the ambiance is great. The only reason I scored down one is that it is hot. I mean totally muggy, sweaty on a hot day. Be great to open a back wall and get some cross ventilation. I walked outside during the class and there was such a great breeze outside. Not the fault of the brewery but the lighting for a painting class is poor. Otherwise, great place to hang out and it's dog friendly.

i've been coming to the oceanside location since november 2021. black plague is my go to brewery and a favorite for good beer and good vibes. i live in riverside county and i will make the drive to bring my friends, relatives and sometimes myself to unwind with a gothica [mexican lager] or their daywalker [red ale]. also, their food vendor full metal burger's alway's hits the spot when you start to get hungry and goes well with BP's beer. also, this location has plenty of tv's to watch some sports. i still need to check out their other locations, but i highly recommend this brewery.

Great brewery to chill and catch some live music. Just FYI with parking. Park on the street and not in the neighboring business lots as they make it very clear you will be towed! Many great beer options to choose from depending on your flavor palette. I highly recommend Gothica, Tony Hawps, and 3 day vacation. They do have food here through a vendor named Full Metal Burgers. Food was just Meh. Didn't really impress me. I ordered some chips and salsa with a vegan patty, pesto and avocado burger. Chips and salsa tasted store bought. The vegan patty had no taste, they could of hit it with some salt and pepper. Music on this particular night was extremely loud that I could not hear my friend trying to converse. Even the bartender took out his device to measure the decibels and was trying to get the band's attention to turn it down. Overall place is chill, clean and bartenders are excellent with service. Creepy decor horror vibes which is right up my alley. Will definitely come back.

The facility is large yet inviting. There is a food truck parked next to Black Plague offering a variety of food. The beer sommelier was friendly and gave great service. This is the second time we have visited this establishment, and both visits were great.

First time here but will definitely be back. Great beer, helpful staff, nachos are delicious. Great place you need to check out.