White Labs Brewing Co.
San Diego, California, USA · Est. 2012
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Current first-party site says White Labs San Diego Brewing Co. started in 2012 inside the yeast facility to showcase yeast and fermentation. The active San Diego location publishes current hours and beer menu.
The Beer Library
Beers
Hoppy Lager — WLP830 German Lager Yeast
Year-RoundHoppy Lager / German-inspired Pale Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: Hoppy Lager. First-party page explicitly presents this WLP830 split-batch Hoppy Lager as 5.5% ABV with dough, pine and resin notes.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hoppy Lager — WLP925 High Pressure Lager Yeast
Year-RoundHoppy Lager / German-inspired Pale Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: Hoppy Lager. First-party page explicitly presents this WLP925 split-batch Hoppy Lager as 5.5% ABV with dank, citrus and clean notes. White Labs says split batching creates two different beers.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://whitelabsbrewingco.com/san-diego-cal/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's California master, Pass 187 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
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