Sorrento Valley taprooms are a smaller cluster than the industrial parks just to the east, but there are three brewery stops still pouring in Sorrento Valley and Sorrento Mesa. We checked each one’s address and posted hours on its own website on Nov. 9, 2026. Hours change, especially around holidays and private events, so confirm before you go.
This guide to Sorrento Valley taprooms stays west of the Miramar “Beeramar” streets and north of the Convoy district. For those neighborhoods, see our separate Miramar breweries guide and Kearny Mesa and Convoy guide. Gravity Heights and Karl Strauss both run other locations that are not part of this list.
Karl Strauss Sorrento Mesa / Brewery Garden
9675 Scranton Rd., San Diego 92121 · Brewpub and brewery garden
Karl Strauss’s Sorrento Mesa brewpub is the original garden location, with a full kitchen and beer brewed for the nine-brewpub network. It is one of the Sorrento Valley taprooms on this list, and during San Diego Beer Week (Nov. 6–15, 2026) it is also one of the houses pouring the seasonal Golden Stout. Dogs are allowed, per the brewery’s Sorrento Mesa page.
Hours as posted on Nov. 9, 2026: Monday–Thursday 11 a.m.–9 p.m.; Friday–Saturday 11 a.m.–10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.–9 p.m. A daily happy hour is listed as 3–5 p.m.
Gravity Heights Sorrento Mesa
9920 Pacific Heights Blvd., San Diego 92121 · Brewpub with a kitchen
Gravity Heights uses both neighborhood names: the page is titled Sorrento Mesa, and the location headings say Sorrento Valley. It is a full restaurant and brewpub — one of the three Sorrento Valley taprooms here — with brunch, lunch and dinner, a patio, and beer brewed for this room and the separate Mission Valley location, which has different hours and is not on this guide.
Hours as posted on its Sorrento Mesa page on Nov. 9, 2026: Monday–Tuesday 11 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; Wednesday–Friday 11 a.m.–8:30 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m. The site also notes a 4% surcharge on checks, which the restaurant says a server can remove if you ask.
New English Brewing
11545 Sorrento Valley Rd., Suite 305, San Diego 92121 · Brewery and tasting rooms
New English is the Sorrento Valley Road stop among these Sorrento Valley taprooms. It sits off the State Route 56 / I-5 / I-805 merge, with two indoor rooms — the Barrel Room and the Pub — plus a patio and lawn. The brewery says it is family- and dog-friendly and pours a rotating mix of beers along with hard seltzers and nonalcoholic options, according to its website. Large groups are asked to book ahead.
Hours as posted on Nov. 9, 2026: Monday–Wednesday 3–9 p.m.; Thursday 3–9:30 p.m.; Friday–Saturday noon–9:30 p.m.; Sunday 1–8 p.m.
Sorrento Valley taprooms this guide leaves out
Several names that still turn up on older Sorrento Valley lists are not current Sorrento Valley taprooms, or they belong in a neighboring guide:
- Pure Project, Duck Foot, Fall Brewing, Mission Brewing Miramar and Embolden / New Motion are covered in the Miramar guide. The Lost Abbey’s Monastery, Protector and Koobrew were flagged there as unverified or not public.
- Societe, Hopnonymous, Ketch, Kilowatt and Quantum are in the Kearny Mesa and Convoy guide.
- Green Flash’s former Mira Mesa brewery, Saint Archer (the Distribution Avenue site is now Fall’s Miramar headquarters) and Wet ‘n Reckless / Reckless Brewing are closed.
- Harland’s Scripps Ranch tasting room on Carroll Canyon Road and its One Paseo room are in other neighborhoods, not Sorrento Valley or Sorrento Mesa.
Planning a stop among the Sorrento Valley taprooms
Karl Strauss and Gravity Heights are a short hop apart on the Sorrento Mesa side, around Scranton Road and Pacific Heights Boulevard, and both serve food. New English is the Sorrento Valley Road stop, with later weekday openings than the two brewpubs. Gravity Heights closes earlier in the evening than the others, so it is the one to visit first if you are stacking all three Sorrento Valley taprooms. Plan a designated driver or rideshare. For the rest of the county, see our San Diego brewery list.
Addresses and posted hours checked on each business’s website on Nov. 9, 2026.
