Kilowatt Brewing Kearny Mesa — Restaurant in San Diego

Sour beers! Yay! I get excited when places serve a decent selection of other stuff instead of it just being the usual beer all the time. The cool thing is you can get a sampler and you choose how ever many tasters you want. It doesn’t have to be in a set or 4 or 8 or anything. I pretty much tried all the ones that I could try samples of and they were really good! I wish they had the pineapple one to try though, but they said that it was from a bottle and not tap. They also have “night club” lighting which I thought was kind of weird since it looked like it was in a converted warehouse or something which didn’t really match the theme, but didn’t bother me or anything. What bothered me though was that there was ONE bartender for the whole night. A Friday night. She was really good, but the service was super slow since she had to do everything herself.

Overall, the sour beers were good, I like the tasters, the mood lighting was weird, the place is pretty small and the bartender was good, but the service was slow. Good...

Kilowatt is a fun brewery, no doubt about it.

Location: There's no dedicated parking lot, but you should have no problem finding a spot just down the street or behind the brewery. Can be kinda hard to see, but trust your google maps GPS cause it is spot on.

Beer: I tried 3 different beers while I was there, a blackberry Berliner Weisse, a hazy IPA, and a strawberry blonde. They were all very good and the fruit flavor is potent.

Atmosphere: The fellow behind the bar, Luke, was inviting and friendly. He paid close attention to the patrons while still interacting and being sociable. The bartop itself (pictured) was very unique because it lights up and strobes adding to the "kilowatt" feel. In addition to that were several cool lamps, overhead lighting, and art. Multiple handmade bar...

Horrible service. Staff is just talking to much with each other & washing dishes at the wrong time when they could have poured us another drink. Came in tonight with my dad & no welcoming & no how are you or is this your first time (which it was). Beer was okay but when we got our food, the cook brought it out & not telling us which hot dog is what (the guests are supposed to know or guess 🤔) & then my food was missing an ingredient & not offering me more of some of the other items they just ignored it, disgusting. Had better hot dogs at other places, nothing special. Also, horrible customer service cause nobody asked us how are beers were or how are food was, the vibe of the place was weird so definitely not coming back, get better...