Guadalajara Beer Scene

Everybody knows Corona and I'm not going to knock it. Partly because I enjoy one every once in a while and partly because it would hurt my husband's feelings. However...

I'm really an IPA fan. In general, I enjoy a beer with a lot of flavor, I must not have gotten enough bitter in a past life because I can't get enough of it now from arugula to unsweetened chocolate to the hoppiest of double IPAs, I'm here for it. But, I also don't consider myself a beer snob, I really just enjoy beer. The microbrew and small batch beer scene has really exploded in Mexico in the last decade or so and Guadalajara, vibrant city that it is, has grabbed that bus and hopped (alert: beer pun...) on board.

Here's what I've found so far in terms of breweries in the ZMG:

3R Brewing Company - Av Tonalá 50, Tonalá - 33.2902.2055

7 Mares Cervecería - Calle Ghilardi 369, Villaseñor, GDL - 33.3495.8769

Cervecería Colablanca - www.colablanca.mx - Zapopan\

Cerveza Escala Brewery - Brewery and bar - Av Rubén Darío 1519, Providencia, GDL - 333.3817.0251

Cerveza Loba - www.cervezaloba.com - Greogorio Dávila 76, GDL

Cerveza Lola - www.cervezaLola.mx - Andrés Teran 838, GDL

Cerveza Naipe - www.cervezanaipe.com - Puerto de Hierro, Zapopan

Cerveza Reyna - Calle Garibaldi 543, Centro, GDL - www.cerveceriareyna.com - 33.1594.3863

Cerveza Santa Sabina - www.santasabina.beer - Vidrio 1888, GDL

Cerveza Ventura - www.facebook.com/CervezaVentura

Cerveza Zorra - www.cervezazorra.com - Ruíz de Alarcon 123, GDL

Cholos Brewing - brew pub, no signage, yellow facade w/ black door, they also sell equipment for beer making at home - Garibaldi 539

Dark Lord Brewery - Av Cristóbal Colón 4053, GDL - 33.8421.5673

Ella Casa Cervecera - Av de la Paz 1922, Americana, GDL - 33.3316.8934

GDL Brewing Co - a nano-brewing company - www.gdlbrewing.co

Minerva Brewery - Calle Lat Periferico Sur 4250, Pirámides, Zapopan - 33.3682.0474

And some good places to visit to drink, order, or prepare to make beer. Some of these places offer tastings, some offer classes, and some just offer snacks:

The Beer Cow - deliveries both Mexican and imported beers - www.thebeercow.com

Casa Cervecera - Calle Garibaldi 539, Centro GDL - 33.3618.0692 - it's a bit hard to locate but just knock on the door and they will let you in, very knowledgeable and absolutely willing to help even the most begginingest of beginners

Casa Trapiche - Ramos Milan 146, GDL

Cervezeria Pow - Pelicano 2063, Del Fresno, GDL - 33.1243.0128

Craft Cervezas - beer store and tasting room - Av Tepeyac 497 Local 4, GDL

Drunkentap - beer store with great selection of local and imported beers - Av Manuel Acuña 2995-B 

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Hagamos Cerveza - Calle Valentín Gómez Farias 2806A, San Andrés, GDL - 33.3835.2714

Lupuleros - Beer club with classes - www.lupuleros.com

Malta 33 - All Jalisco beers - Hospital 1557, GDL

Patan Ale House - Mexican craft beer on tap - Morelos 1281, GDL 33.2175.5087

Tap Station GDL - rotating beers on tap - Copernico 4176A, Zapopan