There are a lot of good places in San Diego for fans of all sorts of night life.

Beer

San Diego has a thriving beer culture. There are at least 23 breweries at 31 locations. There's also a good group of local brewers if you home-brew. Home brewing is pretty easy to get started, and we have a shop in town which can get you everything you need.

Local organizations

Tours

A lot of the breweries offer tastings and tours

Brewery	Address	Neighborhood	When
Ale Smith	9368 Cabot Dr.	Right off Miramar, near campus	Every Saturday from Noon to 5
Ballast Point	10051 Old Grove Rd	Miramar Rd	Saturday tours at Noon, 2pm, 5pm
Stone Brewing	1999 Citracado Parkway	Escondito	Saturdays on the Hour Noon-7pm
Port Brewing	155 Mata Way Suite 104	San Marcos	Saturdays Noon-5pm
Lost Abbey	155 Mata Way Suite 104	San Marcos	Saturdays Noon-5pm

Brew Pubs

Those that don't have tastings or tours often have brew pubs

Brewery	Address	Description
Pizza Port	135 N Highway 101, Solana Beach, CA	Very good pizza and home beer. One of three Pizza Port locations and the closest to La Jolla.
Pizza Port	571 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad, CA	Farther Pizza Port. They have a bottle shop next door which sells lots of single bottles of around 750 different beers.
Pizza Port	301 N El Camino Real, San Clemente, CA	Farthest Pizza Port
Karl Strauss	1044 Wall St # C, La Jolla, CA 92037-4437	In downtown La Jolla. Good burgers and lots of Karl Strauss Beer on taps.
Karl Strauss	1157 Columbia St, San Diego, CA 92101-3511	Downtown Karl Strauss
Karl Strauss	5801 Armada Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008-4609	Farthest Karl Strauss
Rock Bottom	8980 Villa La Jolla Dr, La Jolla, CA	Just at the bottom of the hill by campus, the closest nice place for dinner. They also have a bar area with three pool tables.
Rock Bottom	401 G St, San Diego, CA	Each of the Rock Bottoms has a different brewmaster, so they'll all make different beer. Try this one out even if you've been to the La Jolla location
B.J.'s	8873 Villa La Jolla Dr, La Jolla, CA	Just up the road from the La Jolla Rock Bottom, BJs offers a tasty alternative with some of their local beer. They don't participate much in the local brew scene, so their brew-pubs are the only place to find their beer.
Calahans	111 Mira Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA	Kind of a dive bar that makes their own beer. They also have a full restaurant. QUAFF holds their regular meetings here.

Beer Bars

If you're not up for a proper meal and just want bar food or some drinks, there are plenty of good local bars with good beer selection.

Bar	Address	Description	Specials
O'Brien's	4646 Convoy St # 117, San Diego, CA‎	Located in a predominantly Asian neighborhood, this a good place for some American food. Their garlic fries are amazing. Lots of rotating taps from anywhere. They also have to-go bottles from their large selection. Just beer (and some wine), no liquor.	Monday night discounted drinks and pitchers.
Toronado	4026 30th St, San Diego, CA	Not Coronado. A better version of the one in San Francisco. Lots of rotating taps of microbreweries from across the country. They're slowly increasing their food offerings as well (the lamb sausages are tasty --jcm). Just beer (and some wine), no liquor.	Monday $3 pints from 5pm until closing. Weekdays $4 pints until 5pm
Hamilton's Tavern	1521 30th St, San Diego, CA	A bit harder to find in South Park. They have an attached Cafe which will bring food over to the bar area, but I'm not a huge fan of the food. This is the best place for local breweries. They have a lot of taps and usually feature one of the local breweries each week. They also have two pool tables and shuffleboard. Just beer, no liquor.
Tap Room	1269 Garnet ave, San Diego, CA	In the heart of Pacific Beach, when all your friends are going to the Frat-Bars, you can chill here with some good beer. They have some liquor for your non-beer-loving friends.	Pitchers.