Ale Tales Taproom and Kitchen

San Diego's 37 beer bar listings cluster hard around downtown. Zip 92101 alone holds 14 of them, more than a third of the category, with smaller pockets of 4 in 92116 and 2 apiece in 92104 and 92109. If you're picking a neighborhood to bar-hop, start in 92101 and treat the rest as scattered options worth a drive. Thirty-five of the 37 listings show a phone number and 35 show a website, so most entries give you enough to check hours or call ahead before you go.

None of these listings are labeled Sponsored, since this category hasn't switched on paid placement in San Diego yet, so what you see is the directory's plain default order, not anyone's pick of the litter. Call ahead on a couple of options in your zip before committing, since hours and taps change fast in this business. And if you own one of these bars and notice a blank phone or website field, you can claim the listing and fill in what's missing, so the next person scrolling through 92101 gets something to work with instead of a gap.