Baja or bust

A four-year-old Carlsbad brewery recently opened Guadalupe Brewery Tap House in Vista.

July 31, 2019 2 PM PT

Go: Guadalupe Brewery Tap House

Know: The four-year-old Carlsbad brewery opened this Vista outpost in April. The warm, airy interior seats 49 now, and owners Lisa and Raul Deju plan to add outdoor patio seating soon.

Why it’s so: Several Guadalupe beers contain ingredients — such as peppercorn and honey — rooted in the brewery and brewer’s heritage. The business started in Baja California’s Valle de Guadalupe; Raul Deju grew up in Mazatlán and Mexico City.

Pro: A favorite beer here is Drunk Elvis (12.3 percent alcohol by volume), a groovy peanut butter, banana and honey stout. El Vainillo (5.5 percent alcohol by volume) is the best-seller, a vanilla cream ale with the accent on vanilla.

631 S. Santa Fe Ave., Vista, 740.30.BEERS (302-3377), guadalupebrewery.com

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Peter joined The San Diego Union-Tribune in 1984. A native Californian who grew up in Encinitas, Rowe is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Northwestern University. He is past president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and a former Fulbright scholar. He has won a few journalism awards, but would trade them all for a chance to avenge his 1994 “Jeopardy!” loss. Married to a terrific woman who has saved him from errors in writing and in life, he has three sons. At the U-T, Rowe writes profiles and features and is even paid to review beers, which hardly seems fair.

Baja or bust

A four-year-old Carlsbad brewery recently opened Guadalupe Brewery Tap House in Vista.

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