Baja Brewing Co.

My very first trip to Los Cabos was amazing. The people were very hospitable, the food was delicious (loved eating chilaquiles for breakfast everyday) and of course you can’t beat the 80 some degree weather and sunshine. For a majority of the trip my beer loving fiancée and I hydrated our bodies with the standards; Corona, Tecate, Pacifico and Negra Modelo, all of which are decent, day long drinking beers. Apparently it’s the equivalent to H20, as conveyed by our waiter one night who asked if I would like another Mexican water. However, not far from us was artisanal craft brewery that my good friend turned us on to called, Baja Brewing Company. Established in 2007 by Coloradans, Baja Brewing is the first and only one in the state of Baja California Sur. They have three locations that are relatively close to one another. The main brewery and original restaurant reside in San Jose del Cabo. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it there, but we did go to their pub at the Cabo Marina in Cabo San Lucas. Blocks away from us, was Baja Brewing’s third location, which sits perched upon the rooftop of the Cabovillas Resort.

Recognize Baja California Sur!

We entered the pub from the marina side where there was a small Latin style band playing to a captive audience. The room was very airy and had some TV’s hanging on the wall that were broadcasting futbol and futbol Americano universidad. We decided to sit at the bar, and as soon as are bottoms hit, a menu was handed to us by our friendly bartender. We were amazed to see (7) different styles of beer on tap:

1. Blonde
2. Raspberry
3. Black (Swartzbier)
4. Wit
5. Red
6. Pale/IPA
7. Stout

Without hesitation, we ordered a sampler, and the tasting had begun. We both had different beers that we favored, but came to a mutual conclusion that the beer we wanted a pint of, was the Red. The Red was well balanced in terms of hops and malt, plus it had a pleasing caramel aroma. Of disappointment, and something that I forgot to mention, was that they were out of the Pale/IPA. We really heart our IPA’s and wanted to try it. To bypass the missing link, other notables for me were Baja's Stout and Raspberry. The Stout had a mellow coffee scent and went down smooth. The Raspberry, well, was raspberry. It was very similar to Widmer’s, Widberry beer (do they still make that). I thought it would be great on a hot, sunny day. I think Cabo has a surplus!

If 6 was 7.

The innards.

We now had our pint of Red sitting in front of us and we were getting hungry. Our bartender recommended the pizza. We love pizza, so this was a no brainer. It came, and it was pretty darn delicious. They did it right by adding a generous layer of heavy cornmeal on the bottom.

Yummo, as that awkwardly sexy bitch Rachael Ray would say.

It was now time to move on. As we left, we passed one of the owners, Rob Kelly. I was going to say hello, and probably should have, but Rob was entertaining friends and I didn’t want to intrude. To wrap things up, I think Baja Brewing has definitely brought craft beer to Mexico. I did enjoy my many Mexican waters, but it was a pleasure sit down and challenge my taste buds.

Nice apparel Baja!

Missing this more than ever, but happy to be home.