30th Street is home to some of the city's best craft beer bars and beer-friendly restaurants, as well as a few breweries and tasting rooms.

In a place flowing with the country's best IPAs, including San Diego's own West Coast-Style IPA, some pints deserve a toast as those at the top of the top.

Three San Diego County self-guided brewery tours that combine great breweries and craft beers with locations that are easy to get to from one another.

It's no secret that craft beer lovers are a generally hip and cool lot who relish the opportunity to sip a few cold ones with friends, talking about hopes, dreams, and hops. The craft beer community, in turn, embraces the idea that a tasting room or beer garden should be a comfortable, laid back, friendly atmosphere that encourages relaxation and the pure enjoyment of great brews. To that end, many tasting rooms around the county have been intentionally designed to feel like the living room or rec room of your own house.