After less than a year in business, Karl Strauss Brewing Company is shuttering its massive outdoor venue in San Diego's North County.
Last Fall, San Diego County's oldest surviving brewery Karl Strauss Brewing Company unveiled a 85,000-square-foot beer garden called Karl Strauss Outpost in San Marcos. The two-acre beer destination features a sprawling outdoor space with lawn games, fire pits, picnic & barrel tables, and Adirondack chairs dotted throughout. Karl Strauss beers has been serving its lineup from a converted shipping container bar with Mexican food items served from an onsite food truck.
Fast forward less than a year later and Karl Strauss is already shuttering the San Marcos location as of this August 11. Karl Strauss Brewing recently opened a distribution and office hub in Poway and is in the process of launching a new brewpub in Corona, CA, so it's natural for the company to cut the fat on what has been an admitted failure of a concept.
Karl Strauss was a former vice president of production at Pabst Brewing Company before launching his namesake brewery in 1989. Since helping start the city’s craft beer scene, Karl Strauss Brewing Company has opened nearly a dozen locations in Southern California, including in Carlsbad, Downtown San Diego, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Temecula, Los Angeles, Costa Mesa, Anaheim and its main brewery on the outskirts of Pacific Beach. The company also operated a brewpub in La Jolla from 1996 until it closed in early 2021.
Karl Strauss Outpost will stay open through Sunday, August 11, at 1293 Armorlite Drive in San Diego's North County region of San Marcos. For more information, visit karlstrauss.com
