Seek Beer Co. is the smallest brewery we have reviewed so far, and maybe the most impressive for its size. It opened in spring 2022 inside a shared brewing facility in North Park, brewed just 411 barrels in 2023, and still walked away from the 2025 San Diego Beer News Awards with six trophies, including Best Hazy IPA, Best Imperial IPA, and Best Pilsner. In a neighborhood packed with heavyweight breweries, Seek earned its place the hard way, one friendly pour at a time.

The basics

• Location: 3052 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite C, in the CRAFT by Brewery Igniter facility in North Park, San Diego, CA 92104.
• Founded: Spring 2022, by husband and wife Dave and Niki Ohmer. Dave spent twelve years learning to brew in Knoxville, Tennessee, then built and ran Whole Foods Market’s first brewery in Houston, Texas, before launching Seek.
• Known for: Hazy IPAs and lagers brewed in small batches, plus service locals keep voting the best in the county. Seek won Best Customer Service at the San Diego Beer News Awards in 2023, its first year, and in 2025 added Best Hazy IPA, Best Imperial IPA, Best Pilsner, Best Collaboration Beer, and the first ever Best Alternative Beverage award.

The taproom

The taproom is small, and that is part of the charm. The indoor room legally holds 43 people, so on a busy Friday the crowd spills out to the large shared patio, which Seek shares with the neighboring breweries in the CRAFT facility. The room is dog friendly and family friendly, with picnic tables, lawn games, and a relaxed neighborhood feel. There is no kitchen, so food comes from rotating food trucks, and the tap list usually runs about a dozen deep. The Seek Run Club meets every Monday at 6pm, with a complimentary post-run beer for runners. Hours are Monday 2 to 9pm, Tuesday 2 to 8pm, Wednesday 2 to 9pm, Thursday 2 to 8pm, Friday and Saturday noon to 10pm, and Sunday noon to 8pm.

Standout beers

• Seek NEIPA: The flagship, a hazy IPA around 7.8% ABV hopped with Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic. Opaque gold with pine and passionfruit, soft and juicy, and the beer behind Seek’s Best Hazy IPA win in 2025.
• Fortune Pilsner: A German-style pilsner and the quiet star of the tap list. Crisp, smooth, and refreshing, best ordered as a slow pour, and the beer behind Seek’s Best Pilsner win in 2025.
• Enthusiasm DIPA: A 7.7% ABV double IPA built on Citra, Cashmere, and Huell Melon. Big tropical hop character with a soft finish that drinks easier than its strength suggests.
• Orderly Chaos West Coast IPA: A 6.2% ABV fresh-hop West Coast IPA named San Diego Beer News Beer of the Week in November 2026. Green and grassy with grapefruit, pine, and passionfruit, and a crisp resinous bite.
• Careless Whisper Fruited Sour: A raspberry and banana sour that drinks more like a fruit smoothie than a traditional sour. Smooth, with tart and sweet in balance, and a good pick for anyone who thinks they do not like sours.

Our take

Seek is a reminder that a brewery does not need scale to matter. The range is unusually wide for a young operation: hazy IPAs that win awards, lagers brewed with real care, a fresh-hop West Coast IPA that stood out in the most competitive style in the county, and fruited sours that convert skeptics. Winning Best Customer Service twice in three years, at a brewery this small, is a culture, and you feel it the moment you order.

The honest caveats come with the size. The indoor room is tiny, so a rainy Saturday can feel crowded. There is no kitchen, so dinner depends on which truck shows up. Distribution is limited, so most Seek beer is best enjoyed at the source. And the lineup leans heavily on hops and haze, so stout drinkers will find less to love, though the coffee stout and Czech dark lager show the range is growing.

None of that should keep you away. Seek is an easy stop on any North Park beer crawl, next to Fall Brewing on 30th Street and North Park Beer Co. on University Avenue. Order the Seek hazy first, the Fortune pilsner second, and whatever sour is pouring third, and you will have a fair picture of what this little brewery does best.