Draft Republic Carlsbad

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Draft Republic Carlsbad on Avenida Encinas near Poinsettia Park pours 101 beers on tap—one of the largest draft selections of any single restaurant in San Diego County. The Americana-inspired gastropub menu runs from a housemade sausage sampler with beer cheese and pretzel sticks to a Nashville hot fried chicken sandwich, building out a comfort-food program that complements the Mexican-inflected taco lineup also found at nearby Fresco Cocina in the Village. Part of the Cohn Restaurant Group, this location converted the former Claim Jumper space into an open-warehouse environment with retractable garage doors, communal seating, and over 70 flat screens plus an LED video wall for 360-degree sports viewing. Four Full Swing Golf Simulators in a dedicated Golf Lounge allow guests to play virtual rounds on courses including Pebble Beach and Torrey Pines, adding a recreation layer beyond the arcade games, shuffleboard, and billiards tables. Draft Republic also brews four proprietary signature beers—a West Coast IPA, Hazy IPA, Mexican Lager, and Blonde Ale—extending the Carlsbad craft-beer identity that connects inland to the brewpub scene at 264 Fresco on Carlsbad Village Dr. The in-house charcuterie program produces three rotating sausage varieties served with house-ground Dijon mustard and sauerkraut, built on a butchery process developed by the group's original executive chef.