At 3038 University Ave in the 92104 ZIP code, North Park Beer Company earned the 2022 Great American Beer Festival Brewery of the Year title in the 2,001-to-5,000-barrel production category. The taproom sits along University Ave's craft-beer corridor beside Bottlecraft North Park, where patrons buy bottles and cans to take home after a tasting-room visit. The brewery's Hop-Fu! IPA holds the distinction of being the single most decorated homebrew recipe in American IPA competition history before going commercial in 2016. Visitors ready for a food pairing can order from the on-site Mastiff Kitchen or walk next door to City Tacos for al pastor alongside a West Coast IPA. The operation's highest-complexity production is its barrel-aged stout program, which conditions imperial stouts in bourbon and wine barrels for months before limited crowler-only taproom releases.