Cellar 3

Plenty of attached parking in the lot, though we saw some cars spilling over to the street as we left. Merch at the entrance, clean bathrooms down the hall. Patio space if the mod décor of the indoor seating doesn’t suit your fancy, and an Italian food truck set up shop that afternoon. Bar got more disorganized as the space filled up, particularly with to-​go purchases displacing the register lines. The tour kicked off a few minutes late but lasted just over an hour, perhaps because our three scheduled tasters dragged due to commotion in the main bar… still worth it. Zeke was a super informative guide for our chill group of four, and proved to be as friendly as all the other staff members we encountered. Light history and heavy science/​procedural content. We were looking forward to this excursion to the experimental bottling facility, and their barrel-​aged pours did hit the spot. Eloquent and Divine Frumentos were our favorites; can’t wait to hit Green Flash’s Virginia Beach facility when it’s up and running!

For a weekend trip down to San Diego for Unilocal Spring Break, Cellar 3 was listed as one of our end-​of-​the-​trip Sunday stops as we would be making our way back to Orange County. We debated whether or not to make the drive out to Poway since we were so drained from the full weekend of events and activities. We decided to go for it… best decision ever!
I honestly don’t have any negatives for this place so I’ll just jump into the positive points:
SHUTTLE: They offer shuttles from Green Flash to Cellar 3 to the Train Station. Very smart and very considerate to those who might drink too much and for those who might not be willing to make the drive out to Cellar 3. Such a great idea for other breweries that might be located in ‘harder to reach’ areas.
LAYOUT & DECOR: There is so much space to move and walk around in their facility. The Tasting Room bar is pretty long and they are well staffed so you probably won’t be left waiting for very long. There are barrels, table space, plenty of stools, and lots of outdoor space to frolick around and explore with your beer in hand.
FACILITIES: Clean, clean, clean!
BEER: Excellent selection of beers from Cellar 3 and Green Flash. There are so many different styles of beer here, it would be hard to find something you don’t like. $ 2.50 for Tasters and $ 4.75 for a Full Pour. They also have Tours for $ 6.50 that include 3 Tasters.
My Recommendations:
— Le Freak
— Oculus Sauvage
— Blanc Tarte
Other things:
FOOD: They have a Tacos, Tortas, & Jugo food truck on site in their outdoor area. We didn’t get a chance to try the food here but it seemed to be somewhat popular to those in attendance at the facility.
DISTANCE: Somewhat far from where you probably want to be, or from where you are going. But definitely worth the trip.

This place rocks! Tucked away in Poway industrial park… Cellar 3 is a big bustling tasting room with a lovely patio and plenty of seating. Food trucks are here most if not all days. There was a pizza truck when we visited– and if I hadn’t had pizza for 9 consecutive days prior, I would have had some.
The beers we chose were awesome. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Alpine brewery was being represented by Green Flash now– because Alpine brews are my favorite and they had just about all of them there between tap and bottles.
The décor at Cellar 3 is modern industrial with a perfect hint of rustic. The tasting room was packed with groups of all sorts. From engineers to mechanics to girls happy hour gaggles. Fun crowd for sure.
This is a perfect mid week spot. We will be back!

If you are into barrel aged beers, even a little bit, this is the place to be.
The décor, the service, and the beers are all awesome. They don’t have their own food service, but when I went there was a food truck outside. (Maybe that’s a regular thing?)
Can’t wait to return!

Where’s the best spot to drink Green Flash brews? Cellar 3! This is totally worth driving to Poway to experience. You have all the Green Flash standards — plus lots of ‘outside your comfort zone’ Cellar 3 options like sours, barrel-​aged ales, etc. The beers are all very well made — though many of the Cellar 3 offerings may be outside mainstream tastes. If you are willing to push the beer envelope — then this is the place to do it.
A very pleasant, UNCROWDED atmosphere — even on a Saturday!!! [Thank God it’s out of the way — SO much more pleasant on a Saturday vs Green Flash’ s Tasting Room]. I tried a bourbon-​barrel-​aged black ale and their trippel — plus a sour taster. I’m not a big fan of sours — but I think of them akin to tart sparkling wines and can handle small quantities when accompanied by a rich creamy cheese or some other food laden with fat and/​or cream. If your like me — then bring along a stash of fancy cheese to accompany your Cellar 3 sours.
The uncrowded, pleasant atmosphere is what puts this place over the top. A great place to waste a couple of hours… Plus if you take their $ 5 brewery tour you get 3 free tasters — a killer deal (which we did not avail ourselves of).

Wow! The brewery tour was phenomenal! Mike M. was a great guide; informative, welcoming and patient with our group. We were provided with 3 tasters during the tour, I wish I could remember them but they were each amazing in their own way.
After the tour, we grabbed some more tasters from the bar. The bar tenders were gorgeous bearded men who offered great recommendations and pleasant conversations. They have a list of Green Flash and Cellar 3 brews to choose from. I personally picked the fruit flavors (blueberry, passion fruit) but also enjoyed the «Holy F-​ing Shit» sample as recommended by our guide.
They also had a fantastic taco truck outside to settle your hunger pains. Side note, the Cellar 3 logo is gorgeous and I hope to get a shirt/​hoodie next visit so I will definitely be back! What a great addition to Poway and the craft brew scene!

LOVE Cellar 3 … convenient, pet-​friendly, nice vibe. Bartender Paddy is super cool. I love the Silva Stout esp the version w/​coffee! Only reason I don’t give 5 stars is there are SO many IPAs and for those of us who aren’t crazy about them, there aren’t too many other options. Can’t wait to take the brewery tour, hopefully next time…
With some more brown ales, porters, etc., I would be giving 5 stars. Always a fun experience!

Wow, what an incredible time we had at Cellar 3 this weekend! There’s an awesome vibe here… the brewery is beautiful and spacious, the service was killer and the Cellar 3 barrel-​aged beers are OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD! The employees have so much passion for what they do, its honestly infectious. They were so friendly from the moment we arrived, explained the beer varieties very well and made us feel super welcome.
So how’s the beer? WOW AMAZING. I love love love Sours, and it’s always a challenge to find a good one. Their Flander Drive was EPIC, one of the best sours I’ve ever had. I compare it to a Rodenbach Grand Cru, which has been the standard Belgian sour for years. Silva Stout with Coffee was also amazing, the aromas and taste were smooth and rich with coffee really shining. The Blanc Tarte Barrique was a very complex and unique sour-​style made in wine barrels, the light color and bitter-​sweet taste made my taste buds come alive. I wish I could have had them all!
But it doesn’t stop there… luckily we were there right as the Brewery Tour was starting. Please do yourself a favor and take the Cellar 3 Brewery Tour!!! Mike was our tour guide, he was attentive and gave a great explanation to their brewing process. We got 3 4-​ounce tasters with the tour for $ 5 total, super worth it! And we got to bring our pup Milo along!
So in summary, don’t miss Cellar 3! It’s the most unique brewery San Diego has. Their service, exploratory approach to brewing and awesome brewery tour make this place worth even more than 5 Unilocal stars!

I really enjoyed coming here, but I was told by the bartender that Cellar 3 was unusually empty, likely due to the heavy rain. I shared several tasters with a friend including natura morta with plum, fresco sauvage puncheer, flanders drive, silva stout, silva stout with coffee, divine belgique, and the jolly roger.
All of them were good, but I admittedly am not a fan of sours, so some of the beers (natura morta with plum and flanders drive) were lost on me. The divine belgique was good, but I also don’t love chamomile in my beers. It was perfectly sweet, but it’s just not my thing. The fresco sauvage puncheer was a lovely saison with just a hint of hops. I haven’t had anything quite like it.
The silva stout was absolutely my favorite. It was lightly creamy, smooth, and sweet. It does, however, give you an alcoholic punch clocking in at an impressive 10.1 percent alcohol. The beer is so well made that you can’t taste it. Similarly, the silva stout with coffee is also smooth and sweet… tasting almost like a Vietnamese sweetened coffee. I’m not a coffee drinker, so I preferred the regular silva stout. That being said, this was still a great beer. They sell bottles of the silva stout for $ 18 a pop. It’s one of the more expensive 22 ounce bottles I’ve bought.
And I loved the Jolly Roger! It was the Christmas special beer. A well balanced, piney IPA, I was able to get a FULL case of 22 ounce bottles for $ 20.
The location was huge with an outdoor tasting area and large indoor tasting area. The outdoor location looked lovely, but alas the rain kept us from enjoying it. FYI, they even have a shuttle to take you to and from the regular Green Flash tasting room.

10.16.15: Can we say Barrel Age… What, What!
There are a bunch of people from General Atomic here, I believe this is their go to spot. The people behind the bar are chill. I like the patio area how open and big it is to fit everyone. The inside is a decent size as well. This tasting room is by Green Flash so it’s confusing to me when people calls this Green Flash instead of Cellar 3.
I have only been here once or twice and overall I like the rotating beers. Will visit soon.

Cool place. Obviously love the OG Green Flash. This is their «wild ales» location. In terms of design the place is awesome. Love the artwork, the outside area is really delightful, and the bathrooms are cool. The inside is a little generic in layout. They had Super Q food truck parked outside today as well.
Loved some of the beers, hated others. This means nothing about their talents or brewing because the reality is I don’t like crazy brett-​y brews. Too much funk for me. But I love sours or tarts with limited brett, of which they had many.
We also went on the brewery tour. This was probably the most informative brewery tour I’ve ever been on. It wasn’t your run of the mill «how to brew beer» tour. It was an in depth look at what it takes to brew wild ales and age them really. Much talk about yeast and barrel aging. And the guy who lead it was great. Witty and funny which kept the 45 min tour interesting. They also gave us 3 tastings.
Overall pretty cool place. Definitely worth a visit. I’ll come back next time I’m in SD in like 6 months from now for a totally new experience I’m sure.

If you have heard of Green Flash, an amazing brewery in San Diego, you have probably heard about its second location that is designed for experimental beers like barrel-​aged or sour flavored beers! My boyfriend really wtanted to try this place for his 30^th birthday because of his great love in sour beer!
When we arrived at Cellar 3 in Poway, we were amazed by the spacious place! It was so beautiful to look at, especially that amazing wall full of beer bottles, which I felt were instragram-​worthy! I also love the beautiful decorations in the outside patio, which worked really well by the time night rolled around. By the way, the restrooms were so pretty and clean compared to other restrooms from different breweries. It was nice to have a restroom that had separate genders instead of the usual restroom for both men and women.
I loved how there was an extensive menu of Cellar 3 experimental beers and Green Flash beers! I was able to get a beer tasting and try Cellar 3’s Silva Stout and Oculus Sauvage, which were both delicious and full of different flavors! Most of the beers, however, were sours so if you are a sour beer fan, this place is for you!

If you’re a craft beer enthusiast like myself, you probably slightly lost your shit when you heard Green Flash was opening a separate location to focus solely on wild ales, sours, goses, and all other types of sour beers. Or, maybe you completely lost your shit. I don’t judge.
I was excited and slightly nervous because I don’t think of Green Flash when it comes to sour beers. Other than the Flanders Red, I normally think of IPAs, such as the classic West Coast IPA when I think of Green Flash. Of course, Green Flash nailed this because that’s what they do. They make awesome beers.
I love that this brewery was so big and spacious. Unless it’s just insanely busy (which I’m sure it probably gets) there’s enough room for everyone. You might not be able to get a seat but you won’t have to worry about someone bumping into you and spilling beer on you because there’s no room to move. Oh, and the bathrooms are pretty amazing. I call this out because I frequent a lot of breweries and some of the restrooms are definitely not lady friendly. Green Flash’s are probably some of the better ones I’ve seen. I mean they have to be pretty good if I’m taking the time to mention them in a review.
This place is perfect if you’re a craft beer fan. I wouldn’t recommend it to someone just getting into craft beer. You know, like, don’t take people here who think Shock Top is acceptable. Cheers!

Who doesn’t love Green Flash beer? Well now we can hang out closer to home and still get our GF fix. This is a convenient location to us which is awesome. It is obviously smaller but still has a great patio and their food truck available outside. Worth checking this place out and mixing up your brewery rotation!

My husband raved about this place after stopping in with some co-​workers since it’s convenient to their office. I finally got the chance to join him there, and man, he wasn’t wrong!
They serve the typical Green Flash beer you know and love, the Alpine Beer you know and love, and some Cellar 3 originals you will maybe love. If you’re not a sours fan and/​or not a BBA, porter/​stout fan… well…at least there’s the GF and Alpine offerings. This is the kind of place that just happens to work perfectly for me (a sours and dark beer fan) and the husband (an everything but those fan.) Plus, they’ve got a semi-​permanent food truck — I think it may go out and do parties and such, so it might not always be there. Bonus!
The outdoor patio is more comfortable than most, and slightly more comfortable than the indoor area (unless it’s like, raining or something…) so definitely check that out!

We popped in about 20 minutes before they closed, but we were still greeted with hospitality, and didn’t feel rushed. We just ordered sample sizes since we didn’t have much time to linger. What we tasted was very nice. It has been a couple of weeks since I was there, so I cannot recall specific beer names, but I will say that some of the sours were right up my alley. Funky, fruity, well balanced & delicious. Nice work! Would love to be back at some point in the future.

we were in the poway area and had a little extra time… so searched breweries in the area… we found 2… this was our 2^nd stop…
i had no clue that this was a «green flash» brewery… not sure I would have gone if i had known… glad we came though.
the space was big and open.
décor was nice.
service was friendly (which I didn’t find the case at the regular green flash)
not busy on this sunday afternoon
we sample the cellar 3 beers (they also had regular green flash)
all beers were quite yummy …
yup…i think i may be back

This place is awesome! I love that its close to my work, which can be a problem, but also a good problem to have. The tasting room is really nice and spacious and there’s an outdoor patio with seats and standing tables along the perimeter.
Green Flash created Cellar 3 for all the barrel aged and sours. I was told that you won’t find any of the Cellar 3 at Green Flash, so this stuff is pretty exclusive on tap. They do bottle some of their beers, so you could always buy some bottles to go. No growler fills of the Cellar 3 stuff at this time. On the plus side, you could get Green Flash and Alpine beer here as well. You can also get growl fills of those.
My current favorite sour there is Flanders w/​Cherry. Second favorite sour would be Blanc Tarte Barrique. Get a West Coast IPA and go back and forth. The contrast between beers is almost like a palate cleanser.
The staff here is friendly and knowledgeable about the beers. If you’re unsure of something, don’t be afraid to ask them! You could also get a splash of a beer if you don’t want to commit to a taster.
They also have their own food truck parked here everyday they’re open. It’s pretty gourmet food style, so don’t expect anything less. The French Dip and Short Rib Sandiwch are both off the hook! Lots of flavors and the meat was very tender. My only gripe is that they don’t have the simple shareable snack foods you’d find at a bar, such as fries, tots, or wings.
I plan on being the Duke here for a while, so I’ll see you around.

Woohoo! This place is great for a few reasons: they’re close to my house, they’re close to Costco, the tasting room looks NICE, they have a ridiculously good-​smelling food truck parked outside by the patio if you get hungry, they have some SOLID sours & stouts, prices are reasonable, AND… They do growler fills of Green Flash & Alpine beers!
As an expansion of Green Flash, I wasn’t expecting anything less. Our favorites so far include the Flanders Drive, Blanc Tarte, Fresco Sauvage, Natura Morta w/​blueberry and w/​cranberry, and of course, Silva Stout w/​Coffee.

Many well-​known breweries have and are building extended tasting rooms, allowing people to try the same fresh beers as you might at the main location (saving everyone time and gas money).
That is not the intent of Cellar 3.
The whole point of Cellar 3 is to do exciting stuff not allowed at the main brewery. Or rather, they moved the entire barrel production side of Green Flash to this location because fermenting beers in barrels is a whole other dynamic that can be very dangerous to a physical brewery in terms of microbiotic firework displays. But don’t worry… you need not know organic chemistry in order to love the results.
Come here and get blown away. This is an exploration of intense flavors. Just imagine your favorite and already flavorful San Diego beer, re-​blended with new fermentations whilst also being aged in a whisky or wine-​aged oak barrel.
Or just come for a tour ($ 5) that’ll get you a few samplers and try for yourself. In either case, this is a «must visit» for anyone on a San Diego beer exploration.