Brewery Profile

Escape Craft Brewery

A visit to Redlands’ original brewpub side of this operation puts travelers at the home base of a family-owned Southern California brewery that has grown beyond its Inland Empire roots. The draw is straightforward: a local taproom where the beer list is the focus and the staff can point visitors toward what is pouring that day. For someone mapping out the city’s craft beer options, this is a stop tied directly to Redlands rather than an outpost of a larger, distant brand. The setting is best approached as a neighborhood brewery visit, with the experience centered on the bar, the draft board, and the chance to try beer from a producer with a longer local footprint than its newer satellite tasting room in Laguna Niguel.

Travelers in this part of Southern California often look for brewery visits that feel easy to work into a wider day of food, shopping, hiking, beach travel, or Inland Empire exploring. Many also use taproom stops to compare regional approaches to hop-forward ales, lighter warm-weather pours, and rotating or seasonal releases, though the exact lineup should be confirmed at the bar rather than assumed in advance. Escape Craft Brewery fits that kind of itinerary because it offers a Redlands base and a separate Orange County tasting-room option, giving visitors more than one way to encounter the brewery depending on where they are traveling. For craft beer fans moving between the Inland Empire and coastal Orange County, that multi-location presence can make the brewery a useful point of comparison across two different Southern California settings.

For practical planning, treat the Redlands taproom as the best source for the day’s pours, serving format, and any current specials or limited releases. Specific amenities such as food service, outdoor seating, events, reservations, family policies, or pet rules are not confirmed here, so visitors should check the brewery’s current channels or contact the taproom before making firm plans around those details. If time is limited, build the visit around tasting what is fresh on draft and asking staff for guidance rather than arriving with a fixed beer list in mind. Visitors who also expect to be in Laguna Niguel can look into the satellite tasting room separately, since hours, atmosphere, and offerings may differ by location. For the Redlands stop, the simplest plan is to confirm hours, choose a time that fits the rest of the day, and let the taproom’s current board shape the visit.

Escape Craft Brewery is a quintessential Southern California success story, rooted in the family-owned spirit of their original Redlands brewpub. Expanding beyond the Inland Empire, they offer craft beer lovers multiple destinations—from their vibrant home base to their satellite tasting room in Laguna Niguel—making it easy to escape the everyday with a perfectly poured pint.

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721 Nevada St Ste 401, Redlands, California, 92373-8053

Phone: +1 (909) 713-3727

Website: http://www.escapecraftbrewery.com