# Artifex Brewing Company — San Clemente, California

> Artifex Brewing Company in San Clemente, California, United States scores 3.87 out of 5 — Fine, #288 in California. 288 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Artifex Brewing Company is a brewery in San Clemente, California, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.87 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #288 in California. Of the 288 beers we track, 65% are IPA and 10% Wheat Beer.

## Rating

- Score: 3.87 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #288 in California · #3,112 in United States · #4,260 worldwide
- Popularity: Well rated
- Beers tracked: 288

## About

Artifex Brewing Company produce's decent quality beer and are constantly experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Trigger Finger", which is an American IPA and "Unicorn Juice", which is a Wheat Beer. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Wheat Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 65% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 10% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 9% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 5% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 4% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 4% of the beers we track
- Other — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 919 Calle Amanecer, San Clemente, California, United States
- Coordinates: 33.4489329, -117.6059392
- Website: https://artifex.beer/

## Breweries nearby

- [RŌM Beer Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/rom-beer-co-32316.md) — 4.14, Great — San Clemente, California — 0.5 mi away
- [Left Coast Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/left-coast-brewing-co-86.md) — 3.58, Poor — San Clemente, California — 1.2 mi away
- [Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/oggis-pizza-brewing-co-4715.md) — 3.06, Limited — San Clemente, California — 1.2 mi away
- [Pizza Port Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/pizza-port-brewing-company-4578.md) — 3.92, Fine — San Clemente, California — 1.5 mi away
- [Los Molinos Beer Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/los-molinos-beer-company-28978.md) — 3.86, Fine — San Clemente, California — 1.5 mi away
- [The Dog Pawrk Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-dog-pawrk-brewing-company-27017.md) — 3.78, Fine — San Juan Capistrano, California — 4.6 mi away
- [Docent Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/docent-brewing-1313.md) — 3.91, Fine — San Juan Capistrano, California — 4.7 mi away
- [Capistrano Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/capistrano-brewing-company-24141.md) — 3.84, Fine — San Juan Capistrano, California — 4.9 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in California](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/california.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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