Pint Nine’s founder, Jimi Watson, trained as a master brewer at UC Davis — the program that mints California’s brewing elite — then brought that education to La Vista. The name is the tell: a “pint nine” is the 16.9-ounce European pour, and the brewery treats the extra ounces as a philosophy.
The taproom shares a Portal Road address with Kros Strain (next door at Ste 102), making this stretch of La Vista an accidental two-stop brewery crawl. Pint Nine’s lineup rewards the curious — well-executed styles across the board, from someone who studied the science before opening the doors.
It’s the metro’s best argument that serious brewing credentials don’t require a coast.