Mike Hess Brewing Company

Microbrewery in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2010

Contact
7955 Silverton Ave #1201 (858) 267-6378, San Diego, CA, CA 92126, United States
Description
Mike Hess Brewing is one of the premier craft breweries of San Diego. We set out with a mission to bring people together over great beer and were early on in the craft beer revolution. We were the region’s 33rd brewery back in 2010 when our first location, then a nano-brewery, in Miramar was opened. Now, in our 10th year, we have 5 locations in California, including the “OG” spot, which has since tripled in size!

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Poured up on tap at Tipsy Cactus where it exhibits a hazy gold copper body that supports a thin white head of foam. The aroma offers up papaya, mango, strawberry, floral hops and lavender. The taste delivers smooth yet bitter grapefruit and lavender to floral hops backed up by soft juicy mango and papaya and then strawberry. Nice IPA
Tried from Draft on 11 Jan 2019 at 00:00

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cloudy dark blond with lasting head. Aroma and flavour have a lot of rich sweet rye. Nice mix with the earthy hops.
Tried on 29 Dec 2018 at 17:38

7/10
From backlog. Taster at SDBW Pier event. Golden with white head. Malts, hops, Citrus ,grapefruit, bitterness.
Tried on 23 Dec 2018 at 11:07

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at Brody’s, Den Haag. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of cheesy malt, dough, tangerine and lemon. Flavour is above moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 15 Dec 2018 at 18:13

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Hazy blond with fluffy head. Aroma and flavour have some fruity hop notes like peach and grapefruit. Very soft. Quite low bitterness.
Tried on 25 Nov 2018 at 20:57

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
The Aromas are pine resin floral and a bit of spice. Likewise the flavors bittersweet with some long-lasting bitterness. Good but I don't care for it as much as I did the last time I had it.
Tried on 21 Nov 2018 at 04:19

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can @ home shared with Joes. A tad hazy yellow golden color, medium sized white head. Aroma is a bit unfresh to be honest, a bit cheesy. After a while though that seems to subside a bit. Flavor is decently malty and hoppy. Decent body and carbonation. Ok beer.
Tried from Can on 15 Nov 2018 at 20:49

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Das ja mal die geilste Dosenöffnung, die ich je gesehen hab. Danach hat man eigentlich gleich ein trinkfertiges Glas. Gleich am Anfang schonmal von den Socken. Insgesamt ein sehr schönes Design, alle Infos drauf, passt. In der Nase sehr malzig, Karamell. Im Trunk ebenso sehr deutlich Karamellmalz, leichte Süße, cremig, gut, wenn auch insgesamt sehr straight und wenig komplex.
Tried on 11 Nov 2018 at 19:11

8.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
32oz crowler pours with a hazy but not totally opaque copper gold body that supports a full off white head of foam. The aroma offers up mango, cantaloupe and guava rimmed thinly by a citrus note. The taste delivers a nice blend of mango, guava and bitter grapefruit. It becomes a bit grassy with modest bitterness to midway and ends with the addition of faint cracker maltiness. Wow. This comes together beautifully. Solid IPA.
Tried from Crowler on 06 Nov 2018 at 01:23

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Golden with a white head - Grapefruity and hops in the aroma - Malt body with a good citrus , grapefruit flavour with bitterness - The citrus flavour goes into the finish with bitterness - This was good
Tried on 08 Oct 2018 at 15:12