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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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample at the North Park taproom. Slightly hazy golden-orange color with a medium ivory white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Strings of lace. Aroma of floral hops, fruit and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of grassy hops, citrus and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a floral hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2018 at 18:15

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample at the North Park taproom. The beer is a clear pale orange color with a thin white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Spotty lace. Aroma of yeast, hops and citrus. Light to medium body with flavors of herbal yeast, mild hops, malt and subtle key lime. The finish is mildly bitter hops and lime. Decent overall.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2018 at 18:13

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample at the North Park taproom. Clear pale orange color with a thin white head that dissipates quickly to a sparse outer ring. Short strings of lace. Aroma of peach, yeast and wheat. Light-bodied with a tart peach and citrus character, with some yeast, wheat and doughy malt in the background. The finish is moderately tart with a peachy aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2018 at 15:54

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample at the North Park taproom. Clear yellow-gold color with a medium thin white head that burns away quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Aroma of citrus, wheat and malt. Light to medium body with a wheaty and citrusy character, with some malt and honey in the background. The finish is wheaty with a citrus aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2018 at 15:47

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample at the North Park taproom. Slightly hazy pale golden color with a medium thin white head that evaporates quickly to a wispy film. Spotty lace. Aroma of yeast, malt and fruit. Light-bodied with flavors of bready malt, fruit and mild grassy hops. The finish is mildly bitter with a fruity aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2018 at 15:45

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at brewdog Lothian road. Pours black, nose is huge soy sauce, chocolate, roasted, taste is sweet, chocolate, caramel, soy sauce, quite harsh and boozy in the finish.
Tried on 07 Apr 2018 at 18:08

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Amber beer with a whitish head. Grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and light pine flavor with earth. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and earth linger.
Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2018 at 18:27

5/10
Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2018 at 17:42

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Can fem web SB cons 2918-03-03 Göteborg AR: bitter grapefruit, lemon peel AP: hazy coppery, wee semiwhitehe F: bittergrapefruit, orange peel, dry
Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2018 at 00:28

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12oz can pours with a clear gold body that supports a thin light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up floral hops, a bit of sweet bread and then a dash of lime candy. The taste delivers a blend of bitter floral hops, a mild lime sensation and then sugary malt sweetened spicy onion hoppiness. Toward the finish the sweetness builds up to distracting levels for the style but performs better than most American brewed versions. Whoa, wait. The second 6oz only became sweeter and sweeter with each sip. When will US brewers get a clue about this style.
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2018 at 20:40