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!
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pitch black color. Massive bourbon nose with some oak, dark chocolate and dark fruit. Moderately sweet, alcohol is well hidden, lots of bourbon, plums and dark chocolate. Very rounded. Plums really shine in te mouth. Lingering bourbon finish. Alcohol warms you at the end. Wow.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2013
at 07:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2013. It pours black with a thick light tan head. The nose is roasty, earth, marshmallow, vanilla, fudge, toasted coconut, coffee, whiskey and medicinal notes. The taste is rich-roasted malt, earth, toast, coffee, medicinal, wood, spice, vanilla, alcohol hit, ash, light bitterness and treacle with a dry, roasty finish. Full body, soft carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Quite mellow actually.... Smooth, flavoursome and well-balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2013
at 09:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at gbbf 2013. Sticky opaque black oily. Nose is kamp coffee sweet caramel. Flavour is coffee cake bold roast sweet . dessert beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2013
at 07:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gravity @ gbbf, small sample. Dark color, short brown head. Aroma of bourbon, biscuit, roast, chocolate, coffee. Thick roasty. Medium sweet, bit bitter. Nicely balanced, good complexity.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2013
at 11:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - thanks cocoapuph! Pours cloudy light amber, with a medium off-white head and great lacing. Aroma is citrus, pine, yeast, some tropical notes. Flavor is the same, light bitter and light sweet in good balance. Light body, a refreshing and tasty beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2013
at 22:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @the brewery. Pours an orange color with a white head. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy aroma. Fruity malty piney hoppy dry flavor. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Apr 2013
at 00:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruiy malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2013
at 07:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @the brewery. Pours a golden color with a white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2013
at 07:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a dark amber reddish color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty creamy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty caramel flavor. Has a sweetish malty creamy caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2013
at 07:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a hazy yellow color with a white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty grainy flavor with grassy hints. Has a fruity malty grainy grassy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2013
at 07:20