Mother Earth Brew Company
Microbrewery
in
Vista,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2010
Contact
Description
Founded in North San Diego County in 2010 by Daniel & Jon Love, and Kamron Khannakhjavani, what began as a hobby years earlier had formed into a business. Originally operating out of a 2200 sq. ft. industrial space, the business grew quickly thanks to thirsty patrons visiting the industrial, but homely, onsite tasting room and adjacent homebrew store. Brewhouse upgrades soon followed and in 2012, Mother Earth opened a large Tap House in the historic downtown Vista district. The relocation of the tap room allowed the company to expand its production spaces even further and over time additional square footage was added to nearly 28000 sq. ft. in total.
In 2015 the company began development of a new, state-of-the-art 40,000 sq. ft. production facility in Nampa, Idaho. Featuring a 40 bbl multi-vessel brewhouse, and the capacity to produce over 100K bbls/yr, “Mother Earth – Nampa” went on-line in August of 2016 and through continuous upgrades and expansion rapidly became the largest brewery in the state of Idaho. As Mother Earth's second regional headquarters, Nampa supports most of the company's growth and produces beer for all markets outside Southern California. The original Vista brewery continues to provide draft and specialty offerings to its home market of Socal as well as creating unique one-off brews for visitors at its retail operations in North County San Diego. Mother Earth remains family owned and operated and has become a standard of success within the industry.
In 2015 the company began development of a new, state-of-the-art 40,000 sq. ft. production facility in Nampa, Idaho. Featuring a 40 bbl multi-vessel brewhouse, and the capacity to produce over 100K bbls/yr, “Mother Earth – Nampa” went on-line in August of 2016 and through continuous upgrades and expansion rapidly became the largest brewery in the state of Idaho. As Mother Earth's second regional headquarters, Nampa supports most of the company's growth and produces beer for all markets outside Southern California. The original Vista brewery continues to provide draft and specialty offerings to its home market of Socal as well as creating unique one-off brews for visitors at its retail operations in North County San Diego. Mother Earth remains family owned and operated and has become a standard of success within the industry.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours hazy orange amber with a small off-white orangish head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is surprisingly faint, with notes of caramel, pine and citrus. Flavor starts similar, but has a lot more going on, with rich notes of grapefruit, pine resin, caramel. Medium sweet, medium plus bitter. Medium body, rich oily mouthfeel. Quite a good beer, just wish it had more nose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2013
at 21:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Slightly hazy copper coloured body with a bronze glow and a thick, three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of pungent citrus, grapefruit and especially piney hops coupled with a good amount of malt and some alcohol. Medium-bodied; Assertive resinous and rather piney flavours at first with a good herbal and slightly grassy hop character and a good malt backbone coupled with some light earthiness. Aftertaste shows a good balance of hops and malt with a nice grassy and herbal note and a strong but bearable alcohol flavour. Overall, a great Southern California IPA and one that should be sampled by all that like the style, that is, if you can find it! I sampled this 65 cL bottle (mine says 7% abv on the screenprinted bottle) purchased from Texas Liqour in Carlsbad, California on 19-March-2013 for US$7.99 sampled a few hours after returning on a subsequent trip from San Diego on 10-June-2013 at home in Washington.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2013
at 21:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz bottle purchased at Albertson’s in Carlsbad, California. The pour is a hazed orange copper with a 1 inch light tan head. Nice lace is left behind on the glass. The aroma is pine, resinous dank floral hop, along with a sweet malt. The taste is the nose, nice balance between the dank resin floral hop and the sweet cracker malt. The palate is medium bodied, soft carbonation, and the dank dry hop in the lingering finish. Solid IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2013
at 08:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
650 ml bottle. Pours a clear somewhat dark caramel color with a large white head. A sweet fruity nose with some caramel. Sweet very fresh hop profile with big oranges and grapefruit, light caramel and earthy malts. Quite easy and flavorful. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2013
at 22:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Glass etched bottle. Pours clear gold with white head. Nose and taste of peach, bready malt, fruit breads, grapefruit zest and spicy malt. Some orange peel. Medium body. Finishes dry - slightly bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2013
at 14:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Very nice, slightly hazy light copper coloured body with a hint of golden notes and a thick, three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of resin, pine, pineapple, flowers and a very pungent kick of passionfruit - very nice. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy hop flavour with a little light malt noticeable, a hint of rye and very dry herbal notes - with not much of a finish at all. Aftertaste shows pungent hops, but not much else and too little malt for a long finish - decent. Overall, a good hoppy beer with a lot of different hop notes, but not enough malt for a complex beer nor a prolonged finish - decent, but I was expecting better, especially from the area and for the price! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Texas Liqour in Carlsbad, California on 19-March-2013 for US$7.99 sampled at home in Washington on 23-April-2013.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2013
at 21:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Zach’s and Matt’s NYC 4/20 IPA tasting. Pours cloudy orange gold with white head. Nose and taste of pineapple, caramel malt, resin and grapefruit. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2013
at 12:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Zach and Matt’s NYC tasting. Pours orange gold with white head. Nose and taste of grapefruit, resin, citrus rind and sticky caramel. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2013
at 12:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by me at tasting. Pours orange gold with white head. Nose and taste of cream soda. Spot on. That’s it. Some vanilla. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2013
at 18:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a golden color with a white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter piney grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter piney finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2013
at 07:40