Mother Earth Brew Company

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

Established in 2010

Contact
2055 Thibodo Rd, Ste H., Vista, CA, 92081, United States
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.

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Belmont Brew House. Clear golden pour, skin of tight white head. Grassy aroma, faint hoppy/citrus notes. Taste is hoppy, approachable, pine, citrus, mild bitterness. Smooth and really delicious.

Tried from Draft at Belmont Brew House on 26 Sep 2025 at 22:47


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7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Mother Earth Downtown. Dark brown pour, spotty tan head, foamy ring. Roasty, sweet aroma, notes of coffee. Taste starts with some chocolate, sugary, light coffee and just a hint of coconut. Nice textures with some mild lingering bitterness

Tried from Draft at Mother Earth - Boise Downtown Taproom on 21 Sep 2025 at 22:28


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8.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Nitro pour at Mother Earth Downtown. Milky pour settles to a thick, creamy head, thick rings of lacing. Light vanilla aroma, sweet. Taste starts with the vanilla, some biscuity notes, all wrapped up in a dense, creamy body. Way to easy to drink this pint.

Tried from Draft at Mother Earth - Boise Downtown Taproom on 21 Sep 2025 at 21:54


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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Draft at Mother Earth Downtown. Copper pour, wispy head, streaky lacing. Sweet malty aroma, toffee. Taste brings out the oak, woody flavors, minor sweetness.

Tried from Draft at Mother Earth - Boise Downtown Taproom on 21 Sep 2025 at 21:21


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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

16oz can from Brewers Haven. Clear golden pour, frothy head fades. Aroma is pumpkin, then a little vanilla. Taste brings hints of pumpkin pie spice, but mostly focused on the pumpkin flavors accented by a touch of vanilla.

Tried from Can at Brewer's Haven on 29 Aug 2025 at 06:51


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

US Pint can from a Trader Joe's. Drank at my daughters in Laguna Hills on 20th August 2025. Hazy dull orange body, white affair on top. Citrussy tropical fruit front, dank and soft throughout with a light sweetness in the background.

Tried from Can on 20 Aug 2025 at 21:30


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Hazy golden, mid sized head. Aroma of orange lemonade. Sweetish with light to medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Creamy and crackery with orange and vanilla. Low bitterness.

Tried on 16 Aug 2025 at 22:07


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

16oz can from WinCo. Clear golden pour, foamy white head, normal. Taste brings a light hop profile and some biscuity malts. Taste is hops, minor astringency, pine, fruity. Solid IPA

Tried from Can from WinCo Foods - Boise on 16 Aug 2025 at 05:38


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Belmont Brew House. Clear light bright golden pour brief white head and spotty lacing. Fresh clean bright citrusy and slightly floral hop character. A little more of the soft piney bite at the end. Clean.

Tried from Draft on 14 Aug 2025 at 23:47


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On Tap at Here's How public house. Foggy hazy light lemon yellow. Classic soft grainy wheaty malts and clean zippy citrus and tripical hop character. Pretty soft and mild overall. Nice

Tried from Draft on 14 Aug 2025 at 02:21


Brewery Stats
Score 6.86
Beers236
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