Santa Monica Brew Works
Microbrewery in Santa Monica, California, United States 🇺🇸
Established in 2014
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Head in the Clouds from Santa Monica Brew Works 7 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
s: oranges | wheat | hay
a: super cloudy pale yellow body | rich off-white head
t: dank | grapefruit | aspartame
p: oaty | curacao | lactosey finish
o: rich throughout | more bitter than expected for style (but nice) | nice to sample fresh in LA!
16 ounce can | Ralph's Farm Fare: Inglewood (Los Angeles), California | 04-August-2025 | US$13,99/four pack | Canned: 26-June-2025 | sampled: a few minutes after purchase after just setting foot back inside the USA
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Last beer before my flight home, LAX in the brewery bar close to my boarding gate. 27th April 2025. Slight haze in the on tap US Pint, it's a misty pale golden colour with a short lived white head. Citrus nose (weak) and flavour (also weak), let's just say it has a subtle aroma and taste rather than 'bland', which it wasn't really. Refreshing and easy to drink, it's not going to test your senses to greatly.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Expensive US Pint at LAX in the brewery bar before flying home to the UK. On tap, it came almost clear with a decent, but short lived white crown. Strange flavours, no aroma really, leaning towards dirty washing up water with a citrus based washing liquid within. Didn't take to it at all. Scored kindly!
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Inclined IPA from Santa Monica Brew Works 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
US Pint, on tap at the breweries bar in LAX on 27th April 2025, homeward bound with Margie and Auntie Sue. Mostly clear golden pour, white crown on top (for a while). Hoppy with both resinous and citrusy notes in the nose and taste, this was the best of their three beers I had before the flight to the UK, pity about the other two (both lager/pils).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can (9/12/24) from Total Wine & More, W. Hollywood. Cloudy, dark orange, one nasty floatie, nice sparkle, ephemeral head and no lacing. Aroma is strong orange and tart apple (cider), malt background. Taste is initial strong tart/sweet orange and apple, 2nd half mostly bread. Smooth, fairly thick texture, soft carbonation, mild esophageal warmth, bready finish, dry, yeasty and minimal bitterness. I think this would have been better on draft or several months ago--age got the better of this.
not sure how else to describe this, but disappointing. wanted more hops. didn't get them.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Middie on tap at L.A. Airport. Clear amber beer with a thin white head. Zero carbonation. Slight rice nose. Full body, smooth texture. Sweet beer with a malt finish. Drinkable with some nice lacing.
maniac (11822) ticked Head in the Clouds from Santa Monica Brew Works 1 year ago
Hazy orange body small foamy white head. Fruity resiny citrus aroma. Fruity citrus resiny flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/2/7/3/14 3.3
maniac (11822) ticked Inclined IPA from Santa Monica Brew Works 1 year ago
Clear golden body small foamy white head. Citrus resiny aroma. Citrus resiny woody flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/15 3.5
maniac (11822) ticked LAXPA from Santa Monica Brew Works 1 year ago
Light hazy golden body medium foamy white head. Floral citrus resiny aroma. Floral citrus woody flavor. Medium light body moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/14 3.5