Modern Times Beer
Microbrewery
in
San Diego,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Maui Brewing Company
Associated with 9 Venues
Established in 2012
Contact
Description
Modern Times is a 30bbl production brewery and tasting room in the Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego. Modern Times is named after a beautifully crazy utopian community founded in 1850 (see “Modern Times was..” for the full explanation), and (almost) all of our beers are named after real utopian experiments or mythological utopias.
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Sample via Keukenman, geprobeerd met LiekevdV en NickvdH. Het is een diep donkerbruin bier met een aroma van Bourbon en ahornsiroop. De smaak is vol gebrande mout, Bourbon, vanille, hout, ahornsiroop en kokos.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2026
at 20:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Citrus and tropical fruity notes of grapefruit and passionfruit, orange and a touch of peach, some citrus peel, grass, sweet malty backing with a light bitter hoppy close. Easy drinking affair.
Tried
from Can
from Beer Republic
on 10 Jul 2026
at 13:59
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Dark brown. No head. On the nose, blueberry, peach, rich chocolate. This has a lot of barrel, with a blueberry note, peach, vanilla, brown sugar. The character really comes together, the fruit notes are excellent. The balance, fuck. So good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2026
at 05:34
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
22 oz. bottle, pours jet black, no head. Nose has plenty of apple brandy barrels, graham cracker, brown sugar, a touch of cinnamon, and vanilla. Flavour is super rich and integrated, with tons of blackberry puree, peach brandy, some graham cracker, brown sugar, and a hint of cinnamon. Rich, but integrated and balanced. Wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Modern Times - Far West Lounge
on 09 Jul 2026
at 05:17
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
650mL bottle. Pours black with a minimal head. Roasted malts, dark sugars, molasses, cinnamon, and a great brandy character on the nose. Flavour has deep roasted malts, molasses, cinnamon, vanilla, graham crackers, sugary blueberries, and a great peach brandy character. This is excellent; the adjuncts are well incorporated with the base and the barrels bring it home.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2026
at 01:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
22oz (thx, Cam B. and Josh!) @ Phill's shared with Brian and Alex. I wasn't even aware that the Portland location was brewing anything, especially BA stouts.
Aroma: quality American oak, sweet, brown sugars.
Taste: along the same lines, noticeably boozy.
Overall: pleasant.
Aroma: quality American oak, sweet, brown sugars.
Taste: along the same lines, noticeably boozy.
Overall: pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2026
at 07:46
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
22oz (thx, Cam B., for the beer and Josh for bringing it from Seattle to the border) @ Ryan's shared with Alex, Phill, and Josh, trying to figure out the Okanagan trip because weather is preventing us from Golden Ears camping 😬.
Aroma: heavy, sweet, nice integrated mix of coffee and coconut, American oak.
Taste: along the same lines, nicely balanced coconut, chcocolate, vanilla, and American oak.
Overall: very nice.
Aroma: heavy, sweet, nice integrated mix of coffee and coconut, American oak.
Taste: along the same lines, nicely balanced coconut, chcocolate, vanilla, and American oak.
Overall: very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2026
at 05:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown. Rich chocolate aroma, light cinnamon and some coconut, vanilla. Thick and sweet. Coconut, vanilla, little bit of cinnamon, maple, apple and lots of chocolate. Has all the decadence of a MT but complexity is more on the adjuncts than anything else.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2026
at 05:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 650mL bottle. Very dark brown with very minimal off white head. Mild cinnamon, coffee cake with feint coconut, the apple brandy and maple is but a hint, yet lends a gentle roundness. Each MT still available is something to savour. RIP.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2026
at 05:48
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
22oz (thanks a lot, Jorge G.!) shared with Farees @ Phill's during the BBQ party in honour of his birthday.
Aroma: amazing barrel character, some whiskey notes, dark fruits, moderately sweet.
Taste: along the same lines, perfect body thickness.
Overall: very nice, love it ❤️ And even the cap was smiling me when I opened the bottle 😂
Aroma: amazing barrel character, some whiskey notes, dark fruits, moderately sweet.
Taste: along the same lines, perfect body thickness.
Overall: very nice, love it ❤️ And even the cap was smiling me when I opened the bottle 😂
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2026
at 05:47