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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.
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8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
22oz (thx, Jenn!) @ SF.
A lot of vanilla, American oak, some chocolate, and a bit of meaty notes. The taste is a lot of vanilla, chocolate, and some American oak. Good one.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 06:29

8.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
Dark brown. No head. The aroma has a lot of vanilla, the palate has a big rich malt, lots of chocolate, slight roast. There's a good barrel here, and some balancing vanilla sweetness. It's big, and it's rich. Dense, balanced. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 06:17

8.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
22 oz. bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out plenty of vanilla, bourbon barrels, and a touch of cocoa. Flavour has a wonderful vanilla bean character, plenty of bourbon barrels, dark sugars, molasses, and a touch of cocoa. Wonderful vanilla character that melds well with the bourbon. The usual super high-quality stuff. Fantastic.
Tried on 12 Mar 2025 at 06:16

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Poured from 650mL bottle. Very dark brown with minimal beige head. Sweet vanilla, mild bourbon barrel, a touch boozy, some mild chocolate on the backend. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 06:15

8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
22 oz bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has plenty of chocolate, molasses, bourbon barrels, and a touch of sea salt. Flavour has plenty of chocolate, molasses, bourbon barrels, plenty of sea salt, and a touch of vanilla. I’m not sure the salt helps, but the barrel blend is fantastic and the adjuncts just add subtle complements. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 05:31

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8
22oz (thx, Brian S.!) @ SF.
Cinnamon, some maple syrup, sweet, some fruity character. Full-bodied, moderately sweet, nice integration of flavors. Another nice creation of MT.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 05:23

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Dark brown. Big, rich aroma, with a lot of chocolate, light coffee, and a bit of white sugar. On the palate, it's got a hit of vanilla, alcohol, a woody barrel accent. There's a touch of cinnamon. Good rich character. It does have that chocolate note, with a touch of cinnamon, so that it goes in the direction of churro y chocolate. The barrel here is interesting, because it hits with some tannin but otherwise doesn't complement the rich chocolatey character.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 05:14

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Poured from 650mL bottle. Near black with minimal tan head. Aroma has woody cacao nibs, slight nuttiness. Taste of woody chocolate, whiskey backing, feint cinnamon and vanilla, sprinkle of salt.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 05:03

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8
22oz (thx, Jorge G.) @ SF.
Some spice that I would associate with cassia barks, but it's coming from a rum barrel for sure. Full-bodied, moderately sweet, a lot of rum barrel presence, some banana and coconut. Nicely done for what it is.
Tried on 12 Mar 2025 at 04:29

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Dark brown. No head. Rich chocolate and barrel on the nose. On the palate, the rum barrel comes through a bit, lightening up the body a bit. Light banana there, good barrel. The rum sugars are nice, seems like the barrels held some old stuff. This all comes together quite well. I don't get any lime and that's probably for the best, as I imagine that would be a bit clashy.
Tried on 12 Mar 2025 at 04:10