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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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Oakes (34715) reviewed
Coffee Cake - Date Shake from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
8.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Dark brown. Great aroma - lots of coffee, dates, and a bit of vanilla, even the walnuts. It's all coming together in there with a rich bourbon and big alcohol note. All this comes together beautifully on the palate...all those things that are individual on the nose, come together as a whole on the palate. Sweet vanilla notes, big body, lots of bourbon. Rich, complex, and I'm also digging the more fruity character, lively in the body, that complements the rich dark malts and coffee.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 02:06
RennyDoig (5686) reviewed
Dragon Mask - Non-Peated Scotch Barrels: Malted Chocolate Churro Edition from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
500mL bottle. Pours opaque dark brown with a beige head. Vanilla, cinnamon, dark chocolate on the nose. Flavour has whiskey barrel, roasted malt, vanilla, cinnamon, cocoa. Slightly syrupy sweetness. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 01:24
RennyDoig (5686) reviewed
Monsters' Park - Colombian Rum Barrels: Banana Daiquiri Edition from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500mL bottle. Pours black. Nose dominated by toasted coconut, some rum, and maybe gentle notes of lime and banana, though that's probably confirmation bias. Flavour has a ton of toasted coconut and rum barrels, not really much lime or banana, though I can convince myself of their presence.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 00:12
RennyDoig (5686) reviewed
Modem Tones - Bovine Outline Barrels from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
8.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
[2021 Vintage] 500mL bottle. Pours opaque dark brown with a small beige head. Lovely blend of roasted malts, toasted caramel, a light touch of dark berries, and bourbon barrels on the nose. Flavour has a very nice toasted malt base with well-integrated bourbon barrels, rich dark chocolate. Rich mouthfeel, appropriately thick. Fantastic.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2025 at 23:15
RennyDoig (5686) reviewed
Coffee Cake - Date Shake from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
8.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9.5 Texture 8 Overall 9
500mL bottle. Pours opaque dark brown with a beige head. Bourbon, vanilla, and dates on the nose; maybe a little bit of green pepper. Flavour has tons of coffee, vanilla, dates, dark chocolate, cinnamon, bourbon; boozy warmth. Phenomenal complexity, all of the flavours work. This is excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2025 at 22:05
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Reality Maze - Boubon Barrel Coconut Shake from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Very dark. No head. Robust aroma, lots of chocolate especially. On the palate, full body, some coconut. Layers of rich malt, good bourbon accent. Delicious. Really just excellent stuff.
Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 17:52
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Wizard Blend (2018) - Jasper Newton from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
8.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Dark brown, inky and no head. This is toasty, and nutty, with some nice brown sugars and a good barrel accent. This has a lot of alcohol on the palate, up front, with a syrupy dark sugar note like straight molasses, then there's a slight vanilla, and it gets towards a hotter woody finish.
Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 17:40
Simon_14 (9516) ticked
Lava Tones from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
8.8/10
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 22:10
Simon_14 (9516) ticked
Extraordinary Times - Modem Tones Aged in Timberford Select Double-Oaked Bourbon Barrels from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
9.4/10
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 21:06
Robinvboyer (8190) reviewed
Fruitlands from Modern Times Beer
1 year ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from the lcbo. Hazy orange pour, with a medium white head. Aroma is tart, a little saline with some pungent passio fruit and bright guava. Mouth feel is thin, carb is soft. Finish is a good balance of tart fruit and saline gose. Passionfruit and guava are up fron, this is refreshing and quite nice.
Earlier Rating: 7/29/2018 Total Score: 4.3
Can from the LCBO online store. Hazy yellow pour, large white head. Aroma is savoury, light wheat, soft tropical fruit. The fruit is a touch muted in the aroma but its shines in the finish. There is a blast of guava and passionfruit, waves of tropical fruit and tart, savoury wheat. Low bitterness, incredibly drinkable, outstanding.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:19