Breakwater Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Vista, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2008

Contact
2129 Industrial Ct, Vista, CA, 92081, United States
Description
(Moved from Oceanside to Vista in 2024)

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

On tap at Breakwater, pours a hazy copper golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out herbal and dank hops upfront, backed with dry biscuity malt. Flavour brings out oodles of piney dry hopping, with a touch of hop resins and just enough biscuity malt to back. Dry and potent on the finish, with a pleasant astringent. Very nice.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2017 at 23:38


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Breakwater, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out herbal hops, dank notes and some tropical fruits. Flavour is along the same lines, with tropical fruits, dank herbal hops and dry biscuity malt. Herbal, dank finish. Nice stuff.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2017 at 23:38


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

On tap at Breakwater, pours a clear yellowish blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings subdued honey sweetness, cereal malt and light hop resins. Flavour brings out the honey upfront, with cereal malt and subdued hoppy bitterness. Doesn't work too well. The honey is cheap and the hops are subdued, leaving this feeling very confused and lacking depth.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2017 at 23:37


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Breakwater, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out a strange mix of subdued honey, beer and white wine. Flavour is expressive mostly on the wine yeast upfront, with subdued honey and light wild yeast. A bit confused - I don't get the mead or beet. All in all, very pleasant.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2017 at 23:36


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Breakwater, pours a hazy pinkish amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out seltzery notes and artificial raspberries. Flavour brings out sweet cloying raspberries, medicinal notes and subdued honey character. Cheap and inauthentic. Not convincing.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2017 at 23:36


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

On tap at Breakwater, pours a deep dark amber brown with a small white head. Aroma brings out lovely wine yeast upfront, followed by brett and light red fruits. Flavour is quite complex, with notes of red wine barrels, brett, grape mist and leather. Complex and wonderfully balanced. Excellent.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2017 at 23:35


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

On tap at Breakwater, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of west coast piney hops upfront, with just enough biscuity malt to back. Flavour brings out a ton of piney dry hopping upfront, with just enough dry biscuity malt. Classic west coast style IPA. Done really well.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2017 at 23:35


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft @ SDBW 2016 Guild Festival. Pours a hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour tart spicy vinous aroma. Fruity sour tart weak citrus flavor. Has a fruity sour tart weak citrus finish.

Tried from Draft on 01 Jan 2017 at 17:27


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft @ SDBW 2016 Guild Festival. Pours a golden orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty piney grapefruit hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy grapefruit finish.

Tried from Draft on 01 Jan 2017 at 17:24


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pale golden with a white head - Hop aroma - Malt body to support the hops that has some fruity flavours to it - The hops goes into the finish tha ends dry and bitter - This was nice

Tried on 14 Oct 2016 at 15:18