Mason Ale Works

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

Established in 2015

Contact
255 Redel Rd., San Marcos, CA, 92078, United States
Subsidiaries
Mason Ale Works owns 1 brewery:
Description
We started a Brewery as a means to contribute to a truly artisan craft. We believe in friendship before finance and are happy to help others in this industry as we have been helped by those who came before us. We are bold believers in the fact that a well made beer can cool your spirit and warm your soul.

Our flagship Mason Ale Works production brewery opened in 2017 at our San Marcos Urge Common House Location. Here JJ “Sweet Meat” Jimenez, our Director of Brewing Operations, helms the wheel. All of our can releases like our popular Jambi West Coast IPA and Respeto Mexican Lager are brewed and canned in these four walls. We also crank out an extensive line-up of one-off releases out of here.

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

Black pour. Thin foam around the rim. Rich flavor of dark chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, and coffee. Bourbon on the palate.

Tried from Can from Midtowne Market on 23 Dec 2025 at 23:42


Cocoa, coffee, charred oak, bourbon aroma. Viscous black pour, headless. Bourbon, chocolate syrup. Oak finish. Full body, easy carbonation, very warm. This is a punch in the face. No detectable hazelnut flavor or aroma, but that is likely due to the bourbon. It's not overly boozy but even a little bourbon seems to have masked the delicate flavor of hazelnuts. It's a shame because I really hazelnuts, especially in coffee. Good beer though.

Tried from Can from Midtowne Market on 23 Dec 2025 at 22:33


4.4
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 3.5

Can shared with Tim. Yellow color, no head. Aroma is artificial citrusy it seems. Flavor is lightly malts, again it tastes to me as some sort of artificial citrusy and a bit sugary too. Odd. Fanta lemon-ish. Meh. Not a fan.

Tried on 20 Dec 2025 at 15:15



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

One more of the IPAs I steadily get from Half Time in NY. In front of me is a 16 can now opened and pouring inside of a SH Belgian glass. The appearance is an opaque, amber-yellow body carrying a skim of fully white foam. I smell tropical and citrus along with a hint of hops. The taste has grapefruit, orange peel, dry crackers and still that small hoppiness. Slightly sweet and bitter both. Decent beer, not shaking anything up. Interesting artwork on the label for sure.

Tried from Can on 29 Nov 2025 at 22:27


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

Orange, lilly nose. Clear amber, medium head. Orange, grass, grapefruit
Medium body, easy carbonation.

Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2025 at 00:25


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Sample from can @ Bratislavka tasting. No real head. Colour is gold, hazy. Aroma is very hoppy, citrus, tropical fruits, bit alkohol. Taste is full malty base, mellow tropical fruits, more on the sweet side, alcohol is masked, decent bitterness, good one, fully enjoyed

Tried from Can on 09 Nov 2025 at 16:56


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can at Bratislavka tasting. Hoppy fruity aroma and taste, tropical fruit, light to medium bitter, light sweet. Medium to full body, malty fruity bitter sweet finish. Good.

Tried from Can on 21 Oct 2025 at 19:32


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

Hazy gold pour. Thin foam around the rim. Scattered lace. Sweet flavor of grapefruit juice and hops. Light bodied and light carbonation

Tried from Can from Midtowne Market on 07 Oct 2025 at 23:44


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Grapefruit and honeysuckle nose. Cloudy amber, medium sticky head. Medium body, creamy, easy carbonation. Well rounded, delicious.

Tried from Can from Midtowne Market on 07 Oct 2025 at 21:53