Mason Ale Works
Microbrewery
in San Marcos,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2015
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.
Kita (5313) reviewed Naughty from Mason Ale Works 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can, 0.473l. Aroma of chocolate, nuts, roasted malt, vanilla and dried fruit. Pours almost black color with thin creamy light brown head and sparkling appearance. Taste starts with medium sweet and rich roasted malt and coffee, follows by dried fruit, herbs, nuts and ash, mouthfeel is rather dry, while finish is mild bitter. Medium to full body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Naughty by nature…
kapusil (2791) reviewed Huginn from Mason Ale Works 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
0.47l can. Slightly hazy orange body with a thing white head. Caramel and raisins both in the aroma and the taste with orange zest, mango, grapefruit, grape seed and even a touch of berries. Bold hop presence for sure both in flavor and bitterness. Thicker than average body long lasting bitterness after the sip. Nice West Coast IPA. Not sure why brewers tend to avoid thisbstyle nowadays. It's cool and this beer is a nice example of it.
kapusil (2791) reviewed Dance Of Kemush from Mason Ale Works 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
0.47l can. Black body with visible floating sediments and a quickly disappearing head. Aroma and taste of coffee, cocoa, dark choclate, nutmeg, caramel and some booze. Not a lot from the coconut. Strong and sweet beer. Nice one.
kapusil (2791) reviewed Motueka Revengeance from Mason Ale Works 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
0.47l can. Very hazy yellow body with a lasting white head. Based on the used hops I expected mostly tropical fruits, but there is not much of that. Honey and oats, stone fruits, pears, pine and grassy hops show up both in the aroma and the taste. The alcohol is well hidden. Nice balanced brew.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Millennial Falcon from Mason Ale Works 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can: Poured an unclear golden with a white frothy head. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, dankness. Taste is very bitter hops, grapefruit, citrus, grassy, lively through finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can at SHIG place tasting, thanks to SHIG, 15/04/23. Moderately hazed golden orange with a decent just off white cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is bitter orange, pine needle, grass, ripe melon, dank strokes, grapefruit. Taste comprises orange pith, pine resin, dank spike, grass, grapefruit, mango flesh, raw pineapple. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy come resinous hop bitterness. Solid punchy TIPA.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Harry and the Sendersons from Mason Ale Works 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can shared by Fergus: Poured an unclear golden with a white head. Aroma is hops bouquet, lively in the nose, fruit, citrus, grapefruit, mango. Taste is hoppy bitter forward, very fresh, citrus, grapefruit, mango, very lively finish.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Harry and the Sendersons from Mason Ale Works 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can shared at shigs place in Newport news. A mostly clear golden yellow coloured pour with a lasting white froth. Aroma is semi sweet, semi crisp bready grains, piney hop, dank, green berries, woody pine. Flavour is composed of semi sweet pine, sticky sap, piney hop, pine tips, dank citrus. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, some hop oils, lingering zesty orange and pine. Good.