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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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pint can from Festival Appleton Darboy, 4/19/22. Hazy orange, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of floral hop, melon, mango. Taste is melon, grapefruit, passionfruit. Juicy, moderate bitterness. Lives up to the name.

Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2022 at 03:00


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

Dark brown. Just a thin head. Aroma has both coffee and dark fruits on it. Lots of coffee on the palate, too. Medium body, just enough, some light dark sugar notes, bit of roast/toast from the malts. The fruitiness from the aroma doesn't really come through on the palate. Relatively simple coffee stout.

Tried on 21 Apr 2022 at 05:32


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 473mL can. Dark brown with small beige head. Tons of marshmallow, vanilla, touch of graham cracker, light chocolate and coffee. Decent, though a bit too much marshmallow in my opinion. Would have preferred slightly more balanced flavours.

Tried from Can on 17 Apr 2022 at 05:43


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tasting at Ryan's, can
Cloudy pale blond colour. Nice aroma of white grapes, tropical fruit. Soft mouthfeel, low carbonation, light malt base, no malt to speak about, but at least also no oats and chalk; a bit fruity, but lacking ooompf, low bitterness, some alcohol warmth but not boozy.

Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2022 at 09:20


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16oz @ Sales Force. Appearance: murky pale copper with peaches pulp flowing. Aroma: candied peaches with some lactose notes and a little sourness. Taste: along the same lines, very sweet, candy-like, with a little acidity. Overall: a liquid candy.

Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2022 at 04:20


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from 473mL can. Opaque dull dark orange with small white head. Sweet peach, vanilla, lactose, not all that well integrated, a bit messy. Have had much better smoothie sours.

Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2022 at 04:19


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dark peach juice colour. No head. Lots of peach, and vanilla, lactose, so like a peach creamsicle sort of thing. It's okay, but so sweet and with just a limited tartness I am thinking that it's a bit unbalanced.

Tried on 14 Apr 2022 at 04:19


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

16oz @ Ryan's. Appearance: hazy pale golden with a white head. Aroma: tropical fruits with some boozy notes. Taste: along the same lines, lots of citruses. Overall: pretty nice.

Tried on 09 Apr 2022 at 02:44


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 473mL can. Hazy gold with small white head. Tangerine and mild melon hops, sweet and juicy, okay.

Tried from Can on 09 Apr 2022 at 02:43


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy gold with a decent white head. Melon and citrus notes. Lots of sticky melon and some citrus. Sticky and sweet.

Tried from Can on 09 Apr 2022 at 02:33