Modern Times Beer
San Diego, California, USA · Est. 2013
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Roasting its own coffee in-house was the right instinct and the reason its stouts stood up. It also expanded faster than the market held, and the 2023 receivership is a plainer lesson about craft growth than any success story. Maui Brewing bought it out — a peer, not a conglomerate, which is how most of these actually end.
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Beers
Monster Tones
LimitedImperial Stout
Coffee-forward, using beans the brewery roasted itself. In-house roasting is why the coffee beers stood up when so many others taste of stale filter.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Modem Tones
LimitedBarrel-Aged Imperial Stout
The barrel-aged, vanilla-heavy version. Modern Times entered receivership in 2023, so beers like this are now a record of something that no longer operates the same way.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Straight answers
Common questions about Modern Times Beer
- Who owns Modern Times Beer?
- Modern Times Beer is recorded as owned by Maui Brewing Company, which does not yet have a full company profile in this archive.
- When was Modern Times Beer founded?
- Modern Times Beer was founded in 2013 in San Diego, California, USA.
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