Mike Hess Brewing

This IPA flexes by being a great San Diego style IPA but then blending it with tons of sweet, tart grapefruit. Alongside the citrusy zest, are hops, which altogether gives you an incredibly refreshing and tasty IPA.

Steel Beach is a crisp, light-bodied, refreshing Lager named for the legendary Uncle Sam-sponsored beer-days aboard Navy vessels. Pilsner malt, American hops, and lager yeast all go into this beer.

This Double IPA is spicy, crisp, and extremely drinkable. Loads of Sterling and Chinook hops get put in the kettle and hopback.

This Cream Ale is a twist on the Vienna-style, smooth and creamy, malt-forwards ales with hints of chocolate and vanilla. Balanced by Noble hops.

This German-style Kolsch is crisp and authentic with subtle fruit notes and a clean finish. Sessionable, light straw-colored, and lightly hopped.

This IPA is bursting with hops bringing out the flavors and aromas of a delicious, perfectly brewed IPA.

This San Diego-style IPA is bone dry, hop-forward, and light in color. Recipe changes with every batch.

This Wheat Ale is brewed with California orange blossom honey and California orange peels. Light American wheat beer brewed with spices.

We take our signature beer; a smooth, malty and perfectly balanced twist on the Vienna ale, and dry-bean it with locally roasted coffee beans, then create our own in-house cold-brew and blend

Tart and refreshing. Rotating subtle pomegranate, black cherry, lingonberry or cranberry. Slightly effervescent.

Solis IPA is our rotating IPA brand, Solis allows us to keep the creative juices flowing by making delicious, one-off IPAs for the craft brew lover.

Named for the highway to the sun-kissed Pacific shores of San Diego, 8 West is brewed with local orange peel and more than two pounds per barrel of pure California orange-blossom honey.

A Hess twist on the old classic Vienna lager style, our signature beer is malty and balanced with Noble hops. Flavors of vanilla and chocolate play off the German hops for a sensation like no other.

This rye IPA has over a pound per barrel of Sterling and Chinook hops. Its earthy and spicy notes from the hops and the rye malt are complemented by the floral aromatics, resulting in a delicious IPA

A crisp and authentic German-style, our Claritas features light fruit aromatics, along with those from the malt and hops. Malt sweetness is balanced by hop bitterness to end with a dry, clean finish.

Solis IPA is our rotating IPA brand, Solis allows us to keep the creative juices flowing by making delicious, one-off IPAs for the craft brew lover.

A crisp and authentic German-style beer, our Claritas features light fruit aromatics from the hops and malt sweetness is balanced by enough hop bitterness to end with a dry, clean finish.

Conjure up a warm, sunny day with this crisp, light bodied session-worthy American wheat beer, brewed with 2.2 pounds per barrel of 100% U.S.A. orange blossom honey and California orange peel.

A Hess twist on the old classic Vienna lager style, our signature beer is malty and balanced with Noble hops. Flavors of vanilla and chocolate play off the German hops for a sensation like no other.

This rye IPA has over a pound per barrel of Sterling and Chinook hops. Its earthy and spicy notes from the hops and the rye malt are complemented by the floral aromatics, resulting in a delicious IPA

The Vienna cream ale, Grazias, was unlike anything else I tasted that weekend, gently nut-toasty but refreshing all the same.

Habitus took home the Gold Award for best Rye IPA in the world @ the World Beer Cup in Denver on April 11,2014.