Modern Times

Modern Times Beer is an employee-owned brewery located in San Diego, California. Though they are passionate about beer, they also roast their own coffee and style themselves as real-life culinary wizards. They have several locations all over the West Coast, but they also ship their beer and coffee if you are not near a location. The name of the company comes from a failed utopian community that was started in 1850 out on Long Island, New York. The founders have always been fascinated by failed utopian experiments, and most of their beers are named after actual failed utopian experiments or legendary ones.

Modern Times Brewing

Some of their most popular beers are the Orderville IPA, which is available all year round. The Orderville IPA is a fragrant fruity IPA that has a dry body and designed to be a real crowd-pleaser.

Another very popular brew is the Black House: Vanilla Latte Edition that is part if the Wizard Staff Series and is only available in November. This beer is something special, an oatmeal stout, with vanilla, and there in house coffee.