June 18, 2011
What’s not to like. A brewery in an industrial park is supposed to be like this. Ambiance is relative. The place looked like a brewery. What were you expecting? The guys serving the beer were great. They took the time to talk although it was not crowded when I stopped in. There was the usual t-shirts and such. They had 10 beers to sample, something for everyone. This is a must when in town

April 21, 2010 [ Updated April 26, 2010 ]
Visited the restaurant/brewpub/discotheque one Saturday night after riding down the mountain for a short weekend trip. 8:55pm, ordered a Mammoth IPA 365. Five minutes later, somebody turns off all the lights, turns on all the neon lights, and naked girls start jumping on the speakers as DJ Hypnotiq goes wild with disco music. Brewing? Craft beer? Doesn’t have much to do with the club scene. It’s really confusing. However, on a more recent trip, we visited the MBC tasting room- which was a nice, somewhat cozy place to grab a few souvenirs and taste a couple of their brews for a few minutes. I’ll definitely be returning to the tasting room whenever I have a chance to go back.

January 16, 2010
The MBC tasting room is much like other CA tasting rooms, something out of an industrial parkway and takes up one unit. Because they don’t brew at the unit, there was no smell of spent grain! It looked more like a little gift shop than anything. All decked out with apparel, bottles for sale, and all the State Fair ribbons they won. Katie and the other nice lady took all visitors through a 10 beer flight, and were sweet as can be. The owner and the brewer were on hand to chat it up. There was a beer for everyone on tap, so I’d say the selection was good. The flight was free, and the bottles for sale were decently prices, especially in a tourist trap town. Overall, this is a must visit if you come up to the mountains. The Charleywine and Doppelbock rock the house.