Brent L
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Another cool brewery in the ATX – and there are a TON of them up there! This place is fun, they have a foosball table, TONS of board games available to play while you hang out, play, and a handful of retro arcade games. They even have a cool little retro style living room area with a couch and an old looking TV that you can play console games on – I think this area is meant for the kiddos though. Yes, this place (like most breweries) is actually kid friendly. Breweries aren’t usually frequented by rowdy drunks. Instead, they’re usually full of people that just enjoy drinking a few specialty beers, hanging out with friends, and having fun. And this brewery is exactly like that.
One other thing I saw was a piano, but there is a sign on it that states it’s only for “scheduled” performers. But if you’re good enough, maybe they’ll let you tickle the ivories. It never hurts to ask – the worse that can happen is they’ll tell you no.
It’s located in an industrial complex and parking can be rough – I was there around 5:30pm on a Wednesday afternoon, and I got the last spot. Someone said you can park across the street, but double check with them on that so you don’t get towed.
The interior is a little bit dark, but not terribly so. It’s a very spacious place with picnic tables to sit at or you can sit at the bar – which I recommend – it’s easier to get beer refills that way instead of having to find where the line is to get some cold suds. Whenever I visit a brewery, I ask if they do growler refills – this place doesn’t do it because they don’t have the license for it.
They have ten beers on tap, and I saw Topo Chico and imported Mexican Coke (OK, that sounds bad – Imported Mexican COCA-COLA) for $2. A flight of five 6 ounce pours is $15.
I had the Can You Dig It Amber Ale and the +2 Vitality Blonde (I usually prefer red heads, but this blonde was SO awesome – maybe you’ll meet her one day, let me know if you do).
They have t-shirts, hats, and patches for sale.
Wi-Fi Password is “longwalk”
OK, so here’s why they lose two entire stars. They use one of those “Square” payment registers where they ring it up, then spin the screen around for you to enter a tip and then add your signature. The bartender already pressed the 20 per cent tip button before he spun it around for my signature. I realized this and signed it anyway, because I was happy with the service and would have tipped 20% anyway. However, after walking out the door, I started thinking about it more and more and realized how shady that was on his part.
