Beerfarm

Let me preface by saying I LOVE this place. I love coming here and usually have good service. Courtney however is kinda wild. She serves people that come in with outside alcohol, cause holding a tall can to order is cool? She gave me and my husband a hard time two times about IDs, which were 40, so I mean it’s not like it’s on the cusp and usually there corralling kids, but yes I’ll make my way over with my ID when my grey af husband orders. She gave this long speech about it being a new year and cracking down on IDs but then didn’t card any of the next six people? Because she knew them? I guess that’s how it works here? Also, apparently we can take the glass cups wherever? I’d love to have one not at the bar, is that a thing? Ashely is amazing, so is management but like I just find it funny how we pick and choose when we will follow the standard.

Ashley is what makes this establishment excellent! Perfect customer service with an attitude that promotes the excellent variety of craft beer from throughout California. This includes a very hard to get Pliny the Younger. Thank you, Ashley.

Great place to grab a brew! The bartenders are awesome, definitely have to give a shout out to Ashley! Also, plenty of food options around the Food Lab when needed.

Great spot to grab a craft brew with great bartenders! With all the other restaurants that the Food Lab has to offer, it makes this place a great option if you're looking to have a good brew.

We had the Modern time protocosmos, it’s a nice Bar area inside the food Lab you can buy food from other places in here and eat at Bar area and order your Beer. What a great idea try something new every time I come to the FOOD LAB. Great idea for a group of people to enjoy what they want to eat. Everyone can have their favorite food. They have tacos, Soups , pizza, fríes, candy, ice cream, beer, full bar with Liquor and Custom drinks, Fresh juice bar, Burger place, and now there’s a Arcade area across the way which is great for the kids. And don’t forget right next to Fox Theater. And also the main Street restaurants and bars like prohibition and Mezcal and if you feel like playing pool go to the Hideaway or to Alice pool hall everything is walking distance. Let me know if this review helped you in anyway and what else you would want me to add?

Epic. Simply epic. A huge venue. Great staff. A sip for adults, while children slip. Bookings 100% recommended.

Great beertenders, and beer selection. Be sure to look them up on DigitalPour and look out for any special kegs.

This is personally one of my favorite places to grab a beer. Friendly staff, great environment and so far I've had an awesome experience here. You can also eat your meal from one of the food court restaurants and chill at the bar. They have a great selection of beers everytime i go and there are usually 2 screens to watch games on. Definitely worth a visit.

Excellent beer selection, and excellent staff. From the ciders to the DIPAs I'm sure you will find a good beer to sip on. It's a great spot to people watch or read a book. I plan on stopping by every time I'm in the area

Awesome tap beer bar in Food lab, big selection of beers, friendly staff, and Karaoke Tuesdays out in the patio. Very convenient location and next to everything in downtown Riverside.

Awesome place for beer inside the Food Lab in downtown Riverside. The beertenders are always friendly and quick with service. They can do flights of 4 beers if you want to try a variety, and they rotate their draft and bottle list selections weekly. They had a Russian River Brewery Tap Takeover during the Super Bowl weekend. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they had both Pliny the Elder (Double IPA on draft and bottle) and Pliny The Younger (Triple IPA on draft- limited to 1 order per ID), both rated one of the top beers in the world. To give context on how rare it is, Pliny the Younger is only released once a year in Windsor and Santa Rosa at the Russian River Brewery locations, and people wait in line as early as 5 am in the morning to be able to be one of the first to purchase this legendary beer. Definitely can't waste an opportunity to try Pliny the Younger when presented to you!

Great service. Friendly service. Our server explained the beer flights and different toppings for the flights on holidays. I was here during Dia De Los Muertos. I enjoyed my Mango Wheat beer from Murrieta,CA. I look forward to ordering a Beer flight in the future and play arcade games next door. My company enjoyed their beers, they were from San Diego.

Pro Tip: Ask for the Beer Float . Head over to Mixies and grab your favorite ice cream. . Then ask your friendly bartender for a straw and a cold glass with your favorite stout. You won't regret it .

Man I love this place! They're my first stop when I go to the Lab. Their offerings hit the mark. Their service hits the mark. Even on super busy nights-they hit ALL the marks. Their staff is friendly, helpful and just overall rad. They're like the beer whisperers. My beer-y taste buds are picky. Their peeps make the BEST craft recommendations. No matter how long the line-go. Beerfarm is worth the wait.

Love this place so much. They staff is always friendly and welcoming. The beer they have is always on point.

Cool staff, very attentive.. Beers of all sorts for days Grab yourself a meal from the lab and enjoy a nice cold beer from the farm!

fantastic location near the mission inn. easy to order a selection of great beer choices on tap. definitely recommend!

Music was too loud , service was good and quick. Outdoor seating is cozy , would be nice to have soft cover on metal chairs under bottom as their "Neibhour" place has

Always so many new beers to try! I love the service and the atmosphere, and you are always greeted with a friendly face.

We arrived at the Food Lab at around 11:30 AM on a Monday so it wasn't busy but still had a fair amount of people around the bar area. I ordered a 12 oz of their Blueberry Cosmic Crisp which costed $8 but well worth the price. One of the best ciders I've ever had. 100% recommended. They have a wide variety of selections and very friendly staff.

Came here for a second time a week ago (June 2023) and had another great experience. Located in The Riverside Food Lab, this place has a great selection of beers! The beertenders are great and knowledgeable. Thanks, Beer Farm!!

This place is the best. The bartenders are super cool and the beer selection is great! I love to come here and hangout with my pup who is always served fresh water too :) Glad to have found my spot.

We stumbled upon the Riverside Food Lab in search of lunch after stopping at a nearby supercharger. The neighborhood is kinda sketchy but what a hidden gem! I was happily surprised by the number of dining/imbibing/dessert options. As craft beer aficionados, we had to check out Beer Farm. They had a legit selection on tap and our server was friendly and helpful. My wife went with a seltzer. I tried a hazy and it paired nicely with the jambalaya from Dhat Creole. There's limited indoor seating but if you order a drink here, you get a seat at the bar. Cheers!

This spot gets busssy for obvious reasons. Service is quick and they have a wide variety of beers from local breweries and even special Collaborations. They offer take away cans that are pretty pricey so be wary of how many you take Togo. But we like to order in tap and since they give you plastic cups we take them to the tables if there isn't a bar seat. Good perk is if you are drinking while waiting for your food they don't mind you eating other locations good while enjoying your drinks.

Great place to have craft beer at the Riverside Lab. The prices are great and the selection is awesome, I highly recommend coming here if you are in the area. You won't regret it!!

Beers, beers, and beers A lot of bar seating and local beer options. Service is quick once you're seated and they allow you to eat food from surrounding restaurants while you drink. They also offer Togo options for drinks if you want to take a Togo option

Honestly have minimal complaints about this place. First of all, the beertenders are all nice. Second, the selection is a wide enough variety to try new things. Overall a good time given that it's in a food hall. We typically go during the week and it isn't so horribly crowded so that's also plus in our experience.

I got the 5oz milk truck stout, and lucky I didn't get the 12 oz size because the drink is super flat and tastes diluted. Cool concept to have a brewery in the food court, but I don't think the quality can be maintained the same compared to other breweries where we can see huge tanks that process their beer on the spot.

Came here during our lunch to get a couple drinks and we were not disappointed. They had some unique beers I'd not seen before and the variety for such a small location was excellent. Both our beers were nice and cold and were poured well (no excess head on the beer). We got two sours I believe one was burly head and another had cherry in it I can't recall the names but both were delicious. Would definitely come here again!

Resembling a concrete neighborhood pub, Beerfarm has grown on me since the Riverside Food Lab opened over Labor Day Weekend in 2018. Did you know that they have an app that displays current handles and quantities remaining like their monitors behind the bar? The varieties of craft beers are often drawn from California breweries (sadly no Pliny the Elder so far), but I'm also thrilled to see regular stocking of Bell's beers, especially the Two-Hearted Ale, from Michigan. The atmosphere is quite loud because the acoustics are bad, however, if you order food from any of the vendors in the Lab, they have no problem with you eating it at the bar. If the bar isn't your thing they can pour into plastic cups and you may sit anywhere inside or on the patio. Over all, Beerfarm is a welcome addition to the fast-growing downtown scene and they're open later than the restaurants. Although pricy, occasional visits should fit almost any budget.

BeerFarm is a pretty cool tap room located in a pretty cool area in Riverside dubbed the "Food Lab". They have an assortment of tasty beers ranging from blondes to DIPAs to stouts to even wine. One awesome thing about this spot is they have A LOT of local craft beers on tap, which I love!! They have wicks, route 30, Ritual, Hanger, Garage and others, which is pretty cool to see. #supportlocal Their beers are very affordable, for a 16oz pour, it's about 6-7 dollars and their tasters are about 3 dollars. I recommend this place to try out. The service is pretty good too. this is definitely a cool spot to hang out if you're in the area, but dont drive out of your way...there are other cool tap rooms in different areas that have a chiller vibe. Overall good experience, and good beers!

If I can give this place 0 stars i would. ! DO NOT RECOMMEND ! My Husband & I came here for our 1st time & right at the bat the bartender (lady with lots of tattoos, nothing wrong with tattoos but so you can know who I'am talking about if you do decide to come here) was so attentive to other make customers that literally she would not check up on us to see if we were ready to order besides that she was on her phone nonstop. Her ATTENTION & FOCUS was in her guys at the bar IGNORING EVERYONE ELSE. While I went to go place our food order at Bricks & Birch my husband tried to order another beer with the guy that works there (Chubby Guy) who actually was arguing with a client (so unprofessional) My husband asked him if he worked here because he wasn't doing anything just standing there & the guy told my husband "idk I'm just standing here" & my husband proceeded to tell him " I'm asking because you haven't bothered to check up on anyone" My husband finally got his beer. After we ate the lady was still on her phone (texting) she finally stopped texting LITERALLY LOOKS at my husband with an EMPTY CUP she turns around & walks away instead of asking "want another one?" Or w offer something. We waited 25 MINUTES to get offered another beer & unfortunately that didn't happen. We decided to close out & my husband mentioned to the guy he was disappointed & the guy had the audacity to ARGUE with him to & be Sarcastic. Moral of the story DONT RECOMMEND!

Came here today July 4th for a nice Cold Beer. We sat at the bar. Order couple of beers and watch TV Baseball in one and Cornhole in the other one. What a treat. We had lunch from another location but here at the Food Lab everyone is welcome. We will come back. Thanks Manny for your service and help. (Hope I got the name right)

Much better experience than their neighbors at Wilson's. No ID check and no initial demand of a credit card. Easy to order a pie from Bricks and Birch and dine at the Beerfarm counter. Can't give five stars since there's no happy hour and beertenders are all business and not very friendly.

Inside Riverside Food Lab, this craft beer bar is way better than I expected. The tap list is constantly rotating and is easy to read with their digital screen display. But most importantly, they serve top-tier craft beers, not just any random craft beers. When I visited, Hen House, Tired Hands (HOW!?), Pizza Port, Green Cheek, Beachwood, and more were on tap. Incredible! These are some of the best beers available anywhere. The beers tasted fresh and were served correctly. Overall, this is a slam dunk.

Watermelon beer ... Its started as the sun was setting on the day I was on my way to meet a woman for a first date. Rounding the corner to the Food lab I noticed, "wow downtown Riverside is packed today" and as I got to the food lab I noticed a hoard of people heading to the Fox theater, fast forward... I park my car and walk into the food lab to see an invasion of people all over the place, slamming their faces to their hearts content and filling every sit in the place except the sits at the beer Farm, so we take a sit to join this face stuffing Ritual ourselves with a cool beer... but to our surprise when the bartender read the beers the word "WATERMELON" took us by surprise... yes, watermelon beer, and yes it was actually pretty amazing! Smooth and yet flavorful. I'm not sure if it's cool for men to drink fruit flavored alcohol yet but I don't care... I love it! But here's where things get interesting, the staff was so nice and attentive, not just to us but everyone and with them being so nice I asked if we could go get some food and come back to order more beers. They said sure... long story short... we eat the food outside, she needed to go home and I left without paying! I feel so bad I called them and the owner was so nice and it, i had plans to leave a 5 star review just because of the watermelon beer and service but now I wish I could to 6 stars!!

I usually don't feel the need to write reviews for negative experiences; everyone has terrible days, and especially for events as busy as the Festival of Lights, I understand the commotion of huge crowds can be overwhelming for those in the service industry. As someone who deals with their fair share of disgruntled patrons, I empathize with what bartenders and servers deal with. However, there is nothing as uncalled for as unwarranted hostility. On 12/9, my gf and I were sitting at the bar eating food from Fufu's and drinking some beers (from Beerfarm, purchased by my brother for us) , while my brother and his gf were standing behind us. They had given up their seats at the bar for us so we could eat since there was no space elsewhere. As soon as we finished eating, and while my brother closed the tab, a bartender approached us, took our drinks away (mine was empty, but my gf hadn't finished hers), and asked us if we needed anything. We said no, and immediately, his demeanor and tone changed, and told us the seats were for paying customers. I was confused at what he said because my brother bought us drinks, which he literally watched us drink. We just didn't want to drink any more than that. There were other patrons around us nursing their drinks while they watched the hockey game, so I also don't understand why he felt it was warranted to "call us out" in particular. At first, I felt there was some maybe some confusion or miscommunication. However, I have been thinking about this exchange the entire weekend, and I decided to write this review because never in my 10 years of working in the service industry have I ever felt appropriate to be such as a** to somone that wasn't an a** to me first. I don't think anything we did warranted that. I doubt the bartender that said this to me will read this, but in the offchance that you do, next time, keep your comments to yourself. Call out sick everyonce in a while. Something.

Great beer selection, great bartenders, very cool place. Really nice outdoor area as well.

This place is Bitchin' (eleven voice)! The team at Beergarden is hands down the best. Upon arriving we were greeted by friendly faces and the beer selection was great with a spectrum of top-tier choices (both local and out-of-state) . We were helped by Jessica who had extensive knowledge on the beers to help us choose our favorites for a flight. Definitely will be back again to try some more delicious beers. Look for us

Great selections! I have been going to the beer farm since 2019 and now they have a contract with Russian River! If you are familiar with Russian River, there beer is extremely hard to find in Southern Cal and having them this close to home is great!

Adequate amount of beer selection. But damn, the bigger dude serving us have so much sass for asking a question. Like calm down. Don't take out your anger on the world on us. And there was no checking in if we wanted more drinks. There wasn't even a lot of people he needed to tend to because everyone else around us had already been served and settled in. I was going to get more drinks but after all of that, hard pass. I'd rather give my money to another place.

BEER ME BEER FARM!! First time here...the ambience here is very chill. The El Segundo IPA was delicious and the staff was very nice. They had skittles on the side which were a nice snack! I would definitely recommend making a stop here for some good beer and laughs! They have a great selection of beers and they also had the game showing which was great. I would definitely come again!

Mango Hef and Marshmallow Stout are my favs!! Mango is super refreshing, a nice summer drink, while the Marshmallow Stout is very sweet and smells amazing! Flights come in 5oz and they give you plastic cups if you are planning on walking around! They rotate their beer selection, which is nice because you never know what you're going to get the next time you go, but you might also not see your favorites again. Staff is awesome, and the selection is great, will definitely be back to try some more.

I don't know what's up with the bald guy with glasses, but I think he has short man syndrome or something. Like, why does he always act like it's an inconvenience when he has to serve a beer?

Love this spot! Whenever my boyfriend and I grab food at the Food Lab, we pair it with beer from the Beerfarm. All the bartenders are friendly, helpful, and willing to give suggestions on the different beers. I love discovering new craft beers. They also serve their drinks in a to go cup, so you can go enjoy them in the patio area with your food. It makes for a lovely afternoon or evening activity.

The premier beer bar in the IE. They always have the best beers on tap from some of SoCals best breweries. Craft beer heaven in Riverside.

Amazing place they have great service and will always have the best drinks in town ,

I give this place five stars just for the beer selection alone. They always have something unique to try for both my husband and I. I love the higher ABV dark beers and this place doesn't disappoint! As far as service, they are always nice- but you walk up to the bar and order, they pour. I never understand why that should warrant a tip. Not much different than walking up to the fast food counter. They are not adding alcohol to my drink, like a bar. Just saying... (I know, I am poor and cheap) I love the entire Food Lab, but let's be honest- the beer is what keeps me coming back! Thanks for being here!

Beer farm always has the best beer available. If you enjoy craft beer and beer you can't find anywhere but at select breweries you will love this place. The staff are fun and knowledgeable. I was impressed. The charcuterie board we got was yummy too. Will definitely be back!

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer. Arnold Schwarzenegger I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. Frank Sinatra Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer. Al Bundy, "Married with Children

A great selection of locally crafted beers for your adult quenching needs! There are a ton of beers here on tap, from your usual import and domestic, to locally crafted beers ranging from San Diego to Riverside. You can grab a glass and walk around the FoodLab or pull up a stool and enjoy it at the bar top with some food from one of the other food vendors. Cheers!

Great customer service! Very friendly and helpful bartenders and a good selection of beers with a fair variety of whatever you may like!

Had myself a nice flight of beer while I ate food from the chicken place next-door. They had a wide selection of beers available. Staff seemed friendly enough, didn't talk much after I ordered which was fine with me.

Went from 5 stars to 1, let me tell you why. Came in with a few friends after work, had just got done eaten at DDLP (5 stars) We decided to grab a beer before we left, we arrived at 10:40. They close, just like every other vendor at 11. We understood that and were only planning on having one beer, which is all we had. Our conversation carried over that 11 o'clock closing time. There was at least 8-10 more guest still having a beer of their own, so we figured we were okay. We continued our conversations. Around 11 or so we had a security guard come to us and told us to hurry with our beer. Mind you, we had just sat down. As we passed the 11 o'clock time. We saw him approach a bartender and saw him clearly say "are they okay" this is where we believe she was at fault. She did not clearly say yes or no. If you are a bar and are closing at 11 AND are still serving drinks until 10:59, please don't expect us to sit down and down our drinks. We are in our 30s and have no intention on doing so. I think this is where she could have taken ownership and said "no they are not bothering anyone, they are okay" At 11:20 (other guest are still having their drinks) yes he did come around at about 11:10 and told us to hurry. But seeing that we were not the only ones around, we didn't consider it an issue. This when the security guard comes around and loudly says "no, they are with the bar. They are okay" So just because we are in no association with the bar, we are not okay? Are we delaying them anymore so then the guest still having drinks?? We didn't think so and told him several times as the staff just continued with their duties. If you still have guest having their drinks and we are finishing ours, how are we affecting your closing duties? Food Lab/Beerfest. Need to come to somewhat of an agreement and have either a cut off time for serving drinks or take control of their own surroundings, if not this will continue to happen and will turn into a bigger mess in the future. Other then that, try the Burton Haze :)

Moved to riverside 3 years ago and this place is still one of my favorite places for some good brews always a good lineup and all the bartenders are the best

This place is located inside the Food Lab in downtown Riverside. Great idea for a place but hardly any bar seating, and seemed a bit overwhelmed before the holiday season. I got one beer pretty fast but it seemed like others waited a bit longer. That being said, staff was friendly and they had a lot of beers from all over available on tap, either at the bar or in plastic cups to take around with you while you peruse other options in the Food Lab. Everyone seemed super knowledgeable and friendly. Glad I checked it out, but as someone who checks out these places solo, I think it was a bit harder to find a place to sit than I expected. This could also be because it is pretty new and also had different basketball games playing, while the other areas of the Lab didn't have sports showing.

If your looking for good craft beer this place has a nice selection to choose from alot OF top notch breweries on line here with a good food court to enjoy .The owners is super cool stop by and have beer here for sure