Breckenridge Brewery & The Farm House

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a 5-star compound! Highly recommend going here. Get here early as the parking lot and overflow were packed mid-week. Lot's of home-made extras like the in house pastries and pickles that spark the already outstanding menu! Superb atmosphere with comfy environment. Service was friendly and attentive.

I have never been a Breck fan but have read up on this new location and I have been interested in checking it out. Finally did. They have done a nice job with the physical space. Open, bright, and a nice place to grab a beer (and eat). The beer quality was more than acceptable. At this point in time you should know what to expect from Breckenridge and all the beers I tried there landed (fortunately) towards the positive end of the spectrum, from forgettable to decent. My favorite of the ones I tried was the Breck Lager, a touch sweeter than I care for in a lager but dangerously drinkable nonetheless and one I could easily drink again. Service was up and down; I had two servers serve me and one was quite good, the other was miserable and a total downer. The selection was great, they pretty much had any American styled beer you could think of outside of something wilde. Food was edible but did not impress me. Overall, I went in with a bias against them, as I just never found them to be a great brewery and don't care for their ballpark brewpub. That said, I left pleased with my experience here and would definitely go back. I won't go out of my way to return, but I certainly wouldn't say no if invited or if I was in the neighborhood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Went on the tour with my wife. Really great tour, knowledgeable guide, samples and all that good stuff. Very impressive new facility. Unfortunately I am not a huge fan of Breckenridge beers - which dips the score a bit. Even if you are not the biggest fan of their stuff it's definitely worth a trip. This is a beautiful and exciting new campus for them with a state of the art brewing facility and a restaurant (didn't have the food) with tons of Breck brews and many other craft selections. Also, a very nice beer garden. All and all, well worth the visit and the $3 for the tour (which includes a pint, samples and a 90 min tour, great deal!!!)

the new compound on santa fe, should do really well for them. kind of funny they renamed the road brewery lane. very cool space, with the brewery separate from the restaurant, and an enormous outside seating area. the place was packed on a sunday afternoon, and wait times were long. we ended up on the patio because there was no wait, but you cant order any draft beers back there aside from the core three or four, and there is a separate menu that is nowhere near as exciting as what you can get in the restaurant proper. i ended up going inside and waiting about 20 minutes at the bar to get noticed. i had the Buddhas Hand wit, which sounds good but was really pretty poor, and the other new beers i had here were underwhelming as well. I literally never saw our server for the hour we were there after he took our drink order, just straight absent. i think they were overwhelmed, being so popular and new, definitely still working the kinks out, but the service was really lame. i dont like that you have different options, so restricted outside, its the best place to be but the worst options, i really dont want a summerbright all the time you know? still, the vibe here is laid back and rustic, and im sure the real food is excellent. they are awfully proud of themselves for this one though, and i hope the beers i had arent a sign of complacency to come on that side, these guys used to be one of the best. we'll see what happens, but absolutely a great place to spend an afternoon.

 

Visited for the 25th Anniversary Hootenanny. The area the brewery covers is quite large. There are many areas to visit on site, but the taproom and restaurant are the main attraction other than the production brewery. The taproom/restaurant is beautifully done and provides a great experience. There are a few guest taps from Wynkoop. The Breckenridge lineup is mostly their regulars, but there were a couple unique taproom only beers.