Bugnutty Brewing Company

In a portion of a large commercial building in the heart of downtown. There was a fair or farmers market a block over, so parking was difficult. Spacious interior with L-shaped bar perpendicular to the entrance that seats about a dozen with some tables about the room. 10 beers on tap. Friendly bartender.

Their second and newest location I have visited. It is in an old Buick? Service garage with high wooden beam ceilings and a spacious interior. A stage for live music and VERY clean restrooms are nice additions/attractions. Service on an average evening is great and super friendly, but they can be a bit overwhelmed on a night with a popular band. The selection and quality of beer is above average, and they do feature NA beers at times, ciders, wine, etc. overall a friendly welcoming brewery.

I've always been a Bugnutty fan, but their new brewery is a huge upgrade! The owners are such awesome people, and you can really see how well their personalities shine through on everything from the service, to the ambiance, to the beer. The food is excellent and so is the quality of the beer. They pride themselves on variety as well, and they deliver. Utilizing a fairly small brew system and a large area for fermentation vessels, they're able to do pretty much whatever they want, including one-off lagers and a good amount of experimenting. If you're lucky enough to be around when they release an X37 brew, definitely do yourself a favor and order it.

Spacious taproom and small open kitchen within the brewery. 12 taps working, with one used for cider.
Occasional live music. Excellent food available across the street at the highly recommended Wanderlust Cafe.

 

 

 

Great Tap Room!

 

UPDATED 07-Oct-20:
This brewer, about a year ago, moved from its Merritt Island location to Cocoa Village. Right across from a competitor, no less. Well, this place is now phenomenal compared to its old location. Now, inside of what looks like an old warehouse or distribution center, this brewer is able to compete with the likes across Brevard County. The vibe is so much better, the quality of brews has improved as well, though the service is pretty much the same. Also improved is their selection, now having not only their own brews offered, but some of the nearby breweries to the county.

I am very happy for this brewer, I didn't think they would last long, but now have truly moved to, at least, close to the front-of-the-line.

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Bugnutty Brewing in Merritt Island, Florida is probably the "roughest" of breweries I have visited in Brevard County. Although that shouldn't dissuade anyone from visiting. Although a bit rough around the edges, the place has great selection, great titles (Mike's MILF Stout, Two Finger Porter, and so on...) and the service is friendly and knowledgeable. I wasn't as relaxed in this place as in others, but overall it's a great place to visit with a larger group. I would expect the vibe to be dramatically different in that situation.

 

 

Great new brewery on Merritt Island. Great beers and nice owners. They are small now, but they say that expansions are in the plans for the next year. Really enjoyed talking with Shawn(one of the owners). He is a character. John(another owner) was zipping in and out of the taproom during my visit. Think he was brewing. Not sure but what ever he was doing, it smelled good.

Super surprised that this place has so few reviews for it's brewz. When I stopped in there on Friday 12/27/2013 there was about a dozen people enjoying Bugnutty's brewz. Unfortunately due to dinner reservations in Titusville @ 6 I was unable to hang around to long so I drank about half a pint of FuYu Gingerbread Man (3.75/5.0 in my low life opinion) and hit the road. Located in a strip mall, this is a cool medium-small brewpub with a great vibe. ChChCheck it out if you are in the area, these great little breweries/pubs are what craft beer is all about !!