MadCap Brewing Co.

Hopping on a Thursday night. Younger crowd. Wide open space inside, good sized bar. Tons of video games & pinball. Food truck. Dozen taps not too adventurous.

The beer is good. The place is spacious and nondescript. Service is good. No food except the food trucks they sometimes have stop by. Mix of college students and locals. Tables and benches, so nothing fancy except the beer. Good but not great selection on any given day.

 

This is a large warehouse with a ton of picnic-like tables I think made from what may have originally been gym bleachers. There's a small walk up bar which has a fair variety of styles, but many options therein. The beer they make has always been good, but this is my first time actually stopping by their production facility. I wasn't disappointed.

What may be an even bigger draw than the beer here is the extensive selection of pinball machines. It really is quite a space, with a few other arcade games thrown in, as well as a whole other side that could host larger groups. I can imagine this being a fun place to bring some friends to party at. It seems they schedule food trucks on certain days, but it's also a bring your own food type of place.

A open atmosphere community brewery, with good beers and a variety of beers. I don't like going to breweries that specialize in only one kind of beer, because I feel like it alienates a lot of consumers. I don't think I have had something here that I didn't like.

While visiting Kent we stopped here to try their beers. The brewery is located in its own building that is an older industrial park area just outside Kent. We arrived in early afternoon on a Saturday, and we thought the place was closed. The taproom entrance is located at the rear of the building, and the few cars that were parked there were out of our view. The interior is an industrial setting that has had an attempt made to warm it up a bit with painted walls, mural logo, TVs, etc. and they succeeded a bit. Picnic tables are used for the seating, and a room to the side looked as it it was set up for a private party with nicer tables/tablecloths & chairs. Beer is ordered at the serving bar, but there is no bar per se. Since customers were scarce, service was great.

We ordered two sampler flights so that we could try all 8 beers that were available. Each was brewed very well to style and all of them exceeded the typical characteristics for its style. We gave a B-minus grade as an overall score to the beers. Most notable was the 20 Eyes American pale ale, and it was followed closely Gold Flash, Wizard Fist, Bullet, and Skid or Die.

No food is served here but they have packages snacks for sale. Board games, arcade games and corn hole are available (plus the TVs) to occupy yourself while enjoying the beers. This brewery is very worthy of a visit.