38 State Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

these guys are cool. been meaning to check this one out. right on the newish brewery corridor south broadway and south santa fe, its good there now, worth the drive. clean and new but still humble taproom. they have a window into their new seven barrel brew house, and a lot of natural wood features. its cool, food trucks all the time, friendly workers, and some of the coolest flight/sampler holders ive ever seen. handmade from raw wood, really rad. as many as ten beers on tap, and a few in cans too. some more ambitious belgians and strong ales, a few hoppy ones, and then some rather safe amber, brown, and stout. the beers lacked innovation to some extent for me, all very crowd pleasing and semi-standard, but all rather well done. i liked the really light brown and the ipa the best. the one risk was a quad type called krampus, and that was definitely the worst of the ones i had. seems like we could step it up a notch on the beer side, but the people were cool, the space was fun, and time just flew by as we were chilling here. i expect it to continue improving as time goes on. definitely hit it up when you are in the hood down there. pet friendly too, always a plus

Service: Greeted as soon as we walked in and a server came to our table immediately. We were asked if this was our first time in the brewery and recommendations were given. Great service!

Vibe: The interior was average and they had shelves with games and cards. There were some folks playing cards and quite a few kids running around the game area that day. It was a Saturday early afternoon and maybe my vibe rating is low because of that.

Quality/Selection: My wife I both really liked the beer (Saison) but the selection seemed sub-par.