Wooden Bear Brewing Company

 

Cool century old place on the south side of town. Spacious open interior with much of the wood framing exposed. Small L-shaped bar in back right corner seats 6 or 7 with maybe 30 picnic tables filling the rest of the room and a few outside on the sidewalk. A dozen beers on tap, I enjoyed both their IPAs. Friendly bartender and patrons.

I was there on a Friday 4pm, right after they opened. Light crowd as you might expect for that time but not dead empty. I sat at the bar and the servers were friendly and helpful. Asked if I wanted to sample anything. Wooden Bear has a great selection of their own brews, around 18 available and 4 other guest taps. One thing that stuck out was the number of people coming in for growler refills which is more than I have seen at other breweries, which isn't good or bad but just an observation. Plenty of room, mostly tables. I'd revisit when in the area as they have plenty more beer I haven't tried.

This place is all about the beer! Lots of choices, all that I tried were quality and the rye IPA was awesome. Don't go for the food or the ambiance and the service was just "OK"....go for the beer!

I am very happy this brew pub opened up in Greenfield as it is close to where I live. Have a very nice beer selection and most of the beers I've tried are quite tasty. However, I really wish kids in the area would be a little more calm. I am completely fine with the being kid friendly, but having to watch where I walk so some little child doesn't slam into me as here she runs is a bit much. The service is also hit and miss as the waitstaff get slammed and don't check on the customers regularly.

Update: I have gone back a couple more times and the service actually got worse. Having to sit and wait for someone to even stop by, while others who came in five minutes later are served right away is very irritating.

Good selection of house brews and very good selection of other craft beer. Even a cider or two. It is about the beer here and not much else. Volume of tvs kept low or off and no music blasting, so you can actually talk. Lots of space. Friendly faces. Local take-out menu for food, with occasional visits by nearby cafe and bbq caterer.

 

Stopped in and had one beer. This place just opened within the last year and is very much a work in progress. They had 4 TVs in the room which is set up as a beer hall and appeared to have pizza available to eat. Their focus seems to be mainly on the beer, which is a good thing. They have a number of house brews and also stock kegs from some well established craft breweries. House brews were $4.50 and "Guest" brews were $5.50 per pint. I had their Cougar Town Brown Ale which was very tasty. I wish I could have stuck around for a few more but I had somewhere to be. If you are a lover of craft beer, I would highly recommend visiting the Wooden Bear.