Craft Heads Brewing

Very nice place in the heart of downtown Windsor. Huge tap list of home brewed beers with lots of space for creativity. The beer has been great so far. The place is not too polished, with the brewery operations/storage and the brewpub sharing the same space. Passionate bartender that is very social. They also serve good craft coffee, including bottled cold brew to take home. They don't bottle beer.

It's a transitional time for them, so when I visited, they didn't have many beers on tap. I came early in the afternoon, so there weren't many others being served. I love the place and can't wait to check out their new digs when they move to Erie Street East later this year.

Kind of dingy, dark. Lots of people on the patio though. Good selection of beer.

I was near Detroit, had a free day, and decided to pop over to Windsor to take in the sites (and tastes). First, let me say the Detroit skyline in absolutely marvelous from across the river. Stopped in at Craft Head to sample some of the local wares and goodness am I glad I did. It is a small corner bar on University Ave just a couple of blocks east of the Detroit River.

Small, but intimate neighborhood bar feel, with several regulars (pensioners, no doubt), plenty of seating and taps for every letter of the Roman alphabet (26) plus 4. Basically every one is a small batch, hand crafted brew across the range including, but not limited to Pale Ale, Ambers Ales, various IPAs, Porters, Stouts, Kettle Sours, and Gose.

I tried three: an Russian Imperial Stout, a AIPA, and an Amber: all top notch. The server was patient and helpful. Prepackaged 500 ml bottles are available. A reminder to my countrymen, the US Customs Service limits the amount of alcohol that can be carried in to 1 liter. We spent 30 minutes waiting to get back across the border and was still glad I did.

Ignore the ratings which are largely one offs, these folks really know how to make beer. That said, what they have on tap is far, far superior to what I tried that was bottled. I expect to be back in the Detroit area occasionally over the next several years and will make a point of getting back somehow no matter how long customs makes me wait.

 

Stopped in during a visit to Windsor. This is a nice small place that brews all of their taps. They have a great selection, and the guy was really helpful. I got a really nice imperial stout. We all found a nice spot to sit at a table. The ambience was great. Definitely recommend this place if you are in town. THE place for good beer. One suggestion for them would be to have a few guest taps or something to get things even more diverse.

 

 

 

Went here a couple of times over the weekend. Good variety of choices. No food but you can bring in or order at the bar some pizza that comes from a place nearby.

What I found most striking is the quality of their offerings. I had the chocolate milk stout, two different pales, imperial coffee stout and a super delicious peanut butter porter. If they are really brewing these guys as they say they are they have a very special product here. I didn't see any brewing going on so can't validate.

The service can be slow. They have a "craft" coffee bar that really sucks up the bartender's time to make them and when only one guy's working that can make you wait a bit to get an order in. Not sure how to fix that but that's the only downfall of this place.