Dead Lizard Brewing Company

Our beer tender Brent was great! Great beers, good selection of food. Love this place. This was our favorite small brewery in the area. Still talk about how much we enjoyed it.

Funky, off beat, off the Beaten path kinda place, always happy to hear Jam band music on when visiting a beer spot, friendly bar tender and tasty beers of several styles…a lot of positives …..I enjoyed one of their tasty IPAs on draft and picked up some of the same in cans to go….lots of art and curios around the place, including in the outdoor space (equally funky) that’s a worthy option and available during good weather…..well worth a visit, especially if you want/need to get away from the bleak, touristy spots in the area.

Tucked away in an industrial park, Dead Lizard has a wonderful outdoor area to relax in. Once the sun's gone down and they've got the music softly playing you can just chill with a beer and your friends. Inside it's a little tight but they're set up to keep the beers flowing so as long as it's not raining the outside is always an option.

They've got over a dozen beers on tap, and a cooler full of 4 packs ready to go. They keep it diverse with sours, IPAs, brown ales and south/porters, and fruit beers. For those who want it a little more basic there's always the "3-2-1 Liftoff Light" Kölsch.

I've never had their food but a big bonus is that they do offer it! Most small places either have nothing or rely on food truck but that's not the case here. You can grab spring rolls, pretzel sticks, or a grilled cheese or flatbread.

I'll admit that I really love it for the relaxed outdoor vibe, but the beer is good and it makes a nice stop at anytime.

Fun brewery to visit. I tried a flight of four beers and they were all really well done. He even threw in a fifth sample of a beer that was a variant (with different hops) of one of the beers I tried in my flight. The staff was really friendly and the owner/head brewer even gave me an impromptu tour of his facility. Would go back here next time I was in Orlando for sure.

I really enjoyed my visit here. The general atmosphere was very welcoming and artsy. The brewery is family owned and the bartender was part of that family. She gladly and enthusiastically talked about the beers we had. She planned to put her own artwork on the cans which was pretty neat. The beer itself was good; I had a flight of 4. Overall, I do recommend this place to anyone around.

The brewery is tucked away from the main road in an industrial parkway, the physical space is small to medium with a few outdoor seats and tables. Beer selection was OK, kind of disproportionate with dark beers covering half the board and the other half being mixed with non-beer, radlers and only a few pale ales. No lager, pilsner, kolsch, heceweizen...no brown, amber, NEIPA or milkshake IPA. Mostly stouts and a porter and 2 cream ales as well 2 IPA's, one of which was a Irish red ale. Beer tasted fine, nothing unique, just a bit over priced. Posted growler and crowler pricing was high and VERY misleading; after asking for a crowler can to go I was presented with a 16oz can which cost me $8.00, that's 1 dollar for the can and 7 dollars for 16 oz of beer. It wasn't a BA beer or a special release...not sure I'll be returning to this brewery ever again :(

Had the Humpity Pumpity IPA first, was nice and smooth for a 8.5%er, enjoyed it outside in the 75 degree afternoon. Not a fancy place by any means but if I lived close it would be a couple times a week stop for a few on the way home.

 

 

Visited on a Friday evening.

V - A small tap room right off the brewery. Glass windows into the production area. Spartan layout with a nice bar, plenty of places to sit and stand and free popcorn. Also some picnic tables under a tree right outside the door. Bright, clean and inviting. 4.25

Q - How can you beat drinking beer at the brewery? And some of the beer they serve is as good as any you'll find. 4.2 5

Ser - Great service during our visit, but it might suffer when the place is busy. Only one person working behind the bar. No table service. I liked the frozen slate tasting servers (thought they admit the slate does not keep the tasting glasses that much colder. Friendly and helpful. 4

Sel - Good beer but the style selection is a little narrow. Hint - taking the same beer and serving it on nitro IMO does not expand the selection available. 3.75

 

Finally stopped by with my Pops a couple of weeks ago and was glad we did. The wife bought us a groupon that included 2 flights (4 beers each) and a take home glass, which of course they were out of, however we were able to use what was left over for the purchase of more beer, which was awesome.
It is located in an industrial complex right off of I-4 right near Universal Studios, so it was fairly easy to find. Outside seating area which is necessary in Florida. Inside there was plenty of tables to sit at with Jenga and other games for people to play while hanging out. There is also sidewalk chalk you can use to draw on the walls! There is a small bar with about 10 high top chairs. The brewery area is open for tours, but there was a private party set up when we were there so we couldn't go in, but you could check it out through the windows.
There was 9 beers on tap the day we were there, including a nitro tap with their Cream-Sic-Ale which was flavorful and so easy to drink it was ridiculous! They add oats and lactose to it which gives it an even more creamy mouthfeel. The big winners for me was the Komodo "Koko" Dragon Milk Stout, tons of roasted flavor and they Purple Skink IPA which had a great hoppy bite. The usually have a beer on Randall too, when we were there it was the Cream-Sic-Ale with strawberries and cilantro, which sounds interesting, but had been on so long that the cilantro was breaking down and that's all you got was this strong vegetable cilantro...blech.
I forget the guy's name that was working that day, but he engaged everyone as if he knew them a long time and was completely unpretentious and happy.
They have pre-packaged food for sale, like chips and other small things you cold purchase, but we didn't go there hungry, we went there to drink and try some new local beers!
Overall, I'm definitely heading back as they have plans to expand their barrel aging and get into sours. Plus it's only a 1/2 hour away. Check them out if you ever get down to Orlando and are near Universal Studios.