Watertown Brewing Company
113 E Kemp Ave
Watertown, South Dakota, 57201
United States
(605) 878-2739 | map
watertownbrewing.com
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Taybeh from Minnesota
3.41/5 rDev +10.4%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.5
3.41/5 rDev +10.4%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.5
Really nice people when I stopped in with my kids on an early summer afternoon. Not very busy, but it was early. The beer just isn't very good. I don't know SD well enough to know if there are much better options in the area.
Jun 20, 2022
Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
1.98/5 rDev -35.9%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 2 | service: 1.25 | selection: 2
1.98/5 rDev -35.9%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 2 | service: 1.25 | selection: 2
Vibe is charming with warm yellow 1800s lighting and glossy oak flooring/walls, only thing missing is a bear rug.
Half the people there were drinking wine and spritzers. I would find out why shortly.
Quality of beers was sorely disappointing, their "best" beers were the Brassy Lassie (a Kolsch assumedly) and the Kampeska Kold Press (coffee stout) respectively. The IPAs lie heavily on caramel malts and piney (Cluster and Chinook mostly) hops with little to no depth or acidity and zero complexity. Zero nose on all of the beers (even IPA) except for the Kolsch (floral) and the Coffee Stout (duh, coffee).
Service was in the toilet mostly - nice server but we were forgotten about after the menus were handed out and had to flag her down after 10 minutes. I asked her what the Blackout 81 was (still on the board) and she said it's gone as of last week (!!), and I asked if it was an impy stout or what because I was curious if they'd brew it again and she said "it was a black colored beer, it's not like the light ones". Oh man.
So I asked if she knew what style the Lassie was because styles are not listed or mentioned (only hops and malt descriptors) and she said "it's a light but also dark colored one" and I tried once more nicely and asked if it was a Kolsch or a Wit or a Pale or if any of that rang a bell and she said "yeah I think it is" as a general statement. Then she says, "you should try the Coddington Cream Ale, lots of people like it, it's like an Ultra". I jokingly jabbed, "so it's not heavy like a Busch or Bud Light" and she seriously dead ass answered me "correct."
Tap selection had a Cream Ale, Kolsch, 3 IPAs, and a Stout. So something for everyone but none of them were very good.
Overall a poor brewery experience. Hire some folks that at least know what the hell beer even is.
Nov 24, 2018Half the people there were drinking wine and spritzers. I would find out why shortly.
Quality of beers was sorely disappointing, their "best" beers were the Brassy Lassie (a Kolsch assumedly) and the Kampeska Kold Press (coffee stout) respectively. The IPAs lie heavily on caramel malts and piney (Cluster and Chinook mostly) hops with little to no depth or acidity and zero complexity. Zero nose on all of the beers (even IPA) except for the Kolsch (floral) and the Coffee Stout (duh, coffee).
Service was in the toilet mostly - nice server but we were forgotten about after the menus were handed out and had to flag her down after 10 minutes. I asked her what the Blackout 81 was (still on the board) and she said it's gone as of last week (!!), and I asked if it was an impy stout or what because I was curious if they'd brew it again and she said "it was a black colored beer, it's not like the light ones". Oh man.
So I asked if she knew what style the Lassie was because styles are not listed or mentioned (only hops and malt descriptors) and she said "it's a light but also dark colored one" and I tried once more nicely and asked if it was a Kolsch or a Wit or a Pale or if any of that rang a bell and she said "yeah I think it is" as a general statement. Then she says, "you should try the Coddington Cream Ale, lots of people like it, it's like an Ultra". I jokingly jabbed, "so it's not heavy like a Busch or Bud Light" and she seriously dead ass answered me "correct."
Tap selection had a Cream Ale, Kolsch, 3 IPAs, and a Stout. So something for everyone but none of them were very good.
Overall a poor brewery experience. Hire some folks that at least know what the hell beer even is.
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