No Boat Brewing Company

Here with a pilsner in front of me on a Sunday afternoon. Crazy high ceilings (maybe 40 feet) in a section of a huge warehouse. "Raw edge" tables, hardwood floor, kind of corny penny-covered bar. Lots of outdoor seating (but it's super rainy today). Feels a little chilly despite the heat lamps (but I guess I'm in a corner pretty far from them).

Cooler of beer to go (not pleased that it looks like they still have "fresh hop" beers there in late March), looks like a crowler machine. 15 things on tap, one of them is a hop water and two of them are guest taps. Seems like a little more than half their beers are lagers, most of the rest are IPAs, but there's a couple outliers.

Mostly high top tables, some barrels with high stools, a few regular tables.

Staff has been friendly so far, will be going back for my second beer before I submit this place review. Bar service.

No food of their own, but looks like they have a food truck every day of the week. They've got a bunch of records, not sure if they're for sale or for playing.

Kid friendly (or at least tolerant). Apparently dog friendly. Looks like they might have treats for the dogs but nothing but wifi for the kids. Parking is so-so -- lots of space, not many spots, partially because of the shared warehouse space? Tons of room reserved for trucks to back up to load and unload, hotel parking nearby that is unfriendly to No Boat patrons.

 

I visited No Boat a few weeks back, and found it to be a cool place. They have part of a huge warehouse space, so the taproom has a very industrial bit also clean feel, with kind of an indoor beer garden vibe -- very hip. They've got a wall that can be used as a huge projection screen and were playing a World Cup game when I visited. A touch I always appreciate is the ability to see the brewhouse itself -- they've got a window to look through to view the whole works.

When I was there they had 12 of their beers on tap plus some guest taps. It's an interesting list - almost entirely lagers and IPAs. This is limited in its way, but also there's a good variety within each of those broad styles. Overall, the beers I had fell into the "pretty good, though not excellent" category.

The bartender was friendly and, though they don't have a kitchen, there was a food truck outside on the day I was there.