Well Crafted Beer Company

Street level store front but located in a basement (which was unique, reminded me of something in NYC). Some TV's around the room, a sound stage for live music, cool artwork on one of the walls. Their bottle/can fridge is located next to the front door at street level with no supervision while everything else is downstairs. We told our waiter before we cashed out that we planned on getting some bottles so went upstairs, got the bottles, and while walking down the stairs back to our table got jumped by the Bar Mgr like a criminal stealing bottles. This makes no sense and the dumbest set-up I've ever seen. They need to put that beer fridge on their elevator and move it downstairs with everything else, problem solved - pretty easy.

Other than that, we enjoyed the beers! (And still gave a good review so I'm not bitter, just laughing at the awkward situation.) :o)

 

Visited with my wife in the summer of 2022. Very nice brewery, a bit hard to find but we'll worth it. Beers are all above average, service was great. Food was excellent.

While I'd initially thought that Well Crafted had a crappy location, seeing that it's right near the train station and several buildings of residential are being built right across the street I now believe they've got it made!

Someone has committed some "architecture" on the front of the building (an architect's joke), but that's OK, the inside is nicely done. I love the way they stained and sealed the concrete floor. It's got a funky kind of jungle look to it, and that works well with the rest of the black/silver/lime green look.

There's a small stage to the left once you come down the stairs and enter the room, tables all around it, and then the bar straight ahead. Some of the fermenters are visible to the left, and the kitchen is clearly to the right. It all works. Well, except perhaps for the acoustics during a performance - there are a lot of hard surfaces but I've never seen a performance so I can't say how the sound really is (if the performer/band keeps it down it might actually work quite well).

Perched at the bar you've got 16 beer options, and a fairly varied menu given their size. They also offer PA liquors and wines. I found the beer list to be nicely varied, and all of the 6 beers that I tasted were quite good. On a scale of 1 to 5 for breweries going from low to high I'd give them a very high 3 to low 4 - that's good!

Food includes pretzels, charcuterie, salads, snacks (hummus, crab dip, chips & salsa), sandwiches (an impressive Cuban; mushroom; and pulled pork), and ice cream and stuff for kids.

Overall I'd say it's certainly worth a stop. There are a lot of options in this area but I'd put this one near the top.

 

Stopped here a few months after trying their Hop Monger from a growler and really liking it. The parking situation here is kind of shitty, I basically had to park around the block and walk back to the brewery. The only advantage of that was that I didn't have to fill a meter with coins. The vibe was pretty nice here, they had a good amount of dining space and a moderately sized bar. The selection was pretty good, they had a decent ranges of styles to choose from. The service was good, I would consider going back if I saw Hop Monger on tap, I liked what I had during my time there but it just wasn't quite as good as I was hoping for.

 

 

They are "behind" the main strip of businesses on main street, their entrance faces the train station (and new apartment buildings under construction in the old parking lot). You can't tell by the outside, but most of their space is in the basement. There are a few tables when you enter, but then you go down a flight of stairs to the main space. Much bigger than I expected, and has some nice touches with the finishes, lighting, etc. They've got a bar, and then a lot of table seating and a small stage for music acts. Doesn't feel like you are underground. Modern and hip feeling. Good crowd on a Saturday night.

I had glasses of their Porter and IPA, both were solid. They have custom 12 oz and 16 oz glasses, or you can get a half-pour of the pint glass.

In addition to their 9 beers, they had a guest beer tap from St. Benjamin, a couple of hard ciders, and a few wines. They have a food menu but we didn't eat. Servers were friendly.

**Edit - after a couple of visits when they had live music - they need to do something about the acoustics. with all those hard surfaces, the crowd noise of people talking gets so loud it overwhelms the band or singer.

Comfortable, Great Staff.
Get the Bavarian pretzel
Beer is spot on to styles.
Get the Houblon before it's gone.