Brewery X

 

 

I found this place after trying their beer at a local restaurant while on vacation with family as they advertised themselves as kid and family-friendly plus only about a 15min drive from our hotel. The place is a large warehouse facility with the brewery up front, closest to the street, and the pub on the back half. Plenty of parking and upon arrival, you walk through part of what is a huge outdoor/hang out area with dozens of tables and a walk-up food truck where all the food options here are ordered and picked up from. Indoor seating is plentiful as well with about a dozen tables in all and a couple suitable for large groups, plus what looked like a rentable "party room" space at the very back. From inside, to walk outside to order/pick up food or use the restrooms, you enter into the large open warehouse area where the brewery operates and walk by pallets of kegs and cans of beer, not to mention the wafting odors of boiling wort from behind several large stainless fermenters. The beer selection was great and vast with 20+ options at least - plenty of IPAs (WC and NE) but also a pilsner, several other lagers, a stout, and a couple wheat ales and everything we had was tasty. Food was on point as I had a Taco Tuesday special with three types of tacos that was delicious and my parents, my brother and his family had pizza and burgers, two of the other options for food and everyone was very happy with their choices. Staff was friendly and attentive throughout and helped round out a great experience for all in our party. Looked and felt like a place I'd frequent often if I lived nearby and worth the visit if you are in or around Anaheim.

Expansive warehouse facility with multiple rooms, bars, and a huge outdoor patio. Two dozen beers on tap, enjoyed my IPA very much. Great pizza truck. Great place to hang out.

 

huge industrial brewery. good food trucks. outdoor seating.

Verrrry large outdoor seating area, I estimate roughly the size of 3 tennis courts, with lots of tables of various size and seating and stand-up bar spaces. The place was maybe 25% full the Friday (early) afternoon I was there. That day there it offered 27 house-brewed beers including 15 versions of IPAs (including some with fresh hop additions and at least three versions of hazy). 5 in the "European" styles. A few dark beers including an Irish stout, but no barrel aged stouts (the only reason for a 4.75 instead of a 5 rating for selection). Also offer 9 hard seltzers. Plastic glasses used, not proper glasses. No food except for food truck offerings. Food purchase is required before they will serve your second beer. Several beers offered as 4pk or 6 pk of 12 oz or 16 oz cans, plus 32 or 64 oz growlers. Service was attentive and beers served pretty quickly, but points off for requiring payment by credit card and no more than 2 cards accepted per table.... and their definition of "table" means "group of people". Our group took up three tables but we were only allowed to use a total of two credit cards. They also have swag, but I found the designs on the shirts, etc. not really compelling. We will definitely return because the beer quality and beer selection was quite good and there is a lot of outdoor space to spread out in.
Update of Jan 2023: Still no glasses if you want to sit outside. They claim they can't track where the glasses go, therefore you have to drink from plastic cups (unacceptable, IMO). Also, No flights and they don't take cash. They did eliminate the requirement to buy food since my original post. However, with no real glassware outside, no cash, and no flights and a bar staff that clearly is unconcerned about any suggestions for improvement I ding them hard on service.