Side Gate Brewery & Beer Garden

Our group stopped here to try their beers and to have dinner at the scheduled food truck. The brewery is located on a busy commercial street near the downtown area. A modest-sized parking lot is to one side of the brewery, and free curb parking was available in the evening. I think a city parking garage is also nearby. A beer garden is located in front of the building, and that's where the food truck (without a truck) was set up with a portable kitchen. The interior of the pub is modern is its design style, and there is plenty of seating, including a mezzanine area. A long bar with more seating is along one wall, and the brewing equipment is visible along the other side. A few TVs are located around the place. A large overhead door can be opened to the beer garden. Regardless that the brewery wasn't very busy, the place was very noisy. Service is at the bar, and the food needed to be ordered/paid at the outdoor kitchen. It was a nice evening so we sat outdoors away from the noise and close to the food. The beer garden was nice for vibe, but the noise inside caused me to mark it down a notch.

There are 16 taps, and 11 beers were available. We ordered a flight of 5 beers so that an overall evaluation rating could be done. I also shared a 6th beer. All were brewed well to style, and were given 4.0 ratings, except that the Mach 7.5 West Coast IPA was a bit more notable and I gave it a 4.25. Overall a 4.04 score resulted. The only beer note came from the Dark Bark Black Lager which was a bit hoppier than I was expecting. I liked it though.

No food is served here other than packaged snacks. There is a food truck schedule on the brewery's website. Beer is available to go in some cans, as well as Growlers and crowlers. This brewery is a worthy visit.