I have heard this from several people. Matt at FW told me it was one of the best spots he had ever been period. That area is on my list but right now the NE is my #1 to get to.
I often wondered why some places/breweries don’t have a place to add a review? Take Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville PA for example. Being the oldest continuously operated brewery in the US, and having a huge amount of people taking the brewery tour and visiting the taproom every year, I would think it would have some reviews to be read. Now I can understand closing the reviews to new entries simply because there are too many. But in this case there is nothing. What gives?
This thread made me go back and look at my beer ratings and there's one brewery that I have both the most beers rated from and most of my highest ratings from.
The place in Pottsville doesn't have a taproom. The brewery offers tours and I think there's a gift shop, but that's it. So there's nothing to review. It's the same with the Tampa brewery site, though you can review the Yuengling Draft Haus and Kitchen there. It's also the same with places like Anchor. It doesn't have a taproom that's open to the public so there's nothing to review.
What @John_M said. If a place is tagged as just a brewery, it's assumed production only and not reviewable as a place/retail location.
I’m not so sure about that. Here’s a photo my wife took of my brother in law and I toasting beers in the Pottsville taproom after the tour a few years back. I would think a visit to the brewery with a tour and a taproom where you can enjoy the beer would be worthy of reviews.
Anchor has, or had, the same service. At conclusion of the tour, you gathered in the upstairs taproom to sample various Anchor beers. However, there's no public facility, and service is limited to pouring beers for the tour goers. The policy of BA has always been that breweries that are solely production breweries, that don't have a taproom open to the public, are not reviewable. If you feel it should be otherwise, make your case with @Todd. Personally, I don't have an opinion either way, and wouldn't be bothered in the least if there's a change in the current policy. Cheers!
No need, as there are no plans to change this rule. Production brewery locations are judged on their beers, not facility tours (if any) or random thoughts/experiences with the brewery and their beers.
I appreciate the explanation, I was just wondering why, that’s all. And yes, I was wondering about the Anchor Brewery as well. I’ve taken that tour and been to that taproom 3 times over the years. Thx again.
Been going to Paso Robles for a long time. First visit or two were all about Firestone Walker. Then we started tasting the food and wine. Now we might just drop onto FW for lunch. So many excellent wineries around there.
I've been to 12 from this list. 2,3,4,5,6,9,11,12,15,17,18,20. The ones I want to make it to aren't in the USA these days. High on my list is Brauerei Gradl in Leups Germany to taste the highly rated Dunkle.
I swear to god the number of times I've gone to rate a place and I see Willie been there first. Managed to beat you to one for once!
With the number of places that you've visited I would have thought that 20 would have been your answer. Good luck on getting more of them.
I’ve been to 9. New Glarus is the one listed that I really want to visit still. Troegs, DFH and Russian River (original Santa Rosa location), we’re all way to crowded in the taprooms when I visited each so I only got to-go beers.
Wait a minute. They serve in plastic cups at the OG Tewksbury location? I was at the Prudential Center one, which is basically just a pop-up on certain days, and they were serving in plastic cups, but I figured it was just because they were in a public building. Edit: Or I guess you're referring to Charlton, but either way
#19 really surprises me. Seems like an obscure, maybe mediocre option. Alchemist is just up the road, hard to believe they,re behind pro-pig, and Lawsońs is about 20 miles down 100. Both have much better beer.
