Blue Ridge Brewing Company

October 5, 2008
It is in a nice part of downtown Greenville, but the nightlife really has seemed to be killed off by the smoking ordinance. Anyway, the brewing company itself had a nice rustic woody interior. Nice enough place to have a brew, but the beers are purely average and the service seems to be real hit or miss. Customer service was not a priority, but I find that to be the case more often than not down here in the south. I’m still trying to figure out the Southern hospitality thing. Must be at their homes, because it certainly is not at their places of work.

February 22, 2008
On the main strip downtown. They had practically none of their beers available when I was there. No IPA, no brown ale, no stout, no porter. I felt like saying, Just give me a Bud. A little dingy, but not overly so. The bartender seemed a bit surly and I generally don’t give a shit about my servers mood, but he seemed like he wanted to arm wrestle me for the right to talk to him. The beer isn’t worth the hassle of the trip from the interstate we took and the guy at the bar probably can’t arm wrestle for shit. Do what I didn’t and skip it.

September 26, 2007
Pretty cool interior, fermenters right inside the door, long bar, booths, and some tables. Only had one beer with lunch, and sampled my wife’s, and they were pretty bad. Two or three styles listed on the menu weren’t available. Great service, and great food-- typical pub grub, but real tasty. The highlight for me was the homemade ketchup-- really good!

May 15, 2007
Visited with my inlaws. Beer was decent, nothing special it seemed. The alt they had at the time was pretty good. Best for the atmosphere and happy hour.

June 20, 2006
Visited here in June of ’06 late on a Friday night and the place was jumping. Loud, smoky and rowdy - hard to find a spot at the bar. Had five on tap that appear to be pretty regular - perhaps one was rotating. The three I had were average brewpub quality - the stout being the best. Appreciate them having a late night menu - serve food until 1:00. I had pizza - pretty decent. Definitely not a beer geeks paradise that experiments with a lot of funky styles - but one thing I did notice and appreciate was the fact that everyone who was drinking beer (they served liquor as well) was ordering the beer with no qualms - i.e. - none of those - "oh, you don’t have Bud Light - I’ll have a rum and coke instead" types. Located in a neat little downtown area of Greenville surrounded by other bars and restaurants.

January 31, 2006
The brewpub is pretty homey. It’s one large room with plenty of tasteful beer decor and a rustic feel. The food was average, though quite tasty, pub fare. The beer is nothing extraoridinary, but does warrant at least one trip to the place to check it out.

August 9, 2005
The beer was not that good. The bar area itself is very interesting and worth seeing.