Latest reviews from Whitsett

“A great space and beautiful beer hall, built in the German tradition. The entrance was a bit confusing, and even when you find the door, you have to enter through the gift shop, but once inside imagine an expansive German bier hall, with vaulted cielings, giant wooden beams, a large bar, huge patio area, and lots of long bier hall tables. Service was decent, not the most knowledgeable (I imagine that may be hard to find in that area of North Carolina), but super friendly and knew enough to get the conversation started. Only like 5 things on tap, all German style lagers, but all well done. Food is limited to food trucks and delivery. Five dollar pints of pretty much everything and a tour for $15 that comes with unlimited samples for 45 minutes, not bad. Impressive what their self distribution model has built there.“

jbruner 2219 days ago

“Ferguson's bottles and taps is located in a grey area, in a little town called Whittset NC. Located just off of I-40 at Rock Creek Dairy Road on old Highway 70. In a smaller strip mall shopping center. Lots of parking in a private lot. Private patio space. Inside the store its always super clean. Warm inviting feel. Vinyl records playing as you shop or have a beer at their bar area. Small place inside, great selection. The owner, employees and even other patrons have always been just great. I dont give many places a 100 score. In fact I dont think I have ever gave anybody a 100. But this little bottle and tap shop is just what the doctor ordered. Awesome.“

HourGlass13 2342 days ago

“"New" location is very prominent, just off I-85 and easily visible from that highway. Large production facility with a small tasting area with four taps near the main offices in front. They only do tours on Fridays, but I stopped by on a Thursday for a growler - pre-filled only, unfortunately. They do not refill growlers, even their own (then why not just do crolwers?). I was looking for the Battlefield Black, but they haven’t produced that in years, so I settled for its replacement, Black Oak. Staff were friendly and helpful.“

Travlr 2750 days ago

“Review of the old brewpub from 3/27/06: Nice place to stop in if you’re in the Greensboro area. Small variety of beers but their own are good. They have 3 of theirs on tap: Red Oak (Lager), Battlefield Black (Dunkel I believe) and Humminbird (Light). Battlefield is the premier choice if you’re looking for quality; Red Oak is good too and much easier to put away several of them. Food quality is prety good for the price. Atmosphere is a typical high end college bar with several games on all the time. Service has always been good for me. Overall, this is a good place to have some good beer and a good time in Greensboro. Check it out.“

adam42381 4679 days ago

“I almost drove by this place last week while looking for it at night in the rain. It’s off the main road behind a shopping center. Once I found it I noticed the layout is a little unusual. Not neccesarily a bad thing, just different. The bar area where I stayed is big and nice enough. I was there on a Wednesday evening and there weren’t many people there, in the bar area or the restaurant. I was disappointed to find out they only have three of their own brews on tap, all lagers. Light, amber and dark. I sampled all three and would hard pressed to tell the difference between each. It seems all three start from the same base and they just add a little coloring to make it amber or dark. Not a very good variey. The food however was much better than the beer. I had a bowl of chilli and their "famous" drunken chicken. The chilli was good but the chicken was excelent. If I had to go back there again it would be more for the chicken than the beer. Not exactly want you to hear from a brew pub.“

Brewman63 5325 days ago

“Located right on I-40 between Durham and Greensboro. You can’t miss it from the interstate but if you’re going westbound you may need to turn around at the next exit. Easy to find once you take the correct exit. Big huge shiny building. Generous sized samples of the three beers, which are all fairly average. The guy doing the pours was helpful enough. Growlers are $15 for one and $10 for two. Cash only, which I used as an excuse not to buy anything even though I had plenty of cash on hand. Nice enough stop for a few ticks, but not much else.“

Drake 5392 days ago

“Definitely among the worst breweries I’ve come across in my beer searches. The structure itself is impressive in size and shininess. Their big kick is ’freshness’ so they don’t pastuerize anything - would be okay if the beers were actually half decent. The battelfield bock is the only palatable one of the THREE beers they are brewing. I asked why they didn’t have anything with hops, and they just sort of laughed it off and said ’beer should taste like beer, not leaves’. I asked about the other seasonals, and they said they have not brewed any in a while and are not planning on brewing any more anytime soon - at least for the next year or so, so i guess they should be retired. The reason they gave for not brewing any seasonals: ’we’d rather focus on brewing 3 great beers and getting our bottling line up and running". "3 great beers" - what a crock! Fresh -yes, unfiltered - yes, terrible homebrewish product - yes. They give tours on fridays at 3pm - for $5.“

Butters 5506 days ago

“I went to the actual brewery off I-40/I-85 exit 138. A new facility, and very clean. Merchandise and growlers are all that is sold there. Not a bad place to stop by while traveling NC. The hours are not the best though.“

arventresca 5786 days ago

“A nice place overall. Limited selection that is basically 5 draft beers Black Lager, Red Oak, Hummin Bird, and seasonals like Big Oak. No bottles, which I would expect of a brewpub. I like the atmosphere. Game room and shuffle board are available. Food is average and selection is below average. Black Lager is their best beer and the rest I could do without. Not a bad place to stop in GSO.“

SaCkErZ9 6049 days ago

“Guess we didn’t catch them on their best night. Just dinner with the inlaws so was not expecting a lot. The acoustics of the dinning room are horrible and the food is average to bad at best. Service was good and she knew enough to describe well what beers they had. Didn’t have many of their more unique beers on tap but got a sampler of what they did.“

jrob21 6494 days ago

“Average menu but could have more selections. What we ate was good. Clean place with friendly staff that have at least a basic knowledge of what goes on there. very accomodating. I came at a time when they were not planning on giving tours but they managed to put something together anyway. Worth a visit.“

Fightfire4beer 6539 days ago

“The bar feels good to be there, lots to look at including some old brewing equipment and various beer related stuff. The three beers they had on tap were very average (yes, they only had three beers). The food was tasty but the menu could have had some more dinner selections. I had a burger. The beef was raised on the owner’s farm. I was hoping to have a nice steak. My wife had a delicious blackened chicken salad. Nice place to stop while passing through on my way to the beach.“

Rockinout 6871 days ago

“I enjoyed an afternoon meal while sampling both the Battlefield Black (Dunkel) and the Hummerbird (Pale Lager). I found it interesting to note that this brewery brews only lagers while the competing Greensboro brewpub Natty Greene’s only brews ales. Generally speaking, I’d almost always rather have an ale. We sat outside on the patio which contained large tables made from large slabs of stone. Our waiter was helpful and friendly, providing a bit of background information on the brewery and beers. I was impressed with the building itself. The restaurant is strewn with brewing relics of past ages. The copper brew kettle and mash tun are within reaching distance of the shuffleboard. There is a room to play billards and video games. In the middle of the restaurant is the bar with plenty of seating and taps. Neither of these were being used anywhere near their full capacity on Saturday afternoon. This brewpub only had three beers when we arrived, and having already tried Red Oak before, we were required to try the other exclusive selections. I was dissapointed by the beer as can be seen in my ratings. The food looked great and the restaurant had a nice atmosphere, but the beers just aren’t cutting it.“

TheBeerOrg 6948 days ago

“Within staggering distance from Guilford College, but surprisingly doesn’t seem to cater well to the relaxed culture of the college. Their beers are uninteresting, unless you are lucky enough to get one of their seasonal brews (they very occasionally have a bock which sells out quickly). I would call first, as they really don’t have them very often. I’m a vegetarian, so have a particular slant towards the food, but haven’t seen anything there that was very interesting or tasty in quite a while. (They had at one time a dish that consisted of a small warmed wheel of cheese that smelled exactly like feet but tasted delicious, if you want something a little unusual.) This place used to be very promising, but has lost their way. They now seem focussed on supplying mediocre beer to all the area bars more than experimenting with interesting, tasty styles. Their one saving grace is the fact that you can buy a large mug (used to be 25oz., but It’s smaller now) and get it filled when you come in for a discounted price. If in GSO, check out Natty Greenes, in W-S, check out the newly-opened Foothills Brewing.“

MMMBeer999 7007 days ago

“I was glad to find a brewpub on my recent trip to the Winston-Salem area. Greensboro is only about 20 min from W-S and seems to have at least as much going on, especially beer-wise. Red Oak is easy to find from 40, and parking is plentiful.

The bar area is pretty cool, it is in the center of the dining area. The bar is square and has a UFO being flown by a man in a suit (?) perched above the center. There is a lot of wood and breweriana adorning the walls. What I really liked was the skylight above the bar! That is a first and I liked it a lot.

The bar had about 12 taps, their own beers hard to find amid all the macros. But they were there. The beers were average, I’d say the Rye was my favorite. The brewer happened to be there that day and was happy to answer questions (like what kind of beer Battlefield black was) that the bartender may not have known.

We didn’t try any food (you can blame a Krispy Kreme binge).“

Dogbrick 7367 days ago