The Bruery

Great place. Lots of outside seating. Went on a Saturday, wasn't very busy. Had a food truck out front. The taplist was massive. Probably 40 beers. The bottles for sale were limited, with some going to the club, but everything on tap was available. Service was great. Very exciting taplist. Yeah, it's a bunch of big beers- good! Loved it.

I'm really not a big fan of The Bruery beers, but when in Anaheim/Orange/Placentia, I thought I may as well visit (along with their Bruery Terreux location). Beautiful spot at the end of an industrial lot. The interior is a modern, spacious tasting room, and outside they have a spacious area with artificial turf and plenty of seating area. Large taplist split between The Bruery, Bruery Terreux, and Offshoot beers (plus a few exclusive reserve society beers). Flights of 5 x 3 oz beers, priced by the beer -- my flight ended up being $20 after tax. Beer quality is never quite there with The Bruery. On paper, everything sounds awesome -- they brew almost exclusive ambitious / extreme beers, but the execution is often not there. The beers tend to throw a lot at you without being ideally dialled in, and this impression has been preserved on my visits to their tasting rooms this trip. Probably worth visiting when in town, but I'd give priority to Bottle Logic (easily the best in town) and then Green Cheek ahead of The Bruery.

What a let down. The place is small with awkward bar, few seats. Tap list is on a TV screen that wasn't really working. Ordered a flight and most of the beers were from already opened bottles, not sure how long they were there or if I got the butt off the bottom. The sours I had were all underwhelming. I asked the bartender how ordering works he wasn't interested. Asked if there was anything that I had to try and he wasn't happy to hear any queations. Lame service on top of it all was really the final nail in the coffin for me. I really expected to love this place but left feeling I wouldn't bother coming back.

Big bar but almost empty on the weekday that we were there. Huge selection of beers on tap in wide variety of styles. The barman was friendly and helpful. We were lucky to meet there with a friend who's also a member. This gave us access to a list of beers exclusively for members. Those beers were even better than the one on the normal tap list. Honestly, I would be pissed off if my friend wasn't there and access to the "nice beers" wouldn't have been possible.

Quiet on an early Monday evening - beer geeks only - a great place to enjoy some world class beers in the company of others who also appreciate the good things in life. I particularly enjoyed the sour beers on offer, although I thought the prices was a touch on the expensive side.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

Super place their best beers are there, fantastic

Huge selection! Huge! Seriously...HUGE! This is a must stop for any beer aficionado. You can tell these people know what they are doing because you can taste all the flavors and notes in each beer.