October 24, 2009
Got to see most of the place during Darkness Day, rather big warehouse with everything right out in the open. Tasting room is of decent size and pretty cool overall. A seemingly straighforward place that I’d relate to a brewjunkie’s playground. Fun to visit for sure. Nice selection of taps for event day and a couple special/cask/ba selections. No growler fills are a bummer...

September 28, 2009
Visited for the Friday night tour on September 4th, 2009. Very basic warehouse configuration, with small tasting bar and seating area in front corner, production brewery everywhere else. There is also a souvenir shop shoe horned into a closet. The folks at Surly run the tour really well, organized and still personable - a pretty rare combination. 5 ~4 oz samples of 5-6 different beers. You are given chips, and the samples are always ready to go. Really never had to wait, and you can sample before during and after the tour. The tour itself is Omar telling the story, and he does it quite well. I really had a good time, and will certainly try to hit it again in the future.

July 15, 2009
It’s not the most interesting brewery to go to, it’s basically a big room in a warehouse. But the bar at the front of the building is pretty sweet and the fact that you get to drink your 5 decent sized samples anytime after you walk in the door is cool. Merchandise shop is awesome and has a much bigger selection than you can find online. As stated the tour itself isn’t much because of its small size but founder Omar is very engaging and charismatic to listen to as he tells you the Surly story with plenty of humor thrown in.

January 14, 2009
Surly beer rules and it was awesome to see where this great beer from a can comes from. I will always try to turn people onto this beer. It’s a fun place to check out.

December 8, 2008
Fun to go on the tours here.

November 1, 2008
D-day rocked...the keg of coffee bender was awesome..enjoying a bottle of darkness as I write this...can’t wait to see what they do next

October 26, 2008
What a great time. D-Day 08 was a lot of fun. It was my first time at the brewery and I had a blast. Omar gave the early crowd some Furious and Coffe Bender. The was a little bit of an open tasting of many a differnet beer before the gates opened. Once they were open it was a blast. Surly flavors and types I’ve not had or been able to get. Bands inside and kind of a lets all just hang out and mingle for a while attitude outside. A little hacky, some food, some pictures, a few more beers, a little chat with Omar and of course my six bottles of Darkness. What a day, I can’t wait until I can make it for a tour or growler fill day. If anyone ever has the chance to taste the Furious straight from the bright tanks, DO IT!!!!! The hops are AMAZING!!!!

October 10, 2008
The tour itself is average but there is not much to see as it is a small facility. The beer of course was great!

May 3, 2008 [ Updated March 8, 2009 ]
Been here a couple of times now, once for the Darkness release and once for a growler fill day. I haven’t done a tour yet though, so will re-rate after doing one. This is located in an industrial park and the building, although clean and kept up well, isn’t particularly interesting inside or out. Growler fills are done on Saturdays with the standard furious and bender, but sometimes they have seasonals too. The staff is unpredictable. Sometimes you get somebody that is pretty friendly, but often you end up with people that act like they are doing you a favor just by talking with you. Surly obviously does make some great beer though, and I’ve the tours are pretty awesome as well, so like I said before, I’ll rerate after a tour. Re-rate: 08/18/08: I still have not made it on a tour, but after stopping by multiple times on growler fill days, I will add a couple more comments. Omar has been the only friendly employee, otherwise service has been pretty awful. It isn’t like I am taking up huge amounts of their

February 7, 2008
It is a brewery with a very nice selection of swag. Service was personable and fun. Omar’s mother is very friendly and affable. I was surprised to see how clean the old building was. A nice simple brewery that makes the some of the best beer in the world.