July 16, 2009
For the town it is in and location it is a great value. After one time easily a new favorite. A couple nice beers. THe food is also excellent from the appetizer the the flank steak dinner. The boot was huge i was able to enjoy sitting there with my food and drink.

May 27, 2009
Crowded and parking can be tricky. The beer ranges widely and can be quite interesting. The food is good when you can catch a server and are willing to wait on a slow kitchen. The sampler makes it worth it.

May 9, 2009
Good atmosphere, but doesn’t open till 4:30 p.m. on a Saturday? Pretty empty when I was there at 6:00 on a Saturday evening. Sat down to have a sampler of beers and was pleased to find they had seven diverse beers on tap. The staff was friendly and semi knowledgeable. The beer was pretty dreadful. Watery and lacking any kind of depth or flavor all the way down the line. As I got toward the end, the bartender noticed that I was taking notes. She recommended that I check out Blue Ridge Brewery and noted that their former brewer moved over there taking some of the best recipes with him. Can’t say I was impressed in the least.

April 18, 2008 [ Updated September 18, 2008 ]
Nice atmosphere though it can get really crowded at times. It doesn’t open until 4 or 5, which sucks when a bunch of us get off of work at 3:30 and want a pint or two. On site brews range from bland and boring to excellent. I’ve only had the tostada, but it was excellent. Sampler for $6. Parking gets crowded, but there is a pay lot directly across the street that is 50 cents an hour or free after 6PM.

March 2, 2008
Last stop on the www.jrhb.org 2008 Brews Cruise. I had their Satay with Tuna and it was delicious. Service was really slow, but it was a Saturday night so that’s to be expected. The headbrewer was awesome and gave a great tour. I actually learned a lot and he gave us HUGE samples of all his beers. Satan’s Pony was my favorite beer they had on tap.

October 28, 2007
Friendly environment with a nice view of the brewery from behind the bar. Moderately well lit and fairly quiet before the evening crowd rolled in. Excellent food, appetizers are tasty and reasonably priced. The taco salad was filled with juicy steak. Staff was friendly and relatively knowlegable about the beer. Overall, a very nice place with an excellent sampler.

July 3, 2007
a popular place in charlottesville that has special on tuesday night which makes it a very crowded place that day. it has a wide selection of its own beers and the food is typical bar food: salty and fatty but goes well with beer.

May 26, 2007 [ Updated March 19, 2008 ]
I like this place. I’ve dropped in three times when passing through Charlottesville and had a good time on each occasion. It is in a downtown location in a nice old building. There are booths to sit at if you prefer that but I’ve always hung out at the bar and quickly been pulled into conversation with friendly locals. Twice I ended up not doing the more thorough survey of Charlottesville I had intended because of the convivial company in here. On one occasion service was a little slow because there was only one person serving who, as it is a very long bar, didn’t always spot customers that needed a refiil if they were some distance away. Decent enough brewpub food. Six or seven of their own beers on tap, often with one on cask, and a guest or two. There are printed sheets telling you something about the beers. Beer quality is solid, if unspectacular. Sometimes has low key live music but I’m not sure of the schedule.

January 15, 2007
This is an old warehouse near the Downtown Mall district of Charlottesville. The interior keeps the old warehouse feel which translates well in some areas but the coziness of the general atmosphere takes a hit. Pluses include a fireplace with nice comforatable couches in the seating area away from the bar. Negatives include a bar area that seems to lack access areas and a place to move away from the bar seating to a more intimate area without having to wait for an open table on which to rest your beer. The winter/ fall seasonal ales are the beers that really shine through at this establishement, while the summer beer choices seem to be too light and without a stronger darker beer choice to level out selection. Still a decent brewpub that blows away its down the street competition.

September 9, 2006
Nice art in the warehouse-like restaurant, the service was solid from the waitstaff, but the kitchen didn’t do so well. And the food really wasn’t that good. Meanwhile, the beer is decidedly mediocre.