Bar Brejas

Sou de Campinas, mas estou morando fora, e nunca havia ido no Brejas. Sei da história, já li o livro do Marcelo, lia o fórum lá em 2010, e apenas em 2015 resolvi conferir o bar.
E que decepção!
O ambiente é bom, tem bastante mesas dentro, além das mesinhas do lado de fora. A decoração é bacana e os chopps e promoções estão devidamente anunciados nas paredes de giz.
Os cardápios são bem feitos, com as cervejas divididas por tipo e contendo indicações de litragem, ABV e amargor. Tudo direitinho.
O preço dos chopps é justo pro meio artesanal, sempre com marcas da região. A opção fixa parecer ser os da Eisenbahn. Quem acha caro chopp artesanal abaixo de 10 reais o 300ml hoje em dia, simplesmente caiu de para quedas. E registre-​se — o pint de 500 de Eisenbahn e Landel estava abaixo de 15 reais, tudo justo. As porções não são lá uma facada, e vem boas — pedimos a de coxinha.
Mas quando chegou o atendimento, começou a pataquada… Nem vou criticar o fato de não terem cervejas do cardápio, porque isso é praxe em casas com cardápios grandes.
Primeiro, pedi uma das cervejas em promoção anunciadas, uma ótima Double IPA da Rogue. O sujeito vai, demora, e me traz outra cerveja. Vendo a besteira, o sujeito demora ainda mais uns 5 minutos para trazer a correta. Isso fora o tempo de chamar os garçons. Os caras ficam no Whats Up ao invés de atender, e nunca prestam atenção.
Na hora de pedir a conta, pior ainda. Peço para um garçon, e ele vê. Simplesmente não traz. Preço para outro, ele vê. Não traz. Tudo isso demorando para que eles percebam os pedidos.
Precisou vir a mulher do caixa atender. E eu fiz questão de não pagar os 10%.
Simplesmente não volto. Vou continuar indo na Cervejoteca, na Barão de Itapura, onde sou bem atendido.

Awsome! 300 labels of beers. Great food, nice atmosphere, clasic rock. A new beer each day.

We arrived at Brejas on a rainy, chilly August night, shortly after opening. On any other night, the open air would have been pleasant, but it was almost uncomfortably drafty. We ordered our food, and drinks. The tap menu is small, mostly Brazilian beers, with a few imports. Bottle selection is very extensive; 200+ Bottles. The food was very good. I got the sirloin burger; excellent. My complaints begin and end with the beer. It is very expensive. Usually, tap beer should be a better value, but the beer I ordered was twice as expensive as a bottle you could get in a grocery store; the tap beer was also noticeably old. It was an IPA, one that I have had on other occasions, and the hoppiness was mute and muddled. I then ordered a bottle, a very expensive one, but one that I had had before and loved. The bottle I got was infected and tasted of sour cherry, not what an imperial stout should taste like. I had heard that there was problems with some batches of that beer; some infected, some over carbonated, but I took the chance. It wasn’t undrinkable, but not nearly as enjoyable, so I decided to let it go. That was until we asked to tab out. The bartender asked how I liked the last beer, to which I replied «it’s was ok». As he turned and walked away, I noticed him get the managers attention, and signal «thumbs up». Not once prior did he ask how we were enjoying things. At that point, I realized that they were aware of the bad bottles. I decided I was not going to stay silent. After much explanation, the beer was removed from my tab.
Bottom line: the food is excellent, and worth the visit. However, the main hook, which is beer, is very flawed. The idea behind it is great: quality craft beer, local and imported, and lots of it. The reality though, is that Campinas doesn’t have enough support for beer to sustain it: the turnover rate for kegs is apparently very slow, lending a stale product. Given the significantly higher price for bottles even compared to the high tap prices, turnover rate for bottles is probably even slower. The place is just a tough pill to swallow, even for myself as an experienced beer nerd used to the expensive hoppy.

Excellent music and a wide variety of A-​M-​A-​Z-​I-​N-​G beers. Food is also good and they give you suggestions to make good pairs. A lot of nice people and staff is helpful. Definitely coming back. The best place in Campinas so far