Rough Draught Whiskey Bar

The classiest bar in College Station, hands down, no competition.
They call themselves a Whiskey bar and Whiskey is what they do.
Their strong suit is bourbon, rye and texas whiskeys.
Their selection of these is extremely impressive.
They have more normal selections of scotch, gin and liqueurs with a few stars thrown in to give some dazzle.
(Irish for example mostly features the entire Jameson’s line — a solid choice but normal — and the Tullamore and Bushmill line. The exclamation points are Redbreast and Green Spot.
Scotches are more like Glenlivet, Glenfiddich but they do carry the new awesome Suntorys.
You can’t get a lot of those bottles anywhere else in BCS except at Rough Draught.
Bourbon and Rye however are the total star of the show here.
I won’t even try to make a list. It is just one fascinating selection after the next.
College Station drinking is undergraduate drinking.
Beer in plastic cups.
Commercially flavored vodka and rum.
Margaritas made by formula.
Microbrews for professors and for undergraduates with better palates.
In Lilliputia, a normal man stands like a giant …
and by College Station standards —
Rough Draught is the Holy Tabernacle of small batch whiskeys and finely crafted single malts.
Hey, I’ll take a Holy Tabernacle any chance I get.

Apparently too drunk to receive service but not too drunk to write this review. Ya’ll suck, overpriced and not worth the effort. I asked for one drink to end the night and the bartender wouldn’t even give me that. Loosen up LMAO. I guess I should learn to speak more eloquently after a few!!!
In all seriousness, the problem with this bar is that they are overpriced and the staff is somewhat rude and unfriendly. However, they do get points for having a nice relaxed atmosphere.

My husband and I walked in, only 5 customers present, two workers behind the bar and one sitting at the bar.
We sat right in front of Randy the bartender and she didn’t make any effort to welcome us or even say hello.
After sitting for a couple minutes Randy finally looks at my husband and states very rudely «there’s no smoking in here, you have to go out side» both of us look at her and state «the cigar is not lit» her response «o…well I just saw it» and is silent. My husband then states «is that your way of asking us what we want?» She immediately got an attitude and a face that made it very apparent she was not willing to help us. Thomas the other bartender jumps in and immediately shows his knowledge of the bar.
My husband begins asking for different specialty whiskers, which they do t have most. So I settle on a mojito, just have have a drink. And of course they’re out of Bacardi or any other quality rum. He offered the house rum at a different price, by this time I just wanted to leave but settled on the house rum.
While we were finishing our drink a customer comes in and asks Randy how to make a Vegas bomb, which she is incorrect about, and everyone else in the bar agrees. She immediately gets attitude with the other customer and says, «well that how I make them so… ya.»
My suggestion, better staff, that is knowledgeable about their products, or any bar knowledge, and has customer service skills. We understand being out of some liquors as it was a Sunday.
A little helpful tip, When you work at a bar on a Sunday, your obviously not the best, to make tips, you have to make up for it in attitude. Experienced.

Been here a couple of times with friends and we all absolutely love this place. They have a fine collection of over 80 whiskeys to choose from. Their cocktails are excellent and service is superb!

Great place to have a drinks after work for the non-​college folks! Like the décor and variety of drinks. Great addition to Northgate. Friendly staff too!

Been here 3 times since it opened and I liked it. They had my favorite beer (Lone Pint IPA-​Yellow Rose). It has a nice atmosphere down to the details. Bartenders already appear fairly proficient. ²⁄₃ times they were playing good music. AND it’s dog friendly!
I really like how they whole front of the bar opens up on nice days. I could see sitting there not so pleasant if there are many smokers on the porch though…
Also-​wish they had a better happy hour. I really liked Rough Draught, but when Rebel is next door and has drinks at ½ price, it’s a little more tempting to go there, even if I don’t like the atmosphere of Rebel too much.

Nothing more fitting on Northgate than a new bar on Church Street.
While the place has been totally redone since it was last a bike store, there’s no easy place to park without having to pay.
While I don’t drink hard liquor as beer, craft in fact is my forte, I was surprised to see that they don’t offer any College Station beer. I mean seriously? Blackwater Draw is so close that you could toss a baseball to it, and why anyone would delve into the alcoholic beverage scene without including New Republic is beyond me.
Nice new addition to Northgate with room for improvement and 3 parking spaces. Friendly service.