Three Taverns Brewery

I LOVE the brewery… the bar staff is exceptionally friendly, the beer is amazing, and the atmosphere is inviting. It is a great place to spend the afternoon.
On the other hand. I do not advice going through Grier Donald to host a private event here. I had my wedding reception in this venue and ran into a lot of issues that were not resolved well with her. She is also quite unprofessional: she lost my payment to rent the space among other small things before the day of the event. On the day of my reception, another party was using the venue space. She had no idea who they were and it took 30 minutes for them to leave and for me to start setting up for my party. Therefore, I ran behind setting up. She did not know how or where to set up the projector which she told me she did and you would assume she does as she holds events here. Furthermore, she failed to introduce herself to me and left without even checking in with me or making sure we were taken care of. I found this very unprofessional.

Really a 3 and a half but I can’t do that. Beer is amazing. Atmosphere is great. My reason for taking a star off is this is the first brewery I’ve been to in GA that does not give you a free glass with your tour which is big for me and my girlfriend because we like to collect the glasses of all the places we go and 10 dollars for a pint glass, on top of what you pay for the tour isn’t worth it in our eyes. If you don’t care about getting a pint glass and like IPAs and sours this is a definite 5 star brewery.

Delicious beer and a really cute space. Not the most traditional interpretations of Belgian styles, but I appreciated their spin on them.

Sooo A Night On Ponce is one of my favorite IPAs. I drink it any chance I get.
The End.
No, just kidding. I’ve always really liked Three Taverns’ offerings. So much so, in fact, that when I visited the brewery for the first time, I’d already tried every beer on tap except the Quasimodo (which they were of course out of) and the Anniversarium II. No big deal, though, as they were all delicious and I’d gladly drink them again! I’d never thought of myself as a fan of Belgian style beers but whatever Three Taverns is doing is working for me.
Aside from the Night On Ponce, I also especially love the Prince of Pilsen and the White Hops.
The service is friendlier than most breweries. The guy behind the bar asked me if I’d tried any of their beers before and what styles I preferred.
This was before it got really crowded. And this is, of course, out of the staff’s control but two different people cut me in line here. Like, damn y’all, the beer’s not going anywhere. Chill.
The space is really nice. There’s a somewhat small area on the main floor with high tops and an upstairs loft-​ish area. That section was closed for a private event so I didn’t get to check it out. Outdoor space seems kind of limited, although I did see a couple of tables and a cornhole setup.
On an space rental note, I recently contact several area breweries for this purpose and Three Taverns was the only one I never heard from. :(If you’re interested in hosting an event here, the space really is great, so maybe harass them a little if you don’t hear back?
Overall, definitely on my list of places to come back.

I haven’t been to many breweries in Atlanta. This is my third. When researching where to go, I didn’t realize there were this many local breweries with tours to choose from. We ended up choosing Three Taverns.
We ended up waiting outdoor area for a bit, as we arrived a few minutes early (ok, like 10 minutes early). There are picnic benches for seating and a food set up right outside — free food!!!
It’s $ 12 to drink and obtain the free beer glass with 6 drink coins. Some of the stronger beers will cost you two coins. The beers on draft were ok, I wish there were more Belgians, witbiers or hefeweizens. Mostly IPA’s and various other random brews.
The two story layout was pretty interesting. We were hanging out in a warehouse, essentially. Bar on the first floor, large communal table on the second floor, with limited seating and couches to lounge in. Downstairs has a couple tables to lean on, and you can lean on the bar railing that runs across the entire interior of the brewery.
Bartenders are alright. We were one of the first people inside so they were still chipper and friendly in the beginning of the two hour window, and less so at the end. Understandable.
We ventured outside for some food since the alcohol was definitely getting to my head. In anticipation of my drive home, I got some food to bring inside. The chef was also the server and brother of one of the men behind the bar who actually brewed the Imaginarium Project No 8. Thank god, I could tell him that was one of the only beers I enjoyed (a Belgian style wit). I remembered this beer being infused with rhubarb, which was no coincidence for the rhubarb chicken liver pâté and pulled pork with rhubarb BBQ sauce. Even though I was still full from all the margaritas and all the beer, I couldn’t help eating all my food. Even more delicious than the beer!!!
You’re limited to two hours of drinking, but for me that was more than enough. A good time for sure but could still use a little more entertainment to pass the time. We unfortunately missed the tour and stayed inside (away from the corn hole but also from the sun and heat), so there wasn’t much more to do than eat, drink and talk. Fine by me but I could do that anywhere.
Definitely worth a try, especially if you’re a big IPA drinker!

$ 12 and 6 drink samples! (Use to be 4) The glasses are very nice and not your typical pint glasses. They always have the usual beers on tap plus a specialty brew. Parking is free! Take a try for your next brew tour!

The atmosphere is great and the service by the bartenders were awesome. The guys were super friendly despite the consistent line of beer drinkers waiting for refills. They had a good variety of beers on tap and I really liked their Dubbel. While I appreciate that they rinse each glass before pouring the next brew, I was concerned if it was sanitary or not… I thought glass rinsers were supposed to be for clean glasses before pouring? The germaphobe in me started to wonder about the fact that my glass rim touched the same tray as everyone else’s glass…

Great brewery with Belgium style beers. Fun, rustic ambience with twinkling lights and great music for a holiday celebration. The owner did a great job with the tour, too.

Quick tip: They give you six heavy tastings, so be ready to drink!
I’ve been a few times to Three Taverns now and really enjoyed myself. They are a very young brewery, so some of their beers could use a minute to age, but their Single Intent is an excellent go-​to drink for me and others who don’t go for the hoppier content of A Night in Brussels or White Hops.
They recently came out with their Quasimodo Belgian-​Style Quad which is nice, but tastes as young as the brewery. I think that rather than drink it at the brewery again, I would pick up a 750ml and let it age for a bit on my shelf.
The atmosphere is great, very conducive to standing around and chatting with friends, and the loft area with the sofas is lovely! There are also benches for those lovely Saturday afternoons if you’d like to really see the people to whom you are speaking, but we always manage to have a good time here!

Relative to the other craft breweries around town this is more of a 2.5 star experience. Showing up right at opening time the line was very long, slow moving, and there’s absolutely no shade in the parking lot. This is similar to some other breweries in the area, but those lines move much quicker. So yeah, they need to streamline the ingress because we were all pretty soaked by the time we got inside and received our tasting glass and 6 tokens.
The inside is very rustic, and I really like the hobbit hole bar feel – some good character for sure. That said, even within that rustic no frills concept, the space lacks refinement and feels only partially complete. And it was hot inside.
This lacking extended to the outside area as well. They have some benches with lights strung above them out front, but with absolutely no accompanying shading and placed atop pitch asphalt, it felt like sitting in a frying pan. I didn’t see anyone take advantage of the seats the whole time we were there. I’m sure they will serve their purpose much better in a couple of months, but they really should work out a shade solution for the warmer parts of the year.
The same goes for the cornhole area, the only entertainment available since they didn’t have any live music – right in the frying pan. Some other reviews mentioned additional bar areas, music, and big fans to cool things down; absolutely none of that was on display the Saturday we went, though all together it sounds like that would greatly improve the experience, and if I go back I would hope to see more of it.
With those quibbles aside, Three Taverns is putting out some very well conceived and executed beers. I especially enjoyed the tart and fruity Lepeche Mode (wordplay appreciated!), as well as the highly quaffable ‘A Night in Brussels’. The bartenders were excellent, with deep knowledge of each brew and an inviting conversational ease. There are also laminated brochures at the bar with very thorough, almost poetic, descriptions of each beer. It’s a good thing, because the tour here was uninspired and boring, definitely not worth the heavy swamp ass you’ll incur listening to the monotone guide dude in a 100 degree room. Skip it.
Overall, the beer was definitely on point, and it’s always feels good to support local breweries, but they still have some dialing to do before this feels like a complete experience. I would probably come back as part of a group, but for just hanging out, or exposing visitors to the Atlanta beer scene, I would go for Red Brick, Sweetwater, Red Hare, Monday Night, or even a Wrecking Bar first. And Terrapin is only an hour away, bolstered by all the joys Athens has to offer as the clear choice for a most tasty day trip.
Perhaps more than any of those other spots, Three Taverns would really benefit from a relaxing of GA’s bullshit three-​tier laws. In it’s current form it’s not really up to par as a 2 hour full-​on brewerience, but it would be a great place to pop in for a couple of drinks before buying a few growlers or bombers of their delicious beer to take home.

Mmmmmmmmm beer!!! We went to the Saturday tasting. I had luckily picked up a Scoutmob that got us both in for cheaper than the normal price. Like other tastings they provide a glass — although not a normal pint glass — and 6 wooden tokens for drinks.
I really like the style of the tasting area, it reminds me of all those super trendy farmhouse weddings everyone has been doing. However, the area is quite small for the amount of people that were crammed in. With the outdoor area being mostly unshaded (and the only shaded area was the designated smoking area), there wasn’t much respite from the crowds. There also was practically no seating, save for some furniture upstairs that was immediately claimed by some folks who got there before we did. The upstairs area really just serves as crowd relief because it’s just another place to stand if you don’t snag one of the chairs– outside of the furniture it was completely empty. That said, it was typically empty (why climb stairs if you’ll be standing there or standing here?) so by 4pm — that is, when we stopped caring– we ended up going upstairs and sitting on the floor. There were others in the same boat. There was only one bar so at certain times, the line got really long, so you had to time your entry into the line right with your current beer level, if you know what I mean. It would help if they had a second bar open somewhere else, possibly outdoors.
Another note– the HVAC is far undersized for what it needs to be, so it was HOT in there — wear something you don’t mind seating in and ladies, get the hair in a cute ponytail ahead of time. That is something they REALLY need to address, but could probably partially be addressed by shading the outdoor spaces.
Tour — you know, the standard tour. You get to see nothing exciting and hear nothing new. I wouldn’t recommend it. We did learn a little about the history of the brewery and where the name of three taverns comes from; that part was interesting. But about 5 minutes in I was over it. Skip the tour and take advantage of the expansion of your personal space bubble while everyone is gone.
Okay, the really important thing: beer. We came here because we love the White Hops. I tried the Single Intent, Night in Brussels IPA, Free Spirit, and White Hops (of course). I tasted some of the other beers those in my group got. The bottled white hops we’ve had at bars and at home tasted a little different than what they had on tap; I prefer the bottled version. The only other beer I really liked what the Night in Brussels IPA. I wish they had one or two more options and definitely something a little less heavy /​easier drinking for the tastings. All that being said, I’m keeping my eye on this brewery because I think they bring some unique beers to the table. I’m really looking forward to trying their bourbon barrel aged beers they have coming.
We used Über to get there from Midtown, and then sort of pub-​crawled back to downtown Decatur where a very nice friend eventually drove us back. Although the location seems a bit out of the way, there’s a bar very close by (think across the street), and a Fellini’s about ½ mile away that’s also walkable/​stumble-​able. The pub was closed for a special event so we walked to Fellini’s and then walked to downtown from there. So follow our example: be safe and don’t drive!
All in all a good experience. I won’t be back here unless another friend really wants to go, and my friends know I can’t say no to beer.

July 19, 2014 was Three Tavern’s first birthday, so of course they went all out. They were offering twelve different Belgian-​style beers (one was gone before we got to it); some classics with a lot of new releases. Everyone got a special free birthday tasting glass and six tokens to trade in for drinks. And you know it’s legit because they have a real Belgian brewer that collaborates with the owner. They also had an amazing food truck selling loaded french fries, as well as a vendor selling booze-​infused pastries and truffles.
You could take a tour of the brewing warehouse (which they also let you do every Friday and Saturday), or just walk through yourself and goggle at their impressive labyrinth of kegs, hoses, pipes and various other accoutrements of delicious beer fermentation. There was another bar in the warehouse too, serving a different set of drinks, so it behooved you to walk around everywhere (as well as get a drink from a tapster out front before you went in, if you wanted). They had huge fans going and a loading dock garage door open to keep everybody cool, as well as indoor picnic tables to sit at, or if you prefer you could play cornhole or a basketball arcade game, both customized with the Three Tavern’s logo. The atmosphere was very lively and festive with a live bluegrass trio in the main building, and a bluegrass radio station in the warehouse. It was an absolute blast. Happy Birthday, Three Taverns, and here’s to many more!
The ambience of the place is really chill and relaxing, with lots of reclaimed brick and wood, and old looking metal for the accents and decorative light fixtures. The lights in the bar area glow golden from the vintage-​looking bulbs, and the concrete floor still retains areas of dark paint whose original reason for being painted so seemingly randomly is forgotten. Though they give tours in the warehouse, there isn’t normally a bar out there, only in the main tap room.
The main floor with the bar has little stand-​only metal and wood tables and chunky wooden leaning shelves where you can enjoy your drinks, and can peek through a window into the room filled with giant old barrels where they age the beer. If you climb the stairs to the loft that overlooks the bar floor, you’ll find a chandelier with a shade of brown bottles, and some cushy chairs and an amaaaazingly comfy sofa. If you actually can find a chance when a seat is open, you’ll never want to leave.
During the USA vs. Belgium game during the 2014 World Cup, they set up a sheet and projected the game onto the wall! I hope they do more of this so I can actually attend.
They have a very limited schedule that they’re open, so definitely check out their available times on their site before you go. Even if you download a ScoutMob that says they’re open when the site says they aren’t, the site is right.
If they’re available, I highly, highly recommend any beer that has the name Quasimodo in it, The Triple Reserve, the Dubbel Shot (for coffee lovers, DEFINITELY try this one), and The Theophan.

This is not a start on a shoe string brewery. This is some serious investment that makes it look like they have been making good beer and money for a decade and just completed the first major expansion. Shiny new and big. I like they did it right the first time, but I also like seeing signs of the early struggle, you won’t find that here. The struggles weren’t making beer they were in courting investors which they have been successful at. The tour is good the guy who does it Nate is knowledgable and speaks with passion. He used to be a reporter specializing in beer so he has some knowledge of the whole industry.
The tasting area is 2 stories in a metal building that is well insulated and made to look more rustic inside like the Three Taverns it was named for. For admission you get a quasi tulip glass and chips to sample beer with. The beers pretty good, but I will say for Belgian beer styles a little hoppier than I like. If they would dial the hops back by half they would get five stars. I’m a reformed hop head so no bitching and whining about I don’t know beer. I do! I just evolved beyond the latest bend your mother over hop daddy trend.

I’m always excited to hear about a new micro brewery in Atlanta, so I was excited to stop by Three Taverns to see what they were going to offer Atlanta’s micro brewery scene.
Not too much.
While the space here is perfect for renting out for a birthday party or bachelor party, I wasn’t quite impressed with the lack of seating and the setup as whole. And while yes I understand many of the micro breweries in Atlanta are low on seating, this place was SUPER low on anywhere to seat.
Also, besides sipping on a cold one while talking with your friends, there isn’t any type of entertainment to be had. So loss of a star for that.
Not sure Three Taverns beer is my brewery of choice when it comes to beer. Out of all the pours I tasted, I can say I only liked one slightly.
As far as the service, it was excellent. I love the way they have their pour station set up. The guys behind the pour station were friendly, and the tour guide for the brewery was very informative.
As a whole Three Tavern really should get a 2 ½ stars, but hopefully with time they will grow into a strong contender on the Atlanta micro brewery scene.

This brewery is beautiful!
$ 12 gets you a fancy beer glass and 6 good tastes of their different beers on draft.
It gets very crowded, but definitely worth checking out.

First time you come: appreciate their awesome beer, appreciate the nice glass, revel in their brewery.
Second-​100^th time you come: think, hey, this is cheaper than going to Brickstore!
So, $ 12 for a brewery tour, tasting, and glass isn’t bad by any means. The tokens you get for the «tasting» will get you 3 – 6 «tastes» depending on what beer you choose (some are 1 token, others 2). However, their pour is larger than what you get if you go to a bar and have a ‘sample’ of a draft. If you have a moderate constitution, the beer ‘tasting’ here will get you moderately buzzed.
Downsides: effectively no seating or tables/​horizontal surfaces to rest your glass. Also, not open all of the time.
Bigger downside: Georgia liquor laws.

I really liked this brewery! The glasses they give you for your drink samples are a little fancier than the normal pint glasses from the other breweries like Sweetwater and Red Brick. You also receive 6 drink sample tokens as opposed to Red brick that only gives you 4 drink tickets. It is slightly more expensive than the other breweries though at $ 12 but totally worth it! My favorite of the beer selections was called «A night in Brussels» which was about 7.1% alcohol. There were 4 beer selections in total. One of them was worth 2 tokens since it was the darkest, highest in alcohol content about 9.1%. The times of the brewery are longer than the usual as well. We went on a Friday between 5:30pm and 8:30pm.
Parking at this brewery is FREE which is always nice. There are also other great bars in the Decatur area to go after the brewery such as Brick Store and Corner Pub. There are great food options as well such as Taqueria del Sol, Fellini’s, and Los Bravos.
Overall this is a fantastic brewery! I definitely recommend it!

This place is a solid spot. A co worker suggested this brewery since it was closer than the typical three in ATL. This brewery is very young. Its not as popular like sweet water yet.
Me and my friend walked in we paid 12 dollars each and were handed wooden tokens instead of paper tickets. The tasting room was ok. By means not crowded. They had whisky barrels as stands down stairs and up stairs above the bar had a few chairs.
There beer were great. I was pleased with there A Night in Brussels IPA, White Hops IPA and last Theophan The Recluse a Russian imperial stout. They also have a holiday spice beer Festive Noël that i did not try.
The tenders at the bar were very helpfully and assisted every one on there choice of pours. Keep in mind the Recluse a Russian imperial stout and Festive Noël will cost you two tokens. I did not take the tour but the brew-​master and the owner will walk and greet patrons inside the tasting room.
Overall great place will be back!

Oh man, this is a GREAT spot for beer tasting. Very new but full of potential, I can see my group hitting Three Taverns up quite often!
If you’ve seen my reviews then you’ll probably see a theme… bars and breweries. Yes, I like beer, guilty as charged! I try to frequent those establishments that bring me the wonderjuice that is beer. This place rocks!
When we walked in, we were quite surprised by the crowd as there was hardly anyone there. But, we were deceived! Turns out, most people were on the tour. This place was kicking on a Saturday…
Very nice digs, they really took a huge chunk of coin and time and made this a warm and inviting place to drink. The walls resembled giant trees and there was lots of homemade ironwork around the place, including the railings and chandeliers… very well done TTB!
Obviously, the BEER is what we came to see and we were not disappointed. They had 4 different types on tap for us to sample, the Russian Imperial Stout was wonderful! They also had the Single Intent, A Night in Brussels IPA, & Feest Noël. For only $ 12, you get six ample samples of whatever your little heart desires, totally worth it! I can’t wait to see what they have planned next.
Make this place a MUST-​STOP on your next pubcrawl or whatever, you’ll be happy you did!

I was so excited to see this place pop up after hearing so much about it before its opening. I finally got the chance to check out this new spot, and I gotta say, it looks great! The interior is cozily crafted with aged wood and exposed brick. There’s even an upstairs loft overlooking the tasting room; the custom-​made railing wrapped in fairy lights is a nice touch. I will say I’d like to see more couches and tables, but I’m sure those additions are on the way.
The beer itself is pretty fantastic. I tasted all 4 beers on tap, including Single Intent, A Night in Brussels IPA, Feest Noël, and Theophan the Recluse, all of which were masterfully crafted. It helps that these guys brought in an actual Belgian to help brew their beer. The bartenders were very pleasant and fun to interact with. You get to keep the glass you use for tastings, so that’s a fun plus!
If you get a chance, go on one of the brewery tours. The brewery isn’t very big, but it’s a nice space and the information is pretty interesting, particularly the story about how the brewery got its name. The staff is very friendly and will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
I’ll definitely be coming back for more tastings in the future, especially because I work across the street (bad news or best news?!?).