Infusion Brewing Company

Cozy brewery in Benson. I can’t believe I didn’t review this earlier. Stopped in again recently during a pub crawl for charity (what a great way to raise money;). It’s a small brewery with bar seating as well as some longer tables where you can end up sitting and conversing with ‘new’ friends. The place has a cool vibe and the beers are usually on point. Try a flight to sample and figure out what you like best, or dive right into a pint or two. They have limited food options, but do carry some local cheese and light fares from other establishments in town. Nice little spot to come in and grab a drink, or hang out on the back patio when the weather is nice.

Infusion is a fun stop for a beer drinker exploring the Benson area. The brews are tasty and there’s a wide variety. They lose 1 star because we were there on a slow, cold Saturday afternoon, and just our table and 1 other made the place SO loud. My friends who had been there prior said it’s insanely loud when it’s crowded.

Have been coming here for a while. The beer is excellent, the cheese/​meat is delicious. They have specials such as «bring your dog in» nights, heads or tails for cheaper brew and other cool specials. The bartenders are all different though. Some are cool while some act like serving you is the worst part of their day. The Vanilla Bean is DELICIOUS.

I love the beers here as they are brewed right here! Love Aaron who is the brewer and will actually ask you what you like in a beer. He is passionate about his brewing and loves to share information and is a great bartender on Sundays. They also have some great little pizzas in there to munch on and some cheese plates. Eat before you go!

Beer is good but ²⁄₃ of the staff on this Saturday afternoon were unfriendly and inattentive

The South Pacific IPA is really really amazing. One of my now favorite beers and even my wife who despises IPA was over the moon about the South Pacific. Was very sad to hear it is a seasonal brew and worse the way it was told by the female bartender was really rude.
Overall love Infusion had one bad experience with rude staff. Glad to hear it will be being bottled soon so I can enjoy without being felt put down for asking a question about a beer.

I was in town visiting family for the holidays and needed a good beer and a place to watch the game. I was driving through Historic Benson and noticed Infusion. First, this is a great brewery/​pub/​bar with great beers, large selection of liquors, and hood munchies. Second, Infusion has a fantastic atmosphere that is simple, modern while throwing in a little history. I’ve been to similar establishments on almost every continent I the world and this keeps up with the best of them. The owner and brew master is knowledgeable, helpful and friendly. I highly recommend you drop by and give it a try.

Best beer in Omaha! Amazing staff — Aaron is the best brewer in the world! Always something new to try! Very very friendly place!!!

Wow. Just wow. I don’t give out 5 stars too often but Infusion definitely deserves the ‘Kurt Seal of Approval’, (the seal looks like a lion tearing its way out of the letter K).
My wife and I stopped in after eating at a restaurant just down the street in Benson. My friends from work have all told me, practically begged me, to try Infusion some day; so we went. I should have gotten a flight, but I asked for samples for three of their beers, Vanilla Bean Blonde, Splish Splash Tart Cherry Wheat, and the D.R. Brown Ale. All three were out of this world. Easily the best beer that I have ever had. My wife got a sample, then a glass, of their South Pacific Pineapple I.P.A, which was awesome as well. I decided to get a glass of the Vanilla Bean Blonde. It is just… amazing. It tastes like cream soda with some hops; so good.
The prices were on the spot too. For craft beer, $ 4.50 for a glass isn’t too bad at all. Some of their beers are a tad more expensive but worth it. They have a limited food menu but my wife and I didn’t partake.
While we were sitting at the bar, the lovely bartenders, (super nice and knowledgeable of their beers), gave us some pretzels to eat. The atmosphere was really fun and inviting and everyone that we talked to and overheard, were very nice and down to earth.
Since they brew their own beers, you can take a tour of their brewery, which my wife and I regrettably didn’t have time for. You can also buy glass growlers of their beers to take home, which I will do next time. The sad part was, that my wife and I couldn’t stay long so we each just had one glass and had to leave.
Overall, this is the best beer that I’ve ever had and I have told at least a dozen people about my wonderful experience since going their this past weekend. Will I go back, HECK YEAH I will! I am already planning to take my brother-​in-​law their real soon. How can I not go back to one of a very select few places that receives the ultra-​rare ‘Kurt Seal of Approval’?

First time here. Great beer, cocktails and service! Had the Fruit Stand — excellent! Definitely coming back

The fusion of flavors with beer makes this place exceptional. Experimental beers make my heart go pitter-​pat. We were obviously out-​of-​towners but were warmly welcomed and introduced to the beer family.
More importantly, how can you dislike a beer bar that embraces their 4 legged friends???

Saturday night, just me and my friend, crusing the area like we own it. Stumbled into Infusion and right off the bat it seemed… sterile (probably the white subway tile) and loud. Loud in a sense that the music was ridiculously loud and there are no sound tiles to absorb it. There were four people at the bar and three at a table.
We took a seat at the bar and both bartenders seemed not thrilled to come to our end of the bar. They followed up the indifference by taking shots with their friends at the bar.
Probably not a pit stop that we won’t stop again for.

After two years, Infusion is still one of the best local breweries in town and one of my favorite spots to grab an afternoon pint in Omaha. People rave about their vanilla bean blonde. I’m more of a hops-​forward guy, so I lean towards their Radial IPA, which is among the best and most consistent IPAs made locally.
You can pay to use Infusion’s gear to brew your own keg for home. This leads to there always some sort of home brew on tap as well (just look for the fridge). Sometimes these concoctions are great. Sometimes they’re too weird for me. But hey, all our tastes vary and Infusion does have something for everyone.
Infusion is pretty tiny inside, so it gets busy most nights and definitely on weekends. They also serve locally sourced snack foods and Hawk’s pizza (sister business).
If you’re in search of a local brewery with an ever-​changing menu and casual, inviting atmosphere, Infusion fits the bill perfectly.

Had a pint of the vanilla bean blonde ale and then bought a to go bottle. Every sip of that drink was better than the last. Dessert beer. Put it in your face hole, you won’t be disappointed.

Straight-​up tap room with some straight-​up quality brews. Sweet!
I visited Infusion Brewing Company with a group of locals who are regular customers at this establishment. I can certainly see why they keep coming back here: Infusion makes some damn good beer and serves them up in a beautifully restored (nearly) century-​old building.
My favorite of the beers I tried here was probably the Joel Porter– but that may have been because it was cold outside and I was in the mood for a hearty, dark winter warmer. Honestly, I wasn’t anything that I tried here that I didn’t like :-)
Note that this place can get really busy, making it difficult to find a place to sit down and get down to business (the business of drinking beer, that is!)– and all of the hard surfaces can make for an uncomfortably LOUD experience. Oh well, just get another beer and it’ll be all good…

I absolutely LOVE this place. We came here for the first time this past Tuesday with a Groupon. The Groupon included 2 tours and a 64 oz growler for $ 14. Such a great deal and totally worth it!
We really loved the tour! They offer tours on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The man who led our tour was funny and very informative. We tried three beers on the tour. We tried their imperial IPA, a pale ale, and the beginnings of a vanilla coffee bean stout that they will start to offer in January. All of them were delicious, which is saying something because I typically like dark beers. At the end of the tour, you also get a free beer of your choosing! We did the vanilla bean beer, which wasn’t my favorite, but still pretty good. According to the tour guide, they change their beers quite frequently. I’m looking forward to trying their blood orange this winter when it is back on tap.
In addition to great beers, they have incredible prices. A 64 oz growler without the Groupon is $ 14. You can refill the growler for $ 10 later on, which is pretty impressive for a 64 oz growler. We had pretzels with our beer, which were pretty good. I believe they also offer sandwiches and pizza, but I can’t comment on them since we did not order them.
I would highly recommend joining their club. It is only $ 30 for life. It includes a free beer when you join and a free beer on your birthday. You also get $ 2 off every growler refill. Finally, you get invited to their annual pig roast.
In addition to great beer, I really like their space. The owner spent a lot of time and effort rehabbing the place so that it is as close as possible to the original butcher shop that occupied the space in the early 1900s.
In sum, cool space and great, affordable beer.

Very very good beers! They are adventurous and bold in their beers. Still excel at the basics, but really shine in that funky/​exploratory product! A MUST TRY IN OMAHA!

I love this local brewery in the heart of Benson. Not being from Omaha, I was not sure what to expect, but I was very pleasantly surprised. The Benson area of Omaha is very cool, with restaurants, bars, and other retailers, but the star is the infusion Brewing Company. I booked the $ 5 tour (they are offered Saturday and Tuesday) in advance and was happy that I did. We toured the historical building and saw their very neat tap system (which allows them to infuse their beers with other flavors directly from the keg to the tap), and tasted several beers along the way. I have been on many brewery tours, but the laid back attitude and hands-​on experience made this a memorable one. After the tour, you get a beer of your choice (they had 10 – 12 available).
We sat in the tap room, which maintains the class of the historic building while having modern touches that make it warm and inviting. The bartenders were friendly and helpful, and I very much liked the Russian Imperial Stout (a little raisin, a little nutty) and the Inline Saison (very light, with hints of banana). You can sample them all with their make-​your-​own flights.
They also sell pizza, cheese and crackers and such. We did not partake, since we had just eaten at the diner down the street, but I would highly recommend the affordable and tasty-​looking cheese and crackers.

Following our breakfast at Leo’s Diner, we headed down the street to Infusion Brewing Company. I’d not been to Benson, NE before, but this area of town was a pleasantly gentrifying area with some interesting-​looking shops and newer businesses. Infusion Brewing falls into that latter category as our guide informed us that they had remodeled the space and opened their doors in the fall of 2013. We booked a tour beforehand, and met with the group around noon. The tour was $ 5, and took 45 – 60 minutes, but also comes with a token for a pint as well as some samples along the way, so the cost is more than covered in the content received.
Infusion Brewing is fairly new on the brewing scene, as evidenced by the story you encounter and some of the things seen on the tour about scale. Our first step down into the brewing operation took us to a storage room with the cooler that is used for the taproom. As Infusion is still in the early stages of being a brewery, all of their beer is kegged for service in the taproom or for keg purchase — no bottling or canning here. When we looked into the cooler, our guide showed us a feature of the brewery, and something incidental to the name — the infuser. Though not in-​use on our trip, the brewery has a line filter on their keg lines that can be used to infuse a brew with a particular flavor, e.g. fruit flavors or herbal concoctions. The beer passes through the filter, _​infusing_​it for the tap. We also had samples of two of their beers at the cooler, a wit and an IPA.
Following the tour of the cooler, we looked at the kegging operation — still a one-​man job in which the kegs are cleaned by an industrial cleaner and then filled with a gravity system. Our group of 20 the stepped into the grain storage and milling room where we saw the pallets of roasted barleys that go into the beer and the mill that grinds it and pipes it up one floor to the brew kettles. In the final stage of our tour, we stepped upstairs to see the brewing and lagering tanks, and had samples of another beer that was in fermentation but was not yet in its final form.
Following the tour, we adjourned to the taproom where the brewery has 12 regular beers on tap, and a 13^th beer in a vintage Frigidaire kegerator. Our tokens were good for a complimentary pint, and flights of 4oz pours of 4 beers are available for $ 6 – 9 (depending on the beer choices). I rather enjoyed the Russian Imperial Stout.
It is also worthwhile to note that while the taproom is not focused on food, there are snack items on their menu. One that caught my eye were 8oz blocks of cheese for $ 5 — the couple next to us got one of those along with some crackers and it looked rather good.
This is the second of a series of ~13 reviews about a weekend getaway in Omaha.

Infusion is a welcome addition to the Benson beer corridor, with 10+ infusion brews available in the tasting room, brewery tours on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and the option to brew your own recipe. Infusion is a happening little spot.
FYI though, when things get going — and I’ve yet to be in Infusion when things weren’t — it gets pretty loud.
Like 80 – 90 dBA loud. (I may or may not have actually measured that). but if I did, that just goes to show how perceptively loud it was.
(what?)
I SAID… IT GETS LOUD IN THERE.
(who?)
You might find yourself having a similar conversation some evening at Infusion. Even before you get into your second tasting flight.
So don’t come here if you’re hoping for an intimate exchange… or a full meal because it’s first bites only folks.
But do come here if you’re on the prowl for the following:
A. micro-​brew sampling.
Really, this is also the best reason to visit Infusion. Try a few and find out what you like. Or just keep trying over and over. (My favorite is the unclearly wheat.)
B. snacks
including mini pizzas, hummus, cheese and crackers and soft Bavarian pretzels. Just make sure you’re not too hungry because there can be a bit of a wait for the pizzas.
C. creative concoctions
like Bier Likor or ice cream beer floats (with hometown favorite Ted & Wally’s ice cream).