Oliphant Brewery

Time warp to 80’s
Five stars — no hesitation
Go here. Just trust me.
Shocking that John O would give five stars to a brewery, right? This place deserves it. The beer selection is expansive and constantly rotating. The menu is almost completely, if not entirely, new every time that I go here. I don’t think I have had a beer here that I would give less than four stars to. My favorites include the Evantacles (Scotch Ale), Tyrant Steve Dirkul (Dark Lager), Also-​Bort (Belgian Pale Ale), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Roshi (Double IPA). It always changes drastically, though, so who knows what you will find.
First time I went here, drove past the place on the first go around. It is in a garage behind a liquor store near the Super America gas station on the other side of the street. They have some signage pointing you in the right direction now, but it is behind the main drag into town.
If you have an affinity for the 80’s and 90’s, this place should be up your alley. They have an extensive VHS collection of movies like Die Hard, Wayne’s World and Dazed and Confused as well as Nintendo and Sega Genesis games. Many of their beers reference reference pop culture icons from the era. They have had a Party On, Wayne and Party On, Garth beers when I have been there in the past. Both were totally excellent!
Finally, they have a super talented artist that does a chalkboard menu with all of their current beers. Got to see him in action this past Friday. See my pictures. To boot, the staff is super friendly and knowledgeable about beer. Check it out, beer lovers!

Came down to Somerset after visiting the state park. There aren’t any other microbreweries for miles, so this really is a treasure. I’m from the land of microbreweries (Twin Cities) and I can honestly say this place has unique brews that you cannot find anywhere else. Staff is friendly and the environment is very welcoming. If I’m out this way again, I’ll be back!

Creative beer. Friendly brew master. Unique location. Worth the visit… stopped by twice and was surprised by how many poeple were in the place. Stayed for a pint while they filled my growler and had a great time. Very good selection of unique craft beer.

Seriously I wish I could rate this place higher than five stars. This place is what craft beer is all about! These guys quite obviously love what they do and they love the beer they produce. From the «vintage» VHS to the pop culture reference brew names this place is laid back and fun. For craft beer lovers is really doesn’t get much better than Oliphant!

Just a hop across the border from the Twin Cities is a nice little brewery call Oliphant. I’ve heard only good things about it, so I decided to take a trip to find out for myself.
I walked into the place and it was packed, but that didn’t last long as the party that was there was leaving. Awesome, as an introvert, I like to have some room to enjoy the beer. TEN beers on tap in oliphant! TEN! that was a lot for the size of the place. I was quite impressed already. My flight consisted of 6 brews (I had to drive so I limited it to only six). I decided to stick with the lighter brews and I was not disappointed in the slightest. After each brew I became more and more excited for what the next one would taste like. Flavorful originality is what I’m calling it. All solid above average beers. I ended up taking a couple growettes home with me to enjoy later.
The creativity flowing out of the place in their brews and how they name them is incredible. This is definitely a brewery to watch in the future.

Visited Oliphant for the first time and was amazed with the quality of the beers. I’ve been to most of the local Hudson and Stillwater taprooms and this is by far my favorite especially for how new they are. 10 quality beers on tap. Stop in and see Matt. Great host. Keep it up guys.

Best Beer I have tasted lately! I had a flight of six offerings and really loved three and the others are still better than a lot of beer out there. Very humble space with two friendly, knowledgeable, and fabulous guys that own and run this new brewery. Although the brewery is still new the beer taste as if it was crafted with mastery and love. I loved the land eels and sea snakes best! They also pay homage to Wayne and Garth TOTALLY… EXCELLENT…They have a milkbaby milkstout that is dang delicious also!.. I highly recommend taking a little trip to Somerset and getting your SCHWANG on… Party time!