Tacoma Brewing

The more I try various beers, the more I think ALL beer drinkers need to try the Tacoma Brewing Companies’ Moe IPA. It is splendid.

I love this place. This is definitely one of my favorite beer places in Tacoma because their beer is always good if not great.
Ok the only down-​side to Tacoma Brewing is that it is small and they only have a few beers on tap. They make everything in house so don’t expect them to have 20 different taps. What they lack in quantity they make up for in quality.
So if you like great beer then make it a point to swing by and check them out, you won’t be disappointed.

Great people and great hand crafted small batch brews. I am the owner and brewer of a small batch brewery myself (Fox Island Brewing) and can appreciate the hard work and artistry that goes into these tasty beverages

I’m not very happy with something that happened here on Saturday night. If the total of a bill is $ 10 and the patron gives you $ 15, that does not automatically mean that $ 5 is an automatic tip.
I invited my friend & his wife out here, and this is how the lady at the counter treated him. And I must add, he just came back from an army field exercise. So I was mortified and embarrassed for him. What she should have done was give him $ 5 in dollar bills.
The 2 stars is because they did donate the venue to my friend’s performance. Also they were out of their ginger beer. I will update this review, later once I visit again.

A great brewery for a quick pint! The owner sits on a stool just inside the door and his Lil dog Hangs out by his feet. Cool library of books to read while enjoying the people watching from the stools in the windows. A few choices of beer/​cider to choose from. Overall good experience

Not impressed with the limited options for beers on tap, man serving brew was tacky and rude when we asked for serving size variety. Atmosphere was tiny an unaccommodating. Beer had too heavy of whisky barrel taste.

I haven’t actually gone to their tasting room, but this review is mainly about the owner, Morgan. He is wonderful. Very hard working & extremely passionate about what he does. If you get a chance to talk to him, do so. He takes pride in what he does.
Also, try the hard ginger ale, it’s delish!

The saga continues with finding the brewery for me in Tacoma. A quick stop at Tacoma Brewing Company yielded interesting results, both good and bad. Had a taster of their own brews. They included:
— Mo IPA
— Broken Window IPA
— NW Pale Ale
— Dr. Alexander’s Hard Ginger Ale
— Cheap Ass American Beer

Both the IPA’s at first taste were fairly mild. However after some time the hoppiness showed especially with the Broken Window. The Mo was easier to drink, but overall the two were fair. The NW Pale Ale was blah. Nothing there. Cheap Ass American Beer… well, tasted like cheap ass American beer. Not sure why you’d want to brew that, but whatever floats your boat. The star of the entire taster wasn’t even a beer. The Hard Ginger Ale was a nice change of pace, especially with hard cider becoming so popular these days. Ginger Ale was not as sweet as most ciders and was a unique but tasty batch of goodness.
Keep brewing Tacoma Brewing, I will be back to check out more. Hopefully I will like a beer next time.

Cheap ass American was awesome and so was the coffee IPA! Will be back for more soon :-)

Nano brewery that produces a bunch of different beers with no real set schedule on them. They have potential if they focus on perfecting certain beers. Small place, owners very nice and willing to let you sample.
Hoping they get a bit more consistent with their operation.
Paaaaaarrrrrvvviiiiiissssss

This is the best brewery in Tacoma. I’m not stating this as an opinion; it’s a fact. I’ve tried all but one (and everyone I talked to said I should skip it), and this is the best.
It’s coming up on 400 breweries I’ve visited worldwide. Not just «I’ve had beer from,» but actual visitations of the facility. I’m not saying this to brag; I’m just establishing that I’ve tasted both really bad and really good beer from small producers, and can taste the difference.
I’m not saying that this brewery is up there with the world-​class American places that everyone knows and that you’ll never find in your liquor store because some douchebag beer nerd is trading for them. But this is the best brewery in Tacoma, and it stacks up well to anything coming out of that gravely hipster megalopolis to the northeast. And if you absolutely insist on some of the best from there: he has some Seattle guest taps.
I tried all of their beers, and they’re all good, but two things that should get you in the door: hard ginger beer & birch-​aged rye. That ginger beer sounds good but, to me, tasted like those ginger candies you get in Trader Joe’s. It’s up there at something like 7%, but you can’t taste the booze, so I thought «syrup». Talking to the owner: no, he uses fresh ginger root and molasses. No bullshit. The birch-​aged rye was one of the more interesting beers I’ve ever had. No chips; he got some kind of planks in order to age the beer. No bullshit, again.
This is not a brewery for someone coming in and wanting the equivalent of a Blue Moon. I mean, there are lots of breweries that can cater to you, so don’t drag someone down just because they’re not serving a style that you can’t accept because you refuse to branch out past a very limited comfort zone. Try something new! We’re still in the midst of this beer bubble, so you really should take advantage of brewers’ ability to just make whatever the hell they feel like making.
If this city lets this place close, then there’s something really wrong with Tacoma.
Talking about the owner: he’s nice. If you’re not an asshole, then people are usually nice, especially if they’re trying to get money from you. Welcome to the world. And stop being assholes to small business-​people, Unilocal

I’ve been here a few times and I think I like it. The first time I would have said it’s a no go because all they seemed to make were IPA’s and I am not a fan of IPA’s. The second time they had a little better selection so I was able to enjoy a couple beers and play games with my boyfriend and a friend. We played connect four and I discovered the game «Cards Against Humanity»…My life has been changed. That game, some friends and some beer is all you need for an awesome time. I love the fact that they have games for you to play and they have added some guest breweries to their available selection making it easier to find something I will enjoy. The last time I was in there was Saturday and they had some amazing sours on tap. I could have sat there all day drinking the yummy one I ended up ordering. It was by E9 and it was called «golden berry wild ale». That beer was AMAZING!!! I have a love hate relationship with E9 which I won’t go into here, so I love when I can get a good E9 beer someplace OTHER than their actual brewery. The guy that works at Tacoma Brewing is always nice and knowledgeable, which is a plus for any business. The only reason this got a four instead of a five is due to the fact that on all 3 occasions now there have been the same children in the tap room. I’m assuming these are the owners children, but I have a sailors mouth and when playing games and drinking beer the fact that I have to watch what I say because children are present is a bit unnerving. If I’m at Chuck E Cheese, fine I’ll watch myself, however, this is a bar, not a children’s restaurant. This seems to be a standard at a few local bars/​breweries around downtown Tacoma and I just can’t understand how it’s legal. They don’t even let children in the bar section of a large restaurant, so allowing them in a tap room where no food is served seems weird… Oh and lastly on that note, They do NOT serve food but DO allow you to bring in outside food.

What? Two and a half stars as an average?! To me that is a major diservice to Tacoma Brewing Co. This brewery is where the former Amocat café used to be and therefore their hours have changed from their Amocat hours (even thought it is run by the same owners).
Steve and myself have been going here for quite some tine, ever since that Tacoma Brewing was on the scene in town and have always enjoyed it!
They have always been the ones in the entire town to make the most innovative, unique beers that one can find in Tacoma. There is no major debating here. It just is!
Since I have lived in Tacoma they have always provided these kind of unique berews.
Today was no exception. to day I had a Creamsicle IPA which was fantastic! They also had a Hard Ginger Ale that they brewed there on location and as you guessed it, actually tasted like hard ginger ale!
The atmosphere is really realxed and the owner is very friendly. Anyone that feels that the service is poor here either caught the guy on a bad day or had a vendetta of some kind against the place. I said it before and I will say it again. The most imaginative brews are made right here at the Tacoma Brewing Co.

Just moved into the neighborhood and planned to spend much time in Tacoma brewing, but I just can’t stand the service. I joined the mug club for $ 45 that gives you a free growler fill (it’s really a growlerett) and 10% off every purchase. It’s a little frustrating when you have to remind the owner (on the same visit, and more than once) that you’re a member of the mug club when you go back for a second and third beer. The final straw was when I went in with a friend and the owner wouldn’t give me the 10% off because my friend was paying for my beer not me. Although it’s farther away I will be taking my business to Wingman and Pacific brewing Company.

This is a nice little bar to enjoy a micro batch brew after a long day. it is a small intimate seating area meant to enjoy a craft brew served by the brewer. The dark IPA was delicious.