Grand Junction Brewing Company

Stopped in for dinner here with family and some friends. Kid friendly. The beer was good. Service was fine. I had the fish and chips based upon the menu item calling it an old family recipe. It did not disappoint. Some of the best I have had. Everyone liked their food. Live music the Friday night we were in there. Nice place.

Quickie Review: Grand Junction is a great place to relax after a hard day or week.
Since I don’t drink I can’t comment on the brews, but I’ve heard good things. In comparing the burger I had to other places that have a similar environment I’d say it was average. My Grandmother, though, had the fish’n chips and she said that she loved it. I understand that I’m an oddball that would only go to a brewery for food and not beer so I encourage you to go wet your whistle yourself and gather your own opinion. I think it’s great having a local brewery for Westfield’s economy!

We went to Grand Junction after a long day of antiquing. This was our second time at the brewery, but our first time ordering food.
The good: their beer. They have a large selection of their own brews as well as some rotating selections. Our server was very nice and attentive, even though the restaurant was full!
I ordered the wings and they are what you would expect from a bar. Nothing special and not a lot of flavor. The husband ordered the chicken salad sandwich, which he said was ‘ok, but not the best’.
I ordered a side of fries to go with the wings which arrived in a giant basket the size of my head. The fries were good– thick cut, breaded, pub style fries, but nothing special.
We both enjoyed our beers, but we won’t be craving their food anytime soon.

Food is pretty good. My husband is a big fan of their beers. The people that work there are friendly. Services is really bad. Food takes FOREVER and will come out at different times so we are all eating at different times. One time I had to actually go up to the bar and grab our drinks at the server station because they had been sitting there for 5 minutes. If the service was better we would come back more often.

At times the beer CO2 has been off. Good IPA when on tap. Only gripe is seem to float kegs often. Guess can be good sign tho.
Food is just ok, need to find something to call their own and unique.

The microbrew options are excellent but the food is very amateur and needs to improve. Comfortable atmosphere and a great place to catch up with friends but you might want to eat before arriving. Love to support local establishments but good bar food isn’t that difficult to provide. Hoping it will improve before our next visit

The beer selection could not be better. From light to dark they’ve got the perfect beer for you. And if by chance you’re not a fan of their house brews, they also have guest taps and ciders. As for food, best fish and chips I’ve had in a long time. Big pieces of fish, plentiful fries. Feel free to skip the mushy peas, especially if you’re not a fan of pees (or baby food). Their Dixie Chicken sandwich is thick cut and spicy enough to make you order another beer to wash away the heat. Their tenderloin is breaded perfection and if you just need carbs try their pretzel sticks, you’ll love the cheese. The service is great, even when they are swamped. Chaz, the manager, is attentive and Jodi is an awesome (and funny) server. Highly recommend the beer, food and service.

Awesome place and great good. I didn’t like my beer cocktailbut they got me a new drink and didn’t charge me. The live music was really good too!

Excellent on-​site beers! I’m enjoying an Amarillo Sunset IPA tonight. Delicious! We have been here several times. Great apps. You have to try the Redneck Escargot. Fish and chips are the best in the area. Have to recommend the pulled pork flat bread.

The food here is decent. Nothing special. The service is absolutely horrible. We have been here several times and each time the place isn’t busy yet we still end up waiting for about 30 minutes before were finally asked for our order. Go to Rail or Park Street instead.

Good beer, good food, great place! This is a welcome addition to Westfield downtown. Hope more restaurants/​businesses come to the area. The oatmeal stout is a delicious beer, the fries are slightly breaded and crispy. They kept the kelties bread pudding to put on the menu when they took over the space. So save room for dessert!

Cute place, great service, tasty beer and unique food offerings. The seating is limited, but friendly. We got the Redneck Caviar with garlic Parmesan sauce — delicious. We also got two flights to try nearly all of their offerings. We each had our favorites but enjoyed their wide selection to fit each of our tastes. The beer cheese with Bavarian style pretzels was a fun appetizer to balance the beer. Great date night location. Although they have a kids menu, we probably won’t take our wild and crazy kiddos there. We will wait until another date night to enjoy their beer, food and atmosphere unencumbered. Definitely somewhere we will come again.

I use to live biking distance from GJ, so it was the perfect bar stop… and the only bar stop on the strip in Westfield.
The service is always friendly, which is refreshing these days.
The beer is alright, nothing too crazy. it’s easy to see that they’re in the early brewing stages – which is a good thing! You can’t go too crazy too fast.
It would be cool if they added some healthier options to their menu.

Note: review is for beer/​overall experience; stumbled upon after lunch and did not try the food (but the menu looked great).
I spied Grand Junction while driving by and impulsively stopped in. It was an odd time — between lunch and dinner and not yet happy hour — and the staff was in the back reviewing the menu, but they were definitely listening for the door and came out right away.
They did not offer a sampler, but the bartender asked me what styles of beer I liked and poured me samples based on our conversation. He was very informative and helpful and let me try a range of styles. I settled on the house IPA, which was very pleasant. I enjoyed the Hefeweizen and brown ales as well. The staff was attentive without being in your face and very friendly. I’ll be back for sure.

Beautiful sunny evening + top off the jeep + a Groupon offering = an impromptu road trip up to Grand Junction Brewing Company.
We were promptly greeted by a super friendly hostess who opted to seat us «toward the front» of the place as «trivia was about to start» and she wanted to make our first visit special. Uhhh, ok! This same hostess made several stops at our table throughout the night to ensure our evening was going well. So thoughtful.
We opted to get a 5 sample beer flight as opposed to the 2 pint alternative so we could try a few different offerings. They were out of the Squirrel Stampede Nut Brown Ale, so our flight of 5 was perfect — all but the IPAs (we don’t dig hoppy beers). It’s not often that I like all of the beers in a flight, but this was the case at GJBC as they were all tasty. My favorite was the Imperfect Backside Oatmeal Stout, followed closely by the Dark Road Porter, the 1520 Hefeweizen, the Cream Ale, and The Mulligan Scottish Ale.
For our 2 appetizers we chose the Jumbo Boneless Wings with Sriracha Bourbon sauce (YUM) and the Pretzel Breadsticks. Both were REALLY good, but please believe me when I tell you that the Mulligan Scottish Ale Cheese Dip for the pretzel sticks was life changing. Yes, life changing. This was perhaps one of a handful of times I was *happy* my husband could not eat something so that it was mine… all mine! If you get nothing else from this review, get the sticks just to try the Mulligan Scottish Ale Cheese Dip.
Our apps gave us a pretty full tummy, but we decided to split the Signature Fish and Chips meal — batter made with their Nut Brown Ale and served with beer-​battered pub fries and some yummy mushy peas. Again, SO good. The breading on the half-​pound of cod was perfectly crisp and not too thick. Fish was thick, moist, and flaky. Did I mention it was good?
The Groupon may have initially brought us in, but an amazing overall experience will bring us back. Polite and attentive service combined with great beers and tasty food makes it worth the hike up to the north side. We are already planning our next trip to Grand Junction and will be bringing friends! LIVE Trivia on Thursdays at 6:30!

Used a groupon here.
My bill was almost $ 50, after the groupon $ 0
Joel was our server, went through all the drinks available.
I ordered a drink, didn’t like it, and he brought me out another one to try.
Stayed until closing time, very friendly people.

We had a party of 14 for my husband’s birthday. I did call and make a reservation the week before. I was a little worried when I called the day before to confirm and they didn’t have the book to double check, but things were fine and we were on the list. We even got the table I asked for. It’s just a pretty laid back place.
I am not a huge beer drinker, but everyone at the table ordered different beers and seemed to enjoy them. I do know they had a few substitutions since some things were out of stock.
We had a wide assortment of appetizers. My favorite was the fried pickles and the pretzel bread sticks. The chicken wings also looked good.
I had the fish and chips. I think my fish seemed a little overdone on the outside, but it was still good. Just a little dark on the outside. The fries were amazing and there were so many I couldn’t possibly have eaten them all. I loved it came with smooshy peas! I would totally get this again next time we eat here.
The beignets are also very good. I loved they were more bite size so you don’t make such a mess.
Parking was a little hard to find on a Friday night, but you can park at the Pharmacy according to the signs.
Our waitress did a great job for it being such a large party. I think we actually ended up with 15 people.

Grand Junction Brewery was a real treat in the heart of Westfield. The place is fairly quiet for having a lot of open space. They have a room in the back for overflow or for events and serve a great assortment of appetizers for a large party.
Full bar and great, fast, friendly table service compliments their menu. I chose their sig burger with fries and a drink, there were enough fries to share. Tasted great and price was reasonable.
Def will be back. Want to try all of their brews.
Parking in back or across the street. Free.

I’ve got a thing for strong beers. Not necessarily beers with a high alcohol content, but beers that pack punches of hoppy or full-​bodied flavors with each sip, giving me no flashbacks of my beer-​pong-​and-​PBR days. Having experienced an evening at Grand Junction, I found myself with mixed reviews about the beers I tried, because most didn’t meet my «strong beer» standards. Let’s rank ‘em:
First Place: Double IPA — With its primary taste of hops, this was the strongest of the beers I drank.
Second Place: 1520 Hefeweizen — It may be the lightest ABV’s of the beers, but I could definitely taste the banana and cloves in each sip… easy drinkability without being too sweet.
Third Place: Imperfect Backside Oatmeal Stout — Like a Guinness but watered down… little flavor.
Participation Ribbon: Squirrel Stampede Nut Brown Ale — Contrary to the clever name with historical significance, the flavors did not create a charge in my palette. I found it to the be the weakest of all of the beers.
Food-​wise, I’d categorize the menu as your standard pub grub. If I had to choose, I’d recommend the sweet potato fries as long as you sprinkled some salt on top or the powdered sugar beignets.
Although I’m not doing backflips over the quality of the food and drink, I’ll be back to Grand Junction for some ghost-​hunting. It’s rumored that the building is haunted by a ghost named Hank and his dog, and they like to shift things around from time to time. Also, being impressed by the jolly staff, I’ll make my way in for some Thursday night trivia knowing there’s at least one good beer calling my name.

What a disappointment this place was. My wife and I just moved into Westfield and as beer geeks, were quite excited that we had a local brewpub right down the street!
I consider us to be definite beer snobs (in a good way!)…we really enjoy beers that showcase particular styles and taste as though they were crafted with love for the art of brewing… there are many examples of beers like this all over the place, especially in Indiana (Sun King, Upland, New Albanian, etc.). I hadn’t ever heard of Grand Junction before so I went in with absolutely no knowledge of what beers they had or anything. I went in as a blank slate expecting to have some interesting Westfield beers. My wife and I are always looking for that next Beer Moment… that one where you have a sip of a new beer and it just completely blows your mind (like the first time I had an Arrogant Bastard after being a strictly Coors Light and PBR kinda guy).
Anyways, we get to our table and ask for a flight of their house beers. The waitress was really nice and brought it out to us after a few minutes. The ambience of the place is very chill, definitely family friendly. There’s a TV with the usual non-​stop ESPN Sports Bar type idea… anyways…here is what I thought:
1520 Hefeweizen: Their lightest beer and what was described as being most popular as a growler fill…“It’s a real people pleaser!”…Although not my favorite style, I love having a refreshing and light Hefeweizen every now and then… This specific Hefeweizen was by far one of the most awful beers I have ever had the displeasure of tasting. The taste of the grains and whatever hops or flavors would be in this beer were completely washed out with WATER. It literally just tasted like someone took a ladle and dipped it into a 5 gallon bucket that was filled it with water and a cup of barley… and served it into our sample glass. It was the closest a beer has ever tasted to water in my experience.
Squirrel Stampede — Nut Brown Ale: After the first beer, I started to hope it was a fluke and that the rest of the beers would be awesome… nope. This beer has an actual taste, starting to get that malty deliciousness going… but yet again has this overpowering watered-​down taste that ruins the beer. A slightly more malty version of the 1520. Awful!
At this point I still somehow had hope that this brewery could pull through.
The Mulligan — Scottish Style Ale: Listed as one of the strongest beers on tap… still tasted like water. I don’t know if my tastebuds are just used to stronger beers or what… But literally all I have tasted in these beers thus far is remnants of what could have been awesome beers but have been totally watered down to almost nothingness. Ugh.
Imperfect Backside — Oatmeal Stout: One of my favorite styles of beer! I was thinking «OK this is the one, no way anyone could mess up an oatmeal stout! This is their secret, I just know it!» First sip… UGH. It literally tastes like water mixed with a few drops of «Roasted Malt» mixed in. I was upset at this point because I can now say I have had a terrible Oatmeal Stout… something I didn’t think was possible! The mouthfeel was incredible smooth (thanks nitrogen) but all of these beers so far feel like water in your mouth, and taste like water with tiny bits of random flavors added in… I couldn’t believe it. Insanely awful!
I lost all hope at this point.
One With Nature — American Style IPA: Another beer style I love. My wife described the smell as «straight up cat pee» and I mostly agree with this. Whatever hop they chose to dry-​hop with had a unique cat urine /​ammonia type flavor. I’ve smelled some really raunchy hops that impart all sorts of citrus-​y, skunk-​y flavors that I absolutely LOVE… this was NOT one of those! Tasted like a super watered down Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or whatever American Style IPA you can think of… just water. Water everywhere.
Man…I’m glad it only cost us 9 dollars to experience the sad line-​up of beers this place has. If their beer is that bad, I can only imagine what the food must be like.
I would stay very far from this place if you are used to any of the other local beers… If you like Dragonfly IPA or Osiris or anything remotely close to those bold tastes… you will absolutely hate this place!
Man I had really high hopes for this place… still can’t get over it. Gross.