The Brewery Critic

Breweries are great. But what makes a good brewery?  Here's a few things that's surely to be amended the more reviews I put up: 1. Good beer 2. Easy parking 3. Good beer 4. Food options 5. Quality service 6. Good beer 7. Relaxed vibe 8. Clean 9. Easy access to beer (not too crowded) 10. Did I mention the beer? Some of these things are arbitrary. Others are not. "Easy Parking" is fairly objective. As is access to beer and cleanliness. Everything else is simply a matter of preference. What makes good beer? Flavor, taste, aftertaste, smell, and even color, I'd say. Points for uniqueness, definitely, but in the end it really is a matter of preference, and in this case "preference" means actual "taste" as in, with your taste buds. Am I a beer expert? Hardly. Though I ask plenty of questions at every brewery I go to, and read a lot about beer - both by those who appreciate drinking it and those who make it (and sometimes those are the same person!) S...