Bent Paddle Brewing Co.

A bit much with their own COVID rules. I get and support the safety and social distancing... but it’s super unfortunate and disappointing how unwilling they are to be the least bit flexible.

I had a dog and there’s zero shade outside in their new beer garden in the street (as I’ve seen others with pets mention in the reviews) but when a group got up that was in the shade of the billboard and - I even politely requested to move - they would rather lose the rest of my business than let me simply switch spots.

No tabs now either, pay as you go to “make it faster” - tabs usually motivate ppl to stay longer and tip more instead of just get up and leave after one drink.

Beers and sours are great though...beers are 4.5 stars.

One of the best breweries I’ve been too. Great vibes and I appreciated how COVID cautious they were. Many signs, sanitize stations, lines for beer marked off and each host that would walk u to ur table would give u a run down. It took a few minutes to get in since we came on a Saturday but the host and staff were very friendly. Very impressed and will be coming back.

One of the best tap rooms in Duluth. They have it set up for Covid, limited seating, safe distancing. Always have a beer or 2 you can not get in the stores. You can order in from OMC or get a treat from Love creamery around the corner if you need food as well.

Bent Paddle basically saved our last night in the area from being a huge disappointment. We ended up eating in here and ordering take out from a nearby restaurant.

Beers were really good, service here is super fast and friendly. The cold pressed black ale nitro is outrageously good.