Taproot Brewing Co.

Location and ambience are great. The snack shack idea is really cool. Beers are okay and ridiculously priced.

Mixed bag of emotions here. I love the idea of the brewery attached to the winery, makes it convenient to accommodate both beer or wine drinkers in the group. I originally came for the wine tour, and arrived 10 minutes early. They told me I could order a beer or wine and bring it on the tour. I went straight to the bar, and proceeded to wait 10 minutes for the bartender to work on filling a growler for another customer. I must note that there was another person behind the counter that was chatting with a group of guests, and some servers standing around. I finally placed my order, and got to the tour a few minutes late. The West coast style IPA was extremely hoppy and not too flavorful, I was not impressed. On the other hand, the milk stout they had was delicious.

Location. Location. Koi Pond. Brix and Taproot, you can't mention one without the other. The ambiance and overall location is excellent. You don't need to decide between beer and wine, excellent. The beer was okay but, I generally feel Taproot needs a little more experience to mature the beer profiles. I didn't have any wine but, my wife enjoyed it. The food and food service was good with some nice daily specials. Both locations are worth visiting, especially as the outside seating options become viable.

The Taproot Berwery and Restaurant were very good. We ate there during restaurant week and had a fund time. This would of been a five star rating had we not bought 8 cans of the Imperial Stout to bring back to the cape with us. We opened them the next few days. All 8 cans were completely flat with no hope of even a small amount of a head. Great beer at the bar but the canning line needs serious work.