Battleship Brewhouse

The Battleship Brewhouse is a really fun place. It's a popular haunt for locals but I've never had to wait for table seating (although the small bar is usually at 100% capacity). Staff and fellow patrons alike are always in high spirits. And hey, you would be too if your beer selection rivaled the likes found in pubs throughout beer-savvy Europe.

On to brass tacks: The service is way above par. The gentleman with the sleeve tats and Viking beard is da man. He knows the brews well and his recommendations shouldn't be taken lightly. The wait staff is invariably on point. I have yet to sit in front of an empty glass for more than a minute or so.

The Brewhouse has a large communal lot so there's no jockeying for curbside parking. The large picture of the Braga Bridge over Battleship Cove is an appropriate accent but it could use some TLC.

The food I've enjoyed at the Brewhouse is generally of the pub fare variety. The burgers are spot on and the sourdough sandwiches are always really tasty. That said, when my GF and I ate there last night, my sweet potato fries were on the burned side. Also, while her Sam Adams beer battered fish and chips were delicious overall, the fish had been placed over the chips making them ultra-greasy and thus less enjoyable.

I know they have more ambitious offerings that are mainly Portuguese in origin, but since I haven't partaken in these I will refrain from proffering my opinion.

Ultimately, people seem to come here to enjoy a fun atmosphere and a selection of beers normally only found in larger cities or more sophisticated continents.

And for both these things, the Brewhouse will not disappoint.

Great boneless chicken wings.. Definitely not frozen. A lot of beer selection. Burger was good.. No problem with food. The waitress was very friendly and attentive. I will go back again but I hope it's still there.. The resteraunt before them was Calientes and we all know how that turned out. That place was awesome and always packed but there wasn't enough seating to make money.. it just seems like it's mathematically impossible to survive in this place even if your great.

I really enjoyed it here. They have awesome beers on tap that are constantly changing and plenty of bottled as well. They have a "beer club", where you pay $10 to get in, and you have to try every beer on a list of probably somewhere around one hundred different beers. If completed, you get a mug with your name on it! I was going to do it, but I don't know that I could drink that many beers in a year and I did not want to disappoint myself by not doing so.

Anyway. They don't have a full bar- their liquor selection is very limited. They only have sugary liquor pretty much. But that's okay because it's a brewhouse.

I've only tried their burger as far as food goes. My friend and I both ordered the mushroom burger, and neither of us were asked how we wanted it cooked. It ended up coming out on the well-done side, which I don't care for. I supposed I should've said how I wanted it, but the optimist in me kept thinking the waitress would come out and ask me as though she forgot. She didn't. It wasn't good, and neither were the fries. I don't know that I'll order food here again.

The atmosphere is pretty cool, I haven't gone yet when it's been too busy.

All in all, Battleship Brewhouse is a cool place to go if you want to just hang out and have some great craft beer.