I'm only able to rate Copper Creek Brewing Co. on their beer...
We just wanted to hang out with some new friends on the little patio, out front, so I went in and got us a couple samplers of all their beers.
The place looks nice and the service was friendly...... but their beer... well...... I'm sorry... sucks...
The stout was the only OK choice, but the rest were lousy, at best (and all, we were with, agreed...). Â To top it off, they only had 4 choices...
It's a brewpub with lousy brew...... so perhaps their food is a major win?... but we probably won't be back to find out.
Came here on a late Friday afternoon to get some beers and dinner and wasn't disappointed.
This place brews their own beer and they offer four different types of their home brewed beer on tap. Â I had an American Pale Ale that was excellent. Â I would have liked a little more choice in draft beers, but appreciated the high quality of what I was offered. Â I was looking for the espresso stout that others recommend here, but when I went in May it was not on their list. Â You can't beat the $3 price for their draft beers.
The best part of my experience was the excellent service from a very friendly and attentive bartender. Â She made you feel comfortable and right at home even though I had never been here before. Â There were no problems in getting orders taken or drinks refilled when I needed them.
I had their kettle chips to start, which seemed home made and were a good salty companion to the beers. Â For dinner I tried their bison burger, which was a nice alternative to a beef burger and was fairly tasty but a little plain. Â It came with a choice of cheeses, and I chose Gouda. Â They had a nice cheese selection for the burgers. Â The best part, though, was the excellent wilted spinach that I tried as a healthier alternative to fries. Â I recommend that side dish highly--you'll like it even if you are not a spinach fan. Â The portion was a little on the small side.
Stopped fairly early on a Saturday evening, before six. Not crowded at all. Rather dead, in fact. I imagine it picked up later as it was a brilliant day in Athens and there were lots of people out and about.
Nice space with good booths and decent bar seating. I chose a booth.
This is a brewpub - the reason I selected it. So, I tried two of their own beers: the Kolsch and the steam. Both pretty good, possibly because they are similar. Light, neither malty nor hoppy.
The menu is rather limited, even in terms of bar food. But there are enough choices for my taste. Bison burger very good - nice toasted bun, tasty meat. Two small pickle slices are kinda chintzy, but the mustard I requested made up for that. Instead of fries, I ordered the wilted spinach. Nice. I put some on the burger.
Excellent service.
Stayed in Athens during a work trip to Monroe, GA and stopped by Copper Creek Brewing Co. for dinner. This is the only brewpub in the area aside from the tours available at Terrapin Brewing Co. I started the evening with their Espresso Stout which falls into the cream stout category. This beer had that a great coffee flavor due to the 6 different coffee beans used in the recipe. Followed this up with their pale ale which some would consider an IPA on the lighter side more so than the pale style.
The Festivus Ale is an odd take on a scottsh ale, Â oak aged and spiced with a great brown sugar backing.
For dinner I ordered the Bison burger and was impressed by the quality of the food. I highly recommend a visit to Copper Creek Brewing Co if you are in the Athens area.
Been here for lunch once and trivia a few times. The food is average. The house beers are decent for the price.
Trivia on Wednesdays is always chaotic and crowded. My friends and I got two tables across from each other to try to be closer together, as there's only one big table that seats more than 4 people. My friends at the opposite table got up to smoke a cigarette and the hostess immediately seated another group at their table. I went up to speak to her and she rudely told me that they can't get up to order drinks at the bar and that they can only order them at the table. When I explained that wasn't what they were doing, she didn't seem to believe me. She wouldn't let them have their table back, but she would put them at the top of the list for the next table. Luckily the new group was nice enough to trade tables when one finally opened up. The waitress and hostess were incredibly rude to our group the rest of the time we were there. Haven't been back to trivia since.
We had never been there before, so we figured we'd give it a try. We were there fairly early for dinner, so the place was pretty dead. it seems like that would mean better service, but unfortunately that was not the case. the waitress was a morose real life version of Wednesday from the Adams Family. Our food took forty five minutes to get to the table (grilled cheese, a falafel wrap, a bowl of soup, and an order of fries) and the majority of it was cold and mediocre at best. The grilled cheese, for instance, a whooping 8 dollars, had a single slice of cheese! So not worth it. Take your money elsewhere. A one word description : poopy.
Review Source:Copper Creek is a microbrewery, and the beer is great (ask for a sampler to try them all), but I go there for the food. Â On Thursday nights only, they have the best wings in town. Â On every other night, they have consistently delicious food. Â Surprisingly delicious for it's casual pub atmosphere. Â I recommend Copper Creek, especially to those who haven't eaten there. Â I don't think I've ever had a bad meal here, and I've lived in Athens for a while.
Review Source:Copper creek is nice because you can get away from the noise and craziness of Downtown. Don't get me wrong, I love the craziness that is DT Athens. I just need a break sometimes to catch a beer and regroup. Copper creek is that place for me.
The food is good for the area. For the most part it's slightly more refined bar/pub food. I would recommend the bison burger and sweet potato fries. It will set you back about ten bucks at dinner. The ambiance is pretty nice. A lot of dark wood and dim lighting, which I always like.
The house beers sell for around three bucks and are fairly respectable. They won't blow your socks off, but they are better than most other beers at that price point. They also have a decent whiskey list for Athens. I will be back.
It has been  few years since I have been to this place but I am new to Yelp. And this place is that good that I remember it. I had my first taste of Bison here and it was fantastic. Great place to meet friends for a little social hour or dinner. The eats are far from typical bar food and they always have a variety on tap. You will not be disappointed if you go here when you find yourself in Athens.
Review Source:Don't go expecting to be wowed by the food. It's your average pub fare. The beer, on the other hand, is really great. They have seasonal brews that you don't want to miss out on. I am a huge coffee person and loved their Cappuccino stout microbrew. They also have a beer sampler where you get 4 mini glasses of their brews!
Review Source:Sorely disappointed. My boyfriend and I ate there a few weeks ago and the beer was great and we both ordered hamburgers and they tasted great at the time. We had a horrible waitress, but were willing to overlook it because other waitresses began to take care of us. However, a few hours later we were both struck with food poisoning. For 10 miserable hours I got to relive that hamburger and sweet potato fries. I was so sick that I had to go to urgent care once they opened. I continued to throw up for two days. I called the restaurant a few days after we ate there just to let them know that we had gotten sick from the burgers and never asked for our money back, just simply letting them know so that they could look at their preparation techniques so that other customers would not experience the same thing. I spoke with the manager and he began questioning me that I had gotten sick from their food and thought that it was absolutely absurd that I was even saying that their food had caused it. I doubt that my call went further than him so beware when eating there because there is no way that they have changed a thing. Needless to say, we will never be eating there again.
Review Source:Food is forgettable. Â I gave it the stars for the beer--some of the best (and only) microbrew in town. Â I spent many a Tuesday night here in college (twofer pints). Â Surprised I was never kicked out giving the drinking that was going on! Â I've met the brewer at many a Classic City Brewfest and have always been impressed. Â I learned to appreciate beer while in college--not just by drinking it in mass quantity but by taking an actual class on its history. Â This place is a must for any beer head.
Review Source:One thing that is very nice about copper creek is that they brew four different beers at a time, and they try to cover a range of different beer types. So for example, sometimes they might have a pale ale, pilsner, brown ale, and a stout. They rotate the beer types, which is good and bad. The first time I went there I got the nut brown ale. Oh what a glorious beer! But then they changed the rotation and I have not seen the nut brown beer there since. :( On tuesdays, beers are two dollars, and for a brew pub that is a really good deal (but please note: copper creek is packed on tuesdays because of that deal). And the food there is stellar, as some of the other reviewers noted. I really like the pork chop. My girlfriend loves the sweet potato french fries and the potato skins. We have also had a shrimp appetizer, which I thought was very good. So overall I would give this four stars. If they made the nut brown ale permanent or at least brought it back for a while I would surely bump them up to five stars.
Review Source:Hell yes. We hit this place after drinking beers at the hotel and going to Terrapin for the tour, so although we were eager to try their brews we were also really hungry. This place did not disappoint.
It's big inside, dimly lit but friendly, and plenty of room for large parties. I got the sampler and enjoyed all the beers, and a few of others of my friends too, but the food was the highlight here. We got four different appetizers to try, fried okra (I hate okra but actually liked this), shrimp pesto pita pizza (YUM!), hummus plate (very good hummus), and mozzarella sticks that were absolutely damn amazing. Holy shit they were good. We each got different entrees and passed bites around, I got a burger which was awesome and a side of saffron rice that made me a little stiff in the pants, I tried mashed potatoes form another plate, a pan seared scallop (it was the special) and some bacon from another burger, all of it was delicious. Superb hit on the food, and solid hit on the beers. I can't wait to go back to Athens and eat here again.
My husband and I are beer snobs, and the brews at Copper Creek get a solid A - from me. Â The food, however, gets a big A +... we've never had anything that wasn't just amazing, and, in some cases, it's getting even better.
We typically go on twofer Tuesdays, because we're cheap. Â We'll bring our young daughters, which is never a problem. Â They have big tvs on each side, and the noise level is just high enough that if the kids throw a fit, it will blend right in.
The service is usually pretty good... friendly people, getting the orders right and keeping your glass full. Â The food comes out fast and hot. Â Sometimes it takes a bit to get a seat, especially on promotion nights.
If you go, try the rice and beans, seriously. Â My other fave is the bison burger with sweet potato fries. Â YES.
I scooted into Copper Creek last night during the Twilight bike race, seeking shelter from the steady rain. Once I realized the bartender had served several people who arrived well after me, I leaned forward, trying to make myself noticeable, even making eye contact with the bartender, but he still ignored me. Someone who appeared to be his friend ended up having to encourage him to serve me. I was ordering libations for my boyfriend, sister and myself and started with my beau's brew request.
"I'll have a Yuengling, please, and--"
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"We don't have Yuengling," he cut me off. I turned around to ask my beau what he wanted instead, and the bartender moved on to another patron, causing me to wait even longer.
"Well how about a Coors Light?" I asked. Â
"We don't SERVE shitty beer here," he barked.
"Fine, a Blue Moon," I sighed, eyeing one on the shelf. "And what can you do with Chambord?"
"I don't drink that," he frowned.
"You know, like a Kir Royale," I attempted to explain, looking at the bottle of Chambord right behind him.
"I don't know what the hell that is," he hatefully replied, moobs jiggling.
"Well, you're an asshole, so we're going to leave," I decided, absorbing his shocked reaction before sliding off my stool.
And I'll never go back, per the rude, unhelpful, ignorant service.
As of this moment Copper Creek is the best restaurant I have tried in Athens. They did a great job with the brewery restaurant concept. The food (I had the buffalo burger) was tasty the beer (stout) was also very good. What topped it all off was the excellent service my group received. I tip my hat to you Copper Creek.
Review Source:This review does not reflect the food, only the house beer.
Price: 3 dollars for 4 tasters ( looked like 3-4 oz tasters)
Pros: The beer isn't bad...it's just not that great. Great atmosphere and very friendly bartenders. Full bar.
Cons: The belgian was bland and uninteresting. The lager/ale hybrid was interesting at first but lacked a full body and flavor...it just felt like something was missing. The India brown ale was nice at first sip, but grew harsher the longer you drank it. The milk stout  was pretty good, but i've had better...it was a bit too bitter for a stout.
Bottom line: Go to Terrapin for a great local microbrew, or Trappeze for great (and sometimes not so great) imported brews.
Go to Copper Creek in September/October - the Pumpkin Ale is d.e.l.i.c.i.o.u.s!
I definitely don't frequent Copper Creek as much as I used to. Last summer, they always had 1/2 apps and buy-one-get-one on Mondays, and once they stopped doing that I stopped going. Still, the food is delicious, and definitely not your typical "bar food."
While on a barhopping kind of night (9ish), we opted to finally check out Copper Creek. We were really impressed with the atmosphere at first. The beer was good and the food was delicious. However, after about 30 minutes, they cranked the music and suddenly you couldn't hear yourself think much less hear anyone around you talk. It didn't take long for us to drink up and head out for another bar. Still, we'll likely go back (if nothing else around normal dinner time).
Review Source:This place is wonderful. Â A friend recommended it to me when I was staying in town, and it was the perfect brewpub. Â A little 'grungy', as someone else said, copper vats, and excellent excellent in-house brewed pints (when I was there it was a pumpkin ale, a belgian blonde, an IPA and a Milk Stout). Â I tried them all, and at $3 a pint, you feel like you're getting way more than you pay for. Â Hip young college-student atmosphere.
The hamburger left much to be desired (boring, soft bun, light meat that could have been turkey for all I know), but in retrospect it made absolutely no difference at all. Â I'd love to go back sometime, and I'm not even a beer person.
One thing that impressed me about Athens was the beer scene. I wasn't really expecting to find such a good selection of microbrews. in my pursuit to find more local beer I went here for dinner on a Thursday night. While they didn't have an IPA, their pale ale was just fine featuring a nice balance of bitter and malt. Dinner was their bison burger which was just awesome.
Review Source:Very impressed. Â The bartenders were attentive, friendly, and actually took time to answer our beer questions. Â The beers were well crafted (I think they had 5 of their own beers on tap) and the bartenders were great about letting us try a beer before committing. Â Highly recommended
Review Source:I will never forget the day I entered this brewery and my eyes fell upon the hundreds of copper pennies on the bar so shiny and wonderful I knew immediately that  I had found a decent bar.  At first, I will admit I categorized this bar as an "old people bar"  and avoided it my first few months in Athens.  I gave it a chance & have been coming back ever since. Surprisingly, I'm not a huge fan of the beer but I love the atmosphere.  The food is pretty good as well I had the chicken tenders (with honey, of course)  and french fries.  Yum!  If you go, get there early to snag a booth so you & your party will have somewhere to sit because it gets pretty crowded in the late hours of the night.
Review Source:I don't think I can say enough about Copper Creek. Â So I guess I'll just start from the beginning: Â Once upon a time, I was just another college girl who "didn't drink beer." Â I pretty much hated the stuff. Â I mean wouldn't even touch a beer for beerpong purposes (yeah, I played "liquorpong"). Â Strongbow was as close as this girl would get.
  Yeah, don't tell anyone, but I kind of started drinking beer just to impress my boyfriend.. I would get some light, innocuous beer and pretend to like it when I was secretly having to struggle to choke it down.  Then, one day, I met the Belgian Blonde at Cu Creek and my troubles were over!  I shivered a little bit, cocked my head, and exclaimed "Oh my god!  I don't hate it!"  It was at that moment that I realized that all beers are not created equal.  I realized that, though light and innocuous, Miller Lite is gross!  That's why I hated beer!
  Then, a few weeks later, I tried a copper creek Kolsh, and then Steam Ale, and then I found Sweetwater Blue and Hoegarden!!  Before I knew it, I was, at last, FINALLY a BEER DRINKER!! *much rejoicing!*  And now, every time I sit back and enjoy a rich brown ale or a bold stout, a tear forms in my eye and a little part of my soul thanks Copper Creek for providing me with a proper introduction to the world of beer.
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  Now that I've gotten that out of the way.. The 2 dollar Tuesdays are pretty much the deal of the century, but you will definitely have to brave a substantial crowd to get your dew drops of heaven.
  Oh, and did I mention the dollar shooters?  Yeah, all night, every night.  Girl scout cookies, nutty irishmen, and nuts and berries?? For a dollar?? All the time?? Really???
Also, do note that the Pumpkin Ale and the Nut Brown are pretty much crack in a keg.
"Two dollar Tuesdays." Â Need I say more?
I was in town visiting my friends after an extended stay in the pricey, pricey Boston area, and while I usually joke about needing a passport to visit Georgia, and the varying languages, and the culture shock, etc. there is seriously a difference in currency. Â Two dollar Tuesdays! Â I could ditch my apartment, live in a house, drink at Copper Creek, and save a fortune!
And the best part, it's actually really good! Â I've had my fair share of beer, plus a few more, and damn. Â Just, damn.
I like the beer there, I do. Â And if I could drink beer without feeling headachey, I would probably go there more often. Â Maybe.
But that 11PM power hour? Â Yuck. Â They have a special (see Kyle S.'s review) that turns the bar/restaurant into my personal version of hell. Â
I was going to go more into that, but I'll leave it at that...
So the food. Â I always think I'll want to eat there, that the assortment on the menu will be similar to other microbreweries I love (I'm thinking of some place in Charleston that may or may not be a chain, but it is yummy). Â I sit down, order a water, and look at the menu. Â And the only thing that looks vaguely appetizing is a salad. Â I think it's even made with iceberg lettuce, which we know isn't all that substantial. Â The chicken on it is good, and the dressing is yummy, but...it's not like Going Out to Eat.
I am usually left wondering why we chose to go there.
Next time, I'll go for microbrews. Â And a brain transplant that will give me a head that won't leave me migrainous.
Bring 10 bucks on a Tuesday and leave happily drunk. And I mean I-just-had-four-delicious-high-quality-beers drunk.
I mean seriously? Two bucks for a pint of local microbrewery beer, that'd I'd normally be paying like double for? Killer.
You might complain about the wait times. Sure, at times they get busy. But when you've got a list of shooters, all of which are ONE DOLLAR at midnight, you can bet you're going to get some traffic.
Even though Copper Creek is known for its own beer, brewed right in the store, you do not have to be a beer connoisseur to enjoy a drink at Copper Creek. Don't let the fact that most people who do go here take their beer very seriously turn you off. Just don't make the mistake of saying, "All beer tastes the same to me," as I did the first time I was here, and you'll be fine.
Tuesdays are their best nights; with discounted quality beer and fun crowds, Copper Creek will raise your spirits no matter what mood you find yourself in at the moment. Not many people know about this place, but lucky for you, it happens to be one of my favorites.
And now that I have publicized this secret, the least you could do is to try it out, just once. Trust me, you'll love it and will be looking forward to coming again.
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