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| - The Shop Beer Co is located in N Tempe not too far from ASU ...
It's a smaller cozy cool independently owned microbrewery that I didn't know ever existed. One of the girls in the group had purchased a beer tasting deal off of Groupon and it was as an amazing price/deal!!! The amount of beer that comes with this deal is ridiculous - no joke!!
It's a nice looking establishment - very cool inside look... There is also a large back patio, a food truck, and then the bathrooms are located near the actual brewery area in a separate building.
I am not a huge fan of alcohol, beer in particular, but I was open to tasting specialty micro brewed beers. Some of the beers were awesome, some okay, some were hard to drink. A place like this is for a true beer conoausor because they do offer a fair amount of diverse beers, but I don't know enough about beer, how it's made, ingredients, etc. to be overly critical about beer quality per say. I would have to say that the darker beers here seemed smoother than the light/amber, and the beer made by/using coffee were the best tasting in my personal opinion.
When we first arrived the place was slammed - we could hardly find a place to sit down. But oddly enough, the crowd died down very fast and by the time we finished our tasting around 7:30ish there was hardly anyone left in the place - it was dead for the most part, which seemed rather odd on a Friday evening. The staff here was good - but no one was especially friendly or went out of there way service wise even when it got super slow....
The crowd seemed like college kids for the most part ... So it wasn't really our scene and I doubt I would go out of my way to come back here ... There is just too many other great spots to hang out in Tempe & Scottsdale.
This place earns a solid 3 start review because it was good/average ... overall there was nothing very good/exceptional or memorable about my experience here other than the fact that they offered a phenomenal groupon deal. It's definitely worth checking out though, and I would recommend beer lovers to definitely come try it out! If you are not a huge fan of alcohol or you don't like beer ... This is not the place for you because to my knowledge for the most part they only serve beer and water.
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