Deadwood Brewery

Ordinary fried chicken taste. Very very pricey and on weekends it’s a club like scene. If there was some other place to go around this area I would of. The manager don’t even know how to crack a smile. You ask him a question and you feel like you committed a crime. I wish I don’t have to come here to eat but like I said… There isn’t!

Weird spot — it’s a bowling alley. The brewery is just a counter with some tables. We tried the Red IPA and the Deadwood Light. The Red is drinkable but not great, same more or less for the Light. Nice guy working behind the counter. We didn’t eat but it looked like standard bar snack food.

The food was what you would expect, maybe a little better. We ordered the guacamole and tomato dip which was just the right amount of spicy and delicious. I also ordered the chicken strips which had a really nice light seasoned batter. The waiter was friendly and attentive. Nothing really special, but more than I was expecting

I asked if I can have delivery from up the street like sub shop or Chinese food maybe even dominoes pizza if I was hungry was told no real food was allowed inside I said you got that right the food and drinks here aren’t so I try to wait till im out side then go eat

Unexpected good taste of finger foods. Hot n fresh… better than some chain bar restaurants.

Small, gross burger. And a draft Bud Light are about 10 oz for $ 5.35? Awful.

Let me preface this by saying a couple things…
1) I am a huge fan a good beer, yet I am not a beer snob. I enjoy most any beer for what it is (this includes my college-​in-​a-​can, Busch Light). I love craft beer, but also love a cold Budweiser on a summer day. I like beer.
2) I had a slice of pepperoni pizza, and it was good, but due to the fact the title of this is «brewery», that is not included in my review.
3) The people were very, very nice, but due to the fact the title of this is «brewery», that is not included in my review.
Now that I got that out of the way; this beer is awful! I was dumb enough to keep trying them with my wife, and we tried each of the 5 beers they had. The best part of the evening was trying to decide which was the most comically terrible beer. I would have gladly traded all 5 of the beers for 1 Icehouse, and gotten more enjoyment. I brew beer, and even my first batch was better than any of these.
Feel free to go try for yourself, but don’t say I didn’t warn you…

This is for the slurpee I ordered: strawberry lemonade. Just what I needed at the moment: sweet, tangy. $ 3.30. Don’t think there will be a next time.

I’m sorry, but Deadwood should hardly be able to call itself a brewery. My friends and I shared a few pitchers of the IPA, winter wheat and some random mix of amber/​stout which were all pretty atrocious relative to others in their respective styles. They were fine (enough) to sip on while bowling and that was really the extent of it.

Like others, I went with great hope!
but alas, left a little disappointed.
I was down at Boston Winery (a great local winery — see my review!), and needed food. Did a search around by, and WOW, a Brew pub! SWEET!
Well, I got there, and it was a bowling alley. wait, what?
Ok, so they do brew beer and do have food (even if it is a big deli counter). So I guess, yeah, it is a ‘brew pub’, but it was not exactly what i was expected
I got a chicken parm calzone and a beer. Calzone was good, but seemed generic (meaning, frozen chicken, marinara sauce, cheese). not bad, not great
I got a stout. not bad. Not great again. Kind of generic, not what you would expect from ‘small, brew pub craft beer’ type place
Could it be a fun place to go to? go bowling, few drinks, some decent food versus snack bar type of stuff, sure
but if you’re looking for a brew pub, great food, etc. It might fall a little short

On 12÷1÷11 Josh got the Chicken Finger Dinner (Our Sunday Skillet chicken tenders served with French fries and cole slaw) and I got the Deadwood Salad (Cajun grilled chicken, mixed greens, sliced olives, tomatoes and Cajun ranch dressing). What was Shockingly good was the chicken tenders. Batter on fried items is not the easiest thing to do well, and the crispy outside of the chicken tenders was delicious and perfect! I’m determined (once I’ve gotten the braces removed) to try their fried chicken because I’m sure the batter is the same and that it will be yummy!

My wife and I were going to eat dinner here because it was close to my hotel … and it was a brewery. So we went there and first clue … the restaurant is inside of a bowling alley. Needless to say, we did NOT eat dinner there but instead went to eat lunch there the next day.
The menu consists of pizza, fried chicken, hamburgers /​hotdogs, sandwiches, and salads. I ate the cuban sandwich with fried. My wife had chicken fingers and fries. Not bad but not great. Nothing to write home about.
The beer was not that great either. It’s hard for me to find a beer I won’t try again, but I found one here at Deadwood. Sorry to say.
I doubt I’ll go back next time I visit Boston. Too many better restaurants.

I’ll try not to be a beer snob, but I just need to be honest.
Here is what I did not like:
1. I didn’t really like the flavor of any of the beers. The pilsner was ok but did not look like a pilsner. It was very cloudy and I’ve never thought that a pilsner should be cloudy. Not sure what the intention was, but it just felt lazy or miscalculated by the brewer. The stout just wasn’t a stout by any measure. It was dark, that’s about it. I don’t even know what style it tasted like, but not like any stout I know.
2. I HATE that they serve the beer in «wicked cold» frosty glasses. I assume this is either to be funny, gimmicky, or to cover up bad flavors (as flavor reveals itself at warmer temps). Anyone I know who appreciates craft beer would agree that the beers, apart from maybe the pilsner, should not be served this way. I enjoy tasting all the flavors and complexity of my beer and not having it all be killed by an ice-​cold glass. And to try to convince people this is a better way to drink beer is just misguided.
3. I am APPALLED by the fact that they try to create new beer styles by mixing two beers. You do not make a brown ale by mixing a pilsner and and a stout. And you don’t make another style by mixing different proportions of the same two beers. I don’t even know what to say about this. I started laughing when I saw them pouring the beer. You are lying to your customers and cheating them by making them think they are drinking something they are not. This, again, is so lazy it makes me sick. Either brew the beer or don’t brew the beer and be honest enough to serve what you actually created. Hell, you could have served 30 different beers. «Hey everyone! We have 30 beers on tap! We take two beers and mix them in different amounts to create 30 unique brews!» Disgusting.
Here is what I liked:
1. The food was fine. Standard bowling alley food.
2. When I mentioned that I didn’t like the beer, the brewer introduced himself and was pleasant and receptive to my feedback. Although he didn’t quite understand what I was trying to say and was trying to humor me, he did not get defensive or argumentative. He was clearly open to feedback, which is very important and something I respected. However, I doubt I had much impact.
3. The brewing equipment looked amazing and the location for opening a brewpub was fun. I love bowling, and I love craft beer. If I enjoyed the beer, I’d be there all the time!!!
I’m glad this place seems to be doing well and some people seem to like it. I want it to be successful. However, I would much prefer they actually start brewing beers true to style, serve them the proper way (temp, glassware), and stop trying to create beers by blending them off the tap.

Chicken wrap was about as bland as a paper napkin but the IPA was good. Inside a bowling alley which qualifies it as divey.

I’d you happen to be staying at the Ramada, which is very reasonably priced for the simple amenities. Order some of Deadwoods brewed beer, they deliver 64oz growlers to your room for $ 9! That’s over 5 beers!!! The pizza is pretty good… But the growlers is what makes it worth it!

What a shame. I perked up the moment I saw a listing for a new brewery in Dorchester, but I quickly realized I’d been punk’d (to use the parlance of our times). Take a closer look at the 3 positive reviews for this place and you’ll notice a curious trend. The reviewers have all provided glowing reviews for the businesses in Phillips Family Hospitality Group (consisting of the Phillips Candy House, Freeport Tavern, Boston Bowl, and this place) but have yet to review anything else. The remaining reviews are resoundingly negative.

Caught! Do you see what happens, Larry?

Unfortunately one star is the lowest this can go. Funny story about this «brewery»…we were with a guy who had ordered a «red» and when he finished it he dumped half his pepsi in the glass, filled the rest with water then went up to the counter and said that he has ordered a «pilsner» and was given the wrong beer. They took the «beer» (half pepsi, half water) and gave him a fresh one. If you can’t tell the difference between a pepsi and your beer it is bad. 22oz bud light is terrible, but actually better than this stuff.

Ugh seriously people? This is some gross beer. We make homebrew that tastes better than this. And just because you serve it in a pilsner glass instead of a plastic cup does not make it decent.