Latest reviews from Silver Spring
| 76 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “Visited 3/2020. Some homeless people on the streets in the neighbourhood. Huge outdoor patio and long queue for beer inside. Little bit of confusing place and beers were just OK.“ |
| 78 /100 8216 GEORGIA AVENUE “Visited 3/2020. Pretty short walk from metro station. Had lots of IPAs available and they were pretty good! Pretty crowded on Sunday.“ |
| 80 /100 8401 COLESVILLE RD #150 “Visited 3/2020. Just next to metro station so very easy to visit by beer tourists... like me. Pretty big place and on Sunday lots of families were visiting with children. Their Pink Boots beer was just released and it was great! They had coffee station in the cornes which was nice because I like to drink coffee with beer sometimes.“ |
| 76 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “Stopped in for lunch and a beer on a chilly Friday. Patio and downstairs taproom were closed, but I had quesadillas and animal juicy and both were delicious. Service was quick and friendly. Overall a nice stop.“ |
| 68 /100 8216 GEORGIA AVENUE “
Astro Lab is one of three decent breweries to grace this former "Beer Wasteland." It is a large and airy venue, with a decent-sized bar along with high-tops and several communal tables, many with families enjoying themselves. They have about 10 taps, including about 5 IPAs, several brewed with single hops. The food menu consists of sausage rolls/meat pies. They have a terrace in front for quaffing beers with Al Fresco. If you are taking the Metro, there is a FREE shuttle bus (No. 28) that passes right past. This is a very nice place and I wish them well. I shall return.
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| 72 /100 8401 COLESVILLE RD #150 “
This large and sleek brewery is located across the street from the major transit hub for buses and Metro, where you can catch the subway to/from Washington, DC. Located on the ground floor of a modern office building, Silver Branch is a welcome addition to a city that I once tagged Beer Wasteland. There is a large bar to the right as you enter; they have about 17 taps, including three casks. What I liked is that they offer all styles - German, British and Belgian. (Their weizenbock is outstanding.) All in all, a comfortable and friendly place with a superb vibe. Throw in upholstered bar stools, great music, free popcorn and a hearty menu, you could spend a while here. There are also two other breweries in the area. A "beer wasteland" no more, indeed!“ |
| 72 /100 8216 GEORGIA AVENUE “Dammit, I am having a hard time remembering this place. I need to be quicker about entering my rakes I guess. I think this had a first floor and second floor bar and the first floor was closed for some reason. Beer quality decent.“ |
| 78 /100 8401 COLESVILLE RD #150 “Look and feel of a chain brewpub, open and spacious. Large bar and tons of seating. Not crowded on a Wednesday night. Beer quality was actually quite good. Did not try the food. Parking is a PITA; ramps are the way to go.“ |
| 72 /100 8216 GEORGIA AVENUE “Small brewery a short walk from Silver Branch. More trendy styles like hazy IPAs, sours, and cocoa stouts. All pretty good from what I tried though the two stouts tasted pretty similar. Flights of 3 available, crowlers to go. Small food menu with some hand pies and other little things, got there 6 minutes after the kitchen closed unfortunately. Worth a look combined with the other local spots.“ |
| 76 /100 8401 COLESVILLE RD #150 “Nice fairly spacious brewpub with a solid patio. Convenient walk across the street from Silver Spring Metro. Flights of 3 or 6 available. Small food menu plus the occasional food truck. Beers were all pretty good, mostly traditional styles. Decent prices. Worth a look especially combined with the other breweries in the area.“ |
| 64 /100 8216 GEORGIA AVENUE “Cool place near Silver Spring metro and halfway between Denizens and Silver Branch brewing. Smaller selection than those two but quality is probably slightly higher. They had a great saison and one of their IPAs was really good. A little bit more arrogant than the other two though unfortunately. Most beers available in small pours except some of their special editions, available in half pints. Though they do inform you that their beer is best drunk one at a time. Some baked food - I had a sausage roll which was OK. Service OK. Nice patio seating and they have wifi.“ |
| 72 /100 8401 COLESVILLE RD #150 “Decent brewpub near the metro stop at Silver Spring and close to Astro Lab and Denizens. Good line up of beers - they seem to excel at doing a good job of lighter beers like pils, kellerbier, altbier etc. All above average. Some food and unlimited popcorn for $5. Prices OK. Everything available in flights or by single 4oz. Staff is friendly. Nice patio outside, though the neighborhood lacks character. Definitely worth a beer trip bundled in with the other two places.“ |
| 64 /100 8401 COLESVILLE RD #150 “We came here on 10.6.2019. Last stop before visiting ‘The Specials’ concert in town. This brewpub is located in a modern tall commercial building. The whole city reminds me of a typical newly built town in China. The brewhouse is at the very end and plenty of outside seating is available. Beers on the board are categorized by country: Germany, British, Belgium, US. They had 2 beers on hand pump, which were served at room temperature !!! Liked both beers we had: Alt and Stout. Unfortunately they were out of a few beers.“ |
| 68 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “We came here on 10.6.2019. 2nd last beers stop before watching The Specials the first time. Outside and inside bar offering around 10 beers. Animal Juicy was our favorite. We had good food - octopus and quesadillas. The layout and decoration is weird. The terrace provides an urban feeling, but the whole place feels disorganized. Still worth a visit.“ |
| 48 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “I must have come on an off day. Three flights available, you have to purchase each individual flight if you want to try them all... well, what they didn’t tell us is that a few of their beers repeated in multiple flights. Fuck that - I simply want to try everything you have on tap - not multiple times, once. Waitress drops the flights off and gets confused about what is what... I try to help, she says "no she’s got it," gets it wrong, and then says oh yea, that is the right order (the one I suggested), leaves, and never returns. That’s fine... Anyway, onto the beer. Yuck. Two of them were horrendous, the rest were average at best. Nothing stood out, all seemed to go quite safe (except the shot of vinegar that they called a beer). There’s nothing that’d compel me to return.“ |
| 70 /100 Scion Restaurant (Silver Spring) (Restaurant) 1200 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY “A restaurant were you can sit at the bar and enjoy beer from 12 taps. At my visit, 9 taps were Right Proper Brewing due to a tap take over recently. You have to read the beer menu to find out what’s on tap. Efficient service and they do 4 oz tasters. Nice! And, come on guys! What’s the nagging about parking? I visits many pubs a day and drink a lot of beer. This is not a scenic road trip by car! Use the metro and your feet. (Visited June 26th 2016)“ |
| 80 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “From Capitol City Brewing Downtown I took the Metro to Silver Spring. Why? Because I’m a beer place geek! Ooohh, a brewpub in a new state for me. Maybe 10 minutes walking from the Metro station to this brewpub. Nice patio, but to sunny and hot to sit down outside. I found a small table near the bar. Friendly staff and relaxing atmosphere, only one tv-screen... 3 fixed beer flights (malty, hoppy or sesonal) at $9 for 4 x 4 oz. Ok for me since all beers were new for me, but not sure that local beer geeks agree. The trip to Maryland was well worth the effort! (Visited June 26th 2016)“ |
| 58 /100 Adega Wine Cellars & Cafe (Beer Store) 8519 FENTON ST “Nice looking wine shop cum deli with a smallish beer selection. There were quite a few small craft but no singles at all - which is a huge disappointment.“ |
| 78 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “The place is nice. The outdoor beer garden is great and is dog friendly. Inside there is a pub and a downstairs bar. For the beer garden, you order at an outside bar. The service is a tad slow but in the hot summer months they keep a cooler out to keep you hydrated. Flight are preset in "malty," "hoppy," and another I can’t remember. Decent but really only a way to try their mainstay options; anything interesting or limited you need to either buy a separate taster or a full serving. Not a huge fan of set flights myself. Beer is pretty decent. I didn’t have anything bad, but I didn’t have anything that stood out that I absolutely had again. But the experience at this brewery was good enough I would love to return.“ |
| 72 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “A brewery-beer garden in Silver Spring! A decent newcomer with tasty beers, hearty food and an excellent outdoor beer garden. Live music available certain nights. Not far from the Metro station.“ |
| 78 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “Cool place. Two levels; upper is more of a restaurant while lower is a laid-back pub type space. Sat aty the longish bar. Bartender was friendly though a tad inept at remembering which beers were which in our flight. Eh, it happens. Decent beer and selection of styles. Their barrel-aged beer list had six or seven offerings, expensive. Drafts were pretty reasonable. I will definitely return when in the area.“ |
| 74 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “Visited with DCLawyer on a brewery trip around Northern VA, MD, and DC. Nice brewpub with two floors and a sizable airy patio upstairs. Nice modern look upstairs with the downstairs more of a laid back pub feel. 8 beers on draft available in pre-selected flights and in full pours, we were able to get a flight of all the beers with some talking. Pricey 750 ml bottles to go at $17-19 each, all seemed to be sour or Bretted barrel aged beers. Didn’t try the food but it sounded good from the (small) menu, mostly appetizers, sandwiches, and salads. Not a bad stop if you’re near Silver Spring.“ |
| 82 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “Stopped in about 3PM on a Thursday, place was fairly empty but there were a few people around. They have a large outdoor seating area with picnic style tables and an outdoor bar. Food is by truck, although their kitchen will be opening later in October. They had maybe a dozen beers on tap while I was there, with a couple only available at the outdoor bar. They have flights, but officially they are pre-selected flights of four ("hoppy", "malty" or "specialty"). I was able to make a couple of substitutions off the pre-selected list, however. Server was super friendly and loved to talk about beer. She seemed genuinely confused at some of my comments on the impressions I was getting, which I thought was kind of funny. Beers were all over the place, from kind of bad to decent, with a special Mezcal aged beer that was stellar. All in all it seems like a pretty nice place to hang out. OH, and parking. I was able to find street parking, but bring your quarters. The meters don’t take credit cards, although there is a pay by phone option. There is a basement as well, which was closed when I was there, but apparently was opening later that evening for a comedy show.“ |
| 62 /100 Scion Restaurant (Silver Spring) (Restaurant) 1200 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY “Not bad, but not nearly as nice, friendly or fun as the one in D.C. Staff here is much gruffer, and the atmosphere was pretty slow and empty. Tap list decent, though many things had tapped when I was here.“ |
| 24 /100 Fire Station 1 Restaurant & Brewing Co. (Restaurant) 8131 GEORGIA AVE “I went in here because it was called a brewery and the server told me that they didn’t brew beer anymore (she said she didn’t know why management stopped, hence the high grade for service). Without that this place is just a generic chain restaurant with mostly macros on tap and a couple of basic craft beers. Avoid, and don’t be fooled by the name.“ |
| 76 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “Huge place in Silver Spring, with an outdoor patio that was packed on a Friday after work. Two floors of bars, with decent food and beers I’ve mostly thought have been above average. A welcome addition to the D.C. Beltway, and worth visiting when in the area. Friendly staff that offers tastes of beer. I had pulled pork tacos, which were tasty.“ |
| 68 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “A chilly and windy day kept the outside patio area empty, but during summer time I’m sure it’ll be crankin’. Decent selection of beers with different styles from Pilsner to Quad. Purchased a tasting flight - these are good transition beers here. Clearly popular with locals in the area. There’s a BBQ food truck for bites.“ |
| 74 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “Large and modern, this place could handle a big crowd, with an upstairs area, downstairs bar overlooking the brewery and a huge beer garden for warmer months. 9 beers on offer, and the quality was overall pretty solid. Bartender was very pretentious but very nice. Prices not cheap, but not terrible for the area. Full pours $6.50. flights 4 for $9. Cheap parking available a block away but it does require crossing a busy street. Overall a nice stop.“ |
| 52 /100 8407 Kitchen Bar (Restaurant) 8407 RAMSEY AVE “Classy place. Medium sized bard up front, restaurant section in the rear. Handful of local stuff on tap, nothing interesting. Tasty and creative food. Friendly service. Not a beer destination at all, but a decent restaurant. Belongs on Yelp.“ |
| 34 /100 Fire Station 1 Restaurant & Brewing Co. (Restaurant) 8131 GEORGIA AVE “Large sports bar, football game on when I stopped by. No beers of their own, no craft beer to speak of. Food was somewhat less interesting than mediocre. Scroll past.“ |
| 78 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “Yeah, definitely use the parking garage. Modern place, small L-shaped bar and some tables and couches. Large patio. Downstairs area was closed when I stopped by. 8 beers or so, available in flights of four or full pours. Two guest taps. BBQ truck for snacks. Very friendly service. Beers were tasty. A bit pricey. One to watch.“ |
| 78 /100 1115 EAST-WEST HWY “Located just off downtown Silver Spring. Parking ain’t too easy, but there is a parking garage and some street parking (no meters on weekend, or at least Sunday), roughly 2 blocks away. Place is moderately sized, with a huge patio near the entrance. I bet when the weather is nice, it’ll be a great place to chill. The inside has seating immediately in the doors, with a small bar and some lounge seating around a stairwell. I’m not sure if the stairs take you to additional seating, but that’s where the food was coming up from. Staff was nice and the tasters were reasonably priced. Beer, at least on this trip, was slightly above average. They had at least 8 beers of their own on tap, though one might have been out and being switched when I was there.“ |
| 80 /100 Scion Restaurant (Silver Spring) (Restaurant) 1200 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY “Stopped here for a birthday lunch. small bar and larger dining area. 10 or so taps, sample pours. Do not park in the Giant lot, security will watch you! park in in the metered garage by NOAA. Really good burger and lobster ruben. will return.“ |
| 78 /100 Scion Restaurant (Silver Spring) (Restaurant) 1200 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY “This place is in a bit of an odd location, surrounded by the generic high rises of suburbia. There is a covered public/pay parking garage across the street, but you can park for free in the Giant parking lot just around the corner. The beer manager knows his stuff, and does a good job populating the list with interesting local and regional tidbits. They are also starting to hold tap takeovers and other events. A welcome addition to a sparse neighborhood.“ |
| 56 /100 Fenwick Beer and Wine (Beer Store) 1327 FENWICK LN “Medium selection with decent variety. Nothing too unusual but I did find a few bottles of North Coast Old Stock Ale Reserve 2009. Worth a stop but I wouldn't go out of my way.“ |
| 70 /100 Scion Restaurant (Silver Spring) (Restaurant) 1200 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY “Solid place in Silver Spring for some beers and food. Not exactly a "beer destination", but they do a good job at the one in DC along with Crios(the neighboring restaurant they run in DC).“ |
| 38 /100 Woodmoor Supermarket (Grocery Store) 10129 COLESVILLE RD “Neighborhood grocery store with Asian focus, poor selection of beer“ |
| 80 /100 Scion Restaurant (Silver Spring) (Restaurant) 1200 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY “Just opened in the high rise apartment zone in downtown Silver Spring. The address is the actual address of an apartment complex and Scion is part of the apartment complex with entrance facing East West highway. Park across the street in the parking deck. Probably will need to pay a meter. Ambiance off the bat is more spacious than the Dupont location, larger bar area is welcome, and about 20 tables. Quick, friendly service. Tap list was impressive for opening day: Bruery, Elysian, Flying Dog In De Wildemann, Port City, Lagunitas. Solid. Food as with the other location is where it is at: Wagyu beef burger with fried pickles was divine, lobster mac n cheese with jalapenos surprisingly good albiet bizarre. We were disappointed with the spring rolls- nothing better than normal Chinese take out egg rolls. We were expecting Vietname rice paper spring rolls. Happy hour special got you half price all drafts until 7pm. But they do 4oz tasters here, which is great. We had dinner and spent $100 for five people: pretty solid. I hope this place does well as they deserve it and Silver Spring desperately needs an alternative to Quarry House Tavern for beer.“ |
| 60 /100 8407 Kitchen Bar (Restaurant) 8407 RAMSEY AVE “Fun gastropub hidden away essentially inside the Silver Spring bus station not even a block from the metro stop. Trendy semi upscale, fancy burgers and fries. Relaxed lounge area downstairs and bar with dining room upstairs. Usually has a decent craft beer selection consisting of Flying Dog seasonal, probably static taps of National Bohemian. Not the greatest selection but they have craft beer and great food. A less divey alternative to Quarry House Tavern. Similar feel to Scion, which is opening a location in Silver Spring soon.“ |
| 42 /100 Fire Station 1 Restaurant & Brewing Co. (Restaurant) 8131 GEORGIA AVE “Warm looking place that actually was kind of cold in temperature due to all the windows(and I was at the bar). They have "their own" brews which can’t possibly be made on site unless there is a big space I didn’t see - it seems they sell White Marsh beers. Selection is mostly macro with a few craft standards. Pricing is fine for the area. Not really a beer destination. They do have flights of their own beers but I didn’t get it as I drink flights quickly and had to drive afterward.“ |
| 62 /100 Fenwick Beer and Wine (Beer Store) 1327 FENWICK LN “A very small beer and wine shop that seems to be an old house. The place is quite cramped though the beer selection is decent. There is nothing spectacular here or nothing you will not find at most other stores, and the prices are quite high. At any rate, the service was very good and it is an easy to find, neighborhood store.“ |
| 60 /100 Fire Station 1 Restaurant & Brewing Co. (Restaurant) 8131 GEORGIA AVE “Old firehouse that is now a bar. Not crowded when I went. They have ambient LED lights at the bar that change color and it is mildly annoying. 3 local beers on tap that were mediocre at best. Server was cute, knowledgeable and attentive. Not a destination by any means but not a bad place for a beer.“ |
| 58 /100 Adega Wine Cellars & Cafe (Beer Store) 8519 FENTON ST “A wine store with a small but well chosen craft beer selection, and a deli countrr with sandwiches, burgers, salads. Food was tasty enough, but my sandwich was greasy. Unfortunately it’s in the middle of strip mall hell.“ |
| 80 /100 Fenwick Beer and Wine (Beer Store) 1327 FENWICK LN “I couldn’t believe that my local craft beer shop wasn’t on here! This is an awesome store with the best selection of craft beer in the area. Shelves and shelves of single pint bottles of hard to find brews. Also an incredible variety of six packs with a great selection of IPAs and Belgian styles. The service is great too, it’s locally owned by a couple and the husband knows his stuff. I told him I was looking for IPAs with strong pine notes, rather than citrus, and he immediately knew where to direct me. Of course, great selection and good service comes at a price, and I would not recommend this place for your more macro craft brews (Sierra nevada, flying dog, dogfish head) as you can find them for at least a dollar cheaper in area stores with a smaller selection. But if you’re looking for an ale that you haven’t seen anywhere else, give this place some time. As for other details, there is no refrigeration, so you don’t have to be overly paranoid about your ale turning to cardboard on the way home. Also, there are beer tastings every Friday or Saturday, with the other day being a wine tasting. Both 4 to 7.“ |
| 48 /100 Fire Station 1 Restaurant & Brewing Co. (Restaurant) 8131 GEORGIA AVE “Interesting place..a hefty jaunt from the Silver Spring metro but very close to the "downtown" Silver Spring revitalized area. Interior is massive with sparsely place tables making the ambiance awkward and isolated. Place was very empty when I was there for lunch. About 4 tables and 4-6 people on staff. Decor was okay, relatively clean with some peeling upholstery. Menu is very large, a pet peev of mine with just about every food imaginable. Applebee’s caliber of offerings. Wraps, sandwiches, $15 steaks, burgers. Prices are not too cheap considering the odd location and lack of clientèle. The $8 lunch special I had, Buffalo chicken wrap, was not bad though one half of the wrap had no buffalo sauce on the chicken. Home made potato chips were not very good- extremely over cooked. Essentially just fried oil. Service was okay even though there was 2 waiters for 4 tables. I was not given a water for instance. They had a $7 flight of tasters there with 4 4oz pours of their house beers, which are contract brewed elsewhere so this does not count as a brewpub as they claim out front. House beers were mediocre to sub par. Overall, a slightly interesting place that probably should be out of business unfortunately. Tap list including 5 house beers, 3 other micros like Flying Dog and Heavy Seas. Everything else on the menu is macro stuff: Landshark, Blue Moon, Yuengling, Stella, Shock Top, mostly random garbage.“ |
| 40 /100 Fire Station 1 Restaurant & Brewing Co. (Restaurant) 8131 GEORGIA AVE “The outside has a really cool appearance. It’s a renovated fire station with a fire truck parked in the front. The inside is nice too with a big open feel. I really liked the house beers and they even had a pretty good selection of guest beers which included a lot of local Maryland brews. I like that they offer a sampler. The food was enjoyable. The Onion rings were amazing. The burger left something to be desired. The service was not very good though. The place was busy but not overly busy and the host acted complety stressed out and kept coming upstairs (we were sitting at the top of the stairs) would look around and sigh loudly and run back down stairs. We barely saw our waitress. She argued with me that Clipper City was a beer that they brewed, then told me she really didn’t know much about the beer. Other than the sevice I overall liked the place and will give another shot in a few months.“ |
| 52 /100 Fire Station 1 Restaurant & Brewing Co. (Restaurant) 8131 GEORGIA AVE “Very well renovated old fire house, complete with a fire truck outside. We were misled to believe this was a brewpub although it’s correctly listed here as a restaurant. Beers are brewed for them at Red Brick Station in White Marsh. They also had some quality guest taps. We just had a couple brews and a bowl of soup, all of which were good. Food we saw coming out was served in heaping portions and certainly looked and smelled inviting.“ |
| 60 /100 Adega Wine Cellars & Cafe (Beer Store) 8519 FENTON ST “Pretty cool place in downtown Silver Spring next to the skating rink across from Chik-fil-A and behind Whole Foods. It’s sort of tucked away next to California Tortilla. Adega is a quirky, hip wine bar with free wi-fi and Bistro type food that is very nicely priced and pretty tasty. This is mainly a place to have lunch and have a nice glass of wine without breaking the budget. BUT, they stock a pretty good dose of craft beer. Lots of six packs and a good selection of singles like Chimay and easier to find Belgians. Sometimes they have some interesting things so if you happen to be in the area, I think it’s worth checking out. Even for lunch in general, I found it to be a cool place to relax. Overall, their selection is what you might expect to find in the Whole Foods next door but thanks to Maryland law, grocery stores cannot sell alcohol. So this cozy shop next door fills in that little gap. Curiously, their website seems to blatantly ignore the fact that they sell craft beer. Well they do, and quite a lot of it.“ |
| 62 /100 Fire Station 1 Restaurant & Brewing Co. (Restaurant) 8131 GEORGIA AVE “A nice place to stop after work. You can order a flight of four 4oz glasses of most things they have on draft for relatively cheap. Wings were great. Service was alright. Ambiance might be better as it gets later, but when I was there it was mostly people stopping by after work for a drink. A place I may go again if I don’t find something different.“ |
