Refuge Brewery

In an industrial park (easy parking). Visited on a Thursday night in October, very low key. 12 ish beers on tap, only tried one. Solid offering. Lots of artsy fartsy stuff on the wall, mostly related to music. No food. Staff was friendly. If you are in Temecula, stop by.

Another solid brewery in Temecula offering an alternative to all the wine. A large industrial space, tall ceilings, open to the brewery, ample bar and seating surrounded by barrels aging beer. No food but a good stop nonetheless.

7 July 2017. really cool place. from the outside it looks like it is small but inside it is huge. concrete floors and slightly industrial or warehouse looking. bar adds rustic flair. staff is friendly, beer is ok. no wifi!?!?!

Re visited late afternoon 20th Dec 2017. Had an equally good time in here as our first visit. This time they had a lovely lady selling cheese, so we had a great 'platter' from her to compliment our beers. She had been plied with alcohol all day by the brewery people and was 'a little tipsy' bless her. Original review follows. Ambled in here after visiting their near neighbour ’Wiens Brewing Co’ over lunchtime on Friday 10th Feb 2017. Nice set up, small bar with 16 taps in use, all their own stuff. Comfy chairs, low tables, high stools, high tables: brewery in view, barrel aging in the room as you drink. Free Popcorn. Liked the place, the vibe and the beer. I asked the pleasant young lady behind the bar if I could speak to a brewer. She found one for me and we had a chat about the heat and barrel aging. He also recommended a bar in town that had great beer and food ’Devilicious’. We went there later and I will add it to the Ratebeer database once I have finished this review (which is now).

Located close to the 15 freeway, this place is easy to get to. The ambiance is pretty austere, a few tables in the tasting room in full view of the business end of the brewery. The beers I sampled were all good with a barrel aged stout being a real standout.

Visited on a weekday evening. They have a U-shaped bar with a few tables around. They may have more space usually, but there was an art class going on when I was there. Kind of cool to watch that go down. They had quite a few beers on tap including a fun group of four kettle soured beers aged on four different fruits. They let you do a flight of all four for $10. Not exactly cheap, but not too bad either. Plenty of other regulars and a few barreled beers too. Nice selection. They didn’t serve food, but there was someone from a nearby pizza place taking orders to be delivered at the brewery. Also a nice touch. I enjoyed talking to the server who is an aspiring brewer. I got a chance to talk to the head brewer about a barrel of beer they found stowed away in the back of the brewery that was 4 years old. Rather than dump it, they added extra stuff to try and save it. I got a taste and other than being massively oxidized, it seemed like a serve-able beer. A pretty fun place with good beer. One of the top places in Temecula.

Nice selection and I love most of the beers on tap. Seriously, you can’t please everyone all the time, but these guys do a great job!

Simple enough looking set up with barrel tables next to a little bar area and then a barrel aging area off in the back. I do like how a brewery essentially carves out space in the brewery amid the fermenter farm and bright tanks and such for the tasting area. There’s a little roll up door to the back where a catering truck has pulled up to fill the space with foodie delight aromatics. This is simple effective and sort of seems Alesmith like when I visited there 8 years ago. The help was friendly and seemed eager to hook you up with a beer. There seems to be an array of non barrel aged offers alongside a number of barrel aged offerings.

A nice tap room in the brewery. Friendly service. Only had time for a few beers, but they were very tasty. Need to go back to try some of the Barrel Aged beers.