Key West baby - The Waterfront Brewery

OK, if you are ever in Key West - you need to check out The Waterfront Brewery.  Even if you are not a craft beer fan - this place has something for everyone.  First of all, they are located in a prime location.  They are located at the north side of the island and 2 blocks from Duval Street, right next to the Ferry Dock, marina and other popular restaurants.

This place is huge.  When you walk in, it's very spacious and pretty cool to see all of the brewing equipment behind a glass window.  I also noticed a bunch of tables and chairs inside this glass room and which I assume is where they can hold private events.

They also have numerous pool tables, an air hockey table, skeeball and other video games.  There's a large projection screen - one of the largest I've seen.  We asked to be seated in the back of the brewery where there was a row of booths literally right next to the dock with a perfect water view. They had 8 beers of their own and a bunch of other local brews.  We ordered 2 flights, which came with 4 beers each.

The beer was good - I would say much better than average.  We were a bit disappointed because they ran out of one of the beers we were really interested in trying - a chocolate peanut butter porter.  But the other ones were pretty decent.  My favorites were The Truman (their double IPA) and the Key Lime WitNess, which had a great key lime flavor.  Our waiter/bartender told us that their head brew master came from Cigar City (in Tampa, FL) which explains why the beer was so good.  Also, he told us next time we come back, we would need to check out their burgers, which he claimed were about a pound of meat and would keep you full for 24 hours.




I would definitely come back to The Waterfront Brewery, especially to try their food.  I just hope they have enough capital to stay open and make a decent profit.  Key West is very competitive when it comes to restaurants.  Even though they've been open for 5 months, they don't have a strong webpage and rely on their Facebook page to promote themselves.  According to TripAdvisor, many people complain about the poor service.  This wasn't the case in my experience, but I'm sure the majority of their customers are tourists and tourists rely heavily on TripAdvisor and the restaurant's website itself to decide how to spend their money.  Even though The Waterfront Brewery is the only primary brewery in Key West, they still need to promote, promote, promote and in order to differentiate themselves.

You can't beat this view!!!