Midwest Breweries - Books & Brews Brewery Review

Watching any of my youtube videos you can tell I love books.  I collect first editions, read a lot of non-fiction and love Ayn Rand.  So if there was a place that my family or friends to get anything on my Christmas list they would go to Books and Brews.

The brewery is tucked away in a strip mall type shopping center.  Walking into the front door you find a very nice laid out book store.  Using donations from their customers they are able to keep their prices extremely low!  They have a very impressive adult reading program with rewards too.  Click the link above to find out more about that program.  Mondays they host a book club that seems very exciting.

As for their beers I was pretty impressed.  Their menu is mostly made with small batches that they are continually rotating.  Keeping that in mind every time you go there you can have a completely different experience with their beers.  This will keep me from postulating what your experience will be, but I really enjoyed the beers I drank.  With this wide variety and constant rotation makes for a compelling reason to visit this brewery often (especially if you like to increase your unique check-ins on Untapped).

One of the great programs they offer is called "Mug Club".  $65 dollars gets you a lifetime membership, locally made mug, $3 dollar mug fills on Thursday and $2 off growler fills of the Books and Brew beers just to name a few.  For more information click the menu link above.

While sitting at the bar I noticed the owner walking around to introduce himself and welcome those who came into the brewery.  Knowing the regulars by name is a added bonus when running a small business and attracting repeat business.

Books and Brews does a great job creating a unique environment that caters to a wide variety of interests.  Their weekly list of events are:

- Monday they have the book club mentioned above and retro video game night.
- Tuesday play games and earn rewards
- Wednesday trivia
- Thursday open mic
- Friday new beer and live local music
- Saturday live local music
- Sunday board games

With a friendly staff and friendly open environment it is a great place to stop by or if you live in the area your regular bar.

I recommend at least making the drive to try this brewery out.  Especially if you live in the area.  I am giving it a rating of 4/5 being in the category of a very good brewery.