Evan Rasmussen

Review of Surly Brewing Co.

Good beer paired with a bad experience with their ...

Good beer paired with a bad experience with their security staff and taproom manager. My fiance and I traveled from out of town to visit this brewery after hearing a lot about it. The doorman was checking IDs at the entrance and didn't take kindly to a couple of friendly joking remarks from my fiance. He responded by quickly informing the rest of his colleagues that she was not to be served because of her intoxicated behavior and would be asked to leave if she picked up the beer that was in front of her. I would have been the first to agree with him if she indeed had too much to drink that day....she did not. The next 15-30 minutes were spent proving to the manager that we're reasonable customers who just came to have a couple of beers and leave. It's unfortunate it all had to go the way it did, the manager said he did "everything he could" for us but the jury is still out on that. We won't be returning, recommending them to friends, or purchasing their beer in the future. There are too many other good breweries in the Twin Cities to put up with an experience like this.