Strange Brew Tavern

Have been here twice now (went to see a friend’s band first and then took some other friends a short time later). Saw other reviewer call it «dive craft beer bar» — perfect description! Excellent selection of beer at great prices. Basic food options with a few surprising special options — I had the fish tacos which were solid choice and very tasty, if not fancy. Typical bar fare served in baskets. Staff was attentive and the clientele friendly. Played a few games of pool and darts. Lots of room even when crowded. Will definitely be back.

Strange Brew, or known as SBT to locals, has an extensive and eclectic beer selection that is consistently changing. What’s great about SBT is that they highlight local breweries in the area and have many beers on tap that you can’t find anywhere else. My favorite time is to come on the weekends when they have their home cooked dinner specials. SBT is casual and low key… just the way it should be. Become part of the mug club and get a great beer education!

I’ve been coming here regularly for a little under a year now and can easily say this is my favorite bar in the area.
The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable about craft beer and can easily recommend multiple options based on a beer that you tell them you liked in the past. They are always welcoming and whether you’re a newcomer or a mug club member they treat you with respect and the best service possible.
The beer selection is what I believe to be the best in the area. You can always expect to have every style imaginable on tap throughout the year as well as an incredible bottle selection. All drinks are competitively priced and I can’t say I’ve overpaid for a beer or could have gotten it at any other bar for cheaper. Mixed drinks are priced just as well.
Poker night, trivia night, and live entertainment on weekends as well!

The bartender, Mike, made me a dry martini. There was way too much vermouth in it. I politely told Mike the bartender there was too much vermouth in my drink. He arrogantly told me that there was no vermouth in my dry martini. I find this ironic as gin and vermouth are the only ingredients. I politely stated again that there was too much vermouth in my martini, and he had the audacity to call me a liar. I refused the martini and was still charged for it.

Food and drinks are cheap…
It’s a walking distance from my house, so i go there once in a while., enjoy drinking affordable beer.
I guess one owner is also a bartender? it’s fine, but i would totally have better time if he didn’t wear boxer and old running shoes from Walmart.
Bartender has to look decent!

Five of us came in for Thursday night trivia and regardless of where we placed in the trivia competition, we didn’t leave happy. First off, it took exactly 1 hour and 20 minutes for our food to be brought to our table (longer than tables that sat down and ordered AFTER us). Our order consisted of fried pickles, seared tuna salad, jerk chicken (served with a side salad), and the bbq rib special (with a side salad). Doesn’t seem too difficult to whip together, right? Our dear waitress (who mind you was actually awesome and super apologetic all night) kept explaining that the kitchen was really backed up this night. However, when I asked if it was normal to wait this long for food, she wasn’t exactly too quick to defend the timeliness of the kitchen, which leads me to believe it’s normal for food to take quite some time to be served at Strange Brew.
When our food finally arrived, it wasn’t worth the wait. The sauce on the jerk chicken was pretty awful and was considered so by everyone at the table. The ribs were dry but the sauce was decent. The seared tuna salad and fried pickles were good according to those who tried them.
After all was said and done, our waitress apologetically gave us a free round of drinks and covered the jerk chicken, which was very much appreciated. And after 2.5 hours of freezing in the cold air conditioning and sitting through 4 slow rounds of trivia, we were quick to storm out the door, sadly, never looking to return back to Strange Brew.

This is more of a bar, When we go there to eat they have no real wait staff to help you. I took my wife for dinner and we sat down at a table, the bar tender a female was not real happy, she complained that she had to walk all the way around the bar to bring us drinks and food. she ended up putting at the bar and I picked it up and brought it to our table. We thought about going there this past week but then changed our minds. If you want to drink at a bar you will be fine its not real a place to have a nice dinner or to bring your family.

A total regulars bar and not very welcoming if you’re not one. Cheesesteak special is seemingly a loaf of bread with just remnants of steak. I’d gladly pay $ 2 more for one that size but please don’t be so skimpy on the filling! Potato chips were so stale, almost soggy. Bartenders don’t say a word or ask how the good is. Maybe the look on my face and ½ the roll of my cheesesteak left on my plate was a hint to my disappointment.
The place mat lists birthdays, I assume, of all the regulars so if you’re not important enough to have yours listed, you might be ignored when it comes to service. I hope they survive on the few they care about but it won’t be from any future patronage from me.

I stopped in here last night for a drink on Valentine’s day, before we headed out to see nickleback. Their were 2 bartenders and I’d say 3 or 4 other couples at the bar. When we 1^st walked in no bartenders where behind the bar. Finally after 5 or 10 mins a bartender came out. He walked right past us and back to the other side of the bar and started to wash glasses. We continued to wait. Then a 2^nd bartender came out, they started a conversation still not noticing us. We sat there for almost 20 mins before giving up and walking out. As I walked out I made sure they recognized me and said thanks for the service! Bartender looked at me strange. And I then replied with I’m taking my business elsewhere where the bartenders actually serve their customers. We will not be back!!!

Strange Brew Tavern is one of my favorite places to hang out! In fact, I’ve been there so often that it’s practically a second home at this point. Here are a few of the highlights:
* An extensive and ever-​changing list of craft beers: I’ve tried beers that taste like gingerbread, watermelon, chocolate, and vinegar (yes, vinegar — sour beer is oddly delicious!). I’m working my way through the 100-​beer Mug Club list and having lots of fun trying different beers along the way — even if it takes me a few years to get through it!
* Super fun trivia night: Trivia Night takes place every Thursday at 7 or 7:30 (the start time shifts depending on whether there is Thursday Night Football). It’s usually a very popular event and the trivia night crowd can fill the entire bar area and quite a few of the restaurant tables as well. It’s definitely my favorite trivia event in the area. Though I’ve yet to be on a winning team, the questions are usually at the right level of fun/​difficult and it’s easy to see and hear the questions. If you’re *not* planning to be part of trivia, however, I’d recommend not visiting SBT on a Thursday night as it may be hard to find a table/​spot at the bar or get quick service.
* Tasty food: I’m not one for breaking out of my «favorite foods» bubble, so I haven’t tried a lot of what SBT offers, but I’ve really enjoyed the few menu items I’ve had! Definitely do yourself a favor and try The Fritz sandwich. If you are a fan of hot and spicy, try the wings in one of the hotter sauces — sooo delicious! Finally, the cheese fries are always a good staple.
* Other stuff to do: Strange Brew also offers darts, shuffleboard, a jukebox, Megatouch game machines, foosball, pool, bands/​musicians, and more!

Only giving two stars because the beer selection looked pretty good. Was going to get some to go beer on the way home from work and asked for a bottle list, didn’t have one. Tried to look in the cooler, no help when I couldn’t read labels from 7 feet away. Asked if something I saw was what I thought it was, he said no and walked away, less than zero information.
Maybe understandable if they were busy but there was only 5 people in the building. Bartender had zero personality and seemed to not want my money at all, no wonder why they all got fired from tally ho.

I visited on 12÷19÷14. Heard some good reviews. Good selection of craft beers but food was disappointing and bathroom was out of soap. Same compliant as made on 10÷11÷13 by another reviewer. Come on. Could be cleaner and better food. Wings were dry as mentioned in other reviews. Beer selection does not make up for other flaws.

Their beer menu is as fantastic as the food is inedible. Super disappointing. Caution: beer prices listed online via
did not match the (higher) prices we were charged.

A great beer bar with really tasty and affordable food. A personal favorite is the salmon sandwich with a fresh dill aioli. The trivia on Thursdays is very popular, it’s fast — moving and entertaining. The drafts are fantastic, and change frequently, and the staff is knowledgeable. It’s the best beer bar in the Valley, so yourself a favor and check it out.

I’d been here under the previous Jellybeans so I wasnt expecting much in way of décor. But it had always been a cool place to hang out and now, the beer list was said to be fabulous.
Unfortunately we made the mistake of visiting this place on Trivia night. I wish I had brought my earplugs. The hosts were way too loud – obnoxiously so – their voices were not at all soothing (guess you dont have to go to broadcasting school to be a trivia host) and when one of them announced a Trivia team as «Hitler was right» we were out of there.
At that point, we were just finishing our appetizers. We asked that our main meals be wrapped for takeout and left. Not only did they miss out on our liquor sales for the night (too bad because the beer list was decent) but we most certainly will never go back. Still, I have to give two stars because my onion soup and his chili were really good. But the veggie burger and Londoin Broil sandwich were only so-​so. Not good enough for us to even go back for takeout.

Pros: great food, reasonably priced, lots of beer selections, strong mix drinks on the cheap.
Cons: service is all over the place, sometimes they have waitress staff, sometimes they don’t and you are served by the bartender. 99% chance that if you pick table seating you won’t be seen by the bartender and you sit there in awkwardness until you get up and go to the bar and ask for menus or until you get up to leave (at which point the bartender will flag you down and apologize).
Overall, if this place steps up their serving techniques, it would be a 5 star college pub.

Having gone hear multiple time I can say this place is tolerable when not too busy. If busy the service drops off. You can be waiting over 15min for your check to leave. The food isn’t horrible not the best. Recommend eating at BK before coming to save money. They have a decent amount of craft beers but they are all served at the same temperature. Making it hard to enjoy certain styles of beer because they are too cold

We actually like this place a lot… I’ve really enjoyed some superb and epic sandwiches here and it’s hands down the best place for great beer.
But there are some elements of the negative reviews that ring true. The bathrooms are gross lots of times. The bar staff are kind of inattentive from time to time. The bar could be wiped better once in a while.
We keep coming back because overall you can tell that everyone is trying hard and they want to be good. I think they just need a (visible) manager that’s there all the time to keep an eye on the bar, serve drinks if there’s a back log, train the staff in customer service and make sure the bathroom is in order.

Family and friends stopped in following a memorial service to enjoy the food and spirits in this local favorite. They have a good beer selection. I ordered a Chimay and was surprised to learn they had Chimay blue in stock (among others).
I also ordered some chicken fingers with one of their signature hot wing sauces and we all enjoyed them so much we ordered another basket!
Looking like a Chimay and chicken fingers with hot wing sauce are going to be a favorite of mine!
Have fun at the old Mountainville Inn now called Strange Brew.

For all those Lehigh Valley residents, Strange Brew Tavern used to be called Jelly Beans.
I came with a few friends, who are frequent customers of this fine establishment. We sat at the bar. It must have been after dinner hours I think because the dining room was empty.
The menu looked great. I definitely had a few things in mind I wanted to try. I decided on a gyro. I still have no idea what kind of sauce is on a gyro, but it’s heaven.
What a great idea. Make a game out of trying one beer from 100 different breweries. After you try 100, you get a really cool mug, which you keep there and use every time you come back. They track each beer by providing a place mat with 100 numbers. Each number signifies a specific brewery. Each number gets crossed off when you order a beer from that brewery. The bartender keeps track and on your next visit, provides an updated place mat.