Wren House Brewing

What do you look for in a brewpub? Beer; atmosphere, and the people.
Wren House has some of the best beer across an impressive array of styles in the valley, if you want a citrusy hop bomb they’ve got two fantastic IPAs that highlight different characteristics of the style. One a balanced west coast style, and the other an unfiltered juicy treat. If big hops aren’t your thing, they have a roasted coffee inspired oatmeal stout and options all the way to an American lager with Minnesota Wild Rice. They have an outstanding Kolsch, or even a tart refreshing sour and they’re developing a barrel program! You can get a pint, a flight, and growlers so you can try them all and take your favorites home.
The atmosphere is perfect for taking a client to grab a beverage and discuss fine details after work (or at lunch on Friday). It’s clean, simple and classic. It’s welcoming and extremely clean with a couple areas for groups along with the main bar. Parking is easily accessed from 24^th in the lot to the south of the brewery or the few spaces in front. It’s also conveniently close to the airport just north of 202.
The people are the best in town, they treat you like family and within a couple stops they know your name and the beer you had last time. They’ll fill you in on whatever is new, or about to tap and if you’re new they’re sure to find you something you’ll enjoy if you don’t know how the menu breaks down.
All in all, I’ve been going since day 1, and will continue as often as possible. It’s comfortable
when you walk in, the beer continues to impress.

I like this place! It’s small and cozy, and the beers are great. They might be a bit limited in the brews they have available on any given day, but that’s the price you pay for a small brewery, and it’s really not a big one.
Try the Jomax with a shot of espresso. You won’t regret it! (unless you don’t like Porters… then don’t do that)

This place is phenomenal. If you are a true beer lovers you’ve got to make this place part of your rotation. For those who enjoy German beer, the Kolsch is on point. The Jomax is a fantastic oatmeal stout. And the Gose they have on tap right now, called Lady Banks, is really well done. Great vibe, lovely setting, and freaking awesome beer. They also have a growler fill program where your 10^th fill is only $ 1.

Solid little spot. Staff was super friendly and the beers were quite solid. They even had two sours on tap. Cozy places to chill complete with board games. I’ll be back.

Great beers and very low key, chilled atmosphere with board games and Jenga.
Good place to knock back a couple of local brews and have a little fun.
No food other than snacks.

First. The beer at the Wren House was awesome. I was with my group from Events and Adventures, and we had a great time sitting around and talking and playing some board games. The Wren House has quite a few board games to past the time while you drink a beer. Some of their brews were so different that I never considered the ingredients they used in a beer. For example, coffee, I had the Jomax, a coffee oatmeal stout, with the extra shot of espresso. It was amazing. I had to get used to the flavor but in the end it was tasty, drank every last drop. For seconds, I went with the Chai Jolly. I would have never thought of Chai being in a beer, but again, tasty. If you like tasting some tasty beer, this place has to be on your list.

This place has some good beers and an interesting setup as an old house. You really are coming here in a slightly questionable area of town because they make good stuff like Jomax or Black Caddis. The variants on Jomax and Caddis are where they really show their stuff adding different flavors to the mix and they aren’t subtle around here.
They really specialize in the darker porters and stouts as far as I am concerned that is where they shine but they try other fun stuff like Chai Jolly which was a chai spiced beer that was good if you like chai. For IPA fans the wrenovation is a solid beer but won’t really stand out.
The big issue I have with this place is size and temperature. It’s a small place, like i said like somebody’s house, which gives it an intimate feel but when they have a decent amount of people (say 20+) it feels packed. The other part of that is that both times I have been (fall and spring) the AC hasn’t been great so it’s really warm. Not exactly the conditions I want when drinking a dark beer. Maybe it’s just because I have been on special release days so it may vary in the off times and be more comfortable.
The staff is really helpful and gets to people quickly at the bar which is a plus.
Good spot and if you are worried about the heat it’s worth it to stop by and get a growler to go.

Stopped in to grab a sample of the craft scene in Phoenix, and the Wren House didn’t disappoint. Sampled their Wren House IPA… West coast hop bomb! Citrusy and juicy unfiltered IPA. Also had their Jomax Coffee Stout which was respectable, maybe a little oxidation or use a little more body.
The beer tender was great. Filled me in with a little info about the medal winning Brewer and history of the brewery. I can’t wait to come back and see their progress.

Pulling up I felt as if I was transported to a small mountain town where their breweries really are in old houses. I opened the front door to what felt like my living room and sat at a clean, gorgeous rustic/​farm bar. I was quickly greeted by the bartender, who was very nice despite me being there on the dot of opening.
He asked me how I had heard of Wren House, and I explained that I had seen their beers around the area at places such as Sip and The Pig’s Meow.
I love clean, fresh IPAs. Their wren house IPA is fantastic. They reminds me of the Green Flash beers — strong and intense. I purchased two beers to drink there and a baby growler to go for $ 20.00. Not bad!
They do not have food at this time but I was informed that something is in the works for bringing in a food company /​small bites. I think an olive/​nuts/​cheese board would be the perfect accompaniment to their beers. Never fear though, they’ve got chips and pork rinds!
A great addition to the bar is the Trivial Pursuit placed on the tables. I highly recommend this for a family with 20-​somethings and older folks as this place appeases all generations!

Hole-​n-​the-​wall :) The place is almost run down yet is the coolest brewery I’ve been so far … Lots of friendly faces inside. they even had a DJ playing music and organizing some kinda lottery …
This place is good for a date, get together with friends or lonely people such as myself :) Some girls where even checking me out while i wasn’t looking and trust me i am ugly as f@ck …
The quality of the brew was a strong B to B+
Parking is limited but on the side street theres plenty of room … drug dealers are roaming around tho on bicycles :)
Do not park your car in the parking lot for the store …
Will return for sure …

Would probably give this a 3.5 half of we could do that. No food so that’s a strike. Kind of small
Inside but unique. It is hard to see off the road. We had an oatmeal stout and it was good. I’d go again if ever in the area again.

Just a bunch of bros passionate about beer and the local Phoenix area that got together and started a cool brewery downtown. I met up with a few friends here and we had a great time. The atmosphere is awesome and the crowd is super laid back. These guys can make some really good beer and take inspiration from many places on their brewing process. I got the Jomax Oatmeal Stout and it was delicious. I look forward to stopping in again.

I still consider myself new to beers. We came here with a group. The place is small and the sign is not very noticeable. You blink and you miss it, and so did we; we had to go around the block and try again and found a parking spot. It is in a small almost craftsman style home. Everyone loved their beers. I only tried one and it was really nice. I don’t remember the name, because I asked the owner? what he would recommend to someone who drinks lighter beers. He served me one that was perfect. They offer some panini from Noble Eatery, but you can also bring your own. We ended up bringing some calzone from a nearby place. Too bad it is really far for us, but if I am in the area, I will definitely come back.

Apologizing up front as I may ruffle a few feathers here (no pun intended)…
First of all, I love craft beer and the community around it. It used to be, you would go to a taproom or brewpub and be with like minded people who didn’t give a shit what walk of life you are from, what your job is, who your favorite band is, how cool you look, etc… everyone was there because they had a genuine love of craft beer. Everyone felt comfortable chatting to the person next to them about beer, regardless of social pretense.
However, Wren House (and a few other «indy» breweries) are leading what I feel is a frightening trend in the craft beer scene… a superficial, «Johnny come lately», hipster one-​up-​manship pissing contest to see who can create the most unquantifiably cool brewery for hip people that just also happens to brew beer that, while pushes the boundaries of innovation, has lost site of what craft beer used to be all about. Once someone decides to start dumping whacky shit like entire pecan pies or boxes of donuts into a mash, they have firmly stepped into the fadish and gimmicky. I’ve digressed from a proper review of Wren House into a rant about craft breweries becoming too cool for their britches… sorry.
Wren House is undeniably cool. You can get plenty of details of that from other reviewers. Hell, I recommend you go! However, my experience was sad. The crowd seemed a bit too worried about their hip social posture and the bar tenders too self involved to really give a shit about the patrons or the beer they were drinking and serving. A Craft Beer and Brewing article touted their IPA as being competitive in the ultra saturated IPA market we find ourselves in. I found their IPA to be grassy and tannic, an insipid analog of the crowd. There were 3 other beers on tap (lager, stout, berliner weisse). After the IPA I was too bummed to have another, making a slumped shouldered exit after which I sulked all the way home.
Perhaps this review is more of a reflection of my own insecurities and delusional nostalgia of how «things used to be round here». But, I’m sure I don’t stand alone. To be fair I will return to Wren House on a different day and time and drink a different beer, hoping for an experience more suitable to me.
**EDIT**
3* to 5*
So I did indeed return to the Wren House. The second trip was entirely different… apparently, visiting the Wren House is akin to taking LSD, where the experience depends on the participating parties, time, setting, atmosphere, etc. The beer tasted more interesting, the patrons less insipid, and the bar tenders (slightly) more tolerable. The second venture was far more fruitful. I’m upgrading the review from 3* to 5*. If you go, don’t be put off by the unusual shyness of the bartenders or the intimidating flannel wearing patrons… the beer is top notch. They don’t do *too* many wacky things to their beer… no donuts or pies from what I saw. The Chai Stout was a bit goofy but I will let it slide :)

I very much enjoyed my evening with friends here. It’s a great place where you can find a quality craft brew. They have an excellent variety of craft beers that caters to an array of customers.
What I thought was cool about the place is that you can bring your preferred outside food into the establishment. It makes a great environment to hang with friends. Speaking of environment, Wren House has a very relaxed ambience, complete without pretentious vibes.
I recommend it!

In side a relaxed hipster style old house is a small bar, that serves beer, beer that they made, and some of the beers I found quite tasty.
Just a few miles south of trendy is WrenHouse, which could be called beer house as it is literally an old house. There is bar seating, a few tables and a few wing chairs for seating. There are the required hipster Edison bulbs, beer and even cold brewed coffee.
I found the Jomax Stout to be truly great, rich and deep with out a burnt flavor, I even tried it with some cold brewed coffee added in and it worked well and was not overpowering.
Pints range from $ 5 – 6 and from 5−9% ABV

I was very excited to visit this brewery as it’s fairly close to my house and they had a great Groupon special for a beer flight. However, I was fairly disappointed and only enjoyed four of the eight beers. They have a long bar and large table for seating along with games to play with friends while drinking. Its minimally decorate, but works well with the atmosphere. They do have select Panini’s available from a local shop down the road that might be worth checking out.

Wren House is a welcome addition to the growing CenPho beer scene. Having just moved back to Phx from the east valley where breweries like Arizona Wilderness had me spoiled on crafty goodness, I am super excited to see a quality brewery open up so close to home. I’ve been in a few times now and continue to be impressed with everything.
With most new breweries, I’ve come to expect that their initial offerings aren’t the best — normally takes some time to get used to the new brewer/​system and work out the kinks. But, this is not the case at Wren House. Everything is delightful here, and I tried everything from the IPA to the Stout to the Lager. Even if its not my favorite style, I respect that they’re doing each style justice.
The décor is also super cute — a nice old building with a community vibe going on. I like that there are no TVs, forces us to be friendly and talk to each other! I’ve had the opportunity to meet several other beer fans while sitting at the bar there, the customers are all very cool, passionate but laid back. The staff, especially Brad, are amazing there as well — he remembers your name and your order and really takes the time to greet and connect with the customers. Check this place out — swing by for a growler fill or stay and have a few brews. They’re active on social media and let you know their hours and beer lineup daily, so you can stay in the know. Cheers!

Fun fact: The Cactus Wren is the Arizona state bird.
Why do you need to know this? You don’t, but now you do and you’re welcome.
This little brewery was originally supposed to be called Westward Brewing but apparently had to do the ol’ name switch-​a-​roo right before opening. I’m sure it was due to legal reasons and such, but whatever, I personally like the new name better.
Why do you need to know this? You don’t, but now you do and you’re welcome.
The first thing I noticed when I arrived is that there was no specifically labeled entrance door. When I walked over to the little house-​like building I assumed was the tasting room, I simply held my breath and hoped I wasn’t walking into an illegal poker game which I would then have to join in on because you don’t simply walk into an illegal poker game and then kindly excuse yourself and leave. You make a tough looking face, join in like you’re supposed to be there and hope for the best.
(Disclaimer: I know nothing about illegal poker games. If you accidentally walk in on an illegal poker game, you should not necessarily take my advice and join in. I don’t know what you should do, but I hope you make the right choice…)
I digress…
Guess what? I chose the right door and the place is actually adorbs. You see, this is how you know not to take my advice on illegal poker games… because I just used the word adorbs.
I ordered a flight and the beers are pretty solid for a new brewery. My favorites were the Ginger Pale Ale and the Black Caddis Porter.
They don’t serve food, but I heard that sometimes they have a food truck come by for your eating needs.
All in all it seems to be a good addition to the Phoenix craft brewery scene and I personally look forward to coming by again. In the mean time, I’m going to start learning how to play poker.

Really chill local brewery that actually feels local. Seating is limited so get here early on a weekend if you want a stool. No patio yet, but they told me it’ll be ready around September.
They had four beers on tap opening weekend (Porter, IPA, Ginger Pale Ale, and Coffee Oatmeal Stout). Everything they make is great and they got an Imperial Porter, Vienna Lager, and Honey Wheat Beer in the works so you’ll find something to please pretty much all of your friends. They’re even experimenting with growing their own hops because they’re just so hardcore local.
No food. There’s tons of tasty taquerias around the neighborhood though, making it a great place to meet up for a few brews before heading for food.