Ship Bottom Brewery - BEACH HAVEN

The beer is good but the list of rules is longer then the list of beers. This place is not good for kids or large groups. They get 2 stars for decent beer.

I stopped by here earlier today by myself. My family and I had been to the Taylor Avenue Waterfront a couple of days earlier and I had noticed Ship Bottom Brewery. So whenever we were there later in the week, I was able to stop by. The brewery itself is located on the second floor and consists of a couple of different places to place your order and then a bunch of seating. It's also being your own food and I saw a couple of tables with pizza and fries from somewhere else. You can also do a self paced tour but I didn't want to take too long and so I did not go. As I often do whenever I go to a new brewery, I ordered a flight here. At ship bottom you can choose either a 4 beer sampler or an 8 beer. Since I didn't want to get drunk, I chose the 4 beer. For my beers I chose the mermaid strawberry blonde, the hop and hazy, the shack IPA and the do not pass gose ale. My first beer was the Mermaid strawberry blonde which was light and crisp with a hint of strawberry at the finish. I imagine that it would be a great beach beer. Up second was the hop and hazy and you could really get the hops on the nose. It ended up being tasty with a nice and big juiciness to finish it off. My third beer was The Shack IPA which was smooth up front and had a light hop taste on the finish. Maybe it was the hazy IPA before it blocking some of the hoppiness on my palate but it was a lot less hoppy than expected. Last but certainly not least was the do not pass gose ale. It had a nice and flavorful start with a bit of sourness before finishing with that dryness that gose are known for. Out of the bunch, the hop and hazy was easily my favorite of the bunch although I was a big fan of the gose too. The bottom for me is that I would head back here again in the future. I really enjoyed the hop and hazy and liked that it was bring your own food too.

The sign out front advertises a tour of the brewery. There 's no real tour. It 's a self tour . There 's a wall with about five signs that you read on how they make beer. You can see the beer being made but you don 't get to walk back there. That 's it. There 's a big room with beers on tap with a large seating area with TVs. The view across the open square and overlooking the bay was pretty. We tried two of the beers and they were ok. They were about $8 each. The bartender was nice. We were asked to tip a minimum of 20% and on up. That seems to be the norm now. It 's ridiculous. I tipped a decent amount for the work she did, which was pour two beers, then push them across the bar to us. We cleared our own glasses and took them back up to the bar so she didn 't even have to do that. The owner(s) there said hi as we were leaving. Other than that, they weren 't friendly and didn 't talk to us, even though we were the only customers there. Nothing at this brewer stood out as being different than any other brewery I 've been to. It was just, Meh. for me. I won 't be back.

Fun brewery and easy walking distance to everything LBI has to offer. The beer is good and they even now have some seltzers!! You can get a flight to taste multiple beers too. It can get a bit crowded during the peak season but definitely worth a visit.

Stopped by for a tasting. BYOF (Bring Your Own Food). Create Your Own Flight options. Take a peak at photos across the hall of their production. I didn't bring any food, but I saw other patrons bring their own food to eat while enjoying some beer. A large parking is next to the building.