Great Crescent Brewery
315 Importing St, Aurora, IN, 47001
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Address :
315 Importing St
Aurora, IN, 47001 - Phone (812) 655-9079
- Website https://www.gcbeer.com
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Parking : Street
Bike Parking : Yes
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John W.
I apologize for the length of this review ahead of time. If you are looking for a fancy place this is not it. However, if you are looking for a place with caring owners who make their food and drinks from scratch with as many locally sourced ingredients as possible you need to try this place. This is the kind of thing you see on Diners Drive ins and Dives. First of all the building: it is a historical building and is not in the best of shape. Don't let the former 2 star review throw you. When the reviewer said it's in a seedy part of town I'm not sure exactly where he was looking. This is Aurora Indiana. It really doesn't have seedy parts. They call it a tap room not a restaurant and that is exactly what it is. It is one large room with tables set around and a bar with taps at one end. You walk straight up to the bar place your order and then sit down and wait for them to bring it to you. While you are at the bar I highly suggest you talk to the guy taking your order. 99% of the time It is going to be the owner. He is extremely knowledgeable about their beers their food and pretty much anything else you would want to know about the place. Here is something that blew me away. I wasn't sure which beer to try so he gave me a free sample of each and let me decide the one I like the most. Try that at your local restaurant or bar. Ask them if you can get a sample of every beer they serve before making a decision. Like the reviewer who gave 2 stars I wasn't real fond of a couple of the beers. That's because people have different tastes. I found three that I love. Giving this place a 2 star because your taste is different than other people is really kind of silly. But I digress. The beers are all made in-house. The soft drinks are made in house. The barbecue is smoked in house. The sides are made in house. The dressings are made in-house. The sauces are made in house. They make their Portuguese sausage in house. All using as many locally sourced ingredients as they can. You can't go to a chain restaurant or someone who is buying things out of a bag and heating them up and get this kind of quality. Like I said it isn't fancy. You will get a bag of potato chips as your included side with any sandwich. I have tried the Cuban sandwich and the pulled pork. Both are very high quality meat with a great smoke ring and smoky flavor. Even without the sauce they were very good. They have four sauces that are also good. Strangely enough my favorite was mustard with cut up jalapenos and some spices. I'm not even a big fan of mustard but it was really good. I have also tried the beans and my son love the corn bread muffins. While we're on the subject of the beans I don't know how they make these but I really need to find a recipe. I will probably ask on my next trip. I don't know how to describe them exactly. They have the appearance of bean soup basically but when you eat them they have a combination of that taste with baked beans somehow. You can taste both the sweet smokey bacon flavour but also the Great Northern bean soup flavor. I have no idea how this works but it does. I really don't see how you come in here not enjoy it unless you're expecting a 5 star dining experience. This is good honest food and drinks made very fresh at reasonable prices. The only drawback is they're only open 9 a_m to 2 p_m monday to thursday and 9 to 9 friday and saturday. If you like friendly places that serves very high quality food cares enough to make all of their drinks in house and has owners who truly appreciate you coming and do everything they can to accommodate you while you were there, I'm not sure how you could possibly not like this place. The only warning I would give is a very small one and that is that their lime soda is very very sweet. but some people like that so that is certainly not a complaint. that is a personal taste issue just letting you know. Try this place!!
(5)xander c.
Walking into a brewery that you have never been to before can be daunting. There's a moment when you have to look over the beers and decide what you want to try and you hope to do so without bothering the staff to much. The last brewery I went to before this one was mount Carmel and the staff there made you feel like you were imposing big time. Not here at great crescent. The owner (or one of them?) greeted us and told us about every beer and gave us free samples of each. The beer was great but I was even more impressed with the service. It was like he was having fun telling us about his business, it's history and his beers. I could have talked to that guy all day. The food: I had the pulled pork nachos and the wife had the chicken bacon sandwich on a pretzel bun. The pulled pork had a awesome smoked flavor. Hard to explain but it was great. The wife's sandwich was amazing as well and that pretzel bun was amazing. We bought a glass before we left and our tab was very small compared to most breweries. I would love to see expanded hours. Would like to bring friends here for some late night drinking. I will definitely be back! EDIT..Deducting a star bc they got rid ony my facorite food here. the pulled pork nachos
(4)Greg F.
Very good pub food. Excellent craft beer. Neat space in old warehouse. Stop by and talk to the brewers. They have a good story. Take home a 4 pack of their delish beers. Can be a destination or a side trip on the road.
(5)Channon S.
Note, this is NOT a food review. We did not eat here, just had beers. I love supporting local businesses so after a long time of Great Crescent being the only brewery from Cincinnati to Lexington that I have not visited, I finally made the trip. It was dark and rainy outside so I didn't get the best view of the place but it looks like it was in a pretty run down part of town and not very nice on the outside. Once inside, the place was really nice and quaint. It reminded me of what may have at one time been a general store with goods racks and counter having been replaced by tables and a bar. There was a section of locally made art on the far side from the door and a selection of games and food goods on the near side. Very nice. Now to the important part, the beer. We sampled everything that was available which was a blonde ale, a cherry porter, a cherry stout and a something-or-other IPA. The blonde was tolerable and the rest were flat out disgusting. I did get probably the coolest can I've ever seen before though which had artwork on it made especially for the Cincinnati Comic-con. I know Great Crescent can do a good beer as the Coconut Porter I've had before I remember as being pretty good. Perhaps it would've been worth the trip had we been hungry and wanted to eat but as it stands, I see no reason to ever come back here. The place is quaint and old-timey but early on a Saturday night it was empty and the beer was bad. So bad that if I could, I would've given it zero stars. However, I'll give it two which is one for the charming atmosphere and super-cool can and one out of pity because the owners seemed like really nice and charming people.
(2)Drew J.
Great joint but they're not open on Sunday. Fantastic craft beers with great employees. Love that they added food! However, giving them 5 stars because they're not open on Sunday!
(4)Kevin H.
I had lunch here today and it was pretty awesome. The food was fantastic and the two beers were outstanding. I had the black lager and the bourbon stout. Highly recommend.
(5)Nikki B.
This place is the best. Not only is the food absolutely delicious and unique, the beer is excellent and the atmosphere is so inviting and comforting. I say the food is unique because it's not your typical "bar food." They have a great selection and everything tastes so fresh, the pulled pork is my favorite! It's such a neat building, clean and well kept. And let's not forget the owners! Some of the nicest people I've met, they really make you feel welcome. Just really good folks! Highly recommend this place, it's definitely a step above any other bar/brewery I've visited! Wish I lived closer to it, I'd be there every weekend.
(5)Brittany L.
We make a "pilgrimage" to Great Crescent Brewery each year when we drive down to Friendship, IN for the Whispering Beard Folk Festival. I LOOOOVE their beers! We have some cans of black lager, porter, and barrel-aged stout that we've been doling out. The environment is cool, it's set up in a large rustic old warehouse. There's a pretty impressive collection of beer cans on display: my favorite was the Who-Dey Hudey. If you're driving down to Cincinnati on a food run to Jungle Jim's, it's definitely worth a quick detour to do a flight and maybe bring back some cans for your next party. The owner/brewmaster guy was cool and eager to talk about some of their upcoming brews. We have had the pretzels and cheese, tasty and priced right. They also serve pizza. The space doubles as a local art gallery, with various paintings, photos, crafts, and even a few antiques on display at times. Big time bonus points for CANNING the beer instead of bottling it. Flavors are better, it lasts longer, and we're able to bring it with us to festivals!
(4)Chris D.
Great beer! Great staff! Proud to have this store nearby.
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