Escape Brewing Company

Love the new location and can't wait for the attached Collective Food Hall to open in March 2025. Great space for a large group to catch up, have a few delicious and frosty beverages and even hold a book club! Staff were nice- building and lawn areas were immaculate- just a cool place to catch up with friends and check out what's on tap!

Escape moved to this much larger Trinity location with a great open family friendly backyard area and upcoming food hall in February 2025?. Good selection of craft beers heavy on IPAs but great brown ale and wheat beer. Friendly staff so what more can you ask for?

Stopped by for a couple beers recently as Other West Coast is one of our favorite local beers, and we haven't visited this brewery yet. I believe they are getting ready to move, as this location is "cozy" and not a ton of space. Were local, but felt like we weren't as so many people knew each other there. Seemed like a reunion we weren't supposed to be at . Service was excellent, beers were tasty and the room had several two/four tops as well as bar top seats. No food, but reportedly the pizza place right next door is good if you're hungry .

Really enjoyed escape. They have a lot of their own brews to choose from. The location has plenty of parking and there are food options in the area.

Came on a hot Saturday afternoon. Dogs are not allowed inside, outside only. Surprised by this since they don't serve any food besides popcorn. We sat at a picnic table outside, wish they had a speaker outside too for the music it was a good mix. The beers are excellent, my favorite was the Walter. They do have wines too. Next door is a pizza place if you want to order food. I would return dogless next time as the inside seemed pretty chill.

This review has a couple different parts... based on each visit as to why only 3 Stars. 1st Visit - One of the best things about breweries are the people. Well not Escape, at least on this occasion! We got flight shamed!! We asked for a flight and then handed over our 2019 Tampa Bay Ale Trail book to be stamped and the bartender rolled his eyes and said "oh weekend brewery hoppers". I said I'm sorry?!?!" "Oh you know, people that come in, get a flight and their stamp and we never see them again". Well excuse me, with that attitude I wouldn't expect people to come back. We drank our beers and left, thankfully I overheard him talking about him being in grad school so hopefully he will not be there by the time we return. But unless you live in that area, how else are people going to know about you enough to want to make the trip up to Trinity? Flights are there for a reason! 2nd Visit - Reluctantly went because we have the 2020 Tampa Bay Ale Trail book now and needed our stamp but REALLY didn't want to go based on our first trip. First visit bartender, no where in sight... okay maybe this will be okay. NOPE! As soon as we pulled out our book it was an eye roll again and attitude change and they were out of the one beer I wanted on the board but still had it up there instead of erasing or crossing it out. Seriously? Was really ready to leave. 3rd Visit - Decided to try something new... hold back our TBAT book until after the beers were ordered and drank. Surprising the attitudes were a 180. And then we pulled out our book as we were paying, tricked ya! So, if you are going to shame or roll your eyes at those who have a book that your owners decided to be part of, maybe you should just suggest not to be in the book or understand that you are in the HOSPITALITY business?!? Very disheartening.4th-ish Visit - During TBBW - we visited their booth at one of the events even though I was really didn't want too and I think the owners may have been there or maybe just excited staff that it was TBBW because everyone had smiles on their faces and were completely friendly and polite (even though you were technically giving out flight sized samples). The super hard part with this brewery is that their beers are SOLID! The ones that we had at the event we both were like "Mmmm these are so good" but still our minds were on our previous experiences and honestly not wanting to give money to a business with such bad attitudes when we have visited for what seems to be over a book that their OWNERS have decided to be part of. Which in my personal opinion is a great thing. We would never have gone up to their location without it (or known about them for a while at least) and I am sure many people are like that but now they know about them, the beer is good so they want to go back HELLO MORE BUSINESS... as long as they aren't shamed or get eyes rolled at them. I am giving them a 3 on this one only because the beer is good or else unfortunately it would be less stars. I sincerely hope the attitude changes for this brewery, we would love to visit more often and support local.

Escape has been a favorite of ours for years; we've been going since literally it's first week of business. It has doubled in size since the beginning, absorbing the space next to the original brewery. There is an Italian Brick Pizza Oven restaurant next door that will run food over to Escape. My favorite beers here are Brown Chicken Brown Cow, a very smooth drinking brown ale, and The Other West Coast IPA, a hoppy and full-bodied IPA. There usually about 10-12 beers on tap. They often have a few "experimental" drafts of some future soon-to-be beers. Bar seating is limited right now due to Covid but it's still a great place to hang out and enjoy some pints!

The other west coast ipa is legit a good ipa. Congrats. Easy to drink. Have not been to the brewery, but I purchased this as my decent IPA. And I'm from New England where the New England IPA is the best.

The new location is incredible ! Dylan and Lex were excellent. Had to deal with a bus load of thirsty Villagers! Wolfgang as always is the great ambassador for the brewery. Highly recommend. When the new food collective is open next door will really elevate the experience. Nice outdoor area for families. Dog friendly. Really need to check it out. Large selection of beers.

Stopped there yesterday it was a jumping place. I'm in my 60s so felt out of place. For me it is a strange vibe. Not used to kids running a muck in a bar as the parents tie one on. Also no food? Not even food trucks. I'm came from Columbus Ohio where the same concept is growing. The difference is classic game like Pinball machines and much more. Food is available from food trucks a much more thought out concept.