Eastpoint Beer Company — Restaurant in Apalachicola

Eastpoint Beer Company was the fourth brewery we visited on a trip to the Forgotten Coast. We were there the evening after we arrived, on Mother's Day, because everything else was packed out, though I had intended a visit anyway during our stay. We went because of their pizza reviews as well as my own desire to sample their beers. Interestingly enough, we had been in the area mid summer of 2020 and while I knew of Oyster City in Apalachicola this wasn't anywhere on my radar. Talking with the bartender, they got hit really hard by Hurricane Michael after opening in 2018 and then COVID was another smash in the face, so they really are just getting back up to where they want to be over the last year or so. That said, while they have a small number of beers (that are ever rotating, as was pointed out to me) what they have is quite delicious. Honestly, while the other brewery touts their Gold Medal win for their core Helles, I though ECB's Fishin' Beer Light Ale was head and shoulders better. I'm not really much for sours, but to do two flights we also tried the two sours on their board. I honestly liked both of them, though probably would prefer to have a 8 oz pour rather than a full pint. As a plus, their pizza is wonderful, made out to one side in their "food boat", an old fishing boat dry docked next to the building. They were pretty crowded when we got their (party of ten) and we ordered three 16" pizzas, so it took awhile with just one chef doing the cooking, but that was understandable. As I said at the time, good pizza, good beer, hard to ask for...

2 stars because the beer was decent but the experience with the food brought the whole experience down. We were one of the first people to order right as they opened and waited 35 minutes for 2 slices of cheese pizza. My first thought when I saw it was that it looked like a pre-made thin crust frozen pizza. Nothing like the delicious pizza in the pictures here. So I went to the counter to ask and saw a full pie on the counter that looked like a real pizza. Apparently you get real pizza if you get a whole pie and frozen pizza if you order slices. If they’re going to serve 2 different kinds of pizza I feel that should be noted on the menu so you know what you’re getting. I maybe even wouldn’t be as upset if it tasted good but the cheese wasn’t fully melted and it tasted like cardboard with cheese. And when I asked about it I kind of got an attitude and like it was unreasonable to be surprised that it wasn’t real pizza.

Edit-in response to the response- I was told by the guy serving the pizza that it was frozen. I also didn’t get a pint combo. And since I got there right at opening with not many people around I’d have no way to know there were 8 orders ahead of mine. The person taking our order could’ve let us know of a long wait. Communication...

We stopped in today (6/28/24) for a bite and a brew. The beer options were plentiful, so I picked the flight of 4 for 12 bucks.

Dark Overlord Imperial Coffee Stout -my pick of the 4. Best flavor, slightly bitter, and a little heavy, but tasty nonetheless

Bee Honey(?) -light on flavor, a little dry, lacking in body

Gilligan's Coconut Porter -heavy on coconut in aroma and taste, light finish, overall gokd, but not great with pizza

Big Dawg Strong Ale -good body, good flavor, good middle of the road ale, but more bitter than i personally like

We also ordered the preztel and beer cheese as well as a large pizza with mushroom and pepperoni.

Preztel -crisp, fluffy, chewy, properly salted. Beer cheese was fantastic, not overly salty like some and perfect consistency

Pizza -ultra thin crust, crispy all the way from center to crust. Perfectly cooked, perfectly chewy, and the mushrooms were from fresh, not canned.

The cook came out and and delivered pur pizza, and she had as much attitude as id expect from food that good. I can't remember her name, but she was awesome.

I HIGHLY reccommend stopping in for a meal. That pizza...