Queen City Brewery — Restaurant in Burlington

This was my third brewery stop after visiting the world's tallest filing cabinet. When my friend and I walked in, we both gave each other "the look" wondering if we should stay here. It was around 4pm on a Sunday and the bar seemed very awkward and quiet. Neither of us are German beer connoisseurs, but both like trying new things. I am glad we stayed. From the moment the bartender approached us she was welcoming and nice, gave us a few little samples of different beers until we decided on the one we liked. The bar definitely picked up within our time there, which was only for one beer because we had other breweries to get to. This place had a lot of hidden quirks that you don't really appreciate until you look around. Definitely a hidden gem. We also almost skipped walking to this one because we were at Zero Gravity across the street and it just didn't seem as poppin' over there. But I'll tell you what was poppin' at Queen...

My husband and I hosted our welcome party for our wedding weekend with Queen City. We held the party in their awesome event space. Jason and his team were absolutely great to work with. Not only was the beer a ten (a given with these folks), our bartender for the evening was friendly, knowledgable, and kept the drinks flowing to our group of 50.

The space itself is also awesome - plenty of room for a group, fun games and decor, and even a retractable garage style door to let in fresh air, which we were actually able to make use of as it was unseasonably warm the night of our late October party. They were also kind enough to let us use their audio and mic system, which came in handy for background music and a few short toasts.

If you are looking for a variety of easy drinking to packs a bunch beers, friendly & kind folks, and an awesome place to host or just stop in for a brew, Queen City has it all covered....

Going strong, ten years plus, in puny little Burlington. Not to besmirch this puny town, but it is a mighty feat to stay open like that considering the thick competition in this, the most enormous city in the city, which is still less than 50K.

Enough about the town. The brewery shares a building with a pizza shop. Pizza's up front, and the brewery's in the back. Nice big u-shaped bar with lots of seats. More seats surround the bar, and there's outdoor patio seating, too.

Their flagships that have carried them this far are their Hefeweizen and Yorkshire Porter, both of which are very good examples of those styles. Especially the hefe. Tried a swig of their Schwarzbier, which was also nice. Merch area had shirts, hats, glasses, key chains,...