Relic Brewing — Restaurant in Plainville

Absolutely love this place have been coming here for years with my family and in laws with their children and never had an issue. Suggested it to my friends who had never been there saying it was a great open space with lots of games and family friendly. I will never return after the treatment we got this evening. Our kids were having a blast (per usual) and on accident a beer glass was broken (has happened before many places) and the so called “owner” came in and basically harassed us and yelled us saying everyone was complaining about our children and that we should leave. We asked him if this was a family friendly establishment to which he responded “it shouldn’t be”. I asked him if anyone has ever broken a glass before and he said yes to which I responded then leave us alone we didn’t do it on purpose it was an accident and he stormed off telling us we had to leave. I have never been so disrespected in my life our kids were not misbehaving and it was embarrassing in front of my friends since I talked this place up to them highlighting the pinball games and fun family friendly atmosphere. I said it to the “owner” and I’ll say it here if they don’t want kids there they should put a sign up outside stating “no kids allowed”. Very pathetic if that was the owner you don’t deserve such power to own a business and you need to work on your poor...

This review is a part of my quest of visiting all CT breweries. I visited Relic before and my experience was consistently good.

The brewery has a big indoor space separated into a bar and a main hall. The main hall can be further divided for private parties. It has many pinball machines to help yoo to spend your time (and money) at the brewery. The kitchen here is basic and offers few food options. I tried their pizzas and enjoyed them.

The jewel here are the beers. They are really good and have somewhat of a variety - there were IPAs, a Helles, a Marzen, Imperial Stouts and a Barleywine on tap during my visit. I have tried all their beers on tap for this review and they were excellent. I'm biased towards Imperial Stouts, so I really appreciate the selection here. My recommendations would be Death by Tiramisu (Imperial stout) and 12th anniversary (Barleywine) for their rich taste. You can order beer flights of 4. There also is a full bar available, and it was pretty good - the cocktails presented had a twist on them and were rarely used in other places I visited.

I enjoyed all my visits to this brewery and will...

I've been going to Relic since 2013 and it's been great to see their evolution over the years. For beer, they usually have something for everyone from hazy IPAs to stouts to ESBs(the ESB is great, btw) with around 9 taps. What a lot of people don't know about is the AMAZING selection of spirits. They hundreds, if not thousands of bottles of bourbon, gin, tequila and others that are hard to find or very expensive. It's great to be able to get a flight of 4 different bourbons to try instead of spending $200+ on bottles for something that you might not enjoy. There is a nice, large, nicely decorated sitting area in the back where you can be spaced out. Trivia and music too at least pre-covid. Staff is great(be sure to tip the staff) and there is easy,...