Drastic Measures Brewing — Restaurant in Wadena

This brewery is good and has even more promise, particularly if they improve their food. The beer is average for microbrewery standards, but has more promise. Several of their beers we unique, had high ABV and/or otherwise were above average, including their imperial stout. The staff at the bar didn't seem overly happy about working or serving us, but tolerated us and were responsive to requests for refills. The Brewery is pet friendly and has an outdoor patio on the sidewalk. It's not a great patio, but it does offer outdoor seating. There is a very cool large window overlooking the large brewing tanks. There are some board games as well as an awesome old school Nintendo game with loads of games to choose from. The tables, chairs and bar area provide a nice ambiance.

There was a decent selection of beer and the prices were reasonable.

The food offered, was a bit of a weird and poor experience. While it's nice to have food offered at a brewery, the food quality, pricing (for poor quality), and logistics were poor. We ignored the other poor reviews and tried for ourselves, but found the poor reviews were definitely warranted. You had to order at the back of the restaurant and couldn't put food on the same tab as your meal. I would definitely suggest eating elsewhere until the kitchen can figure out how to not serve stale and cold fries, meals that came out in a haphazard manner (we were a party of four and no more than one dish came out within several minutes of eat other, which made the dining experience disjointed), the food was overly salty (more than you'd expect for a restaurant and bar food), and the Mac and cheese, which appeared to by Kraft, was burnt (how does that even happen and then also get served to a customer with several large charred black clumps?). The chips, salsa and guacamole was hit and miss. The chips were poor (the types of corn chips you get in the oversized budget packages that have no flavor). The salsa and gauc were good but the guac portion was tiny. I'd be OK upping the price on that appetizer so you at least had a larger guac portion. The chicken pita was a great concept. The pita was excellent, but the chicken seemed like it was poor quality, overly salty, and too chewy. There also was loads of sauce on the pita that monopolized the taste of the sandwich (it would be better to have it on the side). Did I mention how awful the fries were? They need to be made fresh and not sitting around and what almost seemed like heated up in a microwave. The high point on the food was the quesadilla (appetizer and not the kids version). It was filled with chicken and cheese and the side of pico was very good. The cheese on top of the quesadilla did make it...

Typical set up of a bar and then the floor, but with an additional seating area that reminds me of a library/relaxing zone. In the far back there's a small kitchen group.

Place wasn't that busy at all so we sat at the bar and perused the selection. After careful consideration we got everything with some duplicates of what we liked after.

Pat McCrotch, North East IPA(Citra and Mosaic) 6.3- Clouded pale pineapple juice coloring. Low smell of tropical. Dry, medicinal bitterness. 2 Legit 2 Quit, NE double ipa (Galaxy and Nelson), collaboration with Little Thistle, 8.4- Brighter and a little less opaque than the Pat. Devishly easy for 8.4. Could just sit here and smell this all day. Strong amazing tropical NE. Full burst of flavor that tapers off quickly to a mellow NE hop.

Night Moves, English brown Porter (Owly espresso) 5- Overall this beer smells amazing but falls flat everywhere else.

Krispy, German pilsner, 5.25- Faint cloudy pale yellow. Breaded honey nose. Perfect pilsner, enough said.

Dirty Mind, blackberry wheat, 6- Tastes like a lightly toasted piece of bread with a small amount of blackberry jam spread over it.

Purple Nurple, fired sour gose, 6.5- And of the barrel, so it's smoothie thick. Friends and I would like to try it when it's at the right time like the brewer wanted, but damn if it's not good right now.

Nilla Warfare, imperial Stout, collaboration with New Origin Brewing Co, 11.9- I think it had a small bit of heat that could wait one more, but it's still damn good with the...

Saturday six of us rolled in to town where we hit the distillery then headed directly across the street to Drastic Measures! What a welcoming venue with it's Main Street floor to ceiling windows! We were fortunate to grab the only large standard height table. We shared Drastic Nachos w their generous shredded chicken and cheese, perfectly seasoned wings and a basket of a side of fries. All food was able to fill the bellies for six. I opted for a flight of two Hazies: Super Stupid and Regulator and two stouts the delicious Humble Bumble and the too smooth for it's high ABV Glint Eastwood. I tried a sip of someone's Knucklehead hazy, just as good as mine on my flight. I got a chuckle out the beer Richard Cranium.... forget to order a taster of it. My flight was $12 as clearly stated on the tap list a flight is $10 for four pours w a $2 additional if you opt for an Imperial beer, which I did w Glint Eastwood. The tap room was bright, spacious and had great acoustics as there was another large party a couple tables away. A fun surprise when I headed to the bathroom to see one hall wall was glass... looking right in to the brewery! I also spotted before the hall a small little gaming area w a seating area. The staff werefriendly and helpful. Free street parking right out front was easy. If you're near Wadena definitely don't pass up a stop at Drastic Measures; thanks for a...