IBU Taproom and Bottle Shop

Great place to grab a pint or taster. All their togo beer is cold. Also pizza delivered to your table.

Hundreds of selections of Tap, Bottled beer. You can order Pizza from the store next to it. You Cannot bring outside food.

B

Impressive selection of Craft Beer and Cider both on tap and in cans/bottles. Very modern, clean, and inviting business. Not bad for a strip mall. The prices are high, however it's actually worth it given the beer selection and experience here. Expect to pay $13 for a 16 oz IPA before tip. Not cheap at all. Connected to the pizza spot next door with a hole through the wall

James Washer

Great tap room, with an enormous selection of beers on draft as well as to purchase in multipacks or singles. This was my first time here and I brought some local colleagues. We had a brilliant time and the staff were fantastic and knowledgable on the entire menu - able to give great recommendations to tastes like sommeliers Being connected to ‘Stuft Pizzas’ is a very tempting bonus - that we succumbed to and this was also fantastic. We shared a large pizza between 4 and this was still a considerable amount of food, for reference. I’ll definitely be back soon!

Alysia L

Best experience! I love it here and will be back. I wish I went sooner since it's very close... Anyway, the pizza place is connected so you can order food, and the pizza and wings are great. You can't bring beer to the pizza place. Wide selection of beer and cider, rotates often. The pizza place has more domestic options. Same owner.. he knows what he's doing! Awesome atmosphere, very energetic. The bartenders were both great and very helpful. Everyone was friendly. Everything is a good price too! Highly recommended if you like beer or cider.. or pizza! Many TVs if you want to catch a game. Not overly crowded but there wasn't a game on.

Chetan Pangam

Very good to have different and strong beers. They have good variety in beers. They serve 5oz and 16oz sizes so you cann try multiple beers. The adjacent pizza shops has good appetizers and pizzas to eat along. I also like the way they arranged their beers in fridge as well as in the Menu

LeRoid David

The best taproom in this side of the Bay Area! Dozens upon dozens of craft beer on tap! Bottles and cans to go as well! TV screens galore for the sports fans! With Stuft Pizza next door, there's plenty of options to pair with your brews! Follow them on social media for features and new releases. Expect crowds during special beer releases and game time- especially when it's football and basketball season!

C Pizzle

Awesome taproom with lots of beers to try! They have tap takeovers from different breweries and it's always good stuff. They have huge TVs and good music. The vibe is chill but it can get pretty noisy in there. They are connected to a pizza place next door, in which they also own. You can get food over there delivered to your seat in the taproom. The pizza is great!!

Misikir Haile

I just enjoy my experience here every time we drop by. Grab a pizza from next door and chill with a variety of selections of beer! Great when you catching the game on the many flatscreen tvs that be broadcasting the early evening games. 🍻

Lon.food.travel

My very good friend introduced me to this place. I was super impressed when I saw that there were over 40 beers that had 4.0+ ratings on Untappd (THE beer app). We had several IPA’s, a few stouts, a strong ale and a smoothie sour. I like IPAs and most of them were very good, but that smoothie sour (Fruit for Thought) was a surprise. It really tasted like a smoothie. That can’t be beer. What - It has 6.6% ABV?! That’s amazing. My friend and I shared 8 beers. Yet we were just scratching the surface of what this place offered. This is like heaven for craft beer lovers. Definitely need to go back for more!

Jeff Downing

Finally had the chance to check this place out with a friend a couple of weeks ago. Fantastic selection on tap and nice location attached to Stuft Pizza. Would recommend and will be back

Sam Milstead

Great place to grab a pint or taster. All their togo beer is cold. Also pizza delivered to your table.

Craig Dillon

I definitely recommend this place, if you like great beer, friendly staff and a clean and comfortable place to hang with friends. If you don't like these things, head over to the the Burger King across the street. First off, the beer selection is amazing and they consistently have new beers from all around. Beer selection includes bottles/cans as well as draft. Most bottles/cans can be drank on premise but there is a cork fee. Luckily the beer is usually competitively priced so the cork fee evens out the price. They will often times have a tap takeover of popular and unique breweries, which can be fun. They also tend to have hard-to-get beer. They have a good selection of ciders and sell wine by the bottle but beer is the main focus. They sell flights but it's usually more economical to buy a pint. The atmosphere is upbeat and usually pretty lively, and can get a little loud at peak hours, so maybe not the best places if you want to whisper sweet nothings. A good number of TV's are always on, playing a variety of sports & events, which can be a nice distraction from pretending to care about your drunk friend's ramblings about how his/her fantasy football team did last weekend. Pro tip...Nobody cares. Anyways, back to the review... You can order food from the connected pizza restaurant (Stuft) and they will bring the food to your tables. The pizza is really good, but I haven't had any bad food yet, so hard to go wrong with whatever you order. As a side note, Stuft also had a good selection of beer, but you can't bring beer between the two establishments. Stuft is a little more family friendly but equally good. Staff is always friendly and helpful, and if you ask, they always have a good recommendation. Their bathrooms might be the cleanest in all of Milpitas, so be sure to visit. I'd recommend parking in the neighboring lot to the east, if your going at a peak time (Thurs, Fri, Sat after 4pm), as they share a lot with other businesses, so it can get crowded.

Great place to go if you want some great pizza and some killer beer or a nice glass of your choice of there many different wines. Place is xlnt give them s try. And it's super clean..👍

My go-to spot for a relaxing IPA or two is this place. The staff is fantastic, and the beer selection for taps and takeout is incredible, with a wide variety of options to choose from. Their pizza choices are also top-notch.

Shaminder Singh

My go-to spot for a relaxing IPA or two is this place. The staff is fantastic, and the beer selection for taps and takeout is incredible, with a wide variety of options to choose from. Their pizza choices are also top-notch.

Brandon Smith

The bar tender was very helpful and knowledgeable about the beer. Led me to a great beer to enjoy that I probably won’t ever see again. That’s the kind of service I was looking for coming here and it didn’t disappoint.

Delayed review...cool spot! Nice hazy selection. Cool place to grab a drink and hang. Wide variety of drinks available. Pizza next door if food is needed. I remember the seating area being pretty bright. Easy parking on site.

Had big time to kill on a weekday day off near the Milpitas foothills. Wanted beer and pizza. Found this. Pretty good stuff. Great beer tap selection. Pizza good - the ‘Quattro Formaggio’ [sic] has been Americanized to blander four cheeses, but nicely baked. Ate the whole thing. Price-y.

Best taplist in the Milpitas/SJ area. Great service, friendly staff. Prices on some items are a bit high but it is what it is as I'm sure they pay a decent premium on some of it. Their craft selection is 2nd to none in these parts. Also pizza is pretty good

Arthur T

Delayed review...cool spot! Nice hazy selection. Cool place to grab a drink and hang. Wide variety of drinks available. Pizza next door if food is needed. I remember the seating area being pretty bright. Easy parking on site.

Matthew Davis

Had big time to kill on a weekday day off near the Milpitas foothills. Wanted beer and pizza. Found this. Pretty good stuff. Great beer tap selection. Pizza good - the ‘Quattro Formaggio’ [sic] has been Americanized to blander four cheeses, but nicely baked. Ate the whole thing. Price-y.

yafy fyfyf

Best taplist in the Milpitas/SJ area. Great service, friendly staff. Prices on some items are a bit high but it is what it is as I'm sure they pay a decent premium on some of it. Their craft selection is 2nd to none in these parts. Also pizza is pretty good

Corkage fee? I don't think they understand how this works. Good selection in the cooler, but they charge a $5 corkage fee if you want to drink what you purchase in the facility! Corkage fee is how a restaurant tries to recoup profits if a patron brings in a nice bottle from outside, that the restaurant isn't making a margin on. In this case, the facility gets the margin, then charges what they call, "corkage" on top. They also have a good number of beers on tap, but no tasting, and while the bartender was friendly, didn't have any knowledge of the particular beer. Got an unimpressive beer from the tap, then an overpriced (though tasty) beer from the cooler :-/ At least the company was good, and pizza from next door hit the spot. The "rules," as the bartender described them, put me off, and I'm not sure I'll be back.

Steve Ratcliff

Corkage fee? I don't think they understand how this works. Good selection in the cooler, but they charge a $5 corkage fee if you want to drink what you purchase in the facility! Corkage fee is how a restaurant tries to recoup profits if a patron brings in a nice bottle from outside, that the restaurant isn't making a margin on. In this case, the facility gets the margin, then charges what they call, "corkage" on top. They also have a good number of beers on tap, but no tasting, and while the bartender was friendly, didn't have any knowledge of the particular beer. Got an unimpressive beer from the tap, then an overpriced (though tasty) beer from the cooler :-/ At least the company was good, and pizza from next door hit the spot. The "rules," as the bartender described them, put me off, and I'm not sure I'll be back.

I really had high hopes for this place since its close to my work and Stuft pizza is connected. It would be nice if they open earlier than 3pm. They do have a large selection but the prices are high. IPAs are around $9 and stouts can go up to $10+ for 10oz pour. That is $1 per oz. Its also very loud inside. They are pretty strict with the ID checking. If you don't bring it then you can't be in there. One last thing to consider. Parking is limited and the spots are very tight. It's not the venue's fault but if you drive a truck then good luck.

Henry Qi

I really had high hopes for this place since its close to my work and Stuft pizza is connected. It would be nice if they open earlier than 3pm. They do have a large selection but the prices are high. IPAs are around $9 and stouts can go up to $10+ for 10oz pour. That is $1 per oz. Its also very loud inside. They are pretty strict with the ID checking. If you don't bring it then you can't be in there. One last thing to consider. Parking is limited and the spots are very tight. It's not the venue's fault but if you drive a truck then good luck.

We decided to give this place a try and were very disappointed. It looked promising when we walked in, but that quickly changed. It does have a decent selection of beers on tap, but not being able to have a small taste to see if you like it was the first negative. My wife wanted to taste one of the ciders before making a selection. Since that wasn't a possibility, she grabbed a can from the cooler while I was deciding weather to risk getting a pint of a beer I haven't had before or just get one I recognized. Come to find out, its a $5 "corkage" fee to open a beverage they sell. That was negative number two, so we walked out and went somewhere else. There are plenty of breweries and tap rooms in the area with great customer service and policies, no reason for us or our beer drinking friends and family to come here. We've been to countless tap rooms and breweries over the years, we have never experienced such poor customer service policies as we have here. The beers they have on tap are available other places as well as the beers they sell from the cooler. This place isn't special, no reason to come back.

Gagan Bolina

Don’t offer tasters before selection you have to completely commit. I came by here on whim but disappointed of the service. Response was they don’t make the rules. No beer on the list is less than 10$. I’d skip this spot if you’re thinking of dropping in. 8$ is still reasonable but 10$ above and beyond pricey. There’s breweries at the next exit check them out instead.

Mike

We decided to give this place a try and were very disappointed. It looked promising when we walked in, but that quickly changed. It does have a decent selection of beers on tap, but not being able to have a small taste to see if you like it was the first negative. My wife wanted to taste one of the ciders before making a selection. Since that wasn't a possibility, she grabbed a can from the cooler while I was deciding weather to risk getting a pint of a beer I haven't had before or just get one I recognized. Come to find out, its a $5 "corkage" fee to open a beverage they sell. That was negative number two, so we walked out and went somewhere else. There are plenty of breweries and tap rooms in the area with great customer service and policies, no reason for us or our beer drinking friends and family to come here. We've been to countless tap rooms and breweries over the years, we have never experienced such poor customer service policies as we have here. The beers they have on tap are available other places as well as the beers they sell from the cooler. This place isn't special, no reason to come back.