The Beer Research Institute

Brewpub in Mesa, Arizona, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2014

Closed in 2025

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1641 S Stapley Drive Suite 104, Mesa, AZ, 85204, United States
Description
Like many of the great stories of American entrepreneurs, our story begins in a garage! The first batch of beer was made in the spring of 2003. It wasn't great, but we drank it and it sparked a passion that eventually morphed into The B.R.I.

More than anything else, The B.R.I. is a gathering place for Craft Beer drinkers in and around Mesa, Arizona. It's Independent and Local. It's the third place, not home or work, but the place you want to be with your family, your friends and a pint of your favorite beer!

The Brew pub hold's a special place in our heart. It's the town hall. It's church to some. It's where the revolution began! For hundreds of years, people have went to their local taverns, pubs or breweries and now our brewery and restaurant is part of that Craft Beer history in Mesa.

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7/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at craft 64 pours out hazy straw topped with a white head. Nose is sweet mango some tartness. Taste is sweet and tart mango very nice.
Tried from Draft on 10 Sep 2022 at 03:21

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
On tap at Citizen Public House. Murky bronze, white head. Melon, orange, juicy. Much more subtle than most brews in this category.
Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2021 at 04:01

5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
32oz crowler pours with a crystal clear pale gold body that has thin copper hues and supports a tiny white ring of foam. The mild aroma offers up apple to pear like estery fruitiness as well as a sliver of cotton candy and then growing and somewhat unrestrained chemical booziness (dead on to-style). The taste is similar with fairly sweet apple to pear fruity esters and then a growing chemical to a bit of nail polish remover. This is lining up to be a to-style brew in almost all respects. Below the booze sting is a soft thin wide dirty shoe sensation. Pretty solid Malt Liquor.
Tried from Crowler on 22 Sep 2021 at 03:39

5.8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a clear copper body that supports a thin light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up a hint of butterscotch and murmurs of sweetened hops. The taste delivers modest hoppiness rolling into diacetyl butterscotch offness and too much sweet maltiness. Wow. Tastes like 8% but messed up with tired af yeast. Sad. Really sad.
Tried from Draft on 08 Aug 2020 at 23:25

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
32oz crowler pours with a murky muddy copper body that supports a thin light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up flowery papaya, honeydew and then sort of a thin cantaloupe grapefruit thing. The taste delivers an array of notes that seem to be going in different directions. It's sweet soft papaya as well as lime, floral hops bitterness and then a murmuring of cantaloupe and mango to midway. Toward the finish a mild oat sensation joins the fun. This comes together just enough to create a modest cohesive sensation and balance. Interesting stuff as the floral notes build some into the after taste.
Tried from Crowler on 18 Jul 2019 at 04:41

7.2/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a murky totally opaque deep purple red colored body that supports a thin dirty dark pink head of foam. The aroma offers up muted mixed berries and a faint lemon acidic smelling sensation. The taste delivers a pulse of berry fruitiness that comes across sessionable and shallow. Toward midway a mild puckering acidity hits and intensifies some to midway. It's almost like a lemon note. Not bad but could use some balance up against the acidity.
Tried from Draft on 19 Apr 2019 at 02:09

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a crystal clear deep gold body that supports a nice dirty white head of foam. The aroma offers up a thin blend of grapefruit and onion dankness. The taste delivers bitter onion dankness that flows into a bit of juicy and bitter grapefruit. Solid. To midway it picks up a bit of cracker and a faint sense of lagery yeast. Nice. Crushable.
Tried from Draft on 19 Apr 2019 at 02:08

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a dark mahogany colored body that supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up largely smooth inviting bourbon and thin vanilla notes flowing into a dark fruit candy sensation. The taste delivers similar notes with bourbon well forward of the beer notes and getting into muted oak and some vanilla. In the background are thin ribbons of chocolate and dark roasted malts. Could have more balance with the barrel treatment. 3.8
Tried from Draft on 19 Apr 2019 at 02:06

6.2/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at the brewery. Almost black with a small tan head. On the sweet side with dark malt, raspberries, some chocolate. The body was on the light side.
Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2019 at 16:24

5.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
On tap at the brewery. Amber with a small head. Sweetish with grapefruit, caramel, malt and some butter. Not the best one.
Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2019 at 16:17