IBU Taproom & Bottle Shop

1422 Dempsey Rd, Milpitas
(408) 883-4284

Recent Reviews

WGN

Great selection, great staff, lots of TV's. Love this place!???

Greg Agius

Best beer selection and bottle selection in the bay area bar none. If you want it fresh , they have it.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

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

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Beer and Pizza

Aika O.

I personally love coming here for a drink w my fiancé. Great beer selection on tap and to bring home. i like that we can order snacks from the pizza spot next door. Seating can be a challenge. It can get very noisy and I think it has to do with the acoustics of the place. BUT I do love coming here to catch up over good beer :)

Stephanie Schmidt

I'm between a 2 and 3 star rating, but I was pretty underwhelmed and a bit sticker-shocked. A $5 corkage fee/can from the fridge is absurd and I really wish they let you do a small sample of the stuff on tap. For example, I asked if a particular red ale they had on tap was more on the malty or hoppy side. The bartender hadn't tried it and had no description of the flavor profile available, so no way to find out if I'd like it without ordering a minimum 5oz pour (for $6!).Their fridges and tap list are pretty good, but be prepared to spend $25/person for 2 beers!Stuft, the pizza place connected to IBU, is what I would desribe as airport quality. It's ~fine~ if you're hungry but not worth $40 for a medium pizza.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Brian

First tap room ive been to that doesnt allow you to taste the beer youre trying to buy on tap Lol. Strange seems like the place is about money more than customers. Plenty around the area to choose from. Roll the dice and all others respect you as a customer.

Jason Scoggins

One of my favorite spots to stop at in Milpitas. Great beer selection and a good amount of tables to sit/stand. Always order food from Stuft while I'm there (since they are right next door). It can get a bit loud when it's full of people.While there is usually plenty of parking, most of the spots in the center of the lot are very narrow.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Beer and Pizza

Jingwei K.

IBU's located right in Milpitas, conveniently connected to Stuft Pizza - while you can't bring beers over next door, you can order from your table and the food will be brought over. There's tight parking outdoors and limited seating indoors, but the couple of times I've been it hasn't been too packed. It's a cozy space, not too loud and easy to have a conversation. Most importantly, there's a good number of beers on tap and also a large bottled selection in the refrigerator to choose from!

Kathleen S

I love this taproom. They have an interesting selection of beers (mostly CA, but some other states make it onto the list as well) that are frequently rotated out. You could probably come daily and never get the same thing twice.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Jose A.

Great pizza and good selection of brews. The few times I been here I have had a great time.

Varun Hariharan

Great craft beer selection and friendly staff! This has become the spot my beer-loving friends and I frequent in the South Bay.

Mini Díaz

Cork fee $5 per bottle/canDraft beers are from $10-$15 & NO tastings at all.

Bryan W.

The beer selection is great, but obscenely over-priced and the service is terrible, with an atmosphere that says, "get your beer and don't stay."The pizza next door is one step up from frozen pizza and wickedly over-priced; the only thing worse is the dismal, apathetic customer service. Hard pass.

J G

This place has an impressively overpriced beer selection -- $10 to $16 for a pint of draft beer! Most places around here charge $7 to $9 for a pint of draft beer.Service was good but the co-owned location with the pizza place seems shoddy. The server explained the difference between the two business licenses without an inquiry. Very odd.

Justin G.

This place has an impressively overpriced beer selection, to the point of no return -- $10 to $16 for a pint of beer! They charge more for a pint of Barebottle beer than Barebottle brewery itself, and the Barebottle location is just a few miles down the road. Service was good but the co-owned location with the pizza place seems shoddy. The server explained the difference between the two business licenses without an inquiry. Very odd. Regardless, weird vibes, overpriced beer, and not worth it.

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