BarrelHouse Brewing - Visalia

Making our way home after a long holiday road trip, one of our last stops was in Visalia. Looking for something to do on a Tuesday night after the holidays, my husband and I walked over to barrelhouse brewing with our two dogs from the Airbnb we were staying in.

The space itself is quite large with both indoor and outdoor seating. Dogs are allowed both indoors and (obviously) outdoors. The night we were there it was quite crowded so we ended up sitting out on the patio. Unfortunately, they do not have space heaters, which our two large dogs did not mind, but that meant it was a chilly evening for my husband and I.

They had a nice variety of beers, ciders, and seltzers on tap. We enjoyed our respective seltzers and dark ales. The service was fast and friendly. Definitely check the spot out if you find yourself in the Visalia downtown area.

Surprisingly the best aspects of Barrelhouse are not their beers but their live entertainment and occasional food trucks.

Parking isn't the greatest as it's shared with other popular establishments. It's not too hard to find parking in the afternoon but they're packed when musicians start performing. The menus are displayed clearly on the screen and they most notably have a recurring beer slushie. The beers don't rotate often and consist mostly of pale ales and IPAs. The pours are good and most are offered as a taster, pint and growler. I would love to see pitchers being an option as many groups come in but that's not currently on the menu.

The service is minimal and I've always had middling interactions. I wouldn't expect too much warmth or fun vibes from the staff.

There are occasional food trucks in the back and the options are often tasty. There are also games for kids and adults to participate in alike.

Barrelhouse has good music and ambiance on a regular basis although the staff doesn't seem to contribute to the vibes. Hopefully Barrelhouse can join the other breweries in serving pitchers.

I mean there's not much to do in Visalia, so with that said unless this place does anything crazy to deserve low stars, which I am not aware of but enlighten me if there's something I should be aware of, I cant see why they would get low stars.

The ambiance is great! People of all walks of life meet here. There's games to play, live bands to listen to, and you can bring Frodo adopted from the local dog pound! I basically go to this place for one thing only and that is the Micheladas served with their hazy IPA. Don't expect it to taste exactly like a Mexican michelada, but it's a more robust flavor provided by the hazy IPA that kinda, sorta hides away the Clamato, but still lets it peek through. It's somewhat of an acquired taste, but you acquire it quick if you are a fan of Micheladas! I have not tried any other beer and that's because they mostly serve IPAs and truth is I hate IPAs! I don't do seltzers either, but they have this as an option along with some slushy drinks for the hot summer nights! So if you're driving by town headed to the Sequoias (which by the way is way further than the 35 mins they tell you) or are considering visiting, check it out. They also have locations in Fresno, Paso Robles (the original) and some other places too!

Great gathering spot with plenty of room inside or outside in the back with tables, for hole and a food truck. I'm a Guinness fan so I had the Oatmeal Stout. Not too heavy, smooth to drink. My nephew opted to have a gathering here rather than having a traditional reception. Good call; casual, fun, joyful and he didn't blow thousands of $$$!

We were visiting from out of town and thought we were at BarrelHouse Brewing, which we had read about online. Unfortunately, we were at Stacked, and wow, what a difference a couple of feet make.

Once we realized where we were, we moved to Barrelhouse, which was much different with a relaxed atmosphere, an incredible band, Bohareggae, and a really good oatmeal stout.

A lot of people, but not too crowded for a Friday night.

This is a solid brewery in Visalia. The venue is wide open with a few old school pin ball machines. There is a decent size back patio with corn hole and the string and hook game. There is usually a food truck in the back area. The service is great and the beer is good. Overall, a good place to visit.

Service is good ambiance very relaxing; I'm enjoying a juicy ipa couldn't be in Vasilia and not stopping at Barrel House .

BarrelHouse is my favorite brewery to visit just not this location. Parking is not great here as it's all on the street and for the ladies I doubt this is someplace I'd want to park at night. We had to park two blocks away on a Monday afternoon. Once your inside it's a typical BarrelHouse styling but this location does have pinball which I haven't seen at the other locations. The beer here is great but service at this location was very poor as it was understaffed and could tell the one guy working was burned out. With one person in front of me it took 15 minutes to get our delicious beverages. If your a BarrelHouse fan like we my order of preference is Paso Robles, Fresno, San Luis Obisbo, and then Visalia. This location has a lot of potential if they could staff it and possibly do something about parking situation.

Love this place.
The staff are friendly and enhancing. Food is not served here but! You are allowed to bring in food from another location. This establishment strictly serves beer and beer only. There are vendors that do park in the back and serve food on some nights. The decor feel this place gives is modern local country tavern / barn house / kick back spot.
This is a family friendly bar so don't be shocked to see some offspring running around lol. But it's all and good taste and fun. Choose your favorite beer or flight of beers and kick back and enjoy the Barrelhouse Brewery experience. The backyard is cool too :0). I highly recommend! And I will be back!

A great brewery off Main Street Visalia...
Amazing tap selection, a little bit of everything for everyone.
The staff was great, very helpful and friendly.
They actually don't serve food, but had a food cart on the back patio area and they did let us bring in burgers from next door.
The brewery is dog friendly on a leash. Even gave our a small biscuit.
A must try for good .