Independent Brewing Company - Bel Air

We like the concrete and steel theme of Independent. The staff is always helpful. The beer is good. Let me recommend the Carpe Diem and it's variations if you are an IPA fan. It's kid friendly, dog friendly, bike friendly. They seem to always have a food truck.

Highly recommend coming here! The beers are always excellent, and their indoor and outdoor seating is plentiful and comfortable. They always have great food trucks and live music, and I love that they're dog friendly! Also very conveniently located right off the Ma and Pa trail. There is a parking lot across the street (Ellendale), but it gets packed fast on the weekends!

Really wanted to give this place a good review but I couldn't because of your staff. Stopped by on a Sunday night and grabbed one beer, waited a bit to get helped while not busy at all which I was fine with, but 45 minutes before closing my bf and I were getting hounded by staffing telling us it's close to their closing time.We had 3 separate staff try and take the corn hole game from us to put away while we were clearly still using it. Went inside to hopefully grab a second beer at 8:30 (30 minutes before closing) because clearly we can drink a beer in that amount of time and they already had their seats up and told us they do last call 15 minutes before close when it was literally more than 15 minutes before close. I mentioned that and staff got awkward silent because clearly didn't want to work the job their getting paid to work.It was a madly disappointing experience because I also work in the food industry and was looking forward to this place considering its surprisingly listened as Bel Airs top attraction of the town. As someone who also works in the food industry and only goes out when I want to treat myself this would never be acceptable behavior so huge shout out to the male with dark hair behind the bar who doesn't know how to tell time and the younger staff/busser urging us to finish playing cornhole and leave, DO BETTER. Beer and ambiance was SPOT ON though

Top brewery in Bel Air. People are so friendly and craft beer is awesome. We plan to celebrate my man's birthday this Sunday before the Super Bowl game. Pick up some local craft beer to go. Let's dance to the great bands that play at the brewery. Plus grab some local artisan food from the trucks. We will catch up with friends over a cold one, just like we always do at IBC.

Always a chill place and forward thinking in both its growth and tasty beers. It's physical space has plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. The beers are creative and there's a lot of variation that we look forward to trying with each visit. Today we had the chocolate hazelnut porter. It was smooth and so drinkable with notes of vanilla, hazelnut, and coffee. If you see the owner, he's usually very busy but will take time to chat with you. The background music sets the mood for a relaxed atmosphere. We highly recommend checking this place out and get here early if you want a seat because it gets jam packed. Pups are welcomed too. Just be prepared to stay outdoors though.