Not sure what was wrong with me In college. This place is sweet! Walked in and they were playing classic rock music and a zombie movie on the tv. This place looks unassuming, especially at night. It's got a wooden sign on the corner and it's a biiiiig white building. The window has a big neon light that says open. There's a toooon of parking in front. Don't be alarmed that the building doesn't look super welcoming - go inside! The place is so big inside! Theres so much room. They had like 8-10 beers on tap and tons of picnic table style sitting and high tops. It's 12 bucks for a flight of 4 and happy hour is 4-7 with $1 off pints! Lit. I really enjoyed the beer here! They also have partnerships with bent tree coffee (another local business in kent), so some of their beer incorporates deep coffee flavors. I really enjoyed the four beers I got. Just so you know, there's no food here and they don't allow pets besides service animals inside. They do have chips for $0.75 :). Not sure if they let you bring food inside, I didn't ask. The true selling point: there's hella pinball machines in here! They are well kept up, super nice, gorgeous, and fun. There's a change machine and you can even pay with your phone on some of them. They have everything from Stranger thjngs, Rick and Morty, Star Wars, ghostbusters, Iron Maiden, guns and roses, and even a beach babe heavy lifting pin ball machine. Absolutely loved it here! It was $0.75-$1.00 for one game for $2.00 for 3 games. I had so much fun playing the pinball games. They were in good condition and clean, and there was hand sanitizer nearby. If pinballs ain't ya thing, they have a buncha board games and other arcade games like bowling, driving games, a dart board, and shooting games. This place is rad! Plus, it was not crowded at all on a Thursday evening during happy hour. Had an absolute blast hanging out here with some buddies drinking beer and playing pinball and would love to come back! Good beer, good music, nice staff, and reasonable prices. How fun! read more

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We popped in here when we were in the area. The outside is kind of plain so I wasn't sure what we were going to walk into. This place is huge inside! There are three rooms and all kinds of games, bowling, skee ball, pinball scattered throughout out the building. A great selection of beers. We can't wait to come back when we have a bit more time, and maybe catch a day their is food trucks. read more

MadCap Brew - Breweries Near Me - Kent, Ohio

Big cavernous space in Kent that works well for a beer hall. Good selection of drafts covering many beer styles. We sampled several IPAs and enjoyed them all. Seating is picnic tables and everyone was friendly. There's a big game room with video games and another room with pool tables. Food truck outside was an added plus as we really enjoyed the fresh corn nachos. Worth a stop if in the area. I know I'll be back read more

MadCap Brew - Breweries Near Me - Kent, Ohio

Mad Cap Brewery is such a great stop in Kent! The vast variety of brews on tap and the quality is great. Always something on there from a basic golden light lager to IPAs, stouts, Hefeweizens, sours, and more. Everything I've had here has been great! There is also a huge selection of pinball and arcade games that are a blast to play. They even have things like corn hole, jenga, darts, and more. The outdoor and indoor seating areas are huge as well to accommodate any size group. The only thing I wish they had was food! Outside of that I have had no issues! read more

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Flights, 17 pinball machines, skee ball, pool, a few other games. Board games by the door. You can see part of the brew area. Fun place. Loud but what else would you expect with all these games. There is a painting class going on right now. Food trucks when available. And the restrooms are pretty darn clean. Bartender super Fri and knowledgeable. Beers were good. The IPAs were great. read more

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I made a stop at MadCap for the Summit Brew Path. Staff was great in explaining their beers and letting me try several of them. They do not offer any small 5oz glasses so I passed and just put money in their tip jar, but my niece got a full glass of their sour called Smell My Berry and said she enjoyed it. Inside is basically a warehouse with some picnic tables and arcade games - so picture a big open space that can be a bit loud. read more

MadCap Brew - a row of glasses and a pint glass - Breweries Near Me - Kent, Ohio

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If you are looking for an event space MadCap Brew offers a sizeable area to rent out. My sister has done so twice for both of my nieces graduations and the brewery accommodated our sizeable groups with little problem. The event room had half dozen or long tables set up and space for food tables. The building itself resembled a warehouse in my opinion. Not really the most exciting ambiance, but the more you drink the less you will care about that. The beer itself was average. I don't remember any being particularly good or bad. Average is probably the best way to describe this brewery. read more

What a great new find! I recently came here on a recommendation and I was not disappointed. The gentleman serving was super friendly and helpful when finding a beer to try. I went with the skid or die - a coffee brown ale. It was so delicious I ended up taking some home. This place is so much fun they have skee ball, pool, and pinball! Such a great way to spend your evening. The only downfall is there is no food! I'm not sure if they do food trucks on the weekends but I did have to leave to get something to eat :( Otherwise it's place in my book! read more

Great atmosphere and tons of food brews. Had a flight of beer which came on a pallet shaped flight. All five were pretty good IPA's FYI big fan of IPA's. The place is pretty big and has a divey feel to it, which is not a bad thing. You seat yourself, and they have picnic tables for seating. If you are nearby, I would take a stop by. read more

MadCap Brew - Beer flight - Breweries Near Me - Kent, Ohio

Hubby and I stopped in for a quick bite and some beers. We ended up playing a game of bowling while we were there which was fun. The food was good. We got the loaded bacon fries. They were good, but could have been cooked a little longer and had way more toppings on them. We would go back when in the area. read more

This place is legit!! I had a flight with a variety of IPAs and pale ale. Each beer was really good. They have a great selection, but I stuck with the hoppy options after the flight. I think it was called Dropping Anchor - NEIPA and I floated my boat!! The brewery itself was awesome. Lots of space to sit and a bunch of games. They have a bunch of pinball machines too. I'm from California and we don't have many pinball places, so it was a nice treat. Highly recommend MadCap. read more

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If you go early and avoid the college crowd then you can enjoy some good beers and play some pinball or pool. Cool spot that allows you to bring outside food or have it delivered. They change up their beers here and there, they have some that stay up on the board but do change things up. They have long pick nick tables that are good for up to 8 people which is hard to find sometimes if you go out in a group. There is usually 6 of us when we go out to get drinks and this is perfect for us. There are a bunch of pinball games and some others as well. read more

This place is awesome. The beer is not only great tasting, but they have a bunch of unique brews, including barley wine. It has a divey feel to it which I am partial to. Every Tuesday they have pinball tourneys that are open and free to anybody that wants to show off their flap prowess. Their flight holders resemble pallets, which makes sense because the place used to be a machine shop. I've never seen that unique of a flight holder before and I frequented SF Bay Area bars for four years. Word of the wise, this is a beer bar, thus there is no food besides a fun size bag of chips and the weekend food truck. So bring food with you or simply order in there. They have a lot of board and card games too, kindly donated by Off The Wagon. Shop local! If you've tried out all their games bring your own or simply borrow some from the Kent Library. read more

So much fun! This is a great place for groups of friends to get together, catch up and have a great time. The vibe is very chill and fun rather than wild and crazy. They have large picnic tables inside of a warehouse with tons of different group games, skeeball, pool, etc. They have a large beer selection, and the beers I tried were so good! I love that their menu gives you all the stats on their beer such as IBU and ABV. They also have a food truck outside where you can order burgers and fries if you get the munchies =) The really friendly bartender told us that they plan to expand and have a large outdoor area soon! Definitely looking forward to that. read more

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Im at about a 3.5 here, but this is based solely on one visit, and I think there is potential to give more stars later. Some of the reasons we didn't stay all that long weren't necessarily their fault. I kept thinking that if I came back another day, it would be more enjoyable. I love the idea of a unique small business, away from the downtown Kent bar scene. We came around 5pm on a Saturday and by 6 o'clock it was absolutely packed. There was a 15-20 minute line to get a beer. They had two bartenders, and probably could have used another. There was no room at all to get a seat at one of the picnic tables. I'm not sure if it was just this specific day, but there were probably 20-30 kids there with their parents. I guess it works for parents because there are things for the kids to do while they drink. I suppose that's fine, I just didn't really expect that many children at a brewery. They don't serve food, but the Pierogi Lady was setting up in a side room to serve food. It seems like they bring in different food trucks on busy nights. There was a line of pinball machines, ski ball, giant jenga, cornhole and other games. The bathrooms were clean. It's an industrial/garage vibe, very large and open. They had 5-6 beers on tap when we were there. I think I was expecting there to be 9 or 10 like R Shea Brewing has, but I know they've only been there a year, and it's a small business. They may also normally have more, but could have been out due to the large crowd? I believe I saw some stuff erased off the chalkboard menu. I like blonde ale's and they didn't have one on the menu. The wizard cloak was a 12% beer and was awesome, especially for how strong it is. Super smooth beer. I really liked that one. I'd really like to go back, because it definitely has the potential to be a good time. read more

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As just a brewery. Knowing they don't have food other than snacks. This place is great. Has a big open feel. Has games for adults. Pinball, pool, darts, ski ball and small pin bowling. The beers are also good as well. I'm a hazy guy. It's nice to have multiple beers on tap that is drink. It's a mile from Kent strip but worth the extra drive. Repeat customer here. read more

While in the area for a concert at Blossom we ventured over to Kent to check this place out. MadCap is on the Ohio brewery app so we needed a stamp! This is a pretty cool place to visit if you're ever in town! The staff were helpful and friendly. The building is industrial but cool. One side has all kinds of games to play while the other side has tables with board and card games on them. Definitely enough to keep you busy while touring the beer list. I hope the next time I drive through Kent that they are able to offer some in house food options, or even a food truck. There are lost of options to order delivery- which we did and it arrived surprisingly fast- but I'm hoping MadCap grows enough to support their own food options! read more

MadCap Brew - Grabbing a beer after a rainy hike at Cuyahoga Valley National Park! - Breweries Near Me - Kent, Ohio

Great spot! My husband and I were in town from Arizona and were craving a little silver ball. After a quick Google search, we landed on this gem and gave them a ring to see how many machines they have. The worker proudly announced the names of their 14 pinball machines which included one of our favorites, Medieval Madness. We showed up with grandma and grandpa in tow and had a blast for a couple hours. My husband purchased a can of one of their local brews to take home. A few days later we returned with more friends to play again! Thanks, MadCap! read more

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Super fun! Incredibly easy to social distance. Bartender was very informative. Ps love love that they put on the chalkboard menu which ones have lactose. We've been to so many breweries and we're misinformed, or the bartender had no idea so we had to skip some beers entirely read more

Good outdoor atmosphere and indoor is very spaced out. Good place to grab drinks while maintaining social distance.

Such an unique brewery. You walk up to giant white warehouse and a little open sign you walk in to a huge open space with huge Picnic tables and Tvs on the wall. Plenty of beers on table and plenty of little games on the tables to play. You walk into the next room and there are pinball and other old arcade games, so bring your quarters!!! I loved their Gold Flash golden ale it was my favorite And they have rotating beer menu. In the summer they have food trucks come on certain nights and you can always get food delivered and eat it there. I had great time and will be back for sure. $-$$ read more

As other reviewers have stated, I'm between a 3 and a 4 on this Kent brewery. The atmosphere was a little too "garage band" for us, with chain link fencing and concrete everywhere you look. That being said, there were plenty of people here enjoying themselves! There lots of games you can play, but because all of them were taken by the time we got there, we ended up sitting by ourselves on one of the many picnic tables to the left. The beer itself was about on par with other small local county breweries. Overall, this could be a place for you if you like the "garage band" feel, but it wasn't really our scene. read more

MadCap Brew - Breweries Near Me - Kent, Ohio

This felt like a Micro Brewery, it was hard to find the entrance. It was around back though a non descripe door and the smell of yeast was in the AirBnB. The two keeps were very excited about their beer and could talk in high detail about the favors and techniques in the beer making process. There were picnic tables, and games to play. No food, just beer and you could order pizza to be delivered. Priceless. read more

MadCap Brew - Breweries Near Me - Kent, Ohio

This is your usual local brewery. Doing what most of the others millennial/hipster owned breweries are doing with the beer names written in chalk on planks of black board etc. The beers were pretty good. Although the one IPA, the Bullet, was really hoppy. Not my favorite but if you're into your face puckering for a half hour, by all means grab one. You make like it. The golden ale was good. I heard the double IPA was good. Probably smoother than the Bullet. Ample space inside with picnic tables for people to play games and talk. You can bring in your own food, which is cool. The atmosphere was kind of dark and gray with the darker colored walls and some chain link fencing inside separating off an area. People seems to be enjoying themselves. They supposedly had corn hole and giant Jenga around the corner but I didn't see them. Overall a nice time with some friends there. I would go back. read more

I think it's great that Kent has a brewery but it's just an okay one.The space is much different than other breweries I've been to. I think it's much to large and the owners don't quite know what to do with all the space. The side that my group sat on just happened to have one random table with some folding chairs with really no lighting (nothing else was in the space). The beer is fine and its a good addition for locals who want a place to hang out and drink local beer. read more

MadCap Brew - Breweries Near Me - Kent, Ohio

This place should be called the hop stop. Usually more than 50% of the line-up is IPA's. Double IPA.s etc. If you love them this is the place for you. If you bring a friend that likes Porters and Stouts they will probably leave disappointed. Can't be all things to all people I guess but having a dark beer on tap among the 10 taps seems doable. read more

Meh, average beer. Fun patio and great staff. If you're in the area check it out but I wouldn't go out of my way. The Belgian was great but the IPA's must of been older because the only hops flavor I got of was the one everyone complained about "bullet" which that and stinky fingers were probably their strongest flavors. Good space for an event though for sure. read more

Imagine drinking beer in an old mechanic shop. Welcome to MadCap Brew. The layout is very open so plenty of room for your children to do cartwheels while you throw back a flight. Beer was solid, but watch out for the one that taste like holly water. No food, but you can order that Mona Lisa you've been craving from Mr. Zub's. Old school arcade games, card games, and good old board games if you're feeling competitive. Very chill atmosphere and clean bathrooms...nothing better. read more

So glad I found this place!!! These guys know what they're doing. Every beer I tried was excellent, even the ones that aren't usually my style. The reason I came was the beer, but they also happened to have a food truck on site the day I went, which also was good. I talked to one of the owners, and he said that they will probably be having food trucks every Friday night during the summer. This is a nice touch because this is just a tasting room, however you can bring food in with you if you like, or have a pizza delivered. They also have several pinball machines (LOVE!) a skeeball machine, a huge game of jenga & cornhole. They also had cold brew nitro coffee from the roaster next door, sad I didn't try any before I left. I will definitely be back - I hear they change up the rotation often and I can't wait to try more of their beers! read more

When my Mother suggested a family outing to the 'new brewery' in Portage County, I nearly fell off my chair. The modernizations to my old stomping grounds over the last 10 years have been pretty incredible- but a brewery with a tap room?? Huge kudos to MapCap for bringing this to the area. My parents heard about the opening in the newspaper - (that's right friends, good old Record Courier is still in print and circulation) and I couldn't find it on Yelp. So the hype is still building on this place. It's about 8 minutes from downtown Kent - would be a great stop on the way to a Flashes game with the proximity to the stadium. The parking lot is large, but awkwardly shaped and will need a bit more lighting. The building I believe is both the brewery and taproom, so it looks like your standard large 'factory' building. Inside, the taproom is relatively raw stylistically. They have a chain link fence separating the tap room from the brewery, and array of picnic table and two large televisions for sports. I envision as this place takes off, the seating area will become more inviting. There's no food that I could see, but it appears you can bring your own/order in as several pizzas arrived as we drank. Initial pricing on the growlers was pretty steep ($25/64 oz) but refills if you return your growler look to be more in the $10-$12 range. They have a nice little array of swag for purchase. Over all, I was really pleased with the experience. I look forward to watching this place mature on future trips to OH to visit the family! read more

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Awesome, little place hidden in Kent! Love that there's pinball, corn hole, skee ball, bowling game & jenga!! Super spacious &you can see the brew distillery section which is cool! I'm just not a fan of iPa beers and the selection is limited but my boyfriend n friends love and appreciate good beer haha I ended up getting the lighter beer called gold flash & i ended up loving it! Wasn't too strong like other ipas! Nice seating area where you order drinks where I saw groups bring their own snacks & food to have while sipping beers w friends! Overall very cool place! My boyfriend & friends have been multiple times & rave about mad cap! Definitely recommend. read more

For a brewery that started in a garage this group of guys have mastered brewing and make some awesome beer always coming out with new brews!!! The warehouse and laid back feel is awesome to hang out or watch a game...highly recommend bringing friends or family! read more

One of the most fun breweries I've been to(and I've been to a lot). The beer is really great & there is a good variety to suit your beer palate. The arcade was so much fun & the patio delightful. MY only wish would be a food truck so I could have stayed longer. read more

More normal brews (i.e. basic ingredients not fruit and flowers) than trending in brewpubs. Nice atmosphere for communing with friends.

Great beer, had the Swiss Amry Beer, and had fun with Skee Bowling. Love this please

This place is just cool. Good beer and old school games at the tables. No food but you can bring whatever you like in. Also some pinball, bumper pool ect. Well worth a stop! read more

Love this place. Awesome beer, always cold, unique taste. I have tried about 7 different beers here and everyone is great. I love to try all different kind of brewery's in Akron area (tried almost all of them) and this place is very hard to beat. Not to mention the place is huge, has a fun vibe to it; fun things to do there while your drinking. You must try this place out you won't be disappointed read more

Really enjoyed stopping here. Great atmosphere it's a bit bear bones ,but they're new . I enjoyed the IPA I had. Th e only negative I could see is they allow kids in . Who then take over the games they have. I still suggest that everyone go here its worth it. read more

Interesting micro brewery. Beers are pretty good! Very basic atmosphere,,,,,, great for relaxing and having a couple of pops. Worth hanging out when you're thirsty for a craft beer at this local hydration hole. read more

This place rocks. Great beer and completely unpretentious. What more could you want. Strongly recommend the Bullet IPA. The beer is amazing. read more