FUN FACT: Dirty Oar Beer Company is one of two breweries located in Historic Cocoa Village. Also,…read moreit is one of nine breweries located on the Space Coast (Brevard County). With quite a small selection spread out across a large county, all the breweries have the opportunity to be unique. But for Dirty Oar Beer Company (which I will shorthand to simply the Dirty Oar), they need to be different from their neighbors, Bugnutty Brewing Company. So did Dirty Oar accomplish the aforementioned "challenge?" Well yes and no depending on what it is you are looking for. Located on the north side of Historic Cocoa Village - which is the south side of King St./US-520, Dirty Oar is a large aquamarine blue building heralding a beautiful mural of birds and an octopus. There is a back entrance where their biergarten is located and a front entrance which i will consider their storefront. Parking is a bit tight, but may be accommodating enough as Dirty Oar is not as rambunctious as their neighbors, Bugnutty, are. My friends, Charles the Grey a.k.a. Roadie X and Patrick joined me today as we enjoyed brews and food in their taproom. The area is kind of small compared to other taprooms, but maybe it is because the biergarten is much bigger for overflow accomodation. There are games for people to play, in which my friends enjoyed a game that was kind of like either/or, and it was fun. Not very intelligent, but whatever. This is where things can be a hit or miss. Maybe it is me, but the flight of "milkshake" beers did not impress me at all. If I am going to drink anything "milkshake flavored", I expect to taste said milkshake flavors. They tasted okay for beers, and maybe that is being more lenient as it was not what I was hoping for. Not bad, but definitely not a "milkshake." Food was delicious, but it comes from a food truck parked next to the biergarten. The grilled cheese was good and packed flavor into something simple, but the Frito pie: exquisite. To be fair, anyone that messes up a Frito pie doesn't deserve to cook anything. Overall, Dirty Oar was a-okay for an initial visit. Will I be back here? Of course, especially if I want a more personal time with friends, family, or a date. But will I go out of my way to go here compared to other breweries, probably not. Still, an a-okay establishment that I suggest visiting at least once. On a sidenote, Dirty Oar is one of the breweries that makes up the Launches & Lagers II Tour in Brevard. It is also a location in the Untappd App.

Very cool spot in Cocoa Village! Went to have a beverage before dinner and found this to be a spot…read moreI will revisit when I come back to Cocoa Beach. Raimy who was our server was awesome! My wife & I were the only patrons there on a late Sunday afternoon and had a great conversation with Raimy as well as her providing us some sample of Dirty Oar's beers. I can see this place being an awesome hang as this is a small brewery with a personal touch in wanting to make the customer have a great time! Thanks Raimy for hangin' with us (Mike & Deb).

OK this was fun. Chief Cherry and his band Red Beans and Rice were playing. I like all kinds of…read moremusic so this was perfectly suitable. Seating is a little old and dated but it's a pub so who cares. With their windows open you can sit outside, they have a very generous patio area. I moved from inside to outside, had a nice glass of wine and enjoyed the atmosphere. It's an incredibly friendly atmosphere lots of fun people and if you want dessert after having one of their giant pretzels there's ice cream next-door. The music was fine, the people were fine and did I mention that they are dog friendly? I got to pet all the puppies! That just made me even happier if it was possible. I hardly ever go anywhere anymore since Covid so this was a wonderful change. I will be back for sure and enjoy the ambience, the wonderful service, and the atmosphere. There is absolutely nothing to dislike about the Village Idiot pub!

**INITIAL REVIEW**…read more Apparently, the Yelp Skynet a.k.a. the AI that green or red flags reviews, doesn't like the actual name of this pub despite the fact it is the pub's name. Ergo, I will use the abbreviation VI for the remainder of this review. Besides that, you really can't go wrong going to any of the pubs in Historic Cocoa Village. VI is one of the pubs on the eastern side of the Village, in between the famous Fat Donkey's Ice Cream and the furthest east pub in the village, Ryan's. Appearance-wise, the outside fits primarily with the building, but there are some minute details that give it its own personality, primarily around its name. There is also a section of the road and sidewalk that have been garrisoned for VI as outdoor seating and games such as bean bag toss. Indoors, it is definitely your kinda pub that many of the patrons are friends. The right side (East) have long tables with many pub and drinking games such as Hook & Ring and Shut The Box. There is a bookshelf filled to the brim with board games in case patrons prefer traditional or childhood classics. The left side (West) is the "Patio," a room that is decorated by numerous plants, neon lighting, widker and a black-and-white checkerboard floor. Finally, the middle of the pub is the actual bar, in the form of an L-shape serving a nice arrangement of beers from many breweries, cideries, distilleries, and meaderies across the United States. I had the Kentucky Vanilla Barrel Cream Ale by Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. Other beer selections I would recommend include the Pineapple Cider by the famous Carib Brewing Co. and the Mango Cart by Golden Road Brewing. Personal note on the latter: Mango Carts, well for me, only taste good when straight from the tap. Cans are not good. And the food, it is minimal, but boy does VI know how to tug at my heartstrings as everything they have features, or could feature, cheese. They have pretzels with cheese, pickles with cheese, and my personal favorite, grilled cheese sandwiches. And for the more sophisticated patron, they have numerous choices in charcuterie boards, too. I will also state the drink prices are a bit on the high side compared to some other places I been to. And there are two restrooms that are single-serving and gender-specific. I don't believe the latter has to be gender-specific because they are single-serving. The barn doors are an interesting choice because they are not very good at blocking sound. I guess that is why VI blasts the music so nobody can hear the flatulence. Speaking of music, VI does have a small corner stage for small acts, possibly singular, to perform. Unless there is a pull-out large stage for outdoor performances, I don't see big bands, per se in higher number of members, performing here unless they can all jam in that tight-spaced stage. Ultimately, I am going to give VI three-out-of-five stars for this review. They are a solid pub that has all the fixin's of a good bar to go to. Maybe it is safe to say they really don't stand out too much, especially amongst the more unique bars in Historic Cocoa Village. But still, a good place to have a drink with friends with that "Everybody knows your name" kinda vibe.

George & Dragon English Tavern is a cool place to grab a drink or two in Cocoa Beach, Florida…read more The place has a cool vibe and the service is friendly enough. It has both indoor and outdoor seating and is overall a cool enough place.

Looking for a British pub get away in the cocoa area? Check out George and Dragon! It is a well…read moresized English Pub with pub decor. They have an inside and outside area, with 2 indoor bars and an outdoor bar. The locals and people visiting were all very nice, one guy even letting us pick a song on his phone then got us a game of Darts! On that note they also have dart boards and slot machines, with 1 bar top slot machine. The bartender Anna was great and friendly, very welcoming and poured a great Guinness! I do recommend stopping in here to check out if in Cocoa.

The atmosphere was very nice. Outside seating, interactive performers and crowd. Everyone having a…read moregreat time, lots of dancing and drinking. We ordered different salands and drinks and honestly no complaints I loved the flavors and selection. I believe this place deserves a higher rating than it has. I had a blast would come back.

Well this isn't our first time here and we always get the salted caramel martini and it's never the…read moresame. For 14 bucks your would think it would be consistent the same. This time it was more espresso and couldn't taste any salt or Carmel. When i said something they said and i quote "oh you like it from a specific bartender". That statement right there suggests the training is not consistent either. Yes the one time out of 5 times its was yummy and you could actually taste the salt and Carmel. Tonight the service was slow and it the server was bringing out one drink at a time either the server can't handle bringing out more drinks or the bartender is slow and can only make one drink at a time. The music was good and the outside are is nice as well as the inside. This place needs to be more consistent.

Nice selection of beers. Depending on when you go service can take a bit. Staff doesn't mind giving…read morerecommendations. Again depending on how busy, depends on how attentive service is. They do have different fun activities on different days. I don't remember if there was music. The restroom was pretty clean. Overall, pretty good experience.

Beachfly was our last Pub Pass stop in the Cocoa area. It has its own parking which is nice and is…read moredefinitely beachy themed. It was a big open brewery and the staff were very nice, helping decide on a beer. They also have food here so we got the Pork Belly Burnt Ends which were charred deliciously and covered in a good bbq sauce. Unfortunately it didn't seem like anything else was around this brewery, but if you are near it I recommend it to try out a beer or two.

We're beer enthusiasts, and typically plan our trips so that we can visit the local breweries. We…read moreplanned a trip to the Kennedy Space Center, and this was in the neighborhood, so off we went. The brewery IS a cute little place. The decor is nice, and there's even a small beer garden out back, but what's truly important is the beer. When we arrived we were greeted by the beer tender who told us that he had only four beers on tap, and of those four, THREE were guest taps of commercially-available beer, and the other was a barley wine (which is actually not a wine, but a beer often as strong as many wines) and is not as "mainstream" as many stouts, porters, ales, lagers and IPA's. We'd traveled out of our way to visit this brewery and were understandably disappointed by their lack of house-brewed beer. The bartender mentioned that the brewer had a health-related concern and hadn't brewed for a while. I wish the brewer well, and hope he/she recovers quickly, but if you're a beer enthusiast and are considering a visit, call beforehand and ask what's on the tap list!

Very small brewery. It is literally a house and when you walk in, you are walking into someone's…read morefront room. When we were there they only had three beers on tap. We tried two out of the three beers they had and they good. The decor is the place is a little off and perhaps needs some work. There isn't much seating and if you take your drink outside it needs to be transferred to a plastic cup.

I didn't eat or get any drinks, but I found the vibe here to be fun. There was a band playing…read morecalled "Funpipe" and the singers did so well they could've been the real vocalists for the songs they were covering.

I stopped in here the other day and it was just ok. The food menu is still good as well as the…read moreatmosphere. There just ran out of their Staple beer, which shows how good their beer is. On the other hand; they still had a good variety to choose from and I found one to suit my mood at the time. There was a solid artist playing music to entertain the crowd as well. I did not fill a growler this time, but I'll be back when the next batch is ready :)

this place is awesome well.. plenty of tables to play on all in great condition always seem to have…read morereally good. Drink specials and food trucks are always there.

It was nice to be able to go in get a pool table and have fun. Not loud, very nice atmosphere.read more