Talk about a cool little brewery! It may be small but, John cranks out some awesome brews on this 1.5 barrel system! The brewery is an extremely small space which was once a barber shop! Owner and Brewmaster John Mansfield is constantly working on churning out great beers and definitely had one heck of a tap list while I was there. John was a home brewer for a long time before opening his brewery in 2017 located in Waseca. It was interesting to learn about his life from growing up in Michigan, moving to Maple Grove, living in Europe, and then settling down in Waseca, MN with his wife and six kids. John is not only a great brewer but, if you're lucky when your sitting down in his tap room he will pull down his acoustic guitar and play you some nineties grunge or maybe some classic 80's rock, and he even takes requests and takes his best to play them for you. Ward House is doing so great that John recently bought a larger building and will be expanding into a bigger tap room with a 5 barrel system.
My favorites were the Santus Monk which is a double Belgian, the Crèmebrulee Cream Ale, and then his Black N Brulee which is a mix of his chocolate vanilla stout and his cremebrulee cream ale! He had 8 beers on tap and 4 available beers for the mixing which was pretty cool. Something unique I tried was his Chardon Ale. He made this Chardonnay inspired ale in hopes of appealing to the wine drinkers. He is also working on a cabernet and rose version. Wanna bring your kids? You're in luck because he made his own root beer! Once opening the new facility he hopes to add a few more sodas to his line up as well! read more