Forbidden Peak Brewery

Get the cranrazz.

Great friendly place with the best views and outdoor seating. Good selection of beers that aren't just IPAs. Food is really good as well. We come here with the kids or with friends to just hang out and drink beer. Great time all around.

We're fortunate to have 4 breweries in Juneau and this is one of our favorites. Barnaby is a bit more creative in their beer line-up, but Forbidden Peak has a fantastic large space with great views of Auke Bay, and a solid beer line-up, albeit a bit stagnant / monotone. They have several seltzers for the non-beer-drinkers or gluten-free people in your group, and about 15 beers on tap. They introduce about one new rotating beer once a month or so, but the rest of the lineup feels a bit conventional - they mostly seem to stick to a tight ABV / IBU style range. (Or maybe that's just a winter '23/'24 thing?) If I had the opportunity to chat with the brewmaster I'd love to lobby for a few ideas: Sometimes less is more, you probably don't need 14 beers on tap - a smaller, more diverse line-up is catching on in some places. Any Belgian (tripel, wit, quad, BPA, etc) or farmhouse style (saison) in the regular lineup would be awesome. The occasional sour has been interesting but there are usually no details about the type of sour yeast or style target - they're usually "fruity" beers for some reason. There are 4 different lagers that are all very similar. Props for putting in the extra work lagers require; but I'm not sure having both American lager and German lager is worth it - the American one is just the German one rewritten to be less flavorful (gateway beer?). And the schwarzbier and marzen are just malt variants on the helles. Good beers, but lagers have a lot more potential diversity than that (bock, doplebock, pilsner, kolsch, etc). Thank you for listening and cheers to 2024!

Excellent options, phenomenal ambiance. Only thing missing for me was the option for ciders.

Beers are all made in-house. Only sold in Juneau. Some we liked some we didn't.

Brew and staff wonderful. Food is very delicious at Red Spruce in the same building.

Great stop by glacier to grab beer and a bite to eat at restaurant connected.

Good fish & chips with an ice cold beer with a great view of Auke Bay.