Wop's Hops Brewing Company - Sanford, Florida

Brian K.

First time here. Cozy and eclectic place with a great selection of in house brews. Staff was very fun and engaging. Nice outdoor space too that had a few things for kids. I'd definitely recommend to try if you love craft beer.

Dav O.

While traveling Florida we are members of Harvest Host. We came upon Wop's Hops while evading the traffic and congestion of the big cities. A downtown brewery with great food. Numerous taps of flavored brews to choose from. We got here on Thursday for there wing special. Wow. Plenty of live entertainment all adding this location.

Steve (. R.

When we were looking for a place to meet my daughter and her husband that was halfway between Winter Haven and Jacksonville, we discovered this gem! I'm always a sucker for a brewery so I was immediately drawn to it. The place is spacious inside and has a large outdoor patio that is pet friendly, which was great since we brought our pup. Started with a flight of their brews. All were very good! Ended up choosing the Paradiso, a coconut ale. Nice coconut flavor and was very refreshing! We ordered some apps that came out to us pretty quickly. We got the nachos (they are topped with cut up meatballs. Amazing!!), pretzel bites with beer cheese (nice subtle smokey flavor), brucheta (a little soggy but decent), and fried mozzarella (it was what is was). I also had the BBQ burger. The burger patty was actually their meatball shaped into a patty and seasoned. Different, but in a really delicious way! Service was quick and the staff was extremely friendly and attentive! This may become a regular meeting place for us to cut our drives in half and enjoy some good food and brews! Didn't get pics of the food. We decided to put our phones up and enjoy the moment.

Travel W. T.

Definitely loved the vibe in this place. The little bar has an energy all its own and was packed with locals when I visited. They have a very interesting beer list, with a few that jump out at you like the White Chocolate Amaretto Cream Ale and the Marco Luppolo IPA. Owner was a nice guy and I chatted it up with a few of the locals before leaving. Sanford's first microbrewery is a good one.

Eve K.

Fun place! Super nice staff! Is a Harvest Host!
We got in on the $1 wings on Thursday. Oh yeah, and good beer!

Janeen S.

This place was a little bit of a surprise, the restaurant we were going to go to was closed so we saw this across the street. What a cool little funky place. We sat at the bar and ordered a flight, the bartender was very informative and very personable. I actually loved every beer I tried which is unusual for me. Their sweet potato beer is out of this world. We also ordered a couple of appetizers which were amazing. We sat there for a little while and we met the owner as well who was very nice. This is definitely going to be on our list to go again soon. It has a nice atmosphere, great beer, great food and the people that work there are outstanding

Gainesvillain

The first and still the best brewery in historic Sanford, FLA. Since 2014, the brew scene here has exploded; there are now five breweries, as well as several excellent taphouses (for you non-beer folks, there is also a very good distillery and an awesome authentic tiki bar, as well as several great bars). Veteran-owned joint with an awesome cold and cavey interior (inside an old fish market) and an awesome beer garden, complete with a few bar games and a seemingly-domesticated velociraptor (he's at least leash-trained). Amazing, and ever-changing, brew selection, each better than the one before (we especially loved the session and the hazy IPA and the guava wheat and the coconut ale and the blue cherry lime razz hard seltzer and the creamy pistachio, the list goes on and on). You should definitely make a day of it and hit all five Sanford breweries, but if you only have time for one, this is it!

B. R.

Historic conversion to community social spot. Enjoyed eclectic atmosphere and diversity of beer.

Everyone friendly and comfortable atmosphere. Can be kid friendly depending timing with food offerings.

Food - Pub Fare (burger, fries) opportunities to diversify

Beer - Sampled: IPA, Stout, Ales, Lagers

Beers were unique in mixtures like lychee blonde ale. Strongest was the Cream Ale for all around.

I will say having tried the majority of Orlando's offerings over the years, the base mashes were mellow across beer types. So despite being different categories the flavor profiles were very similar across the spectrum.

Overall easy drinking and would go back when in town.