SO HAPPY that Cognative Brew House, owned by Austin & Andrea Bankert, opened today at the main Horse Shoe intersection of Brevard Rd/Hwy 64 and South Rugby Road!
“Brew” refers to beer on tap and craft espresso/coffee drinks. I also spotted a few bottles of wine. They just got their ABC license, so wine and beer should be available any time now. Wine’s available by the glass and bottle.
Check out the Menu Image. They’re offering a number of items in addition to coffee, like pastries, avocado toast, tea, and smoothies.
When I stopped in today, Austin (assumption) was on a support call for their bean grinder. It seemed to be settled by the time I got my order at the counter. Later Andrea mentioned that Austin was setting up Wi-Fi as we spoke. So if you go anytime soon, the lesson here is to have patience, they’ve JUST opened and are working intensely to fine tune everything.
As I chatted with Andrea, it was obvious they’ve been working so intensely, they hadn’t had time to stop and take a breath.
I then relayed (along with my praises) to Andrea, what I’d overheard a woman saying about the shop – that she loved the interior, it felt spacious, seats weren’t on top of each other, yet it felt cozy. It just felt good. And that the accessible ramp, which she needed, was perfect.
I could see Andrea starting to tear up. She explaining she’d been so busy, she hadn’t had time to slow down and observe how the shop was being received. So sweet.
The Brew House is a sister business to Cognative MTB (https://cognativemtb.com/), a lifestyle and performance apparel company for bike/mountain bike/bicycle riders. It’s operated out of another section of the building. Of note, they donate 2% of all gear sales to “For the Trails Campaign”.
