Pee-Pa’s Garage Craft Brewery & Distillery

Pee-Pa’s Garage Craft Brewery & Distillery occupies one of the more distinctive spaces in Pinellas Park’s food and drink scene, a former automotive collision repair shop on 49th Street North that founder Jim Brown converted into a full craft brewery, small batch distillery, grill, and axe throwing venue. The building’s history is not hidden or dressed up, it is part of the appeal, a genuine adaptive reuse project that turned decades of automotive work into a gathering space without erasing the character of what came before.

The beer program sits at the heart of the operation, with a rotating lineup of house brewed styles served in a taproom that keeps the industrial bones of the original garage visible. Alongside the beer, Pee-Pa’s runs a small batch distillery program, giving it a rare dual identity among Pinellas Park’s drink focused businesses, most spots pick one lane, brewery or distillery, but this one runs both under the same roof. Food comes from the in-house Wood Shed Grill, serving homemade burgers and sandwiches built to pair with a pint rather than compete with it, keeping the menu focused rather than trying to be a full restaurant operation.

The Hatchet Barn axe throwing setup rounds out the venue, turning a visit into something closer to an evening’s entertainment than a simple stop for a drink. That combination, beer, spirits, food, and an activity, has made Pee-Pa’s Garage a genuine gathering spot for groups, birthday parties, and anyone looking for something a little different from a standard bar night. The limited weekday hours, closed Monday and Tuesday, opening midafternoon Wednesday and Thursday, reflect a family operated business calibrating its schedule around when the crowds actually show up rather than running full hours out of habit.

For a directory of independent Pinellas Park food and drink businesses, Pee-Pa’s Garage stands out as a genuine local institution built from the ground up, literally out of a repurposed auto shop, by a family committed to giving the neighborhood something it did not have before. It is Pinellas Park’s clearest example of a homegrown brewery built entirely on local initiative rather than a franchised taproom concept.

The venue has become a favorite stop for groups celebrating birthdays or simply looking for a night out that offers more than a standard bar crawl, combining a flight of house brewed beer with a round of axe throwing before settling in for burgers off the grill. That combination of craft beverage program and genuine entertainment sets Pee-Pa’s apart from a typical neighborhood taproom, giving Pinellas Park a destination that pulls visitors from well beyond the immediate area.