Three Taverns Brewery sits on New Street in downtown Decatur, a few minutes east of Atlanta, and its original tasting room goes by The Parlour. The brewery has poured since 2013 on a simple premise: an open-minded American reading of traditional Belgian beer styles.
Who would love it: a drinker who wants a Belgian dubbel or a barrel-aged sour treated with real intent. Who would not: anyone after a cocktail program or a quiet date, since this is a working brewery taproom with cornhole on the patio and a dog at the next table.
The Parlour leans into the brewery's own aesthetic. Weathered planks, aged timbers and brickwork frame a room built for tasting flights rather than table service, and the open patio carries the crowd on a warm afternoon. The setup rewards a slow visit, a flight up front and a full pour of whatever lands best.
The beer is the reason to make the trip. A Night on Ponce, the flagship IPA, is the house calling card, an American hop build that was voted best new IPA in Beer Guys Radio's public poll back in 2016 and still anchors the board. The Belgian roots show in the dubbels and tripels, while the rotating Sour Asylum series, with Lactobacillus-fermented releases like Basileus and Cream Weaver, is where the brewery takes its biggest swings.
Marcus Webb's read for the discerning drinker: order against the style you think you know. The IPAs are competent, but the brewery earns its reputation on the Belgian-inspired and sour work, where the fermentation character is more interesting than the hop bill. A flight that runs a dubbel into a Sour Asylum pour and finishes on the Morning Smack coffee milk stout shows the range better than three hop-forward beers in a row.
The crowd is a Decatur mix of after-work locals, beer travelers working a brewery list, and weekend families on the patio. Seating is first come, first served, and the room fills on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons, so an early arrival buys a better table. The brewery also runs events and guest-tap nights, which keeps the board moving for regulars.
What regulars flag, across Untappd and the Decatur visitor guides, is consistent. The depth of the Belgian and sour catalog draws the praise, the patio and the dog-friendly policy keep people lingering, and the recurring caution is that the taproom keeps brewery hours, so a midweek visit needs a quick check of the schedule. Three Taverns has also expanded, opening a larger Ponce Brew Terminal at Ponce City Market, per Decaturish, which makes the Decatur original the quieter, more focused room of the two.
Best time to go: a Saturday afternoon with a flight in front of you and time to work through the sour list. Hours run roughly mid-afternoon into the evening midweek with earlier weekend openings, so confirm before a special trip. Across the major review platforms the taproom holds a rating near 4.6, with the steady note that the Belgian-leaning beers are the ones worth the drive.
It earns its place among the metro's serious beer rooms on the strength of the brewing, not the frills. See where it sits among the best craft beer bars in Atlanta, and read our wider guide to the best bars in Atlanta for the full picture.
Pair this bar with
For a deep tap list and a beer-bar setting, compare The Porter Beer Bar Atlanta. For a sour-and-lager specialist with a patio, try Halfway Crooks Atlanta. And for another brewpub with a kitchen attached, Wrecking Bar Brewpub Atlanta makes the natural second stop.
Sources
Three Taverns official site · Three Taverns: Visit The Parlour · Decaturish: Ponce City Market location · BeerAdvocate: Three Taverns
Reviewed by Marcus Webb, barsforKings. Published Mar 4, 2026 · Last reviewed May 12, 2026.
