Sound + Fury Brewery and Kitchen runs a 6,000 square foot brewhouse in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn, with the tanks in full view from the bar. It opened as Circa Brewing Co and rebranded under the Sound + Fury name in 2023, refreshing both the beer lineup and the food.
Who would love it: beer drinkers who want a big room, on-site brewing and Neapolitan pizza in one stop, plus a shuffleboard table for the wait. Who would hate it: anyone after an intimate cocktail den, since this is a warehouse-scale beer hall, not a quiet bar.
The space keeps the brewing equipment exposed against concrete, wood and tile, with long tables that suit groups. The kitchen and brewers build the menu to pair, which is the through-line of the rebrand: traditional brewing practices pushed into less obvious hop, yeast and fruit profiles, set next to wood-fired pies.
Order a flight before a pint. The house IPA carries pine and citrus at around 6.8 percent, the double IPA leans juicier and tropical near 8.5 percent, and the amber lager runs toasty with a touch of toffee. On the food side the Neapolitan pizza is the order most reviewers single out, so a pie and a flight is the reliable table. Pricing is standard Brooklyn brewpub, with flights again the best way to scan the board.
Sound + Fury is one of the more central stops on the borough's craft beer scene in Brooklyn, steps from the Hoyt-Schermerhorn and Jay Street stations. The scale makes it a strong group choice when smaller rooms turn people away.
Best time to go is a weekday evening or a weekend afternoon when the kitchen is firing and the tables are open. Friday and Saturday run latest, to 11pm, and draw the busiest crowds.
Map a wider route with the craft beer guide or the full New York bar guide. Downtown Brooklyn puts it within a short walk of the Fulton Mall and the Barclays Center transit hub.
The room
The scale is the first thing to register. Six thousand square feet of concrete, wood and tile hold the brewhouse, a long bar, communal tables and a shuffleboard table, so the room never feels precious. Brewing equipment stays exposed, which keeps the focus on the beer being made on site.
The kitchen runs a wood-fired oven for Neapolitan pizza, and the smell of it carries across the floor. The Infatuation framed the old Circa room as a reliable group spot for beer and pizza, and the Sound + Fury rebrand kept that beer-hall feel while sharpening the lineup.
What regulars say
- BeerAdvocate reviewers steer first-timers to the house IPA and the rotating drafts, with flights the way to sample before committing.
- The Infatuation flags the pizza as the food order that holds up, and the room as a dependable group option.
- Locals note the shuffleboard and long tables as the reason it works for bigger parties when smaller bars fill.
Who it is for
- A group that wants beer, pizza and room to spread out in one stop.
- Beer drinkers who like to watch the tanks while they sip.
- Skip it if you want an intimate cocktail den; this is a beer hall.
Getting a table is easy on a weekday and tighter on weekend evenings, when the kitchen and the after-work crowd overlap. Larger groups can book through OpenTable, which is the move for parties of six or more. The brewery cans its house beer to go, so a flight on site plus a four-pack for home is the way regulars treat a first visit.
For more breweries worth a detour, see our best craft beer bars worldwide guide.
