I stopped by Clockhouse Brewing earlier this week.
A terribly small bar, but the general seating area (tables and chairs) was more than adequate.
I was hungry for a burger, and since the connected business Black Sheep, serves Clockhouse beer, I assumed that there would at least be a burger on the menu in the brewery. Not the case. However they do have a small menu of appetizers. Because of my hunger, I only tried one of their beers, it was their Belgian Golden Ale (I forget what they call it, but all their beer names have something to do with confusing the word Clock with something that sounds similar and usually has to do with a male appendage...so I find that tendancy to be a little distateful, though I suppose some would call it humorous). The Belgian golden was a good color, had a nice white head. The alcohol % by vol was low for a Belgian Golden (I think it was within 0.5% one side or the other of 5%). The taste was good, and not overpowering: A competent representation of the style. I would have liked for its profile to be slightly enriched with more malt and just a little more bittering. All in all, quite drinkable.
Looking at the glasses that others had, I believe there are more interesting beers to be tried there, so I will be back. The belgian was $5 for a tulip/snifter glass (probably 10+ oz). Some were $6.
The place was clean. Sitting at the bar, you have a clear view of the brewing vessels behind the bar (in this old heavy timber and brick building, with exposed wood floor joists above, I once again wonder about the sanity of the Cedar Rapids building department and how they allow this brewing workspace to be un-separated from the Assembly space. There must be one hell of a water deluge curtain separating these spaces, right? ). Visually, the place has less old world heavy timber and brick charm than its neighbor Black Sheep, but it still is quite nice. Believe the only handicap access is from the south side of the building and down a hall that separates Black Sheep from its kitchen. Not sure if BlackSheep and Clock House share bathrooms. Main entrance to Clock House is not through a door directly off the street, but via the industrial metal stairs attached close to what used to be the loading docks on the east side of the building (next to a multistory parking lot). Thinking about those stairs now, something was odd about them: I will have to go back to investigate, but I believe that there were no solid risers(?). (And now I'm wondering about the 4" sphere rule). Anyhow, the main entrance did not look like the main entrance. Still, a nice sidestreet sort of feel to this side of the building.