Mike Hess Brewing Alpine opened its Tavern Road taproom in 2022, bringing a full-kitchen brewpub format to Alpine with 100-percent grain-fed wagyu burgers, wood-fired pizzas, and more than 20 house-brewed beers and seltzers on draft. The beverage program extends beyond beer into wine, kombucha, and cider pours, broadening the tap wall's reach into the same craft-beverage lane occupied by Alpine Frontier Liquor on Alpine Boulevard. A landscaped patio with shade sails, a stone fire pit, a dedicated outdoor bar, and a grass lawn fitted for cornhole games creates a second dining zone that operates independently from the interior taproom. The Alpine location hosts private events with reserved indoor and patio space, and a weekly calendar cycles through trivia contests, live patio music, and rotating food specials tied to specific draft releases. The open-air layout replicates the kind of landscaped, resort-style relaxation that golfers encounter at Willowbrook Golf Course on Riverside Drive, three miles west. The wagyu burger program sources 100-percent grain-fed American wagyu for each patty, and the full kitchen fires pizzas, composed salads, and an expansive kids' menu alongside the draft wall, producing a brewpub format that operates at restaurant-grade capacity rather than tasting-room scale.