REVIEW: Brew-Wing Makes a Disappointing Debut at the 2021 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival

Brew-Wing at the EPCOT Experience flies into the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival for the first time in 2021 to offer a variety of wings, flatbreads, and specialty beers and ciders.

Menu for Brew-Wing at the EPCOT Experience at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival

Food:

• 🆕 Garlic-Parmesan Wings with Celery and Ranch (Gluten/Wheat Friendly) – $7.50
• 🆕 Barbecue Wings with Celery and Ranch (Gluten/Wheat Friendly) – $7.50
• 🆕 Teriyaki-Sesame Wings with Celery and Ranch – $7.50
• 🆕 Traditional Buffalo Wings with Celery and Ranch (Gluten/Wheat Friendly) – $7.50
• 🆕 Mango-Habanero Wings with Celery and Ranch (Gluten/Wheat Friendly) – $7.50
• 🆕 Cheese Flatbread – $9.00
• 🆕 Pepperoni Flatbread – $9.50

Beverages:

• 🆕 Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company Pineapple Vibes Blonde Ale, Orlando, FL (5.0% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00
• 🆕 Central 28 Beer Company Groveland Road Blood Orange IPA, DeBary, FL (6.0% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00
• 🆕 Wicked Weed Brewing Watermelon Dragonfruit Session Sour, Asheville, NC (4.5% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00
• 🆕 Bold Rock Honeycrisp Hard Cider, Nellysford, VA (4.7% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00
• 🆕 Starcut Ciders Magpie Hard Cider, Bellaire, MI (4.3% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00
• 🆕Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Apple Lantern Roasted Pumpkin, Armada, MI (6.5% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00
• Beer Flight – $9.75
• Cider Flight – $9.75

Photos of Menu Items at Brew-Wing at the EPCOT Experience at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival

*NEW* Garlic-Parmesan Wings with Celery and Ranch – $7.50

These are super greasy. It’s hard to even get to the point where you can taste the garlic Parmesan because they’re so oily.

Overall, the wings were mediocre. They aren’t crispy at all. We suspected it would be hard to mass-produce wings for an EPCOT festival and were not wrong.

*NEW* Barbecue Wings with Celery and Ranch – $7.50

This was a standard, unremarkable barbecue sauce.

*NEW* Teriyaki-Sesame Wings with Celery and Ranch – $7.50

These stood out as the best sauce flavor of them all. It was a rich, thick sauce with a lot of flavor and ample sesame seeds.

*NEW* Traditional Buffalo Wings with Celery and Ranch – $7.50

This doesn’t have the best Buffalo flavor. It’s pretty mild and borderline barbecue tasting.

*NEW* Mango-Habanero Wings with Celery and Ranch – $7.50

These had a lot of heat but not a lot of flavor. We weren’t sure they were the mango-habanero except for the heat.

*NEW* Cheese Flatbread – $9.00

Both flatbreads taste like they could have been from a gas station.

They’re just bland and don’t belong on a Food & Wine menu. We’re sure kids will be pleased, but these don’t deserve to be part of the festival.

*NEW* Pepperoni Flatbread – $9.50

*NEW* Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company Pineapple Vibes Blonde Ale, Orlando, FL (5.0% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00

Untappd describes this blonde ale as having a “basic malt build for a crisp profile with a subtle hint of pineapple on the finish.”

*NEW* Central 28 Beer Company Groveland Road Blood Orange IPA, DeBary, FL (6.0% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00

Untappd says this is “a hoppy, balanced, refreshing IPA [fermented] with a half-pound of Blood Orange juice per gallon of beer.”

*NEW* Wicked Weed Brewing Watermelon Dragonfruit Session Sour, Asheville, NC (4.5% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00

Wicked Weed Brewing describes their beer: “Burst into an explosion of tart fruit flavor that refreshes your senses with every sip. Vibrant colors, fresh fruits, and a quenching tartness make Burst Session Sour a vivid new beer experience.”

*NEW* Bold Rock Honeycrisp Hard Cider, Nellysford, VA (4.7% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00

From Tri-Eagle Sales: “Crisp with a refreshing bite, Bold Rock Honeycrisp Cider is a tasty blend featuring America’s favorite apple, harvested in the heart of the Blue Ridge!”

*NEW* Starcut Ciders Magpie Hard Cider, Bellaire, MI (4.3% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00

Untappd describes the Magpie as “a sweet cider made exclusively with Jonathan apples from Boals Orchards. Aromas of brown sugar, syrup, and baked apples are followed by similar sugary flavors throughout. A pleasant balance is achieved through the right amount of acidity, creating a dry finish.”

*NEW* Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Apple Lantern Roasted Pumpkin, Armada, MI (6.5% ABV) – $5.00/$9.00

From Blake’s Hard Cider Co.: “Experience the warming flavor of our handpicked apples balanced with the oven-roasted richness of pumpkin. Refreshingly crisp & perfectly spiced, our Apple Lantern brings you the taste of autumn that can only come from Blake’s Orchard.”

Location of Brew-Wing at the EPCOT Experience at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival

Brew-Wing at the EPCOT Experience can be found at the dining area inside the preview center for all of EPCOT’s new and upcoming transformations, between Test Track and the Mexico Pavilion. It’s number 29 on the map below.

Brew-Wing at the EPCOT Experience is just one of seven new marketplaces added to the festival lineup this year, so make sure to visit EPCOT anytime between July 15th and November 20th if you want to try the new offerings!