by MOFO » Friday Aug 03, 2007 1:48 pm
Yeah... why send a girl on a mans job eh? haha. Joking - in fact the lady behind the bar there really knows her beers and was a great source of knowledge when I quizzed her on some of the brews. All the staff there were very knowledgeable, and excited by beer which made a real nice change.
I was there a couple of weeks back - it is just down the road from my work. The selection of beers is incredible - and a lot of the beers are very nice (I have made my way through about 10 of them in the times I have gone). I would say though - I think they tend to over-accentuate the beer characteristics a little for each style - i.e. the IPA there smelt like you just opened up a packet of hops, and it tasted like they had used 50g of Cascade per glass.
In saying that, the stouts and porters were very good and most enjoyable. From waht I understand, they do an Xmas lager in limited quantities and it is very very nice.
Overall - its a great place, I do like it - I actually wish they removed some tables and made it a bit more like a bar as opposed to a real sit down, restaurant feel in some parts. The beer is not cheap - it is on par with me going to the Belgian Beer Cafe - but the place packs out, so I guess they arent about to cut the costs.