December 11, 2009
Ever since hearing this place opened, and reading about the apparent brewing operation here i’ve been curious, but not THAT "curious". It’s an LGBT-friendly sports bar in Andersonville... can’t say I would ever go there on purpose. While in the area shopping, we decided to drop in and try the selection of house beers. Inside, it was a square room with bar to the left, tables center, and booths on the right side. Chalkboards listed their house brews. There was a decent selection of styles on draft, including a golden ale, an amber, hoppy pale (Cascade), christmas ale, and an oatmeal raisin cookie stout. Of these, the stout and pale ale were somewhat decent, and the others needed some work. A ginger mead was also on the board, made in house. There were 5 other taps, including Bourbon County, Matilda, and Miller Lite. 90% of the crowd was drinking Miller bottles... There were some featured local craft staples on the beer list like Alpha KIng, 2 Brothers, and Metropolitan Dynamo. Overall it was really more your average bar selection, with a few decent beers. Apparently they do very small batches, so there’s no beer to go ( I thought I heard 5 gallons, but that has to be wrong). Strangely the stout was bottled, but again not available to go... why bottle at all? I did see the brewing room enclosed in a small room in the back, it looked like one mash tun and two fermenters. Apparently they hosted a homebrew competition here, and the winner gets to brew on their system. There was also a Samwell show here >_> During the day the crowd was fairly mixed bunch of neighborhood locals there for a Bears game (8 tv’s in here). There was only one server for about 12 tables, so it was a little slow at times, but we had good service and some quick beer info. We only got a couple appetizers, which were pretty standard. The burgers at the adjacent chain restaurant have been featured on Check Please. I’m still sort of on the fence about this place, for a beer bar it’s fairly lacking, especially with better options in the area. I’d return someday to try different seasonals and see if they have improved, but can’t really recommend it as a destination.