Moat Mountain Smokehouse and Brewing Co.

May 5, 2008
Stopped by for lunch, service was great, food was tasty, beer was good. When this area is busy I’ll bet this place is hopping.

January 14, 2008
Large historic building that is quite bright and sunny inside. Good selection of beers and a decent food menu as well. The beers aren’t earth-shattering, but they are well-constructed. Worth stopping in.

December 4, 2007
nice historic building with a good view of Mount Washington. Ate dinner here and the barbeque was good. If you don’t like it slathered in bbq sauce I would recommend asking for it on the side. None of the beer styles on were very adventurous, but they were well crafted. A big plus is that you can rent rooms in the inn upstairs, and if you want to go somewhere else to try some rare/vintage beers, Ebenezeer’s Pub in Lovell, Maine is a half an hour away.

July 10, 2007
Établissement visité le lundi 25 juin vers 12h00. Ambiance: Ancienne maison transformé en restaurant, brasserie et auberge. Nous avons mangé sur la véranda avec une magnifique vue sur Whites Mountains. Musique de style folk/rock. Service: Sympathique et on nous as présenté les bières maisons. Sélection: 7 fût maisons et une dizaine de macro. Nourriture: Comme entrée nous avons pris le "Vegetarian thaï peanut chili" et le "Moat Mountain pot stickers" et comme repas la "Thaï chicken pizza" et le "California Burger". On peut dire que la pizza fut une découverte, j’ai pas l’habitude manger une sauce aux arachides sur ma pizza. (53e rating d’établissement)

June 4, 2007
This establishment has a warm and inviting atmosphere without being dark or industrial. The restaurant itself is always clean. While I have always had excellent service, the last waiter I had was only 20, and could only describe the beers by what they looked like. I felt that he could have asked someone working their (perhaps a brew master) for more information, since he probably would get that question a lot. They have plenty of their own beers available and only a few macro brews, which I found perfectly acceptable. I don’t think you should go to a brew pub and ask for Miller anyhow. They have quite a large variety of foods available, including some vegetarian options. I was quite impressed with my flat bread pizza. I would eat their again and I do usually eat there when I’m in the Conway area.

October 11, 2006
Stopped here for lunch and were quite happy with that decision. Nice seating choices: in the bar, the closed-in patio, or one of the rooms inside. Food was excellent, with some uncommon, but not too strange choices. The beers we tried were excellent, with good variety of styles.

March 26, 2004 [ Updated May 20, 2008 ]
Good list of house brews on tap, as well as a few macros for the unadventurous. Food is a very good chemistry of American boldness and creative tastiness. This great food somewhat overshadows the average beers of which the Hoffman Weiss is dominating, imho. If in the region, a stopover is fun, especially if you are hungry, but otherwise I can’t say this brewpub’s beers stand out much in the New England beer seene.