SHMBO and I went out of town this weekend and on the way home stopped at a brewpub about an hour from home for lunch. The waitress came to take our order and I asked what beers they had available. She said they didn't have any of their beers available! WFT? I was in utter shock and probably sat there with my mouth open for 10 seconds. She couldn't give me an explanation for why they had no beers available. So I asked what they did have on tap. Nothing... She said they had a problem with the CO2 / nitrogen system. At this point we should have just walked out, but we were hungry so I just ordered a bottle of Fat Tire.
After we finished our lunch and paid the bill. I walked over to the bar to ask the bar tender what was up. He seemed pretty ashamed of the fact that they didn't have any of their own beer and really couldn't give me a good explanation either. He said there was something wrong with the lines and they hoped to have it fixed in about a week.
How the hell does a brewpub go a week without any of their own beers available? You'd think that would be a priority to get that fixed ASAP. I'm still pretty blown away.
On a positive note, our trip took us to Wisconsin so I got a chance to try a couple of beers by Furthermore - Knot Stock, a pale ale brewed with cracked black pepper, and Fatty Boombalatty, a Belgian pale ale. Both were fantastic. Knot Stock on it's own was pretty peppery, but with a burger, it was great. Fatty Boombalatty was a great Belgian, very tasty. Before I ordered, I got a sample of Oscura, which is essentially a California common with coffee beans in the secondary. This was tasty also and had a great coffee flavor, but I thought the Knot Stock would go better with the burger. We stopped at a market and picked up a sixer of the Fatty and another mixed sixer of Knot Stock, Oscura, Proper (an English Ale) and Three Feet Deep (a stout with peat malt).
We also made it to New Glarus and sampled some of their beers and bought an assorted case - Staghorn Octoberfest, Fat Squirrel, Hop Hearty IPA and Uff-Da Bock. Their new brewery isn't open yet so we didn't get to tour it, but we drove by it and it's huge!
After we finished our lunch and paid the bill. I walked over to the bar to ask the bar tender what was up. He seemed pretty ashamed of the fact that they didn't have any of their own beer and really couldn't give me a good explanation either. He said there was something wrong with the lines and they hoped to have it fixed in about a week.
How the hell does a brewpub go a week without any of their own beers available? You'd think that would be a priority to get that fixed ASAP. I'm still pretty blown away.
On a positive note, our trip took us to Wisconsin so I got a chance to try a couple of beers by Furthermore - Knot Stock, a pale ale brewed with cracked black pepper, and Fatty Boombalatty, a Belgian pale ale. Both were fantastic. Knot Stock on it's own was pretty peppery, but with a burger, it was great. Fatty Boombalatty was a great Belgian, very tasty. Before I ordered, I got a sample of Oscura, which is essentially a California common with coffee beans in the secondary. This was tasty also and had a great coffee flavor, but I thought the Knot Stock would go better with the burger. We stopped at a market and picked up a sixer of the Fatty and another mixed sixer of Knot Stock, Oscura, Proper (an English Ale) and Three Feet Deep (a stout with peat malt).
We also made it to New Glarus and sampled some of their beers and bought an assorted case - Staghorn Octoberfest, Fat Squirrel, Hop Hearty IPA and Uff-Da Bock. Their new brewery isn't open yet so we didn't get to tour it, but we drove by it and it's huge!