Open Brewpubs around the USA

Here's some details about 202 brewpubs I've visited that are still open. The ones that are now closed are on a separate page.

Current Indiana brewpubs aren't here, they are well covered at IndianaBeer.com.
A complete list of all breweries, closed and open, can be found at BeerMe.com.

Alabama
Auburn	Olde Auburn Ale House 2002	It's around back. Access from the municipal parking lot/garage. Brewing equipment is next door and not visible.	Yellow Hammer Ale - Kolsch. Dry hopped with Hallertauer. Very pale, some carbonation. Light clingy head. Authentic aroma. Auburn Amber - Vienna style with Munich and caramel malts. Fuggles and Liberty hops. Quite bitter Striper Stout - Typical oatmeal stout.

Arizona
Cave Creek	Crazy Ed's Satisfied Frog / Black Mountain Brewing 1995 1996	3 or 4 buildings in a "frontier town" tourist mecca of quaint shops. Beer garden is across the street from the brewery. All drinks served in mason jars with handles.	Light - Light pilsner. Worthy. Wheat - Typical clear wheat. Amber - Tinge of red. Malty sweetish but balanced. Gold - Bockish Chili - Poured from bottle, you know the one, with a chili in it. They serve it brewed on site rather than from Evansville (at the time). Chili Light - You gotta be kidding. Wheat - Golden and unmemorable. Porter - Excellent. Typical to style.
Flagstaff	Beaver Street Brewery & Whistle Stop Cafe 1995 1996	Tastefully renovated building in what is becoming a neo-hippie area. The word "eclectic" comes to mind. Brewery is behind glass behind the bar. Rude staff. All beer served quite cold. 3oz samplers were free.	Raspberry - Very. That is the only taste. Hefeweizen - Quite cloudy and quite bland. Red - Mostly gold with a tinge of blush. Quite malty. Bitter - Darker and well balanced. Oatmeal Stout - Mild and well balanced with good taste. Pilsner - Bright yellow gold. Well carbonated. Moderately hoppy. Light and clean. Hefeweizen - Even the sample was served with a lemon slice. Murky yellow water. Brambleberry Brew - New name for the raspberry. Derail Pale Ale - Fruity and flowery smell and taste. Plenty of hops. Good mouth feel. Railhead Red - Visually a pale ale. Light of body and taste. Oatmeal Stout - Roasty. Light body belies taste. Virtually no aroma. Lots of carbonation.
Flagstaff	Flagstaff Brewing 1995	Jazz club with a deadhead influence. Reportedly an extract brewery. Brew vessels are on display in store front next door. No food. Samplers in baby food jars.	Bubbaganouj Pale Ale - Yellow. Acrid, stale. Agassiz Amber - Well balanced. Blackbird Porter - Sweet but with little malt character.
Prescott	Prescott Brewing Company 1995	Friendly place. Bring a coaster they don't have and get a free beer.	Lodgepole Light - Bud color. Willamette and Tettnanger hops. Good malt character. Prescott Pale Ale - Pale copper. Good balance. Complex and bitter. Liquid Amber - Creamy. Balanced. Willow Wheat - American hefe. Balnd. Petrified Porter - Well balance and strong. Roasted and chocolate malts. Northern Brewer and Willamette hops.
South Bisbee	Electric Dave's 1991 1996	Not a brewpub but a micro brewery located in an abandoned rock quarry. You need to drive through a corrugated steel pipe to get there. Electric Dave Harvan reported was arrested for marijuana importation and lost his brewing license but is back in production as of 2003 in Bisbee.
Tucson	Gentle Ben's 1991 1996	Lively college pizza/sports bar with outside garden.	Pale Ale - Full bouquet with plenty of hops in the taste. Acidic roughness. Full bodied. Amber

California
Chico	Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Taproom and Restaurant 1995	Incredibly slow service. Yuppie California chic menu. Wonderful bar back. They've spent a ton of money on this place. Custom one-off mirrors in the posts supporting partitions for instance. Stained glass.	Krystal Wheat - Bright yellow water, just served without lemon. Hefeweizen - Cloudy tart yellow water served with lemon. Dark Wheat - Opaque brown with a creamy head. Mild brown ale. Pale Ale - Lighter and less robust than bottled SNPA. Draught Ale - Identical to Pale Ale above. IPA - Strong. Hopped to style. Cascade does not dominate. Porter - Creamy dark brown. Bitter. Sour around the edges. Not particularly pleasant. Stout - Roasty. Classic American stout. Celebration Ale - Yep. On tap. Bigfoot Barley Wine - Young. Needs aging.
Davis	Sudwerk Restaurant and Brewery 1991	Cavernous light oak restaurant and party bar. Open mash tuns and Yorkshire open square fermenting vats behind glass.	Lager - Creamy and acrid. Not lagered long enough Pilsner - True pils. Hoppy and creamy. Very good. Helles - Good and strong without any rough edges. Marzen - Absolutely correst to style. Rich with a slight apple background. Maibock Dunkel
Eureka	Lost Coast Brewery 1995	Lots of mezzanine space. White, walnut, and cheery. Brewing off-site when visited while expanding the capacity.	Cape Blanko White - Typical blonde. Light and balanced. Stout - Chocolaty and rich with no hop balance. Mild - No harshness. Amber - Hoppy, fruity, and complex. Tall creamy head. Downtown Brown - Mild brown look. Hearty end of style. Pale Summer Session - Full golden. Musky. Refreshing. This batch used a combination of yeasts and was not dry-hopped.
Sacramento	Hogshead Cellars 1991	Basement combination tourist and college bar in historic area - right down to wooden sidewalks. Brewing system is hidden in several rooms in buildings all over the block.	Light lager - Hardly light. Good, hoppy, clean tasting, unfiltered, non-fizzy lager. Excellent. Pale Ale - Smooth, unfiltered, virtually hopless British mild style ale. Dark Ale - Malty stout with strong coffee undertones.
Sacramento	Rubicon Brewing Co. 1991	Nice industrial neighborhood bar with a brewery. All beers were served ice cold.	Wheat - 70% wheat. Lagerish. Not yeasty at all. Somewhat harsh but refreshing. IPA - Hoppy. Cascade and CHinook hops. Amber Ale - Smooth, non carbonated. Plenty of flavor. Stout - Dark and strong but with no particular taste at all. Not even a malty flavor. Scotty's Ale

Colorado
Boulder	Mountain Sun 1995	In the heart of organic area. Mish-mash of booths, picnic tables, and used chairs
Boulder	Rockies Brewing (Boulder Brewing) 1995	Very impressive exterior. Small, friendly bar.	Rockis Premium Draft - Lemon yellow light ale. A little sweet. "Easily drinkable without the burden of heavy flavors". Buffalo Gold - A little darker yellow. Slight apple tartness. Boulder Extra Pale - British ale with some Cascade. Sold widely in bottles. Wrigley Red - Malty, amber. Contract brewed? Boulder Amber - Typical Boulder Porter - Creamy. Light roastiness. Boulder Stout - Strong dark chocolate stout.
Boulder	Walnut Brewery Restaurant Part of Rock Bottom chain 1995	Big, friendly gorgeous place of dark cherry with an inlaid bar.	Indian Peaks Pale Ale - Floral. Very light. Good belgian lace. Buffalo Gold Premium Ale - Same but a bit more taste and color. Jazberry Ale - Very light strawberry. Golden. James' Irish Red Ale - Copper, malty, Cascade? Also cask conditioned which was better. Big Horn Bitter - To style. Hops outshine malt and sweetness. Old Elk Brown Ale - Excellent dry, malty, and fairly strong. Devil's Thumb Stout - Dark and sweet. Almost Mackison. White Pelican Pilsner - To style but on the sweet side.
Colorado Springs	Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. 1995	Nice big old bar back. All beers use NW US hops and are served warmer than normal.	Queen's Blonde - Rich, sweet. Hefeweizen - Sweet and citric. Slightly cloudy. "unique yeast". Cascade Amber Ale - Malty with lots of hops. Phantom IPA - Balanced and hoppy. Also available on the handpull. Zebulin's Peated Porter - No noticable smokiness. Lightish. Roasty. Palmer's Pilsner - Using an ale yeast. Highly hopped blond. Brown - Almost opaque and slightly red. Malty but not sweet. Porter - Cask conditioned with tight sparkler. Cascading head. Creamy collar. Roasty, toasty, and very stout.
Cortez	Main St. Brewery / Mesa Cervesa 1996	New gut and renovation in the heart of downtown. Fun and friendly place. German theme in the American southwest including a bratwurst burrito. Basement game room.	Honey Raspberry Wheat - Mild berry. No aroma and slight taste. Yellow. Mainly a faint malt flavor. Crystal Wheat - Equally yellow. Musty stale aroma. Pale Export - American hoppy. Light but satisfying. Porter - T for toasty. Porter body and stout character. Schnorzen Boomer - Pale ice bock. A serious beer. The first batch of this was made accidentally when the glycol chiller stuck on the fermenter. They transferred from the vessel and left the ice behind. Now they make it every year.
Denver	Breckenridge Brewery 1995	Brewery is behind a simple railing. Bottling line is behind glass. Industrial brewpub a block from Coors Field.	Ballpark Brown - Dark red copper. Munich, pale, chocolate malts. Perle, Hallertauer hops. Slight roastiness. Well balanced. Really a strong ale.
Denver	Denver Chop House Part of Rock Bottom chain 1995	Classy place in an old UP station. White-shirt waiters. Big slate bar. Very professional bartenders. A block from Coors Field. The "Caboose" beer garden in back has a hot dog vendor and sells peanuts.	Red - Cask conditioned. Good and strong. Nut Brown - Week but balanced. Honey Wheat Pale Ale Premium Mild ESB Bitter Redwing Nut Brown Oatmeal Stout
Denver	RockBottom Restaurant 1995	Nicely done downtown bar. 8 pool tables in quiet back room. So-so service.	Rockies Premium Draft - Same as at Boulder/Walnut. Red Rocks Red - Malty, smooth, non-sweet. A touch of Black Patent malt. Red Rocks Red Cask Conditioned - Could be a British Mild. Falcon Pale Ale - Full golden and full bodied. Light taste. Molly's Titanic Brown - Smooth dark brown. Crystal Munich Chocolate malts. Willamette and Mt. Hood hops. Black Diamond Stout - Typically roasty. Black Diamond Stout Cask Conditioned - Sweeter with crusty lace.
Denver	Wynkoop Brewing Company 1995		ESB - Cask conditioned. Very bitter American style bitter. Reddish copper. Twister Ale Backyard Ale Rail Yard Ale Oktoberfest - with ale yeast. IPA - Oak aged and cask conditioned. St. Charles ESB - Cask conditioned. Sagebrush Stout - Oatmeal.
Durango	Carver Brewing Co. 1996	Front is nice, busy lunch/dinner cafe with a good, inexpensive menu. In house bakery. Small brewpub bar in back with pleasant city garden in the alley.	Old Oak Amber - Dark copper. Mellow on tongue. Smooth. Not sharply hopped. Oak chip aged. Golden Wheat & Honey - Bright yellow. Nice effervescence. Both sweet and tangy. Noble hop finish. Garden Brau Hefe-Weizen - A bit cloudy yellow. Nice cloves. Sweet. Jack Rabbit Pale Ale - Americna style. Clean, copper, with a good head. Raspberry Wheat Ale - Typical. Fresh. A bit tart. Lots of berry. Iron Horse Stout - Solid black. Thin head for style. Roasty.
Durango	Durango Brewing 1996	Tasted at Main Street Brewery	Fools Gold - Bright pale gold. Enough malt to make it a great light beer.
Durango	Ska Brewing Company 1996	Tasted at Main Street Brewery	Pinstripe Red Ale. Typical American red. Highly hopped. Copper colored. Less of everything (except hops) than Main Street's Old Oak Amber.
Fort Collins	CooperSmith's Pub & Brewing 1995	Resurrected downtown mall area.	Mountain Aveny Wheat - Effervescent clear yellow. Malt comes through. German yeast. Poudre Pale Ale - American hops (Mt. Hood). Light copper. Punjabi Pale Ale - Tons of Cascade. Medium copper. Albert Damm Bitter - Perfect British ESB. Albert Damm Bitter Cask Conditioned - Great mouthfeel. Bitterer than it should be. Not Brown Ale - Translucent reddish brown. Crystal malt comes through but not sweet. Excellent. Horsetooth Stout - Nitro unburnt Guinness clone. Lots of roastyl. Sigda's Green Chili Beer - Not overly spicy but assertive. Anaheim and Serrano chilis. Redfeather Amber - Creamy head. Dark copper. Malty. Subdued hops. Short finish. Razzberry Ale - Bright candy red. Bright candy flavor. Lendl Dark Lager - Pilsen yeast. Plenty of body. Dark copper. Almost identical color as the amber. Rich.
Grand Junction	Rockslide Brewpub 1996	Typical rejuvenated downtown shopping mall district brewpub. Square bar on one side with vessels cramped behind glass. SW brick and oak decor. Pizza, burgers, and pasta. All beers are very lightly carbonated on Nitro dispense Three local homebrewers were at the bar when we were there.	Widowmaker Wheat - Hefe. Yellow/green. Typically light. Kokopelli Cream Ale - Light gold. Your basic blonde. Cold SHivers Pale Ale - Bright copper. A satisfying almost-British ale. A bit light but very balanced. Honey Brown - Quite translucent brown. Can taste complexity. Rabbit Ears Amber - Excellent to style. Raspberry Wheat - Clear yellow gold. Strong, strong tart raspberry. My personal hell. Big bear Stout - Somewhat translucent. Like the brown, not big enough for style. Good roasty flavor, smooth and slightly sweet.

Connecticut
Hartford	Trout Brook Brewhouse 1997 Now named Thomas Hooker Beers	Was a Spaghetti Warehouse in an industrial area. Reasonably priced food but small portions.	Mikes Light Ale - Yellow, hoppy, and crisp. Blonde with NW hoppiness. Hooker Pale Ale - Light copper. Almost balanced but still hoppy. ESB - Rich red copper. Balanced with a hop edge. Quite good. Czech Pilsner - Hey, creamy. Underhopped for style. Good belch. Rich. Well lagered. Good Belgian lace. Not much carbonation. Saaz hops. Raspberry Wheat - Yellow, some raspberry aroma but taste explodes. Syrup. Brewer won't use fruit in the vats as it taints the next brew. Dry Fly Stout - Mild. Dark brown with brown head. Roasty. A tinge spicy. Well balanced.
Manchester	John Harvard's Brewing Co. - BrewPub and Restaurant 1998	Beer people for a big NE chain.	Rauch Beir - Excellent smoke. Light body. Malty to balance the smoke. Much better than at Amherst John Harvards. Pale Ale - Cask conditioned. Goldings and Willamette hops. First pint of day was replaced happily. Second pint was much colder and needed to be warmed until it shined. Orange color. Manchester Alt - Cream colored head. Dark ruby. Malty rich balance. Nut Brown - Seems cold and crisp. Solid brown. Light but with body. Golden Peach - Yellow green cloudy hefeweizen. Sweet is first note then peach. Robust Porter - Light flavor and heavy body. Nitro dispense. Solid but not special. Belgian Wit - Lemon yellow bright. Effervescent. Soapy. Missing the sour and lactic. Something is painfully wrong. Light Lager Vienna Lager
Norwalk	The Brewhouse 1997 Reopened in 2003 as New New England Brewing Co. in Woodbridge	New brick and copper place that is made to look like industrial on the inside. Look for the clock tower.	Atlantic Amber Gold Stock Ale Light Lager Oatmeal Stout Marzen Holiday Ale Hefe-weissen

Delaware
Rehobeth Beach	Dogfish Head Brewing & Eats 1997 2001	Restaurant and nightclub with small on-site brewery. Shark themed. In tourist beach town. Very professional staff. One-room place with long bar. They are opening another brewery location in Milton for bottling. (1997)	Pale Ale - Mild, malty American style. Dark for style. Shelter Pale Ale - Not overly hoppy but not at all sweet. No floral but assertive. Willamette hops. Aprihop - Apricot IPA. Willamette and Cascade hops. Light golden and a bit hazy. 6% ABV. Apple Ale - Distinct red apple. High carbonation. Around 8% ABV. Bright copper gold with a bit of red. Taste of Belgian yeast. King Midas Golden Elixer - Honey, muscat graps, saffron. 7.5% ABV. Full but not biting. Grapes come through. Raisin de Etre - Belgian beet sugar and green raisins. "A sense of purpose". Raisins come jumping out at your cheeks. 8% ABV. Indian Brown - Robust bitter brown with an edge. Chicory Stout - Nitro dispense. Licorice root, organic Mexican coffee, St. John's wort, chicory. Some coffee comes through and a touch af anise. Dry stout. Great Punkin Ale - Red organge. Solid small head. Big pumpkin taste with clove and nutmeg to give pumpkin pie character. Malt aroma that becomes pumpkin as the beer warms. Buxom Blond Whirlwind Stout Lawnmower Light 60 Minute IPA

Florida
Coral Springs	Big Bear Brewing Co. 2002	Large American grille in high-end area of west Miami. Dark brick interior. Rectangular bar seats 30. Points off for sloppy barmaid on downers. Give points back because she's cleaning while not busy. No mention of beer prices on menu. Nine 4oz samplers ended up at $5.25. They had a $1M fire in 2001 but rebuilt in 2 months.	Hibernation Pale Ale - American IPA with lots of grapefruit Cascades bitterness. Polar Light - Creamy with some hoppy aftertaste. Bold yellow. Peach Light - Very refreshing. Not sweet. Hefeweizen - Bright. Bright yellow. Spicy but not clove. Holiday Spiced Ale - Brownish dull red. Lots and lots of pumpkin pie spice, mainly nutmeg. Pretty raw tasting. Brown Bear Ale - English Southern brown. Thicker than style but could be considerably more of style flavors. Some maple. Really quite nice. Kodiak Belgian Dubbel - Malt, raisin, skunk. 7.0% ABV. Grizzly Red Ale - American amber with caramel malt. Smooth and fairly malty sweet. Porter - Pretty dark. Opaque. Thick and creamy. Light taste. Quite nice.
Key West	Kelly's Caribbean Bar and Grill 2002	Wonderful location with all the windows open. Airplane motif. Backyard seating is under a massive banyan tree. Separate t-shirt and gift room tells how much of a tourist mecca this place is. Brewery is hidden somewhere. Don't get excited about the "home of Pan Am" talk, it's in the building where the papers were signed.	Red - Malty red ale. Sweet and sturdy. Clear, cold, crisp. Good stuff. Wheat - Pulpy from lemon juice. Drinkable but not beer, just lemonade. Light Pilsner
Lady Lake	Spanish Springs Brewing / Anjie's Taproom 1996	Classy restaurant in retirement village. Friendly atmosphere. Big sampler glasses (5oz).	Lila's Silver Slipper - Raspberry wheat. Not sweet but not well-balanced. Spring Light - Light, light, Coors light. Just a little more creamy. Spanish Springs Wheat - No bouquet, no taste, no aftertaste, no nothing. Father Rollando's Righteous Ale - Good middle-of-the-road American ale. Light gold. Very drinkable. Lawnmower micro beer. Bock - Light brown sipping beer. Hershey bar with a head. Oktoberfest - Good solid in type but pedestrian. Drank this outside on cloudy day and it skunked up in 10 minutes. Billy Bowlegs Buffalo Beer - "Robust dark porter". All in all OK but weak and a bit sour. Sebald Select
Melbourne	Charlie and Jake's Brewery Grille 2002	Big place with large flags hanging from ceiling. Brewery behind glass behind bar. Tap water tastes funky.	Wickham Wheat - American wheat with Fuggles and Cascade hops. Bright. Dull yellow. Light. No discernable character. Slam Dunkelweizen - Light. Dull yellow. A bit hefe cloudy. Marzen malt comes through. Good to style but not aggressive. Brown Bottom - Roasted and chocolate malt. Mt. Hood and Northern Brewer hops. Irish ale yeast. Again, understated. Anniversary Ale - Four infusions of Cascade hops. Bright yellow. Goes good warm. Finally some hops. Still subtle rather than in-your-face grapefruit. Indian River Red - Cascade and Centennial hops. Some malt. Smoother and creamier. Brownish red. A1A IPA - Kent Goldings hops. Good beer. Strong and balanced. Yo Man! Sebastian Bock - Munich malt. Hits the tongue with carbonation and malt. Cranberry Wheat Gale Force Lager Harley Honey Wheat Marilyn Marzen Mather's Mai Bock Orbiter Oktoberfest Smokehouse Stout Suntree ESB Winter Lager
Miami	Titanic Brewery 2002	Quite college local. Separate bar and restaurant. Homey. Brewery behind glass behind the bar. Cajun/creole food. Homebrew club meets on Wednesdays.	Triple Screw Light Ale - Has a hoppy kick. Captain Smith's Rye - Amber with some rye. Taste was off, old, sour. Britannic Best Bitter - Simple British ESB Whitestar IPA - Medium peach with long foamy head. Bitter is built in and you don't really notice how much there is. Boiler Room Nut Brown - Sweet Southern brown. Reddish. Shipbuilder's Oatmeal Stout - NW hops. Serious stout rather than using oatmeal to smooth. Serving in 10oz tulip glass with a 1 per person limit (which isn't justified). Scottish Ale - Full flavored and large boned. Roggen Boch - Bock with no real rye impact. Lots of bitter and dark malt sweetness to balance. 9% ABV.
Ocala	Hops Grillhouse & Brewery 1996	Typical large sandwich upscale restaurant. Ask for a warm glass. This is probably the last Hops I'll ever visit.	Lightning Bold Gold - Heavily carbonated. Full-bodied. Slight malt aroma. No flaws but not inspiring. Hammerhead Red - Smoothe amber with not bitterness. Aromatic.
Palm Harbor	Hoppers Grille & Brewery 2002	One of a chain of 3 Florida brewpubs. Shopping center small bar with local ambience. All clientele over 50. All beers served cold but not iced.	Flying Cat Pale Ale - Thick red strong ale. Brit style. Thck malty. Strong aftertaste. Only 5.8% ABV. Old Porch Dog Ale - Thick brown. Quite like Oaken Barrel's Royal Bohemian Pilsner - Creamy head. Not overly hoppy. Fischer Helles - Bright yellow. Not sharp but bright. Katharinas Wit - Unspiced white with a hint of citric. Helms Dunkler Bock - Small brown head. Malty. Ararillo Pils - American light. Cat Tale Pale Ale - American style Quadiablo Belgian Quad - 13% ABV. Wow. No aroma. Can tell alcohol but it does not bite. Plum, raisin, grape. Earns the name. Tampa Red Hop Head IPA
Saint Augustine	A1A Ale Works 2002	One of the Big River chain. Right downtown with balcony seating overlooking all the action. Touristy.	Bridge of Lions Brown Ale - Brown. Creamy thick. Cold but not obscene. American style. A bit of roasted notes. King St. Light Lager - Light. Liberty hops, they say. Porpoise Point Pale Ale - British with Perle hops(?). Floral aroma. Red Brick Ale - Cascade American ale. "A pinch of brick dust in each batch". A. Strange Stout - "Scottish Stout Style". Friendly drinkable porter.
Sarasota	Sarasota Brewing Company 2002	Inviting knotty pine place near shopping street. Sports bar. Brewery is in 3 adjoining rooms.	Cobra Light - Pale malt and Czech hops. Florida Rattlesnake - Cobra Light with some Jalapeno slices. Ya Mills Honey Mead - Honey. NW Hops. A bit sweet. 7% but still light. Sequia Amber Lager - Caramel malt. NW hops. Exactly to style. Big. Midnight Pass Porter - Robust and exact to style. Trace of expresso and chocolate liqueur. SBC Winter Ale - Strong Scotch ale. 8.5% ABV.

Georgia

Atlanta

Phoenix Brewing

1998

Closed in 1999. Reopened as Five Seasons Brewpub in 2001.

Major retro restaurant with an Irish accent.

Served samplers in paper cups.

Wee Heavy - Cold, flat, malty. Cascades hops come through.
Oatmeal Stout
What In Helles
Pale Ale

Savannah

Moon River Brewing Co.

2002
2003

Downtown dim local on main street. Good geography, haphazard execution. On the main street but is still a bit off the beaten path. Had a glass of water served with samples without asking for it.

Belgian - Tart, dry Belgian brown. Cloudy copper. Some coriander. Pushes the 6% Georgia alcohol limit.
Bay Street Brown Ale - Nitro dispense. Northern brown style. Sweet and syrupy.
Claire De Lune - Saaz hops.
Savannahfest - Octoberfest using Munich malt.
Swamp Fox IPA - American with lots of Cascade hops.
Captain's Porter
Bomb Dry Stout

Road Trip Hard Cider - Tart, clean. Bright. Made from local apples and fermented on site.

Clair De Lune (Moonlight) - Gold, creamy, pretty full taste for their lightest beer. Balanced with a distinct Saaz hop presence. Served reasonably warm.
Bay St. Brown - Creamy but light. Almost delicate. A bit sweet. All in all, a bit so-so.
Extra Pale Ale - Lighter than the Clair De Lune but crisper and tangier with less tastebud tickle.
St. Patrick's Day Pale - Unfiltered, dark gold. Otherwise remarkably similar to the IPA but, er, warmer and a bit maltier.
Swamp Fox IPA - "Huge Cascade" Reasonable hopping. A decent choice.
Sour-Mash Apricot Ale - 2/3 malted wheat. 1/3 pilsner malt. The mash stands overnight to get bacterial tartness then 200 pound of apricots are added at fermentation time. After a 5-week cold aging you get a pale gold, still, clear ale that is like being hit in the roof of the mouth by an apricot. Distinctly apricot. Yep, apricot. Not sweet but you can taste the fuzz. OK, maybe not that much apricot.
Savannah Fest Beer - "German Festival Bier". Munich malt. Bright copper. Balanced. Distinct noble hops. Still seems to be an ale.
The Captain's Porter - Translucent cordovan. Long, white head. Sweetish, malty session beer with caramel and bittersweet chocolate notes.
Stout. - Mostly opaque. Thick and rich with roasty and a bit toasty tang. Mainstream and quite popular.

Roadtrip Hard Cider - Cider from a local, GA producer that is fermented on site. Mainly Granny Smith apples. Tart and very pleasant.

Illinois
Chicago	Goose Island (Clybourn) 1995 2001 2004	Rambling beer mecca brewpub that always has so many beers on tap it brings tears to the eyes. Always have loved this place. Always happy when their mild is on the handpull. The Goose Island (Fulton Street) also known as Wrigleyville. Is similar in concept but the layout is not quite as nice.	Maduro - Strong brown ale at 6.5% ABV. Recommended with a cigar. PMD Mild Ale - A bit thin to style. Some chocolate and caramel A bit sweet. PMD Mild Ale Cask Conditioned - The best dark British mild this side of the pond. 3.8% ABV. Bready. Firm. XXX Porter - Almost roasty enough to be a stout. Harvest Ale - Cask conditioned. Deep orange. Smooth Styrian Goldings hops. Light body. Hexnut Brown Ale - Deeper than the bottled variety. Almost cordovan. Overly carbonated. Blonde Ale Honker's Ale American Pale Ale Smooth India Pale Ale Oktoberfest Smooth Oatmeal Stout Kriek Naughty Goose Cask Conditioned - Very dark southern brown. Big, brown, creamy head. Warms nicely. Thick, rich, balanced. Not black, malty, just thick. Trippel - Dark red but delicately colored. A bit overblown on the nose. Surely a lot of malt. Not sweet, just powerful. Not very subtle. 312 American Hefe Kolsch Pils Hefe Honkers Ale Palisades IPA Red Felt IPA Saison Hex Nut Brown Old Clybourne Porter
Chicago	Piece Brewery & Pizzeria 2004	Fabled far and wide but sort of disappointing. Party bar for the young crowd with enough TVs to show all the MLB games at once. Worse, the beer was served rock cold. Even worse, the aroma of burnt pizza added to the bummer.	Golden Arm - Sparkling, straw yellow kolsch. Quite bitter. Anniversary Ale (2004) - Malty, almost chocolately British mild style. Deep mahogony. Big 'n Curvy Hefeweizen - American hops, German yeast Dysfuntionale American IPA
Flossmoor	Flossmoor Station 1999	Attentive brewpub in old train station. Lots of beers, (so little time).	Dark Star Imperial Stout - No head. Chocolate in aroma. Huge beer. Roasty and toasty. Velvety smooth.
Libertyville	Mickey Finn‘s Brewery 2004	Typical restaurant brewpub in a downtown suburb setting. The long, comfy bar area is the busy spot of the town after work. We were the first bar customer of the day and before our beers were poured, the 'tender cleared the taps - something often overlooked.	Belgian Blonde - Light gold. Slight carbonation. Some Belgian notes but on the light side all the way. Barley Wine - Cask conditioned. 10% ABV. Brewed for their 10th anniversary. Rich brown, citric, dark fruit, salt, and sour in an uncomfortable blending. Overall intense but not focused. Brewers Reserve Cream Ale - Golden, malty. A bit of green vegetable notes. Wheat Ale - 50% wheat malt Classic Irish Stout - On CO2 and cask conditioned Nitro Pale Ale Gudenteit Hefeweizen Abana Amber
Moline	Bent River Brewery 2002	Started as a homebrew store that opened next store. Long copper-topped bar. 7 tanks directly behind bar. Worthwhile stop.	Pale Ale - American and not notable. Jalapeno Pepper Beer - From syrup. Quite hot at first sip but mellows so you can appreciate the flavor. Strawberry Blonde Ale - Sweet strawberry infusion. Chipolte Stout - Not strong, not roasty. Interesting idea. Brown Ale - Mediocre. Oatmeal Stout - Almost completely translucent with red copper edges. Thick, lasting head. Ale house character. Mississippi Blonde Lager Bohemian Pilsner - Saaz hops. American Wheat Citrus Ale IPA
Peoria	John Rhodell Brewery 2004	In growing industrial area becoming tourist and shopping area. A Brew on Premise that serves some of their own beers.	Cask Conditioned Pale Ale Hophead Heaven Scottish Amber Oh Ah Amber River City Wheat American Brown Summertime Porter Black Berry Weizen.

Iowa
Amana	Millstream Brewing Company 1991 1996	Not a brewpub but has a tasting room in the gift shop. The wooden floor in the brewery needs to be replaced often.	Wheat - Mild lager. Not much weisse character. Lager - Good, strong, all-malt, all natural. Shild Brau Amber - Good table beer at 4.6% ABV. Nothing really special but very drinkable.
Davenport	Front Street Brewery 2002	Downtown local's bar. Deep and dark.	Cherry Ale - Pale American ale with hint of cherry. Neither sweet nor tart. No cherry in the color or bouquet but a little in the background. Dunkelweizen - Dark red copper. Rich and malty. Little carbonation. Rich but not thick. Wheat character is foremost but dunkel is integral. Balanced. Excellent. Old Davenport Gold Raging River Ale Bucktown Stout Hefeweizen
Dubuque	Blackwater Grill at the Bricktown Brewery 2002	Downstairs high-class fancy restaurant with a small extract brewing system. Copper vessels behind glass in restaurant. Open for about 2 months before our visit. They will put vanilla, orange, or strawberry extract in your beer if you ask.	Laughing Ass Pale Ale - Yellow honey. Healthy carbonation. Very pale English ale. Good hop assertion at finish. Swirl, swallow, wait for it. Rudolph's Red Nose Ale - British winter ale. Get Fuggled ESB - Copper. Lower carbonation. Mildly malty ESB. Not strongly hopped. Bully Porter Munich Dunkel Bull Dog Double Bock Black Eyes Stout

Kansas
Lawrence	The Free State Brewing Company 1995	Busy college-town mega-pub on downtown being-rehabilitated main street. Beer garden	Copperhead Pale Ale - Yakama & Cascade dry-hopped. Robust IPA. Balanced, clean & crisp. Wheat Wtate Golden Cyclist Ad Astra Ale Oatmeal Stout
Manhatten	Little Apple Brewing Company 1995	Obviously unmemorable. Sorry.	Wildcat Wheat - American hefe Big Red Ale - The Big Red One are stationed at Ft. Riley. Sour. Acrid. Pony Express Porter - Slightly sour but not objectionable. Black Angus Stout - Chocolatey rather than roasty. Some toasty. Nitro. Friendly Fire Jalapeno - Different than green chilis.

Kentucky
Louisville	Bluegrass Brewing Co. 1997	Neo-industrial brewpub in a building that has been around for a while and not kept up too well. Gregarious hospitality. Sandwiches, pizza, and pasta. All beers served moderately warm.	American Pale Ale - Ruddy red. Balanced citric bitter. Kolsch - Light. They claim it as their Bud fighter and it may be their best beer. Sweet and full bodied. Alt - Dark copper. Strongish hoppy. Dark Star Porter - Dark. Mile and light bodied. Goldings hops. Cask Conditioned Pale Ale - Quite bitter. British style. Served at proper temperature. Hell For Certain - Very Belgian red. Very strong. 7% ABV. Huttsticke - "Secret beer". A Dusseldorf specialty. Somewhat strong and raisiny bock with a lot of carbonation. Burnt notes.
Louisville	Cumberland Brews 2000 2002	Shop front in eclectic Broad Rippleish neighborhood. Seating for 31 max but more seating upstairs. Fancy entrees and sandwiches. 3bbl system.	Cream Ale - Yellow. Bright. Thick head. Lots of aroma. Neutral light taste. Full mouthfeel. Pale Ale - Copper. Thin head. Lots of NW hops. IPA. Brown Ale - Cordovan. THin head. Smooth. Balanced. Little nose. Light taste for style. Rachel's Red - Red copper. Thin. Taste and aroma to style. Nitro Porter - Dark wine read. Malty but balanced. Typical. Oatmeal Stout - A bit thin. Almost a brown but darker and more opaque. Nut Brown - Cordovan. Thick and chewy. Malty but tries to be balanced. Scotch Ale - Chewey. Sweet malty mega. Not much balancing hops.
Newport	Hofbrauhaus 2004	Just what you expect; big open space with lots of long tables. $7 per liter.	Weizen - German clear wheat. Banana and clove touches with a long after taste. Dunkel Lager - Smooth, malty, with a big creamy head. Metallic CO2 notes. Very little hops. Maibock

Louisiana
New Orleans	Crescent City Brewhouse 1996 1999	Perfect location for any business - in the French Quarter. Busy tourist brewpub.	Black Forest - Dunkel lager. Chocolate comes through. Could be a porter. Pilsner - Light and touristy.

Maryland
Annapolis	Fordham Brewing 2001	The tap house for Fordham is the Ram's Head Tavern around the corner from the brewery. A rambling new brick place in an old building near the historic town center. Basement bar and heated outside terrace. Blue suits from the Academy are 10% of the customers - "Report to the Ramshead".	Victor E. Light - Pilner without the bitterness. Darker than a Budmillercoors. Helles Lager - Light yellow. Serious carbonation. Good, clan hops. Edel Pils - Thick head on a crisply beer. Still not full pilsner hoppiness but Saaz bitter lasts long in the aftertaste. Good stuff. Copperhead Ale - A medium body alt with a bland taste. A bit of malt. Weizenbock. Wheat clove and lots of carbonation. Unfiltered and cloudy past haze. Comes right at you to nibble on your tongue. Genius Stout - You can't make Guinness with a lager yeast. Sorry. Blue Point Oyster Stout - Plenty of bitter but translucent to eye and tongue. Tavern Ale - Unfiltered. Fuggles dry hopping makes authentic Best Bitter taste. Really pretty good but the overcarbonation really detracts.

Massachusetts
Amherst	Amherst Brewing Company 1998	College town city center refurbishment in brick and beam. Mash and boiler behind glass, fermenters at end of bar out in the open. Brushed anodized aluminum bar under a plastic coating. 101 Strings of the beer world.	North Pleasant Pale - Yellow gold. Light. A blonde. Righteous Red - Pinkish copper. Light. A malty blonde. Nondescript. ABC ESB - Heavier hopped with NW hops. Could be an IPA. Honey Pilsner - Yellow gold. Creamy for style. Massatucky Brown - Decent American brown. Honey and molasses. Dark tan. Raspberry Brown - Darker still. Raspberry just whispers. Puffer's Smoked Porter - Dark. Smoke but sweet. Tastes like liquid smoke. A disappointment.
Greenfield	Peoples Pint 1998	New painted small storefront. Clean and not ostentatious. British style beers and served at decent temperature.	Pied PIPA - Fuggles extravaganza. Reddish copper. Grows on you. Extra Ordinary - Good bitter session beer at 3.8% ABV. Uses Harrington and Pride of Ringwood. ESB - Too bitter and unbalanced. Medium copper. Goldings hops. Farmer Brown - Dark rich brown. A chocolate porter. Headless Horseman - An old ale. Thin and black. Raisin, red grape. 9.0% ABV. Has hidden charms. Inhaling while drinking is a special experience. Slaps you in the face while it tickles.
Northampton	Northampton Brewery 1998	Old downtown house one block behind city center. Busy city but empty pub. No service. Found an outside bar that was manned (well, womanned - with Smith College in town it's 8 women to every man).	Northampton Pale Ale - American pale. Plenty hoppy. Redheaded Stepchild - American red with malt and Cascade both coming through. Weizenheimer - Bright yellow. Sour. Blech. Bad Brown Dog - Decent thick brown. All malt. Unbalanced. Black Cat Stout - Black with brown head. All malt but not sweet. Syrupy. Actually served too warm.

Michigan
Battle Creek	Arcadia Brewing Company 2000 2004	Big open place with big open production area. Kegging and bottling lines are behind glass from the bar. Pizza a specialty. Located in a lonely block of closed shops in downtown Battle Creek, just a couple of blocks from Kellogs. Sandwiches, pizza, and entrees. The brewery is attached and takes up more space than the pub; fitting for a 25 BBL system, 50 BBL fermenters, and a full rotary bottling line.	Arcadia IPA Cask Conditioned - Served cool. Biscuity aroma. Clear copper with a big white head. Bigg hoppy Fuggles bitter. A bunch of beer. Arcadia IPA - A lot less hops. Battle Creek Special Reserve - Dark gold. Lawnmower beer with flavor. Balanced. A touch metallic from excessive CO₂. Angler's Ale - Very good American pale. Cascade hops are strong but not overpowering. Smooth, Good neutral belch. Nut Brown Ale - A bit thin and a bit sweet. EXB - Stronger ale. Lots of aroma. A bit sharp. Very good to style. Starboard Stout - Oat malt stout. Black with dark brown head. Thick, malty. Special Reserve Golden Mild - Mt. Hood and Cascade hops give a crisp finish. Anglers Ale - British pale ale with Fuggles and Goldings hops. Light copper color. Sweet start and crisp finish. Whitsun - Unfiltered wheat ale. A touch of honey and Munich malts combine to keep it light in color and flavor yet interesting. ESB - British ESB with Fuggles and Willamette hops. Medium copper color with malty notes and a slightly sweet attack. IPA - An IPA that is neither traditional British or American. Plenty of bitterness comes from Fuggles, Centennial and Cascade hops. A hard beer to define. Nut Brown - Northern brown with a darker than style color. Hints of nuts, raisins, and chocolate. Scotch Ale - Less sweet than many Scottish ales. London Porter - Smoky porter with Fuggles and Goldings hops. Lots of complex balanced flavor. Many porters have roasted character, this is more Smoke. Starboard Stout - Irish Oatmeal Stout. Roasted malts. Creamy. Cascade hops give edges but not fruity notes.
Birmingham	Big Rock Chop House	Big very upscale restaurant. Valet parking of Benz's and Jags in the lot. I wasn't in proper attire but they smile at brewpub T-shirts so it was OK. Upstairs cigar bar.	Double Chocolate Porter - Lots of nose and taste. Scotch Ale - Cask conditioned. Thick and creamy. Huge yeast nose. Sweet with cherry tones. Blond Pale Hefe Red
East Lansing	Harper's Brewing 2000	Big college sports and band bar. That about explains it. No beer menu. Not terribly clean or well maintained.	Wheat - Light gold. Cold. Malty but no citrus or clove.
Escanaba	Hereford and Hops Wausau 2002	Classy, understated restaurant. Brewery downstairs with the lounge and pool tables. I think our sampler was the first run of the taps for the day.	Lemon Beer Cooler - A shandy. Crisp. light. Whadda you expect. Northern Light Ale - Good strong body. Acts lick a cream ale. Follow-up taste in back of palate. Razzberi Ale - Plenty of raspberry. Whitetail Ale - Lots of carbonation sustains creay head. Darkish yellow. Diacytl butter. Cleary Red. Typical medium strong American amber. Hefeweizen - Bright deep yellow with extremely creamy head. They say "Slightly cloudy unfiltered German ale". Not bad, just not to style at all. PIVA Bohemia Pilsner - Hoppier cream ale. Has a biting edge. Old batch maybe. St. Edmonds Strong Porter. Sweetish. Thickish. Again, creamy. Some flaked rye in grain bill but not noticable. Rejuvenator Dopplebock - Too: light, smooth, creamy, much head. has some faint aroma.
Ferndale	Woodward Avenue Brewers 2004	First floor is all outdoor seating when it's nice. A good place to watch the cars go by in the late afternoon.	Vanilla Porter - Black with a brown head, thick, roasty, not sweet. Blonde Raspberry Marzen Hefe Pale Brown Porter
Flint	Redwood Lodge 2000	Big formula brewpub. Fake log hunting lodge decor. Cigar lounge bar with stone accents and easy chairs. All beers to indistinct to write about.	Pale Ale Cask Conditioned - Clowdy brownish gold. Creamy head. Served at good temp in frosty 20oz pint glasses. Munich Helles - Budmillercoors Pale Ale Special Bitter Oktoberfest Kolshbier Red Light Brown Porter
Gaylord	Big Buck Brewery & Steakhouse 2000 2002	Big big place with lots of stuffed animals. A cathedral to food. All beers served quite cold. There's something inherently wrong with a brewpub that sings Happy Birthday to kids.	Wolverine Wheat - Yellow with foamy head. A bit of a stale taste. Big Buck Beer - Looks like wheat. Tastes like wheat and corn. Doc's ESB - Floral. NW hops. Black River Stout - Roasty. Real black. Big Buck Naked Light - Crisp Budmillercoors clone. Big Buck Beer - More taste. Balanced. A bit of corn. Mild dose of hops. Antler Ale - American amber. Copper. Other than color, to style. Redbird Ale - Redder and hoppier. Doc's ESB - Quite hoppy American bitter. Darker in color but not malty-strong as an ESB would be. Agreeable. IPA - American style. Just as hoppy as the ESB. Raspberry Wheat - American wheat with subtle raspberry. Quite mild. Black 'n Berry - Stout and Raspberry Wheat half 'n half. Black River Stout - Guinness without the sharp edges or sidewalk chalk dryness. Cherry Shandy - Buck Naked Light and homemade black cherry soda.
Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids Brewing 2000	Large upscale restaurant in shopping center outbuilding. A "wait in the bar" bar. Showy. It's about the presentation. Cracker Barrelish liquor store and boutique gift shop at entrance. Uncomforatable bar (too high and hard seats), maybe on purpose.	Centennial - Yellow lawnmower ale. Endurance ESB - Lots of Cascade hops. Light color and overly bitter for style. River City Red - "Modelled after a traditional Scottish ale". Crisp and a bit sharp, yet malty. Lumberman Dark - Very thin porter that acts like a sweet bock. Vienna Ale - Huh? Certainly a good drinkable beer. A touch sweet.
Grand Marais	Great Lakes Brewing Co. 2002 Now named Lake Superior Brewing	Small Lake Superior sporting town restaurant, now with beer. Knotty pine place.	Cabin Fever ESB - American IPA Medium dull copper. Puckers but doesn't strip enamel from teeth. Rochin Cherry - American wheat with Cherry. Yellow bluish. Strong hint of cherry. A hint sweet. Granite Brown - Deep brown Newcastle with plenty of malt. Excellent. Agate Amber Rollin Wheat
Holland	New Holland Brewing Company 2004	Downtown tap house and brewpub with lunch and dinner fare and possibly the most uncomfortable-to-sit-at bar in the universe. Specialty brews are made on site and sometimes only available at this location. Main brewery is a mile east of downtown.	Paleooza American Pale Ale - All Cascade hops. Sundog Amber Ale - British style. Caramunich and Biscuit malt, Nugget, Wilamette, and Fuggles hops. Mad Hatter - A more pronounced American hoppy ale. Full Circle - A lighter pilsner beer with plenty of Saaz hops. Red Tulip Ale - Dutch style lager. Zoomer Wit - Belgian white ale typically served with lemon. Cascade hops make it different from the norm but still not bitter. Ichabod - Pumpkin pie ale with ginger. The Poet - A serious stout with toasty coffee and chocolate. Some oats for smoothness. Black Tulip - Belgian tripel made with candy sugar. 10% ABV Pilgrim's Dole A "wheat wine" (think barley wine with 50% wheat). It takes almost a year to age this beer before consumption. 9.2% ABV Dragon's Milk - Strong ale aged in Jack Daniels' oak casks for 4 months. Comes out in November. 10%ABV Phi - Edgy strong ale. Dies Irga - A medieval ale brewed with malt, honey and apple cider with chardonnay yeast. 8.5% ABV. Dark brown with some dark fruit and raisin undertones. Tasty, very quaffable and dangerous.
Holland	Via Maria 2004	Downtown fancy-seeming although laid back Italian restaurant with en ever changing food and beer menu. Consistently good service. Recommended.	D'Oro - Unfiltered but clear golden ale. Plenty hoppy. D'Ambra - Much less hoppy amber ale. Tentazione - Belgian amber with candy sugar. Comples aroma is strong, almost overwhelming. The taste is intriguing but sweetness interferes with overall impression. George's Pale Ale - Vienna amber. Orange/copper color. Columbus and Simcoe hops make it balanced but edgy. Zosimov the Elder Russian Imperial Stout - Thick but not glass-coating. Balanced rather than dry. Pretty good. Venus' Vice Beer - German Imperial Kaiser Weisse. Pale yellow with wildly strong flavors. Creamy head. Bananas and cloves right in your face. A favorite.
Houghton	Library Bar and Restaurant 2002	Nice restaurant in downtown. Burned in 1996 and completely rebuilt in same location and expanded to have canal-view seating. Sadly, the steak tartare is gone.	Whiteout Wheat - Bavarian yeast gives plenty of clove. Bright yellow toward blue. Sides of tongue bitter. Pleasant aroma. Unfiltered but clear. Keneevan Golden Ale - 40% wheat. Lots of carbonation and Belgian lace. Some malt comes through. Bright yellow. Rock Harbor Light Ale - Clean, Cascade hoppy, American light ale. Yellow. Not much aftertaste. Rabbit Bay Brown Ale Assertive and balanced. Thin and crisp. Lightish color. Northern Brewer hops. Coppertown Ale - Classic American IPA. Copper color. Guru IPA - American hop-head stuff that dowsn't quite raise goose bumps on arm. Double the hops of Coppertown ale plus a bit of caramel malt. Belgian Style Tripel - Strong, strong. High alcohol. Bright gold. Little aftertaste. Grows on you. Shafthouse Dry Stout - Completely opaque. Deep, deep brown with gray head. Mild, dry, balanced. Solid beer. Moderately thick.
Ishpeming	Jasper Ridge Brewery 2002	New neighborhood bar atmosphere in a new shopping center. One company owns the brewpub, 2 motels, movie theater, gift shop, and Ace hardware in this location. Brewing system behind glass between bar and seating area. Lots of yooper girls.	Copper Kolsch - Gold/copper. Served quite cold. Solid, mild kolsch. Ropes Golden Wheat - American style. Unfiltered. OK. Jasper Brown Ale - Thin to style American brown. Good moderate malty flavor. Well balanced. Black Cherry Ale - Rich copper. Lots of black cherry nose like a soda. No hint of beer character. Knicker dropper. Not sweet but assertive. Dark, earthy taste. Raspberry Wheat
Kalamazoo	Bell's Eccentric Cafe 2000 2003 2004	Eccentric is correct but it's the main music spot in this college town. Back yard garden is hopping at night. Frequently a cover charge. Enter in the back. Most Bell's beers found in bottles are also available on tap at the Cafe.	One World Ale - Not overly hoppy. Excellent. Psycho Brau - Spiced black lager and 8.8% ABV. Strong Ale - Cask conditioned and aged a full year. Mellowed and smooth. Conspicuously underhopped. Batch 6000 Barleywine - Bittersweet, warming, caramel. 9.5% ABV. Hell Hath No Fury Belgian Double - Malty, little Belgian notes. Lots of alcohol at 9% ABV.
Kalamazoo	Bilbo's Pizza In A Pan 2004	Strip mall college-area pizzaria. Good pizza. OK beer. Reportedly awful service but during the day counter ordering by the slice was OK. Extract brewery.	Sledgehammer Red - Overly malty and uncomplex. Wizard Wheat Dragon Red
Kalamazoo	Kraftbrau 2000 2004	Music hall that's intentionally dingy. Directly across the street from better known Bell's Eccentric Cafe. A music, poetry, and occasional film venue with 12 taps, it's loved by those who feel the Eccentric Cafe isn't eccentric enough. There's no food to speak of, the atmosphere is basic, the clientele is mainly college, yet it draws folks for the beer.	Dopplebock - Not to style but very tasty. Dunkel - Seriously thick and dark. Blackberry Pilsner
Kalamzoo	Olde Peninsula Brewing (OP's House of Brews) 2004	Big restaurant brewpub in downtown. Lunch and dinner meals and pizzas. The brewing system is behind glass at the bar. They brew a big range of normal brewpub beers.	OPie IPA - Hazy amber with Cascade citric bitterness. Sunset Red - Perle and Hallertauer hops. Midnight Stout - Dry, hearty, black, chalky, bitter, and tasty. Pumpkin Pale - Pumpkin pie spices. Rockin' Raspberry - Wheat. Strong raspberry domination.
Lawton	Old Hat Brewery 2000 2004	A bar bar in small town midwest, but the small of malt when walking in makes it special. Friendly local. Copper topped bar. Cribbage and trivial pursuit at the bar. It's mainly "just a bar". The main entertainments are weekend music and a very extensive game and book shelf. When Michiganders hunker down for the winter, it's places like this they drive their snowmobiles to. This one brews its own beer.	Billy Goat Bock - Sharp. Cloudy orange. Touch sweet. Depot Pilsner - Bright yellow with low carbonation. Malt and hops are strong and balanced. Very good beer. Old Hat Hefe - Milky cloudy. Lemon and clove is strong. Good meal finisher. Thomas Milo - Very mild medium brown beer. Red Hawg Lager - Amber lager? Not worth drinking. Ought 6 Stout - Reddish. Looks like a brown. Full carbonation. Unbalanced sweet. Alt Hefeweizen Kölsch Gold Lager Cherry Wheat Stout Schwartz Pilsner
Marshall	Dark Horse Brewing	Hideaway brewpub is behind the Wacky Willies liquor store in south Marshall. Right by the railroad tracks on M227. Compact brewhouse in back with a reliable bottling machine named Laverne. There's 600 members of their mug club (in a town of 7,000 people). The bar seats maybe 50 and holds about 80 but the band shell out back is rocking in the summer. The interior is decorated in, well, stuff. Stuff hanging on the w all. Stuff hanging from the ceiling. Even the tap handles are made up of stuff.	Belgian Amber - American amber brewed with Belgian yeast. There's a small amount of candy sugar in the mash and it comes through. Balanced hops. Raspberry Ale - Slight tart raspberry notes, mainly in the nose. Crooked Tree IPA - Dull copper. Thick. Lots of Cascade hops but not overboard. Too Cream Stout - Seriously malty. Very nice, very smooth, very black. Special Black Bier - Creamy jet black beer with molasses, nuts, and coffee/chicory. Tasty. 8% ABV.
Marquette	Marquette Harbor Brewery and Vierling Restaurant 2002	Downtown university and snowmobile bar. Lots of memorabilia. 4:30pm. 6 of us in the place. A couple walks in and are asked "do you have reservations?"	Peter White Peach Wheat - Tough to identify more than it's a wheat beer. Too hoppy. Light on peach. Plank Road Pale Ale - Mostly transparent dull copper. Hoppy American pale. Acidic grapefruit is way overboard. Porter - Satisfyingly dark brown. Rich. True to style. A bunch of roasty. A bit of Chocolate. Agreeably malty. Blueberry Wheat - Served with blueberrys added to the glass. Not too sweet. Lots of blueberry. Canadian Blonde Ale Landlooker Honey Wheat Captain Ripley's Red Ale Spear's Tug Stout Amos Harlow's Amber Ale
Oscoda	Wiltse's Brew Pub 2000	Resort roadhouse family restaurant and bar. New and clean despite stale grease odor. Lots of regulars in small, homey bar area. Stuffed heads and carved indians that aren't affectations. Good service. Samplers served in nice whisky snifters. All served cold but warmed up quickly.	Premium Lager - Saaz hops. Glood clean lager. Oktoberfest - Dark red. Malty with slight sweetness. Excellent. Carbonation comes though. Maybe a bit light. Old Au Sable Weizenbier - Plenty of clove. Thick mouthfeel. Noticable carbonation. Paul Bunyan Ale - Subdued Cascade and Northern Brewer hops. Orangy copper. A touch of caramel malt comes through. Blue Ox Stout - Opaque black. Lasting brown streaked head. Mild roasty and a bit sweet.
Paradise	Tahquamenon Falls Brewery & Pub 2002	Visitor center in Tahquamenon State Park serving ice cream, souvenirs, food, camping supplies, and beer in that order. Located on 2 acres of private land inside the park entrance. Brewer is granddaughter of landowner.	Summer Wheat Ale - Right to American wheat style. A bit malty but not at all sweet. Black Bear Stout - Dry Irish style. Opaque black/brown. Served too cold. A bit thin but very agreeable. White Pine Pilsner Northwoods Amber
Royal Oak	Bastone 2004	Trendy Belgian restaurant with a downstairs hot club and a busy bar. Obviously built on the cheap. A new brewer doesn't have a lot of Belgian beer experience but has aspirations.	Saison - Cloudy apricot with tan head, sweet lemon with some grassy notes, maybe not fully attenuated. Blonde Pilsner Wit Belgian Pale
Royal Oak	Lily's Seafood Restaurant and Brewery 2004	Mostly about the food - fine food - and the fancy flaming brandy coffee type drinks.	Scott's Scotch Ale - Deep deep red, not overly thick or rich like some folks mistakenly brew a Scottish, suited to my taste. Light Wheat Red Stout Lager
Royal Oak	Royal Oak Brewery 2004	Long bar in one big room. Reminds one of a Michigan pizza roadhouse. Beirgarten out back.	Red Light IPA Wheat ESB
Sanford	Sanford Lake Bar and Grill 2000	Michigan roadhouse with a fish/family restaurant. Heavily junqued walls. Walleye and wet burritos are Michigan staples.	Sharlyn's Red Crown Lager - Malty thick dark gold American lager with plenty of carbonation. Duff's Ale - Darker gold but milder taste. Corbat's Porter - Brown. Somewhat opaque. Thin head. Sweet of residual sugars.
Spring Lake	Old Boys Brew House 2000	Canalside bar in touristy town. We visited on a Sunday and they sold no beer or wine, just mixed drinks. Strange laws?	Conner's Kolsch Water Dog Wheat IPA Rover's Waggin Red Brown Olli's Oatmeal Stout Raspberry Gold Raspberry Wheat Golden Sour - Served with lime.
Traverse City	Mackinaw Brewing Co. 2000	Downtown restaurant in large resort area. Marble bar.	GT Golden - Yellow lawnmower beer with maybe a tinch of wheat. Peninsula Pale Ale - American pale with good balance. Brewer says he doesn't want to overpower the drinker. Red 8 Ale - Malty. Beadles Best Bitter - Good British pale. Maybe a bit thin for a Best Bitter. Nut Brown - Solid malty. Chocolate. Thickish. Pig Stout - Understated stout. Nitro dispense. Predictable, which is good.
Traverse City	North Peak Brewing Company 2000	"Authentic wet goods". All beers served at good temperature.	Northern Light - Yet another lawnmower beer. Saaz and Hallertauer hops give some interest. Steelhead Red - Light. Killian style. Rye - Rye!. Big rye nose. Taste wheat and rye. Brown copper color. A winner. North Peak Pale Ale - Cascades but not overly so. North Peak Pale Ale Cask Conditioned - Longer head. Darker color. Floral and bitter. Somewhat unpleasant. Oktoberfest - An ale. Thick, creamy mouthfeel. Mildly spiced. No sweet malt. Mission Point Porter - Rich, roasty, toasty character. Subtle chocolate. Cordovan opaque. Big shoulders. Bland aroma. Shirley's Irish Stout - Black with dark brown thin head. Sweetish malt aroma. Not sweet taste. Toasty. Good stuff.
Warren	Dragonmead Microbrewery 2004	Talk about a place that's all about the beer. You can get some cheese and crackers or pretzels but that's about it for food. They had (this is not a typo) 38 of their own beers on tap yesterday. Brewed in the back room. Two brewers work overlapping shifts to make, on average, Three 3bbl batches each day, 5 days a week. Custom-made 3bbl open-fermentation conicals. All goes into kegs for serving at the bar except what's into 1/4 bbl kegs or 5gal coke kegs for home use.	Final Absolution Trippel - A very good remake of an Abbey beer. 8.5% ABV Corktown Red - Cask conditioned. Nice British hoppy Bitter. Good stuff. Breath of the Dragon Bitter - An A+ session ale. 4.2% ABV. Crusader Dark Mild - Sweet but within style. 3.8% ABV. Sir William's Extra Special Bitter - Mild and creamy. Agreeable. Woody's Perfect Porter - Nitro dispense. Creamy and very roasty. Bishop Bob's Holy Smoke - Creamy light rauchbier. Really very light on the smoke notes. Dragonslayer Altbier - An edgy alt. Not one of our favorites. Barley Wine - 18 month old. Weak, unbalanced, and harsh.
Warren	Kuhnhenn Brewery 2004	Another brewpub that serves only bits of food. 15 beers, 26 wines, and a Baggot mead. They also have an extensive homebrew/wine store attached.	Iron Monger Dunkel - Nice dark sweet lager but there was noticeable diacytl. Fourth Dementia Old Ale - 9.5% ABV heavy sipping beer. Quite dark and quite caramel. Saison - Sweetish but quite well balanced in the finish. Amber. Devil's Horn - Nicely tart, dark Belgian ale with some underlying raspberry. They have a Breakfast of Champions series of beers including Breakfast Sausage Ale with sage and other spices (but no meat), Blueberry Pancake Ale, Mocha Porter. But no Western Omelet Ale.

Minnesota
Duluth	Fitger's Brewhouse 2002	Downtown revival in old Fitger's brewery complex (which also holds a hotel). Lots of beeriana.	Witchtree ESB - Strong and very creamy. Fuggles-heavy ESB. Dark mahogany. Should be followed by a peppermint. Bruges Belgian Blonde - Light clear yellow. Light carbonation. A bit metallic but pleasant. Seemingly has every Belgian flavor but anis. Yeasty. Earthy nose. First class but overly complex. Sterling Select - Over-hopped pilsner. Too creamy for style. Not crisp. Watermelon Wheat - Mild essence. Not sweet. Petroglyph Porter - Plenty of roasty coffee in taste and smell. Light body. Sunrise Golden Wheat - Unfiltered but not hefe. OK American wheat but nothing special. El Nino IPA - American IPA with lots of floral and grapefruit. Bardon's Peak Single Ale - Belgian Scotch ale. Peat. Sharp edges. 7.0% ABV. Clover. Floral. Big Boat Oatmeal Stout - Typical big oatmeal stout but add toasty in spades. Very black. Nitro dispense.
Minneapolis	RockBottom Restaurant 1996	Big typical R.B. 8 pool tables.	Gopher Goldings - Cask conditioned. Cold and weak but good taste and not gassy.
Saint Paul	Green Mill's Mill Street Brewing Company 1996	Neighborhood pizza and pasta restaurant since 1976. A brewpub since 1995. Very cheery and clean.	Gunflint Gold - Clean hoppy lager. Their lightest and a perfectly acceptable beer. Bright yellow with a lasting head. Grand Marais Pale Ale - Weak American pale ale. Nice creamy head with stick-to-the-glassness. A little sour (infection?). Dark yellow. Fox Fire Red - Copper. No head. Vienna amber style. Light but drinkable. Dunbar Heavy - Scotch. Hazy dark copper. German pilsner malt and Fuggles hops. Sweet, malty, and almost balanced. Heavy. Voyager Raspberry Wheat - Subtle. Light copper. Very subtle. A little tart and a little sour. Not really refreshing. Swamp Buck Stout - Irish stout. Sour and infected. Not drinkable.
Winona	Backwater Brewing Co. 2002	At Wellington's Pub and Grill at the West Lake Bowling Alley. Basically a bowling alley lounge with a brewer added. Reinvents itself periodically, latest is a BBQ specialty. Friendly and busy place.	Cattail Pale Ale - Muddy dark yellow. Lots of NW hops. Some off-flavors,, oxidized, diacytl. Steamboat Stout - Sweet and roasty. 10% oatmeal. Rivertown Nut Brown - Noble hops. Lightish color. Malty sweet and unbalanced. Bullhead Red - English malts and Northern Brewer hops. Wing Dam Wheat

Missouri
Columbia	Flat Branch Pub & Brewing 1995	Owner is Tom Smith of Procomm shareware fame. Very quick service. All beers have very low carbonation.	Pale Ale - Tart, hoppy, too fresh Honey Wheaton - American wheat. grassy. Brown - House flavor Hefeweissen - Cloudy, color of over-creamed coffee. Very hefe. Grainy dregs. Green Chili - Quite powerful Stout - Very roasty. No Guinness bite. Smooth. Nitro. IPA - Massive Cascades hops. Bitter - On handpull. Warmer and flatter. Good Brit recreation. Belgian - Middle of the road strong American Ale. Very good. Porter - Toasty & roasty, chocolate. Thick & dark. Mini-stout. Scottish Ale - On handpull. Strong malt and hops. Sweet. Flemish Cherry Brown - Subtle cherry. Not very sweet. Good ending
Kansas City	75th Street Brewery 1995	Very busy, noisy, and boisterous. Brewery behind glass but the glass doesn't go all the way up so smells come through nicely. "Brew long and prosper". All beers seem to be a variation of one recipe.	Yardbird's Saxy Golden Ale - Light flavor, full gold color. Vienna and Munich malts. Cascade hops. Royal Raspberry - Wheat with strong taste and subtle color. Some aftertaste. Cow Town Wheat - Munich malt. Hallertauer and Saaz hops. Honey Wheat - Typical. Possum Trot Brown Ale - Cluster and Cascade hops. Thick, rich, porterish. Toasty and sweet. Muddy Mo Stout - Nitro. Thick texture, somewhat toasty, no aftertaste.
Saint Charles	Trailhead Brewing Co. 1996	South end of Historic main street. Million buck pine and stainless industrial mega-restaurant in trendy retail area. 2 blocks from casino. Yuppie sandwich menu. Check your bill. Mine was wrong twice.	Honey Wheat - Clear yellow gold. Crisp and tart. Plenty of citric. Trailblazer Blond Ale - (no "e") Mellow yellow gold. NW hops in abundance for style. Not too strong taste. No vices. Enough hops to satisfy and rope in newcomers. Riverboat Raspberry Fruit Beer - Boy is that raspberry. Slightly cloudy yellow/blue/gold belies the tart berry. Big finish. Rainbow Red Amber Ale - Copper color. Typically overhopped with NW hops. Missouri Brown Dark Ale - Complex with 5 malts. Tart and stale taste. Maybe metallic. Old Courthouse Porter - Smooth and a little sweet. Roasty. Translucent purple.

Nebraska
Omaha	Jaipur Brewing 1995	Brewpub and Indiana Restaurant. Classy. Good, friendly service. Really liked this place.	Jalapeno Wheat - Mildly spicy with plenty of pepper taste. IPA - Light flavor. Very hoppy. British style. Darkish copper. Slightly cloudy. Belgian Wheat - Copper/gold. Delicate. Spice, citric, hops. Good drinking beer. Wheat - Rich gold. Clear. Quite bland and sweetish. Good rich texture. Summit GOld Ale - Slightly cloudy dark yellow gold. Well balanced American Pale. Creamy. Belgian Lace. Raspberry Wheat

Nevada
Sparks	Great Basin Brewing Co. 1995	Very friendly. Real beer folk. In renovated strip mall. Very attractive.	Wheeler Peak Wheat - Pleasant hefeweizen. Nevada Gold - Good lawnmower beer. Wild Horse Ale - A Alt. Light, smooth, balanced. Light carbonation. Rusty copper color. Ichtyosaur IPA - Good ESB. Not assertive enough to be an IPA. Jackpot Porter - Classic. Roasty/toasty. Cerveza Chili Beso - Bottled. Less spunky than some but good green chili flavor.

New Hampshire
Keene	Elm City Brewing Company 1998	City restoration of a factory turned into a shopping mall. Bar at back entrance.	Hefe-Weizen - A medium dunkelweizen. Unfiltered but light cloudiness. Served cold but excellent to style. French Canadian Summer Beer - Light pale ale. Millcreek Wheat Raspberry Wheat Irish Stout
Littleton	Italian Oasis Restaurant and Brewery 1997	Upstairs in a community shopping center in a ski resort. All beers unfiltered.	Oasis Golden Ale Cannon Amber Ale Black Bear Stout.
Manchester	Stark Mill Brewing Co. 1997 Now named Milly's Tavern	Multi-story, multi-roomed place with integrated dance hall. Bar on lower flor is low ceilinged and pleasantly dark with intelligent lighting.	Uncanoonuc Light Cream Ale - Very bright. Medium to light gold. Typical blonde with some character. Summer Wheat - Unfiltered and a bit hazy. No real aroma but high wheat taste. Lots of belch. Tasha's Red Tail Ale - Quite reddish copper. Mild with no sharp edges. Good mass-market amber. Commercial St. Raspberry - No aroma and very light raspberry taste ina regular wheat beer. Maybe just a tinge of syrup added. John Stark Dark - Reddish brown transluscent. Light and airy for a brown. Good belch though. Millie's Oatmeal Stout - Very mild stout.
Nashua	Martha's Exchange Restaurant and Brewing Company 1997	Downtown lunch counter, candy store, buffet, and brewery. Busy and comfortable. Brewery is wide open to the bar, only a short curb to define the area.	Volstead "37" Golden - Bright yellow. Bland and a bit sour. Hefeweizen - Bright rather than cloudy. Dark for style. Good strong wheat taste and aroma. Yankee Thrift Pale Ale - Darkish ruby bronze. Almost a brown. Creamy lace. Hoppy and bitter. Metallic. Not to my taste. Martha's Mild Ale - Nice malty taste. Yum. Color of a brown. My favorite. Paddy Wagon Porter - Light but within style. Ordinary session beer.
North Woodstock	Woodstock Inn 1997	Big rambling house on the main street of a resort town. Fancy restaurant up front busy bar is staging area for diners with a few locals. Tood crowded to be comfortable. All beers served very cold.	Raspberry Wheat - Smells like raspberry. Tart, tart, tart. White Mountain Weasel Wheat - Bright. Not much flavor but somewhat tart. Pemi Pale Ale - Really a highly hopped American IPA. Not particularly pleasant. No balancing malt. Red Rack Ale - Stlight red copper with a bit of creamy brown head. Malt to balance. Basically good. Pig's Ear Brown Ale - Good nut brown style. Slight sweet aftertaste. Lots of malt and well balanced. Old Man Oatmeal Stout - Unfiltered. Roasted barley and black patent malts. Creamy coffee, chocolate. A breakfast brew if it had caffeine. Nitro dispense. Kane Country Maple Porter - Nitro dispense. Creamy Small hint of maple, just enough for sweetness. Fine specialty beer.

New Jersey
Berkeley Heights	Trap Rock Brewery 1997	Attractive place with a clubby atmosphere. Dark with bright checkerboard spots.	Ghost Pony Ale Hathor Red Six Witches Stout Rising Sun Wheat.
New Brunswick	Harvest Moon Brewery and Cafe 1997	Downtown upscale college place near the Rutgers campus. Copper topped bar with comfortable wood edge. Busy. Broccoli pizza. All beers are fairly creamy.	Blueberry Wheat - Very berry arome. Full carbonation. Quite tart. Can't get past the blueberry to find the wheat. Crazy Girl Golden - Golden yellow blonde. A little bit of Cascades hops. Scarlet Knight Red Ale - Low hops. Strong, lasting finish. Shoot The Moon IPA - Hop lovers special. Tones of Cascades and Chinook. Flag Me Down Brown - Rich copper. Medium to light body. Very effervescent. Mild bitter. Spring Jimmy's Dark - Roasty, roasty dark. Too thin for porter, too heavy for a brown, too bland for a scottich. Sully Oatmeal Stout - Typical but stale, acrid, and oxidized.
Princeton	Triumph Brewing Co. 1997	Big cavern of a noisy, well apportioned, yuppie restaurant. Grey, red, brick, and wood. Food has stuff like "served with dissaladere potatoes" and "served over tomato cous cous, yogurt cheese & black olive oil".	Pale Ale - Cask conditioned on a tight sparkler. Not remarkable, infact quite mild. Some British bitterness. Acceptable mainly because served at the proper temperature. Honey Wheat Amber Pilsner Irish Dry Stout Bengal Gold IPA Hefeweizen.
Red Bank	Basil T's 1997 Now called The Original Basil T's	Italian restaurant that's been there for decades. Upscaled with added 7bbl brewery. College staff.	Ms. Lucy's Wheat - Clear, crisp blonde ale. Heavy hops for style. Rosie's Pale Ale - Medium hopped with Cascade. Innoffensive. Rocket Red - Nice and malty with lots of hops. Dark red. Stale aftertaste. Big Vic's Porter - Totally opaque. Dry hopped with Goldings. Maxwell's Dry Stout - Certainly dry, almost chalky. Cheek contracting acidity. Cascades hops. Seasonal IPA - They use a long cold rest in the fermenter and they dry hop hard. Very light color. Cascade hops not overdone.
Woodbridge	JT Bitting Brewing Co. 1997	Minimal structural changes to bering an old coal company building to a typical brick industrial pub. Right downtown. Opened 3 months before our visit. Iced glasses but beer served reasonably warm.	JJ's Rasp Wheat Ale - Sweet with only a hint of berry. Almost a bland alcopop. Victoria's Golden Ale - Golden straw color. Under hopped and under malted. Deeper color than taste. Bittings Best Bitter - Deep copper from caramel malts. NW hops but underhopped. Malty. Still drinkable. More of a mild. O'Holloran's Irish Red - Dark red copper. Good use of British hops. "Based on a 100 year old recipe from the Belhaven Brewery". Good bite. Lingering aftertaste. Knockout Bock - Smooth maibock with no bite. Blackjack Oatmeal Stout - Creamy black. A little bitter chocolate.

New Mexico
Alamogordo	Compass Rose 1996	Picnic tables and starkly modern. Opened just weeks before we visited. Attached homebrew shop is 2 years old and the brewpub portion is an offshoot of that. Brewer plans to experiment a lot. This seems to be a rough start for them, 1 bad, 1 bland, and 1 stout. The unwashed masses will not find an instant home.	Wheat - Unfiltered cloudy lemon yellow. Very pale taste. Salty. Not disagreable but light for style. Pale Ale - Grapefruit, grapefruit, grapefruit. Brewer says he won't repeat that one. Not an unpleasant belch though. Stout - Cross of sweet and imperial. Toasty but not burnt.
Albuquerque	Assets Grille & Southwest Brewing Company 1995	High rent area. Tablecloths.	Mordecai Mild - Unbalanced and hoppy. Weak taste. Dark coper. Hefeweizen - Light end of style. American hops. The Fruit That Ales You - Blueberry. Bright yellow. Some blueberry taste but not overpowering. No aroma. SS Rio Grand Copper Ale - Bery bitter and very stront. Lots of bite. Northern Brewer hops. Duke City Amber - Good to style except copper color. Balanced. Pablo's Porter - Chinook hops. Atypically sweet. No roast or toaast. Strong brown.
Albuquerque	Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza & Brewery 1995 Now in new location	Non-pretentious Italian restaurant in mixed neighborhood. Small 3-tank brewery behind glass.	Golden Ale - Cold. Dark copper. Somewhat cloudy. Crisp. Light taste. Good quaffing beer.
Taos	Eske's Brew Pub and Restaurant / Sangre de Cristo Brewing 1995	Small inside with a large patio garden. Bar is very small on the edge of the kitchen. Patio is a put-up-your-feet-and- watch-the-world-go-by type of place perfectly matching the town.	Peach Naked Ale - Light yellow. Medium peach. Ol 43 Blonde - Full copper. Honey tinge to the taste and the aftertaste. Eske's Special Bitter - Dark Copper. Smooth and bitter. Mesa Pale Ale - Light copper and slightly cloudy. Balanced. Honey? Seco Stout - Opaque brown. Mild roasty. Taos Green Chili - The original and still the tastiest. Hotter than I remember from Embudo Station.

New York
Albany	Big House Brewing 1998	Raucous downtown activity pub on 3 floors. If we needed to find a typical formula brewpub this would be it - and that's not derogatory in any way. All beers served quite cold.	Al Capone Amber - Pale yellow and light on the malt. Almost undrinkable amount of Cascade hops. Ma Barker Light - Blueish yellow. Light blonde. Jesse James Pale - Light gold. Fruity. Raspberry Wheat - Bright, plenty of raspberry. No wheat character. Butch Cassidy Porter - Mahogany. Way too cold. Creamy. Good lacing. Nondescript, just dark. It occupies space. Sundance Stout - Nitro dispense. Irish dry stout but not very dry nor very Irish.
Corning	Market Street Brewing Company 1997 2003	Open 3 weeks when we visited (the first time). Small, narrow place with a 100 year old bar back. Historic downtown section in an old house made into a business site at least 50 years ago. Quiet outdoor patio.	Hefeweizen - Medium cloudy. Dark lemon. Little carbonation. German yeast character comes through. Balanced and not too strong. Pale Ale - Creamy head. Dark copper. Gobs of NW hops. An IPA but too dark. Old English Ale - Strong chocolate porter. Sweet with a touch of roasty. Nut Brown Ale - Browner and Darker. In range. Very similar to Old English Ale but without roasty overtones. D'Artagnan Dark - Crystal, victory, chocolate, roasted, and black malts plus brown sugar. A heavy brown or tasty porter. Brown to black and quite opaque. Malty with all the grains come through but not sweet. Brisco Bridge Blackberry Lager - Blackberrys added to a small batch of their Mad Bug Lager. Sweet on a simple, crisp base. Pot Belly Pale - wrought iron red. Light color from a little chocolate malt.
Ellicottville	Ellicottville Brewing 1998	Ski and summer vacation town. The brewpub closes for 6 weeks in April and May. 1894 refurbished bar back. Very friendly and enthusiastic place.	Northern Ale - Bright. Dark yellow. Cream ale? Pale Ale - American IPA. Cascade with a "touch of wheat". Centennial Amber - Actually an ESB. "Belgian hops". Munich Lager - Malty, strong, and balanced. Nut Brown - Mid-level brown. Chinook Porter - Middle of road but light body. Full taste.
Hyde Park	Hyde Park Brewing 1998	Directly across from FDR's home and library. 60's restaurant with areas carved out for the brewery including a mezzanine directly over the bar. All beers served with lots of carbonation. The sweet potato french fries have more character than any of the beers.	Big Easy Blonde Ale - Light gold. Well balanced. Hefeweizen - Not very hefe. Good German clove and banana notes. Rough Rider Red Ale - Light mahogany. Mild and malty. Mary P's Porter - "six different malts". Deep red brown. Light taste. They say "rich chocolate character" but they lie. Special Old Bitter - Fuggles and Goldings hops. Adequate hops but a blah beer. Total Chaos Stout - Light body and decently roasty.
Rochester	The Distillery 2003	Yes, a brewpub but their beers were not listed on the caulk board, menu, or draft beer list on the table tent. Only when I asked did they admit to having their own beer. Atmosphere lacks quiet or concern. Double digit TV count.	British Ale. Full tasting bitter / mild. Pretty good. Highland Amber Iroquois Amber Razz wheat
Rochester	Empire Brewing Co. 2003 Empire is now Middle Ages Brewing	Food and conversation bar in trendy area. Also in Syracuse and Buffalo.	Schwarzbier - Thick and black with stoutish tan head. Pleasingly colder than a stout but with effervescence. Thick on tongue and almost roasty. Downtown Brown Amber Hefe Purple Haze Black Magic Stout Platt St. Pilsner Red Mulligan
Rochester	Rohrbach Brewing Company 1998	Suburban offshoot of downtown brewpub. (Downtown location now closed.) All-pine restaurant. Fairly cozy. Friendly. German and other food.	Golden Ale - Styrian Golden and Willamette hops. Aftertaste is quite hoppy. Light gold. Summer Berry Wheat - Fruit sweetness. Dark cherry color. Quite tasty because the fruit isn't overpowering. Has blue, black, and raspberrys. Highland Amber - Medium copper. Mostly a pale ale with lots of carbonation. Sam