Brickstone Restaurant and Brewery

August 8, 2008
i had 2 beers and a sandwich for 20.99 w/ tip, not bad. i had the goatcheese portobello sandiwch on sourdough, it was very good. tried the wit and the IPA. service was nice. the customers seemed to be mostly fat people there to stuff burgers in their throats, didnt see many people drinking at all. seems pretty corporate as far as teh feel of the place. not a total trainwreck but not very homey either.

September 11, 2006 [ Updated September 16, 2007 ]
Addendum: Sep 16. 07: Haven’t been able to get back there, but shortly after my visit, they brought in a new brewer who has dumped the extract and sugar recipes from the turnkey brewing vendor, and is working into partial and all-grain beers formulated with the help of local homebrewers. And they’re using Wyeast, if that helps any. I’ve sampled the beers at our homebrew club picnic, so the Selection rating goes up a point or two. Worth checking out again.

Original rating: Sep 11, 06: I managed to have a pulled pork BBQ sandwich, and tried my son’s chicken fingers, and they were pretty tasty. But they were out of all but one of their house beers, so I had their stout, which warnt much. The brew works is just three 3 bbl. containers behind the bar, and I wonder if that’s not one of those cheap extract systems (their menu boasts that unlike other brewers, they don’t re-pitch yeast, but bring it in fresh from Austraila). Still, the guest tap selection is fantastic.

September 1, 2006 [ Updated September 21, 2007 ]
9/21/7007 Add-on - What Drnk_Mcdermott said. Worth checking it out again. I stopped by last week, alerted by Mark, and had an interesting afternoon discussing the brewpub with head brewer Tommy V_. There’s a whole new attitude here. I liked the beers, particularly the IPA (of course) and the future of their brewing looks favorable. Stop by and have a few brews.

9/1/2006 Rating - Decent enough restaurant - wooden tables & chairs, patio, a bar that seats around a dozen. I only had the calamari appetizer, but it was pretty good. The menu selection looked like that of dozens of other medium sized eating places. The guest beer list is very good, 3F, DFH, Bells, Flying Dog, Capitol, a few Belgians, a German or two... and the BMCs for those that must. About twenty taps (only one BMC), five of them for their own beers. Their beers are drinkable but, alas, watery and non-memorable. This is a good place to grab a bite, try their beers, and then belly up for the guests.