Malt River Restaurant

June 17, 2006 [ Updated August 5, 2006 ]
Went expecting to try locally-brewed beer - they are changing over their restaurant and had NOTHING on tap, bottled (non-in-house) brew ONLY. Ordered an appetizer just to be nice, it came out half raw (chicken.) Service and ambience were great, but as a brewpub, fails on every level. Would never, ever recommend. Update: I apparently visited right after they removed the brew equipment and right before they made it public. RIP.

August 22, 2005 [ Updated January 11, 2006 ]
This place is pretty cool, but not great. It’s in a mall, which is kinda gay. The back seating area is spacious, and the bar is very nice. The food is good, although my steamers were a bit cold. The beer is what I expected, servicable, and obvious that the brewer was afraid to try something extreme. Hasn’t anyone learned anything yet, extreme is good people, bring it on!

June 11, 2005
In the Captial District area, this restaurant/brewpub is a notch above the Troy Pub in overall quality. The restaurant features a nice dining area complete with a fireplace, as well as a tasteful bar area as well. The menu is nice and the food is pretty darn good, especially the steak chili. The beer is, well, liveable I guess. Some of it is decent, but others are insufferable. This is a place where you go for the food first, then the beer if you’re thirsty.

June 4, 2005
Well, this place was an utter and complete bitch to find, seeing there arent really any directions on their website. I did not have any food here, but I did have a sample platter. They have 8 beers on tap and the platter includes all 8 if you choose. I was there at a Friday afternoon at 1pm, so there were only a couple people there and a couple workers. This has a very dark interior with a long wooden bar with dining booths behind it and traditional tables to the side. Brew kettles are located behind the bar and off in another side room. This is a very spacious locale. The beers were ok. See my ratings.