Old Dominion Brewhouse

8/18/2008 1:01:52 AM, monday, august 18, 2008
Visited 9 August 2008 (Saturday) at 4PM. Connected to a Mongolian barbecue for food. Neither the waiter nor the bartender spoke English well, and neither knew anything about the beer or food that they were serving. 32 taps. Food was pretty decent (although the Mongolian barbecue was ordered rather than assembled by the customer as other Mongolian barbecue restaurants usually do), but having the servers ignorant about the beer was definitely disappointing. The beers were all above average, with both of the ambers as well as the barleywine standing out as very good. It was necessary to buy two samplers and a pint to sample all of their beer. BEERS (sampler of 4-6 oz beers for $7.95) - check out www.BuildABeer.org for detailed beer ratings.

3/5/2008 9:07:09 AM, wednesday, march 05, 2008
This is often my go to place for a NBA game and some good beer. The bar has all of Old Dominion’s brews on tap and about 10 other micro taps (Smutty, DFH, Bells, SH, Stone) which cover most styles you’d reasonably expect to have. Has the feel of a sports bar and might cater a bit more to tourists than locals. My service there has always been attentive and speedy, but you’re certainly not getting trained beer experts. The food from the Brewhouse kitchen is seriously lacking BUT they have a deal worked out with the sushi bar next door that lets you order anything off that menu. High quality sushi AND craft beer? What more could you ask for?

9/14/2007 10:13:47 PM, friday, september 14, 2007
Made it there not too long after it first opened earlier this year. Was practically empty except a few places at the bar, probably due to how new the place was and how late it was when I made it there. The selection was decent from what I expected. Plenty of Dominion taps, with quite a few other quality micros as well. I was glad for the lack of so many major macro brew beers since there are hundreds of those bars that cater to that in the area.

9/14/2007 8:51:33 PM, friday, september 14, 2007 [ Updated sunday, september 16, 2007 ]
A dank sports bar with a happy hour crowd. It seems like they tried for an upscale ambiance early on and then gave in. Bud Light neons and Redskins flags hang on the wall.

The taps here are really odd. There’s a series of really high quality micros - Stone, Southampton, Smuttynose, Dogfish Head, and a trio of Bell’s - eight Dominion products, and a few too many macro lagers. I was here during happy hour and saw the bartender pour an extremely high number of heinekens compared to everything else they had available. In fact I don’t think anyone was drinking anything else.

A third grader could have made a better chicken quesadilla. It came with about two tablespoons of pace salsa. Come on.

But, whatever. You can get some good beers on tap. Maybe a place to visit every now and again.