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| - stumbled upon the opening night of this new Ossington fixture and couldn't have been happier!
Small, but comfortable space (high ceilings so it's not claustrophobic). Love the general ambiance of being right in the brewery... beside the open kitchen... sitting at long bars. Like I'm part of the process vs. being served from a far.
Mike/Luke are great guys... and so are all the staff I spoke with that night. It was their first 'public' night so still working out a few kinks, but overall service was friendly, knowledgeable, quick, etc.
Food menu is perfect - simple small 'tappas' style snacks. But not your standard pub grub which is a nice change.
Beer (the raison d'etre) was excellent. Went through the Pale Ale, the Saison, and Toil/Trouble dubble. All were just excellent, though I particularly liked the Saison.. refreshingly different. I also liked that they're not just pursuing the "we have more 'hops' than you do" approach to microbrewing which seems overly present in Ontario efforts to date.
Beers are 12 and 16oz (depending on the brew in question), and seemed to range from 8$-9$. They're worth it (you're not just getting some leftover Molson swill)... but prices could afford to go down a notch.... perhaps special event nights, promotional pints, happy hour, etc. I would also kill for a sampler 'plate' of all of their beers (eg. 5 x 3 oz samplers) just to taste the full repertoire before committing to one brew (though Mike said he was adding that to the system... so it's probably there by now!).
Otherwise... just a great all round experience and a nice addition to the neighborhood.
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