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| - I would prefer to rate the brewery and restaurant separately, but that doesn't seem to be an option. So here's the breakdown:
Brewery: 4.5 stars. Excellent and innovative beers that are well-executed. The brewery space is pretty nice - open and with shuffleboard and darts. I liked every beer I had; the bourbon-barrel aged porter was surprisingly balanced. Many times the bourbon just overwhelms the beer, but it really worked together. The Kentucky Common is also delightful; a dark sour that's not too tart to drink a lot of. It's also a very uncommon style, making it a nice surprise.
My only complaint about the brewery is that they were out of some beers and I would've liked to try them. No big worry, though.
Restaurant: 2.5 stars. Based on the other reviews, we avoided the burgers. I got the wings, which were recommended by multiple people, the fried pickles (also recommended), and my wife got the seared tuna wrap.
You order wings by the pound, which is an interesting way of saying that you get 6 wings for $10.50. They were very meaty, large wings, but they were already a little soggy by the time they got to the table. In fairness, that may have been because they had to be boxed up and taken to the brewery across the street - the main restaurant was full. The sauce (spicy buffalo) was fine but not too remarkable.
In general, I really like fried pickles. They are one of my favorite fried foods. The saltiness of the pickles goes great with a light, crispy batter. Here, we got pickles with a very thick batter, like most onion rings. There was probably more batter mass than pickle on each one. The result was too heavy and not very good. Until now, I had not met a fried pickle that I did not enjoy.
My wife's seared tuna was seared. It was then cooked further, to about well done. Seared generally implies that the outside is cooked and the inside not so much. The quality of the tuna was pretty good; it's a shame that it was cooked so thoroughly.
For the ratings, I took the average of the two and rounded up. Overall, absolutely go for beers. I'd eat elsewhere.
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