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| - How spoiled are we in this area? First Wren House opened a year ago and has been my go-to on a weekly basis ever since, then we got Helton opening just a month or so ago and adding solid beers with cheesy goodness to the scene and now there is Helio Basin! And bonus - I can walk here, when its not 1009903 degrees out! Hope they're ready for their first regular!
Walking in, I'm expecting the typical growing pains of a newly-opened business but there is none of that - they're clean, fully staffed, 6 beers on tap and kitchen full of goodness ready to serve me. The bartender was a familiar face from AZWBC and hooked me up with a flight so I could sample everything. There are breweries open for over a year now (looking at you, west side) that still have off flavors, growing pains and overall disappointments when it comes to their beer lineups. Not the case here! Every beer was really spot on and true to style - even the wheat beer which I normally do not like due to their sickly sweet syrup add-ins, came out tasting like real blackberry with a welcome tartness. IPA is awesome, went back in for a pint of that one.
Then the food - my friends kept ordering Tortilla plates and apps so I certainly couldn't resist that. The plates are amazing - such wonderful fresh ingredients, perfect portioned in spent grain tortillas. I lived, breathed and died for the steak one - its spicy coffee rubbed with quinoa in one of those amazing fresh tortillas! Its incredible. My friends loved the cornbread and the frybread and bean dip too. Overall not a single complaint here.
They're already signed up and supporting the local homebrew club, ASH, as a sponsor too - just another reason to come on in and make this a favorite on your CenPho beer scene rotation! I'll probably be there when you do...:)
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