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| - I made the trip out here from Arcadia on Sunday so that I could experience some west side beer scene over the weekend. This was stop number one, after reading all the positive food reviews, I was pretty excited to check it out and sample their beer offerings.
Plenty of parking in an easy to find strip mall, when you walk in the place is smaller than what it seems on the outside, with a bar that only seats a handful but the décor is nice, rustic and modern mix and I got a seat at a booth near the back in no time. The brunch/Sunday menu was great - tons of options for pretty good prices - around 10-15 for everything. I went for the shrimp and grits because I'm a nice southern girl and that dish was actually AWESOME. My friend had the burger and seemed to like it ok, but my dish was a huge winner and a nice big portion for the price.
Now the beer and the reason why this place doesn't get a better review. Lets just say, there is a lot in need of work here. I'd been to the Litchfield taproom the year before and thought the same thing, but we wanted to be open minded so ordered 3 flights in order to sample 12 of their beers. Of all 12, we only finished 2 of the tasters. The Savannah Marie IPA is far and away the best beer on the menu, although the Red and Black IPAs weren't too bad. The Peanut Butter Porter - another beer they're known for - was odd. Maybe just a bad batch, but tasted like raw peanut powder and was really thin. That was a disappointment as I remember that being a standout at beer fests I've attended in the past. The Amber and Scottish Ale seemed to be mediocre, weird finishes to those. The NW IPA was particularly bad, no nose on it and really tasted like sad hop water. We actually had a conversation about the strange off-flavors in that beer and a few others, wondering how they treated their water there. Overall though, this is not the kind of beer I want to be drinking and did nothing to break my east-side bias when it comes to the Phoenix craft beer scene. The worst part - they charged a LOT for those flights. Granted, they are bigger pours, but since we finished almost none of them and even mentioned to the waitress the poor reviews, you'd hope you didn't end up paying $2.75 for all 12 tasters.
If I found myself in Peoria again for some reason and I was hungry, I'd go back - the food is really good especially the brunch. Maybe order a craft cocktail though and skip out on the beers.
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