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| - On a trip to breweries on a sunny weekend day, my wife and I stopped at Salud Cerveceria first. After searching for free parking, we gave up and parked in the $3/hr public right next to the Salud.
We entered the door and walked up the flight of stairs to the brewery tap room. Softly playing in the background was a good mix of punk and music from the old shoegazing era. small stage area was setup for a live music, with a wood bench built against the wall with tables and benches lining it up. It was a picture perfect facade of trendy hipster.
We were not greeted, nor told anything about their beers. When asked if they offer flights - the answer was no, but they offer smaller pours that fit the bill of a flight glass.....so we ordered 7 samples and brought them over to our table one-by-one. When a brewery doesn't offer a flight, they lose points from me immediately from me. We sat down, and looked around - for being afternoon, the crowd was confusing. We were one of 5 people drinking beer...the rest looked like they belonged in a star bucks, not a brewery. There were more Apples with Microsoft word open being typed vigorously by a group of tea and coffee drinkers...It was quiet, and the looks our kid got for playing was hilarious.
The beer was mediocre, only one of the samples I had was good - the gose, the three IPAs I sampled were snooze worthy at best.
Walking out and visiting other breweries that day was the best choice we made, and really put this visit in perspective. If you want a fun day out sampling beers - go elsewhere. If you want to sip coffee and feel like you're at a library - you found the place....
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