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| - A great new brewery along the edge of Urbana. At first look, the outside exterior looks like a dentist building. Once inside, the brewery equipment can be seen on the right, with the comfortable bar area on the left. A horseshoe shaped wood bar, plenty of seating with couches and a large outdoor area. No TV's, which I always appreciate. Just a comfortable spot with plenty of patrons and lots of good conversation. Nice no?
Service is spot on. I think most, if not all the owners were working the bar. All knowing the beers and operations of coarse. Willing to talk shop and nobody had an empty glass. They also fill growlers by purging all the oxygen, and using tubes to fill from the bottom. Not all breweries I have been to do that, which I find surprising. Good for them for doing it correctly. Little things like that shows a much better quality than say Tryptich.
Seven beers on my visit. They do a mix of American style lagers and traditional German styles. Hefeweizen, Dunkelweizen, and Schwarzbier are all on point. Impressively so. It takes a lot of craft to make those styles on point without any off flavors. They also had a Nitro Porter, I am not a nitro fan so I skipped that. An adjunct lager, and a few other beers. All are well made, some are just a tad on the thin side, but for the most part not an issue at all.
Of the breweries around Chambana, The Blind Pig and Riggs are the only ones on par. I am impressed with the simply, but really well crafted traditional styles. I have not had everything yet, but am looking forward to trying the rest when I can. 4 1/2 stars for now, can easily see this being 5.
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