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| - Papago Brewing Company of Scottsdale, AZ reminds me of Tap and Barrel of Smithtown, NY (just not as cool). Although they have a larger beer-by-the-bottle selection than Tap and Barrel, they only feature 30 beers on tap to Tap and Barrel's 52. AND Tap and Barrel has Fruli & Wells. However, this didn't detract from a fantastic experience, here's what we had:
Beer:
+ Tap #22 Papago Brewing's (Scottsdale, AZ) own Orange Blossom - Vanilla Mandarin Wheat Ale. $7. It was damn good - I'm a huge Belgian/fruit lambic kinda guy and I wasn't sure how much I'd like this orange beer but boy is this yummy. It's not overly orangey, it's light though smooth with some good body, it leaves you refreshed and paired quite well with our grub
Bar Food:
+ Beer Bites. $6.25. Fresh baked bite size pieces of pizza dough brushed with olive oil, herbs and parmesan cheese. Served with your choice of marinara, ranch, bbq, thai peanut sauce or chipotle ranch. These were damn yummy - I love carbs though they make me fat - frankly I wasn't sure how good these were going to be and I can tell you after ordering them, that they were the best of the 3 things we ordered. I couldn't stop eating them!!!
+ Roasted Red Pepper Hummus. $6.95. Chickpea puree with tahini, garlic, olive oil and roasted red peppers served with warm pita bread. I had to get something healthy and so we ordered this. The pita was warm and soft though slighly toasted and not stale, the hummus was well done and was flavorful. Nice work for a simple appetizer.
+ Caprese Crust. $6.95. It was fresh mozzarella, basil, arugula, tomato and a very sweet reduced balsamic on a super crusty round-pizza-medium kinda size bread which was really good cut up in 8 triangles (kinda like pizza!). It was good!
So, I can see why the locals like it, it's huge, it's got a damn good beer selection but they don't carry Fruli or Wells Banana Bread Beer. Get those 2, and I'll give you 5 Yelps. Also, this place could benefit from 2-3 pool tables...
THIS has been a review by Gaurav
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