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| - The beer was fantastic, I tried the Porter and the IPA. The Porter was dark and rich with a lovely roasted coffee flavour. It was heavy enough to be substantive, but not so much so that a second or a third couldn't be enjoyed.
The IPA, is not your traditional Indian Pale Ale. It is not pale at all. It is actually a dark amber colour. This is a really interesting take on an IPA, because it is hoppy as one would suspect, but the hoppy-ness is mellow and lasting more like a barley based beer.
The food was alright. I ordered the fish and chips, which were good, but certainly not particularly memorable. It seems that this is true for the rest of the menu as well. The beef goulash was described as being 'meh' and a little bit tough by my fiancee. So I tried a little bit and it definitely wasn't inspired.
I do have to agree with some other critiques about the service, and lack of a beer menu. We had a reservation for 7:15, one of us got there at about 6:50 and was seated at the bar until the rest of us arrived. When we arrived the host sat the rest of us without letting us know that our friend was at the bar. It was nearly 7:30 before we figured out what had happened.
Secondly, when I ordered my second beer, I asked the waitress what they had for lager type beers. She looked confused for a second and then offered me the IPA, which isn't a lager, but as you may have read above was quite good. If you are going to work at a brewery you should know the beers backwards and forwards.
Based on some of the other reviews, my desire to give Duggan's a second chance may not be worth it. But those who have said that the beer is bad obviously didn't try either the Porter or the IPA,
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