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| - When I asked the vendor to pick somewhere "local" for dinner, he suggested Four Peaks as a fun college place. Sure enough, this is the kind of place college kids would love - lots of beer and huge portions of classic bar food.
While we were waiting for some others, the server suggested the nachos for the table. The nachos came piled high on a double plate, with heaps of chicken and cheese, with beans and such on the side. The flavor was actually pretty good for bar food. After all that, I wasn't terribly hungry, but I decided to try the shrimp ceviche tostadas, just to have something more nutritious than chips and cheese. Again, the portion was huge, and the flavor was decent, but the texture was just soft enough to make me wonder if the shrimp was sufficiently pickled.
But enough about the food, this place is a brewery. I had the peach ale first, and it was good, but waaaay fruity. I know, I'm the one who ordered a fruity beer, but most of the others I've had just hint of fruit. This one tasted like peach syrup had been added. I followed that with the Kilt Lifter. That was a good beer - plenty of flavor without any bitterness in the aftertaste. I also got a taste of the special Kilt Lifter that was aged in a bourbon cask, and that was some darn good beer.
I'd definitely go back when back in Phoenix, though maybe just for the beer, not the food. After all, the bar area was picking up as the "older" patrons were headed home to bed.
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