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| - I had such high hopes for this place, but my experience left me disappointed. First, when I arrived at 9:30pm (on a Friday night) I couldn't tell if they were open. I get a dark ambiance, but when you drive up, you want to be able to tell if a venue is open. Also, send someone out to shovel the snow... that would be a great help.
After getting inside and discouraged by the bartender not to pick the flight due to a 10pm close and the flight being a lot of alcohol, I was directed to sample to Honey Liqueur and Rum. Nothing overly impressive, but I tried the Honey Cap. That was a poor choice on my part, I like a drink with lime, the Honey Cap could benefit from a little less. All I had was an unpleasant lime after taste. My brother had the Whiskey Sour, again, nothing to write home about.
I did enjoy the atmosphere they had inside, good selection of folk and alternative music playing. There was some stadium like seating towards the back that left me wondering what was going on, I'd come back just to sit up there with a group of friends to try the flight. I also liked seeing all the barrels along the wall - aging their rum for 6 months, as the bartender informed us.
Bartenders appeared knowledgeable and friendly. But I just didn't find anything too special about this distillery - Milwaukee has a better one. I won't return too soon, but I'm willing to give them one more try.
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