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| - In my quest to experience all the craft breweries in the area, we decided to take an adventure across the rivers from the north hills as part of our own self-guided south hills brewery tour. First stop was Spoonwood. It was the BEST of our visits. Yeah, it's nearly 45 minutes from where we live and that means that we probably won't be back anytime soon, but wow is this a nice place!! I was surprised at what a big, new building it was! Very unusual for a startup brewery. Shows they are committed to be in it for the long term. Gotta love that. Loved the industrial vibe, the large open space, the great bar, what looked to be an awesome outside patio, and oh yes, the beer. Yeah, there's that. And it was awesome! I love that you can order a 5 oz sample for $3 and try it out. And we did. What I find though is that I want to order several "sample" sizes and then you end up generating quite a tab. But at least you get to sample some brew. I wish that they would just let you have a taster like some other breweries but that's nitpicking.
The Killer Diller IPA was my favorite and I ended up with a growler for later. My wife loved the Screamin Danger wheat IPA which I also thought was excellent. I'd drink either of those anytime! We got there around lunch time so it was a natural to go ahead and order food. My wife started with the beet salad which she liked - although I thought it looked a little small for $8. The wood fired pizza idea appealed to us so we got the Wake & Bake pizza. We liked it and it was enough for 2 people for lunch but it wasn't anything memorable. And for $14 it seemed a little steep in price. I like that they have a lot of options. I really came for the beer anyway and that is a solid 4 star rating! Maybe 4.5!! If I lived closer, I'd be a regular.
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