Presentation should never take longer than fermentation. But there I was, still thirsty after 15 minutes of waiting for my pint of Norse Legend. When I ordered it, the waiter didn't know what I was talking about. I told him "You know, the sahti (I didn't confuse him by pronouncing it Finnish style) from Sam Adams." Finally, I just gave him the number on the board. Then he scurried off. We never saw him again.
In the meantime, I checked out the food menu. It looked excellent. But we rolled in just as the kitchen closed at 10 p.m. on a Friday. No appetizers, no desserts, no nothin'.
My wife and I tried talking. But the exposed beams and concrete floors and walls that look so nice turn the volume up to where we had to yell at each other. After a few more minutes of waiting and not seeing a familiar waiter, we did something we've never done at a brewery/alehouse/taproom before: We walked out, still thirsty for a quality beer. We went to Sun Up, where we had a cask-conditioned IPA made with Simcoe hops that pretty well destroyed anything on-tap at Angels Trumpet.
We'll give Angels Trumpet another shot in the future - once we hear it has its act together.