Solid 4 stars...!
Beer, unassumingly sold from a sleek little shop in the middle of the [Miracle Mile] mall.... Ahhhhh, only in Vegas!
And there we were. E, K, and I traipsing about in the Miracle Mile Shopping Center during the Grand Opening weekend of Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas. Was it presumptuous to assume that we might refrain for the morning from drinking on this second day of a Vegas junket, after a bender of a first night? Of course it was... =)
Alas, the shimmering chrome and fetching red-n-black silhouette of woman (their logo) drew us in... SIN CITY BREWING CO.!!
Our two pints of Weisse were affordable (@ $4.50 a pint) and very refreshingly good. They also offer an Light, an Amber, and a Stout... all of which I have the utmost faith in the quality and taste of...
Why the faith in beers I didn't get to try?
Returning the next day to pick up some [skimpy/sexy] tank tops for my girl-friends, I got to meet The Man himself, brew-master Richard Johnson.
"So, where from...?" he asked.
"San Jose, CA", I reply.
"Me too, that's where my first brewpub was..." he says, beaming. "Gordon Biersch."
"Oh, wow! Nice to meet you, sir, I go there all the time", I espouse, stunned.
Richard Johnson... Gordon Biersch Director of Brewing Operations, Richard Johnson. Yes, THAT Richard Johnson...
All in all, a fun little place away from the hustle of the casino floors. Where good brews are sold as nonchalantly as soda or water... I heart Vegas!
(Plus 1-star for the experience of meeting THE brew-master...!)