Our first stop was Old Boys’ Brew House, a very cool place.  The owner is a major dog lover and everything is set up around dogs, including dog pictures on the walls.  Old Boy was the name of the owners dog and attributes its canine-oriented theme to the influence and memory of a Chocolate Lab, “Brutus, the Snake Malone”, AKA Old Boy.  The menu is a large dog tag (a foam type) this was very unique.  They also had bowls at the bar and at the tables with trivia cards in them.  All of the bar stools have names on the back of them. 

We sat at the bar and since it was early enough in the day we were able to talk to the bartendrress as there wasn’t very many people.  We ordered up a sampler and tasted:

Connor’s Kolsch, Waterdog Wheat, Dortmunder, Rover’s Waggin Red, Old Boys Brown Ale, Ollis Oatmeal Stout, The Underdog (lo carb), Raspberry Gold, Raspberry Wheat, and Golden Sour.  The 2 Raspberry’s are made from a raspberry concentrate, the gold is mixed with Kolsch and the wheat is mixed with the wheat.  The Golden Sour is like a corona, it is a lime concentrate with Kolsch and then topped with more Kolsch.  We got a growler of the Old Boys Brown Ale.

They were busy at the time so we didn’t get much of chance to really talk brews with the bartender.   In our sampler we tasted:  Sundog Amber Ale, Full Circle Single Malt, Nitro Stout, Bitter Brown, Dies Irea, and Phi.  The one we liked the most was the Bitter Brown and that’s what we got a growler of.

We liked the Zosimov, which was the Russian imperial stout, but was too strong @12% and tasted like vodka.  We liked the D’Ambra second so we got a growler of this.  We could not believe that they had a plain growler with no printing on it, so you know we gave them a hard time about that.  Just like Stoney Creek we’ll fix that.

Cheryl went and checked out the bakery and wanted to get something but all of them looked so good and decided she didn’t need any desert.  They have pizza, dinner for two, and different entrees.

Appearance:  4.5 stars
          Beer:   3 stars
          Food:   did not eat here, except the hors devours
Atmosphere:  4.5 stars

This place is real nice with a nice big bar, which we sat at.  They were on the busy side due to the dinner hour but we were still able to talk with the bartendress and the head brewer John Svoboda.

In our sampler we tasted:  Centennial Silver Foam, Pale Ale Tap, River City Red, Lumber Dark, and Best Brown.  After introducing ourselves to John he brought us some Oktoberfest, Cask Ale, and Extreme Pale Ale to try.  We liked the Lumber Dark the best and got a growler of that. Cheryl really wanted to try the Coffee & Cream Porter but the only way was to buy the gift pack. We decided that we would not purchase that. John spent a lot of time with us showing us the brewery system and talking about brews and what can make or break a good brew.  John has a lot of knowledge and we were lucky to have had the time with him.  Thanks John.

To eat we ordered the Bourbon Steak, it came with haystack onion rings, potato pancakes, and veggies.  We also had a choice of soup or salad and chose the New England Clam Chowder.  The clam chowder was the best we have ever had anywhere.  The steak and the rest of the meal were very good.

Appearance:   4.5 stars
          Beer:   4 stars
          Food:   5 stars
Atmosphere:  5 stars