Sunday 30th of December 2012 12:56:06 PM

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Bandwagon is a brewery located in downtown Ithaca, right off the commons. The location is great, except its basically located in the basement of a building and is a bit cramped. Food service is limited because of the small kitchen.

Five or six house beers and close to 15 guests, including Finger Lakes and New York locals (Roosterfish, etc). I went with the Bandwagon flight - Commons Ale, Raspberry Jalapeno, Honey, Pale, and oatmeal stout. Nothing really stuck out as spectacular. The Raspberry Jalapeno beer was undrinkable as the heat was too much - but I've never been able to stomach Jalapeno in my beer.

Saturday 3rd of September 2011 11:27:45 AM

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We stopped by on our way through Ithaca to Rochester, as this brewpub is centrally located on the main thoroughfair. Only 5 of their own brews on tap, but most were well brewed and very tasty. Their hefeweizen was right on target, and their honey brunette had a very unique and drinkable quality. I was not a fan of their raspberry jalapeno; a noticeable raspberry flavor at first, which fades into the plant-like spiciness of eating an actual chili pepper. I was very disappointed when they told me they were out of growlers, as I collect them, and do not live near there. They also had a notable selection of high-quality national beers on tap, and had 5-glass flights set up by region.

The food selection was not huge, but had variety. My wife and I both had the barley-walnut-bean burgers with hand cut fries. Both were very delicious.

Generally, I thought the beers were worth trying, and it would be handy to stop in often to try their rotating brews.