Monday 17th of September 2007 02:16:47 PM

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Atmosphere:
TMBC's new restaurant allowed them to double their brewing operations. Now they have 10 beers flowing on tap, two are cask, and three are IPA's! Also they have an expanded menu. Yet they still had the same awesome pizzas, calzones, grinders, and salads that we all know and love. There is a large bar area with three TV's (one is a 120" TV), plenty of indoor and outdoor seating, and even a private event room with another 120" TV. I spoke to Nico (owner) about his new location, and he was very excited about it. In fact, they had to shut down their old place because their restuarant took all the business. However, they will be re-opening it as an English style pub, "The Fat Squirrel". They need to get that place opened soon, because the restaurant was jam packed.
Beer:
I believe they may have "toned down" their beer for the masses. Of course, I have adapted more to hoppier beers over the two years since I last enjoyed TMBC. As I said above, they have a lot more selection of beer. On tap, they had: American Hefeweizen, Golden Ale, Red Rye, 914 Amber, Steam Ale, Triple Play Pale Ale, 917 IPA, TMBC IPA, Irish Stout, and Maximus IPA as the Brewer's Special. They also had bottled beers from other microbreweries and Belgian breweries. I kicked it off with my usual sampler; all the beers were very drinkable. I then had the Maximus IPA, which I thought was very smooth for such a strong IPA. Finally, I had the Three ??Delouths?? (it wasn't written down) Pale Ale off cask; definitely hoppier than their Triple Play, and the cask pump made it much smoother without the CO2.