Tuesday 1st of December 2015 09:07:57 PM

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Have to say this place was an complete disappointment. It is a sister brewery to Pearl Street. I had originally planned to go to Pearl Street, but had such a bad experience here I decided to go elsewhere.

The brewery is located in downtown Buffalo so parking is somewhat limited. I was able to walk there from the Harbor Center district, not too bad of a walk. The brewery is located in an old hotel and was a very fancy restaurant at one time, which very intricate woodwork. molding and finishes.

We walked in and the bar is separated from the dining room of the restaurant. The dining room is huge. We visited on a Tuesday night and there was no hockey game that night, so maybe that was the reason the dining room was completely empty. There were a few people in the bar but we seated by ourselves on the opposite side of the dining room. We were handed menus that looked similar but as we looked at them closely there were slight differences in them. The waitress informed us of some items not longer offered and other items they did not have in stock on the menu.

The beer list is what I would have expected from a brewery about 10 years ago, with the very basic 5-6 beer menu with nothing too exciting on it. We were informed by the waitress of 2 seasonals also available. We tried the porter first which is one of their primary beers. Nothing memorable about it. Pretty watered down.

The waitress informed me that double IPA would come in a 10oz snifter, but when she came back she had a pint and she was "able" to get me it for the same price. One taste and I knew why, it was probably 2 months past its time to get pitched. I powered through it.

They also had a green tea saison. Sounded interesting. Didn't really taste the green tea but it was a decent saison.

The food pretty much seemed to be out of a box.

My suggestion is walk a few more blocks to Big Ditch Brewing.