Friday 18th of September 2009 02:32:03 AM

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I would have to disagree with some of the reports on this site. I thought both the food and beer were very good at Brownstone. The price was also excellent, two steak dinners and a full beer sampler for $50 seems like a pretty good price.

The menu at this place is extremely extensive, you can literally get any item you would want, and of coarse it has excellent baked potatoes.

Was there on a Thursday night and it was quite busy. Parking located onsite, right off the main road through Idaho Falls.

The beer selection was really good, the best beers were the stout, nut brown and IPA. Also had an average rasberry IPA (way too overpowering flavoring. Also had good amberbock and pale ale. In all 8 beers on tap.

Saturday 6th of June 2009 01:48:13 AM

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This is the go-to brew place in Idaho Falls. It's a shame, then, that the beer isn't great. The name of the place says it all; first it's a restaurant, then it just happens to be a brewery.

Don't get me wrong, the beer's not bad. It's just unremarkable in every way. Other reviewers mentioned an IPA but there was none on tap while we were there. The only beer I'd rate as 'good' was the amber bock. It had a slightly sweet assertive flavor, as a bock should. Everything else, while not bad, was very, very plain. The selection was very limited as well: a pilsner, a pale ale, a slightly different pale ale, a wheat, a nut brow, the amber bock and a raspberry... something (I was warned to stay away from it). Pretty unsatisfying offerings for one that loves assertive beers.

The atmosphere was inviting, a clean, open-room brewery feel to the place that, even when busy, was not super-noisy.

The service was quite good considering we were there are an insanely busy time and they still remained friendly and focused even if it took them a little longer than preferred to get each task done. They still got to everything as well as it could be done.

The food, as the name of the establishment suggests, is their strongest trait. They have a wide variety of offerings. In fact, if you like fried food, they have a HUGE variety of offerings. We tried seafood, salad, pasta (lobster ravioli!), and soup. Everything was very good! So you can be assured of a hearty meal here, even if it is accompanied by a simply decent beer.

While I wish they'd push the beer envelope a little here, it is the only brewpub in town. And it does a decent enough job that I will keep coming back when I pass through Idaho Falls.

Tuesday 15th of April 2008 06:53:57 PM

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I went to this establishment on my honeymoon as I was passing through. Their food was pretty good. While I was there I had a rasberry flavord wheat beer (at least I think it was a wheat beer) and their IPA. Both I thought were pretty good. Also, the beer I bought in a growler lasted until I made it home to Memphis a week later and was still very tasty. The atmosphere was pretty nice and would go back there if I was in the area.

Wednesday 11th of July 2007 03:54:54 PM

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Visited on 7/10/07

I visited in the early evening before the dinner crowed rolled in, and was able to secure one of four outdoor tables which look out at the river. The wait staff was friendly but not well versed in beer, or frankly food. My waitress was unable to describe the Frankie(?) burger as she was a vegetarian. She also described the Hefeweizen as hoppy which when i received it, although a very tasty hef with distant banana notes was anything but hoppy, just as it should be. Some how she was associating hoppy with cloudy...?.? I did my best to correct her. I also tried their IPA. I'd put it in the 50-60 ibu range with modest hop aroma and flavor. A slightly better than average IPA but no award winner. I wouldn't hesitate to go back and try them again.