This was the inside of the Bruroom room inside BAR... That's right, BAR. The outside just wasn't much to show; a sign hanging on the side of the brick building and a huge sketchy wooden door that wasn't really labeled.
Bruroom @ BAR, a "club" composed of, I believe, 4 rooms - we chose to stick to the brewpub section within BAR, Bruroom. It was a neat place with a very old feel to it. The walls were stone and there was lots of old exposed plain wood everywhere. The tables were all carved up by the customers, not sure if that was encouraged or what, but it definitely gave a feeling of being somewhere with history rather than a history of vandalism. The flatbread-like crispy pizza was very good, and brought to the side of the table where we ate it!
Chocolate Porter - A deep black opaque color, and full body. Evidentially, this was brought on by 4 lbs of Hershey's dark chocolate in the recipe, and you could tell! The aroma has subtle notes of coffee, caramel, and dark chocolate, it was a very light semi-sweet aroma. The taste was very robust with notes of coffee, a little bit of roasted barley, and deep chocolate notes. The taste was predominantly chocolate in a most perfect way. It was perfectly done - delicious!
Stout - It was similar to the porter, with a very creamy mouthfeel and awesome head retention. It had a light roast taste, and light chocolate notes, with very subtle, nearly non-existent, aroma. The best way to describe this one was to relate to the previous one, like a lighter porter in flavor, with a very creamy mouthfeel to make a great comfort beer. Allie liked this one better than the stout at Watch City (we'll get to that place a little later.)
Pale Ale - This pale ale had a slightly hazy deep amber color. It was medium to full bodied. the aroma was at the forefront with a deep, earthy, grassy hoppiness. It started crisp, and ended with a healthy serving of flavoring hops. Floral and slightly fruity, with a balanced spicyness and subtle sweetness. As I've noticed with most pale ales, they are moderately hopped with more of an emphasis on bittering hops as opposed to flavoring hops, for me, usually leaving something to be desired and a let-down look on my face. This pale ale, used subtle bittering hops, earthy, likely bittering, aroma hops and lightly spicy flavoring hops. It certainly wasn't going so far as to push itself into IPA territory, but it was more generously hopped than most. It was one of the best pale ales I've had.
Toasted Blonde - It was dark yellow, with a light-medium body. Typical lagery taste, as with most blondes even though they are ales. Typical. Just a bit more of a creamy mouthfeel than most blondes. It landed in the "toasted" category because 30 lbs of specialty English malt was toasted in their ovens before the brew. That wasn't really noticeable in the tasting. Nothing to write home about, but as you'll learn most of the time: "blonde women: take 'em, blonde ales: take 'em or leave 'em" is my general outlook.
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