Those of you who follow me on twitter (@mrdavidj if you don't and would like to) will probably be aware that I am currently in the USA. I've drunk a fair amount of Dogfish Head, and had a rather good afternoon at Erie Brewing Company yesterday, but those will be covered in another post. For this is The Friday Pint post, and although my netbook tells me it's 1:11 on Saturday Morning back home, here it's only 20:11, and so the night is still young.
The weather today in Cleveland was hot, at least to me it was hot. It was the kind of heat where just walking a few minutes makes that entire pint of water you just downed seem worthless. This probably wasn't the best weather for me to enjoy beer in, but I made a good go at it.
This week's Friday Pint came from the Great Lakes Brewing Company, and was an Amber Lager, called Elliot Ness. It was one of those beers that served it's purpose, but failed to provoke any kind of notes in my notebook.
The pulled pork sandwich that I had with it however was gloriously tasty, with some of the best chip seasoning I've ever had on chips. I followed this with some of their homemade chocolate chunk ice cream, made with their porter. Whilst it was rather tasty, I felt it didn't quite seem exciting as the description.
After food and beers, we went on the tour. The things of note that I felt worthy of mentioning are the fact that some of the waste malt is used in the resturant for baking pretzels and bread, and that the beer served in the resturant comes straight from the tanks in the brewery, completely bypassing the kegging process, meaning fresher beer.
I liked Great Lakes. After the tour I popped back in to use their toilet before the drive back and discovered the pub downstairs. It seemed like a good place to drink in, and if it wasn't for the fact that I was feeling perpetually dehydrated, I probably would have stayed for one more.
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