Brewery tours are available for anyone who wants to see the operation up close rather than just drink the output. The kitchen backs up the beer list with real pub food that's earned its own fans: a cheese-ale soup one reviewer called outstanding, and a poutine appetizer that gets singled out as a standout alongside it.
It's the kind of neighborhood brewpub that's built its reputation slowly rather than through a viral moment — reviews praising the Victory Pale Ale and a limited-run barley wine go back well over a decade, suggesting a genuinely stable, long-running operation rather than a recent opening riding early hype. A Tuesday pint special has come up in older reviews but wasn't confirmed as still running — worth asking about directly, though a from-scratch beer list and a genuinely well-reviewed cheese-ale soup are plenty of reason to stop in regardless.
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