Sunday, April 18, 2010

I Thought Of A Cute Title For This But I Forgot It

Back from a trip to the drier side. Marie and I took the boys to look at CWU and had a nice relaxing weekend. Before we left I did a little research for brew pubs. You'd think a college town would have a few but I only found one. I guess starving college students can only afford Bud. The one I found was quite small but nice. It was tucked away in kind of an industrial part of town. They only have seating for about 20 people. It's very informal and there's a sliding door that was open for viewing of the actual brewery. The name is Iron Horse Brewing. They had six beers on tap. I tried the Black IPA first. I'd never had this style of beer before so I was curious. It was okay but I don't think I'd try it again. The Iron Horse IPA on the other hand was delicious. Most of the time I was there, if someone wasn't sitting and drinking like I was, they were coming in to have growlers filed. Apparently demand for their beer is greater than their supply because I was told they were going to have to out source the making of some of their brews. The next time I go there I think I'll try their sampler. If you're ever in Ellensburg this brewery is worth looking for.

Next door to Iron Horse is The Ellensburg Distillary. I planned to go inside but they had just closed as I was leaving the pub. I was told by the bartender they make whisky and liqueur. Their premier whisky is "Gold Buckle Club Frontier Whisky". It's a single malt, single barrel, cask strength whisky.

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