This weekend found me in Cheney, KS, a small town just west of Wichita. There is a small brewpub there I have been wanting to try. They have 6 house brews and 2 rotating seasonals. Never having been there, I opted for the sampler, two ounce pours of each of the house beers. I have to be completely honest...I was a bit underwhelmed. It was fine brew, don't get me wrong, I just wanted it to be more.
The IPA could barely qualify even in the Pale Ale category. The server told me that the small community just hadn't warmed up to intense hop flavor. I realize they are running a business, but that compromise frustrated me. Being a hop-head myself, I was sad to say that the IPA was near the bottom for it's lack of flavor and that wonderful hoppy aroma. It was also a very cloudy beer. Upon further investigation, I found out that due to time constraints and demand that they don't do a secondary fermentation stage, which would help clarify the beer.
I won't go into too much detail of the others. They had some interesting seasonals that I wanted to try and the porter was surprisingly one of my favorites. I will be going back sometime, that's for sure.
The best part of the afternoon though, had to be my introduction to a new love: table shuffleboard. What a glorious game. There is no way it will happen, but I want one...in my basement...tomorrow. If you haven't played, you need to play. It's kind of like the traditional shuffleboard I am told (I have no idea), and kind of like curling on sawdust not ice and without the brooms of course. Grab a beer and a few friends and I promise a great time.
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Josh,
This is really interesting that you discovered shuffleboard, I discovered it about a 1.5 years ago. I only play it about 4 times a year but I really enjoy it. Isn't it ironic that the older we get the more enjoyable the "dorky" games are?
Truly, it also seems to get less physical for some reason...
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