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Our first visit to the brewery was on Sunday July ...

Our first visit to the brewery was on Sunday July 26/20, so there's definitely a COVID allowance. The restaurant was booked, so we sat on the patio. The front of house staff was not very welcoming ..for example we asked about eating inside but rather than saying "I'm sorry we are fully booked but we have space on our patio" it was more like "There's no space in here so you'll have to go outside". A subtle difference but an important one.
Once we got outside we discovered why they might not have been enthusiastic about our visit. The flies! Oh the flies! There were swarms of them crawling on us, our food, the walls, the tables... to the point that we decided to move further into the back part of the patio as there was a breeze so we thought it might be better/fewer flies.
I was stopped half way back by either another server or a hostess who was not pleasant. She asked if I'd checked with the hostess to make sure it was okay as "someone might want to sit there" and left to check for us...except she never returned. Our waiter caught my eye and took care of the problem.

The food: The gazpacho soup made with their pomegranate sour beer was great, and the bread with honey butter was awesome. As were the flights of beers we enjoyed! We took home some beer to enjoy.

Dinner was mixed. I had the 1/2 baked chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy and chose spiced roasted corn on the cob for my side. The chicken was nicely seasoned but really overcooked...it was very dry, to the point of hard to swallow without a drink. The potatoes were good, but cold. The gravy was cold and had started to coagulate.
My partner had the clubhouse with sweet potato fries which she said was good.
An alcoholic fly landed in one of the beers in our flight which the waiter immediately replaced, which was great.
So, overall, a nice place with a mix of friendly and folks who still need a little coaching and the food needs to be more consistent.

I don't know how to fix the fly issue, but it's an ISSUE. Perhaps the entire patio needs to be screened in, including overhead. Without some solution the experience is pretty unpleasant.

I'm sure we will be back for another try and hopefully can post an updated, positive review!

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