Tenaya Creek Brewery
Las Vegas, NV
Thurs 7/5/07, 5:30pm
[open]
Holy cow is it ever hot out! The thermometer on the car reads 121!!!
Comfortable retaurant with pool tables and video poker. Open 24 hours. (side note: Becky won $500 playing video poker at the bar after dinner. When she was paid, the machine was not reset. When she asked to have it reset, a different bartender tried to pay her again! Since this was a nice restaurant and we want it to stay in business - and because we're pretty much honest people anyway - we declined to take advantage of this mistake and told them the hand pay had already been made).
House Brews:
Gold Medal Pilsner
Hefeweizen
Nut Brown Ale
Ringtail Pale Ale
Hell Dog Double Red (J)
Maibock
Kolsch (B)
Kolsch: Pale, golden color. Very minimal head. Aroma is disconcertingly like mass-produced skunk piss beer. Thankfully it tastes far better than that. Very effervescent in the mouth, which is surprising considering the head is non-existant. Sweet fruit - apples are strong - dominate the flavor. Body is thin but it should be to be a hot summer's day refreshing beer. This is uncomplicated and nice. 8.3
Hell Dog Double Red Ale: This beer is amped up. No head to speak of. There is lots of malt taste and PLENTY of hops. There is no doubt that this is designed to be a beer for beer geeks. For some reason, there is a slightly unpleasant aftertaste. Overall, however, it is a very well made beer. 8.6
Monte Carlo Barleywine (not on the menu - was brought out specially for us by the waiter after he saw and asked about our beer diary): This beer was leftover from the old Monte Carlo Brewpub. When they stopped brewing, the brewer took the job as head brewer at Tenaya Creek. Becky's notes: OMG this smells awesome! Sweet, malty and yeasty - very pungent aroma. The taste delivers - complex and multi-faceted. Very well made. John's Notes: An excellent representative of the style. Very smooth and tasty going down. Thumbs up! 9.0
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