Roots felt like a nice neighborhood pub. Not beerhall big, cozy and nice. had the big flatscreen for the sports fans. No complaints
Now on to the beer, we tasted 8 different beers
3 some IPA-
Steve" A lot of bitterness, mellow" ,Rob "nice bitterness and flavor" todd" first few sips the bitterness wa smellow"
Burghead Heather ale-
" Nice breakfast beer, good with Cheerios" "like but different", "tastes like juice, fruity" "grew on me"
Island Red Ale-
"taste like drinking an old show, if I ordered a pint I'd finish it but it would be a one time deal", "different, not bad, but wouldn't order another pint", "large bitter after taste"
Flanders Red-
" first beer to give me bitter beer face" "hold your nose and drink it" "vinegar smell and taste, it sucks" "not as opposed as everyone else"
Festivus-
"its festivus for me, favorite so far, well blended lots of flavor", "cross between f landers and IPA","better then last 2""in the middle smoother then last 2"
Youngers Stout-
" breakfast again ,coffee replacement", "tasted off","favorite so far", "i like it favorite so far"
Epic Ale-
"thats good" "very good, best high alcohol content beer I've had (14%)", "big, but I like it" "thick body, lots of flavor"
Woody IPA-
" went completely horizontal with this stuff" " very good" almost like that" " more traditional IPA"
Beer ratings
Top choice- Epic x3 , Youngers x1
Second choice- festivus, heather x2, Youngers
Third choice- Heather x 2, Epic, Woody
As to the food. 3 people tried the stuffed burgers. They tasted fine, but I didn't seem to notice the stuffing much. Nothing special in the food category.
Overall- the highs were high. The heather ale with no hops was a pleasant surprise, probably would do well in the summer. Epic was surprising since sometimes beers with that much alcohol content can be too much. There were some lows, but if you stick to the top choices you will do fine at Roots
Rob
