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Fitness: Back up to 205.8 (four pound gain) after a weekend of pizza, beer, and the reopening of my favorite local brewery. I’m only up 0.2 pounds from Sunday, so the taproom trip wasn’t too detrimental to my weight – not sure what happened Saturday, as I was only 202.8 that morning. Ah well, it’s a good thing I’ve got four days of hard workouts in front of me. One guess as to what my topic is today. |
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This weekend was the grand re-opening of the Jolly Roger Taproom and the Maritime Pacific Brewing Company. It’s been a rather long wait, though going to the new taproom (which is a lot like the old one, except bigger and brighter) made it seem as if the place had never closed up. They shut down their old operation last summer (July or August, I believe) to move to a bigger facility about four blocks away. They’d been having issues with the state getting their beer license to them in a timely fashion, which was part of the reason for the delay. They had planned to re-open in late January, but I think that was part of the reason they hadn’t. It’s all pointless speculation as they’ve re-opened and have not lost a single step. The food is still tremendous, the beer still goes down like water, and the ambiance hasn’t changed a bit – you still can’t hear a thing anyone says, as the volume is at a steady roar. That’s part of what gives the place (and what gave the old taproom) its charm. I would imagine that the roar was increased this weekend due to it being the grand re-opening. The official opening day was Saturday, but I decided to take my mom down there for lunch on Sunday, since we’d done Sunday lunches at the old Jolly Roger Taproom on more than a few occasions. We got there about five minutes after they opened and got the last table available. They’ve doubled the size of the taproom, so that’s definitely a testament to the quality of the place. While I can’t say the food service was prompt (which I fully understand), the beer service was and their Imperial Pale Ale was very tasty. The hop wasn’t too strong and it went down very smooth. This was the first time I’ve had their IPA (I usually stick with the Flagship Red or the Nightwatch Dark), and I’ve been missing out! When they closed down, I was still IPA-phobic, thanks to a really bad one from another local brewery which I will not name, but they’ll likely lose business as they’re in the same vicinity as Maritime. Thankfully, Dogfish Head’s 90 Minute Imperial IPA cured me of that phobia, and I enjoyed Maritime’s IPA so much, I got two imperial pints’ worth and brought a growler of it home! I’m not sure when I’ll get a chance to crack it open, though I’m sure I’ll enjoy it thoroughly once I do. As for the food, I said it earlier – it’s still great. When it did finally show up, the fish was hot, the salad was cold, and the taste was abundant. No complaints here! It’ll be nice to go back in a few weeks once things have settled down (maybe) and get a little faster service, but I was enjoying good beer and good conversation, so waiting longer for food was no big deal. All in all, I’m so very glad to have one of my favorite haunts back and I can’t wait to haunt it some more in the near future! Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on February 22nd, 2010. |
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