I stopped in at Mill House Brewing Company in Poughkeepsie, New York for dinner and a beer.  I actually tried a flight of five beer samples.  The Buffalo Fried Brussels Sprouts appetizer were outstanding!  Great flavor!.  I enjoyed the Hubar IPA and Pine Tar best with these because the spiciness of both food and drink was perfect.  For dinner I enjoyed the Grilled Swordfish which was deliciously paired with tabouleh and I preferred the cream ale and Kilt Spinner best with dinner.  The beer I enjoyed most was the Pine Tar with spiciness and hints of pine.  I hope to enjoy this beer again!

I made a second stop at Mill House Brewing Company and had another outstanding experience.  This time I ate at the bar with colleagues.  We had the great pleasure of chatting with owner Chris Crocco for quite a while this evening.  He’s a great guy.  So we shared a number of items this evening: fried pickle chips, fried chickpeas, smoked garlic sausage with pierogies and fig and pig pizza.  EVERYTHING WAS DELICIOUS.  Just FYI the sausages are all made in house and they have a number of them.  I might try to get some to take home with me.  The fig and pig pizza was exactly what it sounds like and it was sweet and awesome.  I knew I wanted Pine Tar and it delivered – see above.  I also tried Kold One Kolsch which was light and refreshing.  And I ended the evening with Sexual Chocolate Stout and yes it is everything you can imagine but keeping this blog rated PG we’ll leave it at that.