Small Town Brewery
Definitely, not your typical home town brewery! When we walked through the doors for the first time on a Sunday afternoon, we were fortunate enough to be greeted by Tim Kovac, owner and brewmaster of Small Town. Shortly after taking a seat at the bar, we were asked something along the lines of, "Do you like oatmeal cookies?" It caught both of us off guard after just walking into a brewery, but of course, we said, "Yes." He began to mix up a complimentary concoction of "Dirty Brown Ale", "Hazelnut", and "Vanilla Creme Ale" which much to our amazement turned out tasting exactly like an oatmeal cookie!
After our sample of the oatmeal cookie and placing our flight order, we got a quick tour of the facility which is now their small batch testing facility, and were able to get the story behind the name, logo, and Tim's love affair of beer, which all started from a long family history of his great great great grandfather brewing beer on ships. Tim has a ledger of each generations recipes that has been passed down in the family from generation to generation. He has modified the recipes to suite modern palettes, but does plan to bring back some originals for a limited time.
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Above is the menu they had while we were there, but it does change fairly often as they switch out with different beers periodically, including their new creations and seasonally brews. The crazy depth of flavor that they are somehow able to achieve in their beers is partly due to their choice of high quality organic ingredients and astute attention to detail during the brewing process. Although, they don't serve food here, they do allow you to bring in food and eat at their tables while you are knocking back a few of their delicious creations. A couple of their beers could almost be classified as a dessert beer if there ever were such a thing. Speaking of desserts, they do offer up an amazing adult root beer float that would be great to cap off your visit to the brewery.
This poster proudly hangs on the wall in the brewing room and shows off their original logo. They used posters like this for events when they were just starting off and trying to promote their Not your Daddy's root beer, which is now called Not Your Father's because advertisers got the name wrong. Nonetheless, this place is a must stop if you are in the area.
