Dogfish Head Alehouse in Gaithersburg, MD
Rating: A-
Atmosphere was pleasant. Darkly lit, pretty quiet while we were there (Wednesday night), nicely set up.
No question about the quality of the beers here. We had the 90 minute IPA, the Aprihop, and a 3 yr old bottle of the World Wide Stout. The World Wide Stout was by far the favorite, followed by the IPA and the Aprihop. The aged World Wide Stout was something to be "experienced" not merely drank.
Service was generally good. Didn't ask many questions about the beer, so I don't know how knowledgeable our waitress was, but no complaints either. Getting our check was a little slow, but it was the end of the night.
Only one complaint about selection: the new Dogfish Head Jin was not available at this location yet. I was hoping to finish off dinner and a couple of very good beers with a Dogfish martini, but no such luck. All of the staple beers were in stock though, with cellared bottles of some of the less-regularly-produced ones. No seasonals, though (Punkin', etc.)
We were also pleasantly surprised by the food. We weren't expecting anything special, but both the things we ordered turned out to be very good. I'm not a cole-slaw fan, but the IPA grouper sandwich, on pumpernikel also includes a lot of cole slaw on the sandwich, and I loved it. The Cajun Alfredo Pizza was also very good.
Reviewed on: 07-01-2006 15:43:18
Rating: A-
Atmosphere was pleasant. Darkly lit, pretty quiet while we were there (Wednesday night), nicely set up.
No question about the quality of the beers here. We had the 90 minute IPA, the Aprihop, and a 3 yr old bottle of the World Wide Stout. The World Wide Stout was by far the favorite, followed by the IPA and the Aprihop. The aged World Wide Stout was something to be "experienced" not merely drank.
Service was generally good. Didn't ask many questions about the beer, so I don't know how knowledgeable our waitress was, but no complaints either. Getting our check was a little slow, but it was the end of the night.
Only one complaint about selection: the new Dogfish Head Jin was not available at this location yet. I was hoping to finish off dinner and a couple of very good beers with a Dogfish martini, but no such luck. All of the staple beers were in stock though, with cellared bottles of some of the less-regularly-produced ones. No seasonals, though (Punkin', etc.)
We were also pleasantly surprised by the food. We weren't expecting anything special, but both the things we ordered turned out to be very good. I'm not a cole-slaw fan, but the IPA grouper sandwich, on pumpernikel also includes a lot of cole slaw on the sandwich, and I loved it. The Cajun Alfredo Pizza was also very good.
Reviewed on: 07-01-2006 15:43:18
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