The Beer Traveller

Cleveland ChopHouse & Brewery is actually part of the Rock Bottom family of restaurants.  For the Cleveland location, the same brewer brews for both ChopHouse & Rock Bottom.  It was a beautiful night & Melissa & I decided to drink outside on the patio. The inside was that of a typical steakhouse; dimly lit w/ slightly more elegant decor.  Our table was outside by the front door & provided a night’s worth of entertainment as we watch patrons come & drunks leave.
Beers were what you would expect from Rock Bottom, decent but safe.  Unlike Great Lakes, they has beers on both end of the spectrum. The Seasonal Wheat was a sweet wheat & ranked Exceptional, while the Cleveland Comet (seasonal) had a vinegar flavor & was ranked Undrinkable.  Our waitress Stephanie was a cheerful young lass that was willing to help with all my needs & even offered up a brewery tour.  Manager Jaime later fit me in for a tour while juggling her many other duties. 
Some interesting quotes from the patio included “Is that our girlfriend” one guy to another.  Also “Hey sweet lips” from an 80 yr man yelling to his wife at the front door as he was standing by his car.  We also became acquainted with Cleveland’s safety ambassadors.  Ours happened to be a 300# gentlemen w/ a voice of a southern blues man; he was also on a bike that he probably should have been on.  He stopped by to inform us to move both the camera & purse (sister’s) away from the edge of the table.
ChopHouse had a great atmosphere; probably best to skip the birks & T-shirt if you decide to stop.