The Beer Traveller

Upon my arrival to Montgomery Brewing Co, I was initially excited for 2 reasons.  First & foremost I scored a no pay parking spot directly in front of the establishment.  I’m not used to that in a city of this size. Secondly, there were a large number of business professionals leaving the building; usually that’s a good sign that the food is good.  Not necessarily the beer considering it was lunch time during a week day.
I was soon proven wrong.  The menu could not have been any more basic; typical burgers, salads, chx, fried this, & fried that.  I chose the shrimp po-boy (i.e. heavily breaded shrimp on a where’s the beef bun) w/ a side of fries.  Combined w/ the beer I guess this could have also been called Atkin’s nightmare.  The fries were excellent, but this isn’t surprising as the South has kind of mastered the art of deep fat frying.
The beer also left much to be desired.  It wasn’t horrible, but it definitely wasn’t inspiring.  I probably could have guessed this as the room was decorated with Miller Lite, Sharps, & Michelob Ultra signage.  I hate to make generalizations (yea right), but it was obvious that this was a southern bar that catered to true southerners (bud & miller drinkers).  This was further supported by the fact that they had what looked like a mini-fridge, that was stocked w/ cigarettes, behind the bar. The Goat Hill Pale Ale, Montgomery Blonde, & Wipe Oat Stout all scored a Likable although they were very low on the Likable scale.  The Lightening Route Light was barely Drinkable while the Riverboat Red was Drinkable.
Although rather trivial in nature, the one thing that would keep me from coming back here or recommending it was that they charged me $0.75 for an extra side of sauce.  It’s a matter of principal!  I don’t get charged for using a sprinkle of salt or an extra squirt of ketchup/catsup.  If your balance sheet is that close where you need to charge for a side of sauce & can’t figure out how to roll that additional cost (maybe $0.05) into the overall picture, you shouldn’t be in business!