Austin Brothers Beer Company

Reviews about Austin Brothers Beer Company

• 3 / 5

  By Dustin Blanchet
  This was a tough review to write. I wanted real bad to give it another star but it's just not there yet. Short review: 4 star beer and 3 star food.
  Longer version: It seems like a place that, from a food standpoint, is new and still trying to find its way. Fries were really good and ketchup seemed homemade. BBQ Burger was cooked well and had great BBQ sauce on it. But then the pulled pork on top was clearly a day old and reheated. You can't fake reheated meat because we've all done it at home - it gets that special grayish color and a day old taste. Just a strange contradiction to put effort into everything except that one piece of the puzzle.
  My buddy got the fish tacos and the fish itself was really good, but the piece of fish was literally as small as the lime wedge it came with. It was, at best, half the length of the tortilla it came on and there was just one single piece. Three fish tacos, all just like that. If you took all three pieces of fish and put them on a single tortilla it would have been great, but it was just comically disproportionate. When we asked if this was the normal amount of fish on the tacos she looked and said, "Ummm yeah I would say so." Huh. So close (taste), yet so far (portion).
  Hopefully this review can help them iron out some kinks on the food side. The beers we tried were good so I think they've got that down. I really think the restaurant can be a standout place in a town with few standouts. You can tell they know what good food is, it just needs more consistent execution. No amount of delicious BBQ sauce can hide grey meat.
  July 02, 2016