Hometown Cellars Winery & Brewery

My wife and I stopped in to try the beers at this winery and brewery, and had two 4-glass flights of their beers. There were 9 beers available that day: Wheat, Cherry Wheat, English Mild, Pilsner, Summer Ale, IPA, Hoppy Old Ale, Oatmeal Stout and a Coffee Stout. We didn't try the two wheat ales, instead we doubled up on the IPA because we liked it so well. It is hopped with Citra and Centennial, and is the best of the beers that we chose.

Some of the beers were right-on for their style, and some were just off or had the brewer's slight variation to his taste. Overall they were average or slightly better, and because of the choice of the hops in the IPA I consider that beer to be well above average. It was delicious. The Hoppy Old Ale was also very good.

This is a winery and brewery so we also sipped a few wines and purchased some of those to take home. The brewery offers growlers to go for $18 ($10 refill). A pint of beer for on-premises consumption is $3.50, and a 4-glass flight of beer was $5.

The surroundings were nicely decorated, and the ambiance was somewhat sterile because this is a sales room too in addition to a pub setting, but it was comfortable. One of the owners gave us personal attention since we arrived just after opening and were the only customers. He was also busy setting up and waiting for a customer to arrive for some bottling of the customer's wine that was started 8 weeks ago. (This is also a winemaking-on-premises store.) Commercial packaged snacks are available, but no food is offered.

This was a pleasant experience and worth the visit to enjoy their beers and wines.