The Great American Beer Hall

huge place, big beer list with a wide selection though some mundane offerings that are easily obtainable at the store next door, not too much interesting other than the occasional limited release

The place is cavernous, similar to a small airplane hanger. The “bar” extends the entire length of the hangar with bar stools only at the far end. There are a couple of hi-tops but most of the seating is long shared picnic tables. There’s a stage at the far end for live music. In better weather, there are tables outside.

Ford is provided by The Lantern featuring pizza and other pub grub. This, frankly, was very disappointing. I saw my pizza sit under a heat lamp for over 20 minutes. No text, no delivery. When I went to ask what happened. They said, “It happens.” Outside of a free soft drink, there was no effort to make things right. If fresh, I imagine the pizza would have been okay.

The beer selection is very good with over 20 taps (and some cans and bottles). Each tap is a different brewer, mostly from New England. The beer is generally unusual offerings from each brewer making my tasting easy. Flights are available.

For a Thursday afternoon, there are a decent number of people here. The bartenders are friendly although not very knowledgeable of their offerings (They insisted on using the brewer name as they did not know the actual beer names.) That said, I will definitely return. My only (very minor) complaint is that it’s not closer to Boston.