My Type of Place!\n\nMy wife and I fly into your town and we start chatting with our hotel shuttle driver. We start chatting about food, beer, etc... I tell him like pilsners and I'm not a fan of IPAs. He immediately recommends the Great Dane. I'm like cool, the Yelpers in town recommended this place on a thread I started. We check in, unpack, and off we go.\n\nThe Arrival\n\nWe walk in and the first thing I notice is the beautiful smell. Only true beer drinkers can appreciate this smell. It's a perfume of brewers yeast and hops which is both intoxicating and delightful. A smile like the Grinch that stole Christmas creeps across my face. Is this heaven? No it's Madison, Wisconsin:) So, we walk in the pool room area, but all the seats at the bar were taken. So we walk on the other side and plop down at the bar. We meet our bartender Jenny and she is sweet as pie. I get a flight of beers and I would say they have a pretty nice selection. For you Pilsner drinkers, this is money. They have more selections of that style that any brewery I've been too. I settle on the Landmark Lite, but I did enjoy the taste of the Pecks Pils and the Pumpkin Ale. The Landmark Lite is so smooth with no aftertaste at all. This is easy drinking at its finest and for me it's perfect. \n\nThe Food\n\nWe only had two apps, the assorted pretzel basket and the onion soup. The pretzel basket had four or five different types of fresh baked pretzels. Now the pretzels were awesome, but the show stealer was the Crop Circle Wheat Cranberry Mustard. My wife originally placed it to the side because she thought it was marinara sauce. I tasted it and said that's some sort of mustard. We both were a little shocked. I looked at the menu and yes this was truly a red looking mustard. I dip a pretzel piece into this red concoction and take a bite. WOW. The flavor profile will knock your socks off. First you taste the cranberry with it's sweet and then as it settles in your mouth you get the heat of the mustard. The heat I am talking about is compared to Hot Chinese Mustard where it reaches your sinuses. I'm not taking about that sorry ass Chinese mustard in the plastic packages, I'm taking about the one that comes in a small plastic cup. This cranberry mustard doesn't reach the sinus level of a Hot Chinese Mustard, but you can feel it. I need to shake the hand of the person who came up with this recipe. Whoever you are, you are a genius and if I could I'd have your children;) which reminds me, I need to buy some of that to take home to South Florida. Next up the Onion Soup. The cheese was melted to a prefect crust, which I love. I broke it up with my spoon and swooped in for the kill. Very tasty and not salty at all. The onions had that silky texture which is a must with this style of soup.\n\nAmbiance \n\nOpen, inviting, and very clean. Service was very friendly and there is no doubt that this joint is popular with community. I would be a regular if I lived here.\n\nVerdict \n\nListen, I know I'm a tourist and this was my first time here, but I know beer and food. This place has IT. I feel very confident with rating this brewery a 5. I'll be back before I fly back home. Remember to tell Jenny that Dan from Ft. Lauderdale sent you and Stay Hungry!
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