I have been here many many times over the years but this review isn't about those times because I really don't remember them well enough to give a solid Yelp. Anyway, this review is about their Stein Club.\n\nMy wife is a sucker for signing up for clubs that charge a few bucks a year and in return you get membership card and a few perks here and there. Gordon Biersch has such a club and of course we just had to join. I mean you get a membership card! You also get some other misc. perks like reward points when you dine at any GB that you can exchange for some pretty cool stuff provided you spend about $10,000 for food over time. It is something to strive for I guess.\n\nAll kidding aside, there are some really great benefits for being a Stein Club member. For the membership fee of 20ish dollars per year (I think that's how much it was), you also get invited to free beer tastings, tapping parties, release parties, etc. They are only for Stein Club members and they give you plenty of beer and tasty appetizers. There are only about 20 or so members that show up to the Tempe location events so it is not too crowded. There is always plenty of food and beer to go around. They normally have their pizzas, garlic fries and wings out. My favorite are the wings.\n\nAlthough I may never earn enough points to get some of the cool stuff they offer, I take full advantage of their free food and beer and it is definitely worth the small membership fee.\n\nYesterday was the pre-release tapping party of their Alt Bier. The beer was excellent and you could pretty much have all you wanted. As always Dieter, the head brewer, was there. He is a super chill guy that basically has the coolest job in the world. He is at all the events and is pretty much the Yoda of all things beer and is open to answering any questions you may have.\n\nI could have continued to eat the wings, fries and pizza all night but my wife and the other people we were with wanted to order a more proper dinner. I had the mushroom and swiss burger. It was a decent size but was ok at best. The side salad I got was ok too. I also have to bring up one of their new menu items, the \"Housemade Tacos\". Though I did not order or try them, another member of our party did. When they came out I almost started laughing. They are honestly the double decker tacos that Taco Bell used to have years ago (or still have, I'm not sure). The tacos were blue corn taco shells wrapped in a flour tortilla. WTF!! Inside the double taco was some kind of fish topped with a real heavy sauce. That part honestly didn't look too bad, but I just couldn't get over the double taco.
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