Today me and my wonderful wife decided to make the hour and a half drive to Klamath Falls from Lakeview. Since Lakeview isn't exactly the mecca of culture, brews, fine dining, or most any form of entertainment we indulge ourselves with these trips to Klamath about once a month in order to save our sanity and enjoy some of the things a slightly larger town has to offer. In this case the highlight of my day was our lunch date at the Klamath Basin Brewing company's brew pub, The Creamery.
If only for the brew pub then the trip was WELL worth the time. We walked in and were greeted by our extremely friendly server Lindsay. We started things off with a tastey Crater Lake Amber Ale. The amber ale had a light amber color as most of them do, very clear not hazy at all, a light refreshing taste with notes of citrus and a bit of a hoppy dry finish. It had about 1 finger of head with light lacing throughout.
After the Amber Ale it was time for the main course. My wife went with the pulled pork sandwich and after much deliberation I settled on the pub steak sandwich. They were both OUT OF THIS WORLD good! The kind of good that makes you hate all other sandwiches because they can never live up to the splendor that is this sandwich that has so gloriously found its way to your watering mouth and into your soon to be full belly! But of course, talk is cheap, so I'll show you!
After our delicious meal I finished things off with an even more amazing brew. It was the Klamath Brewing Company's vanilla porter. I am a really big fan of dark beers and porters fit well into that category and this was probably one of my favorite all time porters. It pours black with not a little bit of head that dissipates quickly with very little lacing. It smells of sweet malts, roasted barley, and strong on the coffee. The taste is slightly hoppy with a lot of sweetness to balance it out, vanilla and coffee finish it off beautifully.
This brew pub comes highly recommend by me, so if you ever happen to find yourself swinging through Klamath Falls Oregon, stop by and enjoy a lovely brew, some delicious food, and some friendly staff. Everything was so good I couldn't pass up bringing home a few bottles of their Drop Dead Red, I'll let you know how it is when I can give it a proper tasting, until then keep enjoying those home and micro brews and I'll keep filling you in on my experience!
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