GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK

Nestled in the heart of this snug Upper New York town, DAVIDSON BROTHERS RESTAURANT & BREWERY offered bottled beer selection (check alphabetical listing) and several commendable tap-only brews quaffed during short visit on the way to wintry Adirondacks, December ’04. Open since ’96, the intimate green-exterior/brick-interior tavern served typical pub fare, seafood, and appetizers. Upstairs lounge had bar/ dart games.

Beers tried on-site include sweet maize-stricken German hybrid Cold Blooded Lager; hop-bitten malt-toasted red fruit-backed resin-y tobacco-dried Irish Red Ale; mocha-soft cigar-ashy Swimmin’ Cow Rye Cream Ale; buttery oats-fortified cherry-dabbed whiskey-toned Scotch Ale; prickly-hopped rye-backed tea-like Brewers Secret Copper Ale; and perfume-y black chocolate-espresso-centered dry-bodied Oatmeal Stout. Uniquely distinct was coffee-fronted Band Aid-wafted egg white-thickened peat/meat-charred carouser Smoked Porter.

www.davidsonbrothers.com

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