Brewed for nearby lodge by Lake Placid Brewery, amiable Scotch-dried pale ale brings corn-flaked cereal graining and peaty whiskey daub to the surface. Light malt liquor-like grain alcohol wisp stalls.
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GREAT ADIRONDACK STEAK & SEAFOOD
LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK
Right inside the Olympic Village of Lake Placid, within walking distance of the hockey arena where USA beat Soviet Union in glorious fashion during 1980 Olympics, lies one of Upper New York’s best brewpubs.
Main Street’s maroon-hued lodge-styled GREAT ADIRONDACK STEAK & SEAFOOD, operating since ’97, opens from side door to cozy wood bar sidled by front-windowed dining area with brew tanks concealed in back section. During amiable Sunday lunchtime visitation with family before snowy ride back to Jersey, December ’04, chatted with brewmaster, Paul Fryman, while testing samplers.
Soft wheat-husked straw-dried floral-citric rye-tinged Haystack Blonde Ale; mellow perfume-hopped citric-sharp oats-dried John Brown Pale Ale; and mildly buttered hop-toasted English-styled Ausable Wulff Red Ale will please lighter thirsts.
Stalwart cereal-grained malt-sweet biscuit-sugared Leaf Peeper Lager and subtle black chocolate-y cherry-soured maple-burnt dry-body ADK Smoked Porter showed character and depth. Best bet: Cognac-like brandy-wined grape-fruited floral-hopped winter warmer Avalanche IPA.
LAKE PLACID PUB & BREWERY
LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK
Snowy Adirondack Mountains’ Olympic Village featured two formative brewpubs visited December ’04. LAKE PLACID PUB & BREWERY had low-ceiling first floor Irish-style pub with limited dining capacity, pool table, and games. Second floor offered centralized bar with prime beer bottle collection at sky loft, wall-lined college football pennants, nifty bark sampler trays for investigative drinkers, and an outdoor deck. Menu ranged from seafood jambalaya to venison stew.
Simple phenol-hopped soft-fizzed Moose Island Ale, sharply red-fruited perfume-hopped wood-charred Barkeater Amber Ale, and superb brown chocolate-y vanilla-beaned caramel-burnt Papi’s Porter quaffed on-site. Bottled 46er Pale Ale, Frostbite Ale, and Ubu Ale reviewed in Beer Index.