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.