Comments on: BJ’s http://www.beerdrinker.org/2004/03/19/bjs/ Beer is Good Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:50:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: nader http://www.beerdrinker.org/2004/03/19/bjs/comment-page-1/#comment-401 nader Sun, 21 Mar 2004 01:49:46 +0000 http://www.beerdrinker.org/?p=373#comment-401 <em>My Lady</em> and I visited BJ's for happy hour before heading to a Blazer's game a few weeks ago. We opted for pints, given the HH discount, and were quite pleased. I had the "Bad, bad, Leroy Brown" ale, and the "Tatonka" imperial stout. Both were tasty, but the "Leroy" was particularly drinkable and accompanied the buffalo wings nicely. Word of advice: they drizzle ranch directly on the wings, so if you are not a fan of white creamy dressings, order it sans ranch! <em>My Lady</em> had a few pints of the hefeweizen, which was actually very good. Heady, and almost creamy with a very fruity finish - this was a hefe that just cries to be sipped on the patio on a sunny afternoon. As far as the digs themselves, I think BJ's is lacking a lot. The walls have that artificial "hometown" feel more suited to an Applebee's or TGI Fridays, than a true brew pub; especially one with such a nice selection of beers. THe cheesy '80's B/W photos in the bathrooms (cindy crawford-esque chick on all fours by a car in the mens' room, shirtless beefcake in the ladies' room) were right on the edge of campy, but the almost painted on brick seemed like it was trying to hard. Not a bad place, and the beers and HH specials are good enough for me to head back there if in the neighborhood. Anyone know if BJ's is in some way affiliated with Rock Bottom Brewery downtown? The similarities in the style and design of their menus is uncanny. My Lady and I visited BJ’s for happy hour before heading to a Blazer’s game a few weeks ago. We opted for pints, given the HH discount, and were quite pleased. I had the “Bad, bad, Leroy Brown” ale, and the “Tatonka” imperial stout. Both were tasty, but the “Leroy” was particularly drinkable and accompanied the buffalo wings nicely. Word of advice: they drizzle ranch directly on the wings, so if you are not a fan of white creamy dressings, order it sans ranch!

My Lady had a few pints of the hefeweizen, which was actually very good. Heady, and almost creamy with a very fruity finish – this was a hefe that just cries to be sipped on the patio on a sunny afternoon.

As far as the digs themselves, I think BJ’s is lacking a lot. The walls have that artificial “hometown” feel more suited to an Applebee’s or TGI Fridays, than a true brew pub; especially one with such a nice selection of beers. THe cheesy ’80’s B/W photos in the bathrooms (cindy crawford-esque chick on all fours by a car in the mens’ room, shirtless beefcake in the ladies’ room) were right on the edge of campy, but the almost painted on brick seemed like it was trying to hard.

Not a bad place, and the beers and HH specials are good enough for me to head back there if in the neighborhood.

Anyone know if BJ’s is in some way affiliated with Rock Bottom Brewery downtown? The similarities in the style and design of their menus is uncanny.

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