Oh yeah ... new brewery in town!

Fantastic, a new brewery just opened up across the golf course from us on the town square.  The damn sign has been up since April and we've been excited every since.

The owner is the formal brew master at Four Peaks, a highly regarded brewery in Tempe.  Since I am a loner sometimes

, I was at the bar by myself when I shot this picture to the left.

The service sucked but I overheard the bartender talking about how he hasn't bartended in over two years.  So, I cut him some slack on his first day back.  But shouldn't it be like riding a bike?

The place was packed last night - they opened at 5 PM for the first time last night.  I drove by around 9 PM thinking I could run in for a late dinner but evidently everyone already knew it was opening up!  

The place is actually in the building of the first bank in Chandler, Arizona that dates back to 1920.  It has an older feel to it that you don't usually get here in the West unless you are in California.  Phoenix, after all, is a new town even by American standards.  Anyway, the benches at the front of the place are actually the old Safe-Deposit Boxes.  Next to the bathrooms, there is the old vault ...

... and inside the vault is the manager's office.  I think it would've been cooler to make it "The Vault" and a private party room or something.  But I always have these amazing ideas.  Maybe it was too small in there - I don't know.

So, that is what I did today on this very nice Sunday afternoon.  Didn't even make it up to 90 today and the humidity is GONE until next June!  WOO HOO!