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Fresh Beer with Refreshing Service.
One of the Iron Hill Brewery’s slogans is, “Born-on-date is no match for born-on-premises.” This was certainly true when I visited the West Chester location of this fairly widespread group of local brewpubs. Located right in the middle of West Chester and just a couple minutes from West Chester University, this brewpub was a welcoming stop for my family and I when we were out looking for dinner and some good brews.
The first thing I have to mention is the beer, of course. My dad was along with me for this trip and I’m still trying to get him hooked on craft beers. The samplers they serve here were perfect for us because my dad got to compare a bunch of styles against each other and I simply got to drink a bunch of different beers instead of just one style. While my dad seemed to enjoy all the beers he got to try, three really stood out in my mind. First was the Pig Iron Porter, one of their standard beers. This porter is very good and I certainly could have had it the whole night. The other two were the Wild Boar — a cask conditioned version of the porter brewed with Brettanomyces which left it with a slight cherry flavor — and their seasonal scotch ale, the Highland Flame.
Of course, I can’t mention the beer without mentioning that our server was awesome. She was friendly and attentive, which is good, but it was even better that she could actually talk to us about the beer. When I go to a restaurant, I often have lowered standards on what I expect the serving staff to know about the beer as opposed to a bartender. This really made the night for us.
Lastly, our food came out in a timely fashion and was very good. We got the Salmon and the Hawaiian Spiced Ahi Tuna and we actually scarfed them down before we could pass the plates around like we normally do. Also good was our Voodoo Shrimp appetizer.
The restaurant is certainly a clean, good looking establishment in a clean, good looking area. My only regret about the trip is that we weren’t there during the warmer months because it would have been great to take advantage of their outdoor seating. I suppose that just gives me reason to go back again! Iron Hill West Chester is located at 3 West Gay Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380.
