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It was a crisp fall day, so we headed down Route 1 south to Saco to try a brewery I’d been hearing about for years.
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It’s housed in a refurbished mill complex on the river…
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And the atmosphere was wonderful. Brick walls and rustic wood.
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Naturally my husband headed for the bar where we sat behind some fancy taps.
See who’s in the middle of them?
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Rex.
Bar dog extraordinaire.
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Being a brewery we had to try a flight of everything they had on tap.
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And I enjoyed them so much I ordered a strawberry basil vodka lemonade.
How can so many different beers be so bad? Lager, stout, ale, IPA, amber, brown. Seriously, they were all sub par.
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I really wanted to like this place, but it wasn’t meant to be.
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And while my crab cake appetizer with remoulade wasn’t bad…
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The husband hated his French onion soup so another pub will be added to our never return list.
I guess I should have paid more attention.
It was all right there in the name.
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River's world..... 
Oh man. Thats funny
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Rex looked like a good dog, though.
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He was.
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Any regulars go for the dog, then. They make everything better. Most of the time.
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I can’t see them going for the beer….
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I like the irony of the name of this place considering your review of it, BUT what the fork were they thinking naming an establishment something that means ‘average’?
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Setting a low bar to be sure.
And honestly other than the building and atmosphere… they didn’t even meet that!
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Can’t say you weren’t forewarned.
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True. But we didn’t listen…
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The name….🤣🤣
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Well, at least the dog was super cute!
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He was a sweetie….
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Yeah – that French onion soup looks a little dismal – too bad, it’s a great interior.
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Atmosphere… and the dog… was really all it had.
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That’s too funny! At least they know who they are and let people know ahead of time. M
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If only we’d listened.
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I’m one of those people who thinks even bad French Onion soup is good…
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To be honest I thought it was okay, but my husband has a high bar.
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LOL. Yeah… there are a couple bad pubs by me. How can they suck SO much?!?
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And… the brewery with the best atmosphere but most blah beer has a big friendly fog that looks like a keesound/shepherd mix.
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For ALL the beer in a brewery to be bad?
That’s dedication.
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I figure they use a hops variety that I don’t like. Also happens if they brew in the style of Mexican beer. I don’t know what that process involves, but I genetally despise Mexican lagers.
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I like Belgians, wheats, sours, reds, stouts and some porters. I’m not an IPA fan and they’re everywhere these days.
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Yaaaay!! I don’t like hoppy beers either! Some DIPAs are good but that’s mainly due to the extra alcohol content!
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Looks like a great time and place! Thank you for sharing with us! Amazing scenery!!
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