| Name: | Bastion Brewing Company | | Address: | 12529 Christianson Rd, Anacortes, WA 98221, USA | | Map: | Google Map |
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| | Their menu and FD. I got the one with brisket. I was a bit spooked by the term "BBQ au jus" which I would later come to fine was indeed just BBQ sauce, which was a major disappointment and slight. No one messes with baby... I mean E's jus. | |
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| | This looked like quite a sandwich. I didn't order this one. This is not the French dip. | |
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| | So I sat at the bar. I was there because my brother likes this place and I was getting him a little something something for Christmas. | |
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| | This was the Hazy Pale, which was quite good; 4 of 5. I liked it. The bartender was friendly and did a good job. There were quite a few patrons in the place. It seemed like a popular local haunt. Many restaurants have been in this place over the years, by the golf course. I hope they will last a long time. | |
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| | Brewery making stuff. These seats would fill up more throughout my stay. | |
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| | I had to walk over to another room to order my food, which surprised me a bit. The food service was really slow. | |
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| | You can see by this time I've ordered a second beer and my food got served. The barkeep selected a Winter Ale that he thought might pair well with my French dip. At first glance I realized that the sandwich was quite small. I wasn't impressed. The bread was "too white" for my tastes as well. Getting a large cup of BBQ sauce for dipping is also not so much a delight. There were orange skewers in use, which I enjoyed but otherwise I was skeptical of what I was about to receive. | |
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| | There it is. Not a ton of meat. And the bread, like I said, was too white. And it's just not too large of a half-sand. | |
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| | A close-up of the BBQ sauce "jus". zzzzzzzzzzzzz | |
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| | The baked beans I got as a side dish. Their flavor was "sweet", which I didn't enjoy. The quality seemed reasonably high but I didn't so much love the flavor. Not bad, just not what I wanted. | |
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| | A view of the 'burnt ends' on the sandwich. The sandwich alone was meh. Not too tasty. Lower bread slice too hard. | |
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| | Another view of the sandwich while being eaten. Some fat in the brisket, which was fine. Just not overly tasty. | |
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| | The "Money Shot" but it's just with BBQ sauce. :( | |
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| | Another view of the sandwich. Maybe the bread was too dense? | |
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| | So I didn't love that sandwich. The place was fine and the beers were good. I headed to my family home on the big island of G... | |
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| | Where one might literally believe that the ferry is called NO SMOKING. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. Thanks Bastion Brewing for my first visit. I won't be getting the French Dip again any time soon. It's not a proper FD. Please change the jus and bread. | |
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| | | Expense, hard, small, lackluster beef, not real jus. | |
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| | | Fine. Small, too crunchy. Dry. | |
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| | | Too hard and crunchy, homemade but plain. | |
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| The "crouton bread" and the au jus because it was not au jus did not save the too-crunchy bread. For me it was just an overwhelming BBQ sauce forward taste and nothing like a French dip sandwich, really. And the beef did not play a prominent role. | |
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| | | Odd. Had to go order separately then they delivered to the bar. | |
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| Cool new place with decent food and good beer in Anacortes. | |
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