I Suck At The Union Brew House

tonight was quite the spontaneous night.

apparently, karen had plans with my friends (jen and joanna). so i would be home by my lonesome while karen partied it up with the ladies. as it turned out, while i was working today... my friend (andrea) contacted me via instant messenger. (you have to love the power of instant messenger.) andrea asked if i wanted to go to the union brew house tonight. naturally, i suck at the union brew house. i have never been to union brew house. and since i'm always up for something new, i figured i'd give it the old college try.

for anyone curious, the union brew house is located in weymouth on route 53... near the fork that leads to bj's wholesale. the union brew house is tiny... with very little parking. andrea, after picking me up after work, parked in the parking lot across the street at the boston sports club. apparently, andrea had visited the union brew house on a whim one night and thoroughly enjoyed herself. thus, we decided to go there tonight.

i must say, the place is quite interesting. i believe the union brew house prides itself on having 99 varieties of beer available... as evident from the menu and the t-shirts that the bartenders wore. and, as andrea would describe the place, the union brew house is like quincy... only not.

interestingly enough, andrea was totally correct in that the union brew house was like quincy... only not. the bartender tonight happened to be someone i graduated high school with. i believe his name was brian. in addition, i saw some other familiar quincy faces who went to my high school (kevin, jack, and kurt). it was definitely interesting to say the least. (kevin, by the way, recommends going to brew house on a tuesday when the fireplace is going and the place is not as crowded.)

nonetheless, i had a good time. the music was pretty good... 80s tunes... for which i totally am a fan of... and the beer selection was quite intriguing. i tried red stripe, a jamaican beer, for the first time. my boss from my previous company had loved red stripe. he used to rave about it, so i figured i would try it. needless to say, i will probably never try red stripe again. red stripe was not that good. instead, the smuttynose old brown dog ale and the gritty mcduff's pale ale were far more enjoyable. (yes, i chose the beer because of the name.)

as for the food, the food was quite good. granted, i only ate part of andrea's food as i had already eaten beforehand... but what i did have was very delicious (fries and part of her sandwich). needless to say, i enjoyed myself tonight. it was definitely a fun time to hang out with andrea. i don't think i have actually hung out with just andrea before. it was a welcomed change. (i'm not sure if she thought the same thing, but i did have a good time.) plus, i got to witness firsthand the type of men that andrea was interested in... as there were a handful to choose from.

all in all, i'm glad i had the opportunity tonight to hang out with andrea. i definitely don't hang out with her as much as i should... which is a shame. anyway, i hope she was able to enjoy herself as well tonight.