Beertown- Cambridge

Location:

Beertown Public House Cambridge
561 Plaza
Suite 1A, 561 Hespeler Rd
(519) 629-0288

Dates of Visit:

November 11th 2015
November 21st 2015
December 18th 2015

Menus
http://www.beertown.ca/menus

Price per pound: $12.99/lb or 22.49/2lb
Price per wing: $1.30/wing +/- 30 cents
The wings vary between the sizes that they get in the kitchen. I think they weigh them to ensure you are getting a pound.

Quick notables
-Great location and great atmosphere
-Good wings
-Interesting selection of sauces
-An extensive and ever-changing list of different beers to pair with your wings!
-Try the 18-hour Brisket Poutine

Since coming here on a lazy night off from school, I have been back to this location multiple times.There are also restaurants in Waterloo and London which I haven't visited.  I really like the hip, welcoming atmosphere they present the customer, even holding the doors for you as you walk in and leave. The chef changes up every two weeks or so but they do a great job keeping the classic menu items that sell while allowing for very different creative dishes and sauces to be added to the menu. The downfall to this is that there can be a gamble for what quality of chef you can get, so the repeatability of your meal might not be the same every time you go to a Beertown.

The wings are very good here. On my first visit, I tried the Spicy Pineapple Hot Sauce, and the Classic Hot Sauce the first time I was here, and I wasn’t disappointed. The Spicy Pineapple actually tasted like real pineapple flavour and not the cheep plasticy artificial one, and then hits you with a flavourful spicy hot sauce. The Hot Sauce was great as well, everything you expected a hot sauce to be was delivered.

The next time I came I ordered the Hot Butter Sauce and House Chilua Hot Sauce. The Butter Sauce tasted just like the original Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, which if anyone who has been there knows that is a great wing. The House Chilua Sauce was a great mix of lime and raw, tangy heat. The only problem we experienced was a mix up with my sister’s wings and mine from the kitchen. As a result, we were given two pounds for free which was unexpected as we didn’t really care if we got them for free. Which is great as we all know free wings taste even better, am I right?

During my most recent visit to Beertown with a few classmates, celebrating the end of the semester, I ordered the Honey Garlic and Dry Cajun and was impressed. Both were evidently made from scratch right on top of a crispy chicken wing. There was a problem with my classmate’s Suicide Wings and jeez were they ever spicy! Beertown really delivered on the heat, he was expecting the Wild Wings heat which is toned down and he was rudely awakened by the spices on these wings. They didn’t look very appetizing, they looked like a dry pasta sauce that was just sloughed on the wings. My classmate did not enjoy the wings and our server without us even asking or complaining just gave the wings for free as he felt the standards weren’t par with my classmate’s wings. Again free wings are even better!

Overall, Beertown is a great place to try a different brew every time you go, their service is excellent and other than their great wings they have amazing selection of other great menu items.

Chicken Wing Score: 3.5/5

Heat Level 5/5

Overall Experience 4/5