To start with, the brewery isn't the easiest thing to find in Estes Park. It's hidden off of a back street just away from downtown, doesn't have a sign pointing you towards it and doesn't have more than three lights in the parking lot, which makes you wonder if the place is even open when you drive up to it.
The building itself is extremely odd. When you walk in, there is immediately an overly large gift shop and tasting room. The gift shop is full of extremely cheap t-shirts and sweatshirts with logos for the beers that look like they were designed in the early '90s. The restaurant and bar are upstairs in a very open room that looks out onto their brewing equipment. Everything about the place screams outdated. Vanessa and I spent a good five to ten minutes trying to figure out what the place was before it was a brewery, but failed to come up with a decent explanation. I certainly hope that it wasn't designed to be a brew pub, because if it was, the architect should refund their money.
Food: I don't even recall what I had, which isn't saying anything about my memory, it's a testament to the blandness of the food. Vanessa had a vegetarian pizza that was alright.
Beer: I do remember what I had to drink at least, it was a California Common (think Anchor Steam), which was lighter than I was expecting. It wasn't bad, but in comparison with the other beers that I had tried at Oskar Blues and Mountain Sun, it was just eh... Vanessa had a Raspberry Wheat, which she enjoyed. To me if was way too potent in both the raspberry aroma and flavor.
Linky - http://www.epbrewery.com/ (Forewarning: This link didn't work for me, but it's the only one I can find, which I guess sums up our experience quite well.)
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