NC Brewery: Outer Banks Brewing Station

This is part II of our two brewery tour from our trip to the outer banks this summer. For the first part see our NC Brewery: Weeping Radish post.

The second brewery of our tour was the Outer Banks Brewing Station in Kill Devil Hills http://www.obbrewing.com/ This spot was an actual planned stop as our lunch for the day and consists of a full scale restaurant. The place was absolutely packed with a wait at 2 PM on a Saturday but there was a beer festival in the area latter that day which might have contributed to the number of folks and Saturday is peak arrival and departure for most rentals. We managed to catch a spot at the bar when a large group was seated. Once again Brad opted just to go with the stout but I opted for a mini tasting where you get a small pour of your choice of four beers. On top of the all the small tastes I had earlier in the day at Weeping Radish this was my limit so I do need to return to try the ones I missed out on this time.

Lemon Grass Wheat Ale – hefeweizen “infused with a potent smack of lemongrass, crisp, tart, and refreshing”: I had wanted to try this beer for such a long time and was not disappointed. You can really taste the lemongrass and I instantly wanted a plate of spicy Thai basil; however, it is not something I would choose to drink on its own.

Altimeter – altbier “dark amber color, some caramel, malty”: a decent amber beer but not a favorite.

Abracadabra Brown Ale – brown ale “mellow yet robust, dark in color but tastes light”: this is a very nice brown ale, highly drinkable.

Junk Shot Porter – porter “Irish style, distinctive roasted barley, assertively hopped with Cascades and Amarillo”: loved it!

Food-wise we shared their fried tuna bites which were jerk seasoned pieces of tuna deep fried – very tasty but something to be shared otherwise all that fried stuff makes you feel funny. We also shared the burger with provolone and bacon which was quite good.