Kingston Brewing Company

The Kingston Brewing Company is better known around town as The Brew Pub. Founded in 1986, the Brew Pub really does brew its own beer on premises and is, without question, the most interestingly decorated establishment in Kingston. Or possibly anywhere.

The menu at the Brew Pub is pretty standard for a pub-restaurant, but with little twists on many of their items, like the UN Chicken Sandwich with swiss cheese and alfalfa sprouts, or the High Roller Special - a pound of chicken wings, accompanied by a bottle of Dom Perignon. There are 3 burger options - beef, buffalo, or lamb.

I had the Buffalo Burger, which the entertaining menu told me came from Pykeview Farms on Wolfe Island. The burger was juicy and very meaty-flavoured. Apparently buffalo has to be cooked rare or medium rare or it gets too dry, so despite my concerns of food poisoning, I ordered mine rareish, and the pink interior was a bit chewy, but not too much.

The bun was whole wheat, which I am not a fan of (clearly, if I'm ordering a bacon cheeseburger, I'm not looking to score the extra healthy point with the whole wheat bun) but it was thin enough and didn't taste too much of cardboard. The homemade dijon mustard was excellent.

I also had a taste of the lamb burger, which in this case happened to be smothered in blue cheese which was all I could taste. I can report that the lamb is very tender, and that my husband liked it very much.

Overall, this was a pretty good burger, but wasn't anything spectacular. Prices $9.65-$10.90, with toppings $0.75 extra.

3 out of 5 pickles.