Mill Street's new beer hall

Jeff and I met up with some friends at Mill Street's new beer hall in the Distillery District in Toronto.

It was meh.

The food was still the same, the beer the usual Mill Street offerings.

I ordered the coffee porter bierschnaps, knowing full well what I was trying, but the waiter was a bit condescending, asking if I really knew what I was ordering.

When it arrived, I'll admit it, it was strong. Too strong for me. I remembered Jeff talking about schnapps in Germany and how it was delicious and smooth. I thought this would be similar.

Now, Jeff also likes Scotch, which I do not, so perhaps our opinions of "delicious and smooth" differ wildly.

But after Jeff tried it, even he said it wasn't even close to anything he'd had in Germany. He did, however, purchase a bottle of the Tankhouse bierschnaps, which has been in our freezer ever since.

(He saw me blogging so he went to try some. He said it wasn't as "offensive" as the coffee porter one I had, but it still "smells like dirty tequila ... the smell is just bad. Why would you ever drink this instead of scotch?" Then as he finished it, he said, "Blech, yeah, that's not good." So, not a homerun.)

If you like Mill Street, you'll probably enjoy the new beer hall (which is attached to their regular restaurant). And you'll probably try the bierschnaps because, hey, it's new and different and you should at least try it for yourself.

But for us, I think Mill Street will be an OK place to meet up with people if we happen to be at the Distillery District, but there are so many other places to get wonderful beer in Toronto, we won't make a trip specifically to go to Mill Street. And if we're there, we'll probably try to eat elsewhere.

BTW, if you haven't read it, check out this Toronto Star review of the beer hall (spoiler: it's not favourable). But Jeff tells me I should point out they have made some changes since that review.

BTW #2 - the new Mill Street website is awful.