Since my trip to Redhook was cut short by a power outage, the only thing to do was head back into town and try to find another brewery that offered food and good beer.  I don’t know how or why but both my husband and I had heard of Bushnell Craft Brewery in Redmond. It was right on the way home so it seemed a no-brainer to stop there for lunch and to try their beers.

What a surprising little place that was sitting in the middle of a strip mall! The food here was very reasonably priced and the sandwiches are huge and stuffed with fresh ingredients. I recommend this place for the food.  The beer here is average but it is still craft and local so it is worth giving it a try. If you don’t like their beers, they offer a few guest taps from good, well-established craft breweries.

On our visit, they only offered four of their beers. We filled out the sampler with some of the guest taps. Not being from the area, we generally haven’t tried most of the other available craft beers. One craft was Victory Summer Love which is quite common but overall a good beer.

We started with the Crack Back IPA which did not have much nose and was very bitter on the finish. This was a disappointing beer, as it has potential, but isn’t well balanced.

The Bofuss Amber Ale was the opposite– nicely balanced. This amber had a nice nose with a hint of caramel and flavors of good, toasted malt.

Dunkadelic had a good stout nose. The flavor was, however, a bit heavy on the coffee. Even for this flaw, the beer was good.

The Crack Back Session IPA had a slight hop nose and was much more balanced than the regular Crack Back. This had a good finish of grass in the hops without being so bitter.

This is another place on my list to revisit since I only got to try four of their beers.