As much as we love all the craft breweries popping up, we don't usually cross over into St. Charles County much.
Regardless, Third Wheel Brewing had been on my list for a while since I'm a big fan of Abbey Spencer. I first met Abbey at Craft Beer Cellar as my cicerone instructor. This was the first time I had met a female who knew a TON about beer. (I know she is tired of talking about it, but it's a true statement.) Not to mention she is a super cool person overall.
I was totally stoked to hear that she was opening up her own brewery and that it's been well received. I couldn't wait to try it for myself.
Most of the time, Patience and I want to try the whole menu, but this time I just flat out ordered way too much food. For a brewery, they have a large selection of items to choose from. For those of us who drove all the way over from the city, we (mostly me) were starving, and that is probably what lead to all the extra ordering. Whoops!
Third Wheel sticks out in the strip mall that it's in, but the huge warehouse interior makes it a perfect space for a brewery.
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Third Wheel Brewing |
Even on a busy Friday night, there were still quite a few open tables and you can just seat yourself since it's also "serve yourself". You can't miss the huge bar in the middle for ordering drinks (they have more than just beer!), with a window opening on the side of one wall for food. And you can easily see the brewery magic happening at the far end through large windows.
The best part of the brewery was that everything is CLEARLY LABELED with huge signs.
The best way to tackle ordering the food and the beer was to split up...half of us went for beer, while the rest of us ordered at the kitchen opening. They smartly gave out buzzers to avoid any overcrowding near the food window too.
I was sad that the poutine was already sold out, but at least I still got to try the deviled eggs and a couple of types of chicken wings. The Cherry Wings were the best, although I could handle the "spicy" wings easily.
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Cherry Wings and a beer flight |
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Spicy Wings |
The deviled eggs were unlike any other I have ever had! Squares?!?! I had to pull the bacon strips out, but the chipotle maple syrup still gave plenty of flavor.
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Deviled Eggs |
My friends didn't help me much with the eggs as they were too busy with the pork rinds, officially known as Cracklin' Chicharrones. You can also get them dusted with a Red Hot Riplet seasoning and they come with a Chipotle Ranch dip on the side.
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Cracklin' Chicharrones |
Since we all loaded up on appetizers, not too many of us could make it through our main dishes. I highly recommend splitting something!
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Classic Brew Cheese Burger and Waffle Fries |
The Ophelia Grilled Chicken is brined in Third Wheel's Olphelia's Wit!
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Ophelia Grilled Chicken Sandwich and side salad |
The Trixie Grilled Cheese is also no joke as it comes with four types of cheese on Mr. Meowski's sourdough bread!
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Trixie Grilled Cheese and Waffle Fries |
I made the mistake of ordering a Grilled Chicken salad and beer cheese soup. The salad was HUGE. I got through the soup and some of the chicken. I was just too full from wings and eggs!
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Pan Seared Chicken Salad and Beer Cheese Soup |
With all this food, especially all the spicy options, I was happy that there were plenty of lighter beers to balance it all out.
I hope they can keep up with the large and diverse beer menu because there was something for everyone (lighter beers for me, stouts for Pai, Irish for Julia) and everyone was happy.
There are a few different flight choices so you can do a sampling too.
Make sure you get to this brewery...it's worth the trip!
By the time we were done, we needed ALL the wheels to get us home!
Resources:
Third Wheel Brewing =
http://www.thirdwheelbrewing.com/
Photos by Patience Scanlon