If you want to know just how important a good neighborhood bar is to healthy civic life, come here.
Here is a disabled Veteran-owned business about the military past never being dead, nor even past.
Has elevating military flourishes to give Veterans like me, and GIs, a shiver of recognition.
Has 4oz pours which I like since I prefer a small size of alcohol.
Has patio with misters
Dog friendly
We had:
PFC Pils Pilsner - this drink reminded me that There's No Such Thing as Too Much Ammunition
Cherry Point Hard Seltzer - this drink reminded me when in enemy territory to try to look unimportant; and hope the enemy is low on ammo
Castle Red Ale - Irish - my favorite of what we tried. This drink reminded me that if you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly
Hands of Gold Stout - this drink reminded me that Incoming Fire Has the Right of Way
They have sports game afternoons, Pilates & Pints, Left, Right, Left Run Club, DJ Bingo, and Trivia Night: Beers 'n Brains
No complaints.
The customer service was adequate
Prices were average
Place was clean
Friendly clientele. We met a nice class of people here.
Music is at a level that doesn't blow out your hearing so you can easily talk with others
We were told food is from a variety of Food Trucks who have this cool business on their route
Follows CDC rules
We did the Dr. Hunter S Thompson, US Air Force Veteran toast: Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life," whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.
What this sui generis business did in stark contrast to many businesses I've frequented lately:
Was disabled-friendly
No automatic gratuity was added to our bill. We just don't pay any added automatic gratuity or merchant fees as we pay only for what we had bargained for upfront and received.
No one here offered to commit fraud to reward us, pay us or compensate us for posting 5 star reviews of this business. FTC forbids the use of fake testimonials as are illegal under Section 5 of the FTC Act 15 USC 45 as they are using unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.
No one here hassled us about my Service Dog or the Veterans' accouterments I adorn her with lavishly. I don't think anyone even noticed my Service Dog entering or leaving.
The owners of this business like their Freedom so they have a Military and Veterans Discount as a thank you to Veterans with a publicly disclosed daily Veteran Discount which provides resource to ensure Veterans (rare 7% of the population) and GIs (rare one-half of one percent of the population) opportunity to participate in American Dream Veterans and GIs' sacrifices have made possible for 100% of the population.
This business supports Veterans organizations Sacramento Stand Down, Fisher House Foundation and the National Association of Black Veterans.
Sir! Yes Sir! I'll be back!
America's taxpayers have seen the return of and the huge and continuing return on of what they paid for Mike Conrad's college undergraduate degree, for this business was founded by Mike Conrad, public school US Military Academy graduate, who spent years perfecting his brews at beer competitions while Serving as an engineer in the US Army. In 2006, after 27 years of Active Duty, he retired from the US Army as a Colonel. He opened At Ease in 2019, where his daughter Taylor Conrad manages the taproom and she is on the Board of the Sacramento Area Brewers Guild. He's also President of Sapper West, Inc., an important and premiere full-service construction company.
"My daughter had about 10 years in retail," this eclectic Brewmaster says, "and, after attending several beer conferences and visiting numerous breweries and taprooms, we decided that we could pull it off. The build-out of our brewery took almost a year since we converted 2,000 square feet of indoor space that was a property management office to a functioning brewery and taproom with two restrooms and indoor and outdoor seating," he said.
The Colonel, with a B.S., P.E., PMP, chose a name he thought would resonate with all his customers, whether they had a military background or not. The military-green exterior with helmeted hop stickers slapped on nearby posts is a clear nod to those who Serve, have Served or are Military Families, as are beer names like Army Brat Brut IPA, Basic Training Pumpkin Spice Ale and Brigadier Summer Wheat Beer.
"Pilots from Beale Air Force Base are big supporters, so we had a U-2 Rye Saison and they helped us name our golden stout, Hands of Gold," he said. "For Veterans Day we brew an IPA with a special blend of hops from Yakima Chief that they call their Veterans Blend. We call the beer DD-214, which is the Department of Defense form you receive when you leave the military." read more