I felt for the staff at Cold Herald, they got slammed during the Solar Eclipse. Old Herald Brewery & Distillery chose to remain closed, since it was a Monday. That was a BIG mistake, with the HUGE crowd in the courtyard for viewing the solar eclipse, they lost some major money and the crowd was not talking fondly of them.
Any way, the staff inside the little Cold Herald building, hustled and did the best they could. They were selling a small menu of food, specialty cocktails and draft beers. I enjoyed a brat, pretzel with beer cheese and both were stadium quality = they satisfied my hunger pains. I also enjoyed the specialty cocktail, Dark Noon Elixir and it was damn good. Later in the day, I had a refreshing, Solar Shady (cute name for the eclipse).
I'll close with a shout out to the staff for working extra hard, when it could have been easier if their boss would have just opened Old Herald for this special event. read more