Out Of Practice, from the Watt's notebook.

Winds outta the nor'east gave sectioned waist high surf over the weekend. Talbot Street break, 12/10/2022.

      As we were leaving Shotti's Point one evening in October, Target quickly stopped us and brought up the fact that we had forgotten to do the ratings critique of the restaurant. Jump to early November- the last surf of the year and a true kook performance on my part. Then the other evening- LWatt was on a business trip, Target and I met for a couple brews, a couple apps, and as we were closing out the tab I realized I didn't get a pic of the pizza and we didn't have paper for the ratings. Target looked over at me..."we're out of practice." It struck me, it's been a disrupted year. We needed to work on it. A resolution to add to our list of resolutions.

     So yeah, Burnish Beer Company. The newest brewery in Salisbury, MD. Open about a year now. A nice selection of beer with a couple interesting names. I had kept it simple... a grapefruit version of their IPA, Shine. Target, ever looking for that next original Blonde (Ale) without over-extending his palate, chose Jellyfish Apocalypse- an ale based on the strawberry mojito. Must've been okay, as he finished the pint. Our biggest concern was that the glasses were not chilled, or even refrigerated. We prefer our beer icy. We also ordered the evening special, a 12 inch Cheese Pizza, and the house BBQ wings.

The pizza was about basic as one can get; not much more than a store bought, although better than a frozen. The wings were good sized, and had a great flavor, but we found a few undercooked, which was a definite ratings takeaway. As we caught up on the last couple of weeks, we had good service at the bar, extreme sports on the tubes, and Christmas music accentuating the décor. This time of year, that will win us every time. The place was cavernous with bags game boards set up inside, and outside in their beer garden (when weather permits). Future opportunity to check out will be the beer garden during the warmer months. After we had paid the tab, which was not too painful, we made a discovery. Turns out our silverware was served in white paper bags. Boom! Paper for our ratings. We may be out of practice, but we still know how to improvise. LWatt would've been impressed. Maybe. 

Burnish Beer Company, 12/8/2022 

THE RATINGS-

Beer: B (Icy please)

House BBQ Wings: B-

Cheese Pizza: C

Atmosphere: B

Value: C+

Overall Score = 2.60