Triumph

I went to Triumph Brewing Company http://www.triumphbrewing.com/indexfl6.html, the one on 2nd and Chestnut last night for a birthday dinner. Chris Beyer a friend of the blog has recommended Triumph on several occasions, I was skeptical though because I don't normally appreciate the pretentiousness of most brewerey/restaurants . My experience at triumph was wonderful though, the first thing I noticed was the 5 to 7 happy hour with $3 pints and $5 mixed drinks great value for any old city watering hole. We started with Hummus, pretty solid average, warm pitas and Hummus that was flavorful without being overbearing. I had the Triumph burger for my main, a delicious burger, rivaled only by Standard Taps. The patty was clearly fresh. I also appreciate the way the burger was cooked I ordered it medium rare and it came medium rare, there was a pinkish hue that medium rare meat should have so many places now are to afraid to cook the burgers to order and do everything medium well and well, I mean its already dead you dont have to cook the meat until its gray. I had a few pints of the Amber Ale it was nutty without being heavy I enjoyed it. I also heard good things about their german beer that has an 11% alchohol content I usually find beers with that high and alchohol content to be too heavy but this beer looked light, I will definitely try it on my next trip. There was also live music, pretty average college band stuff but the first group did an above average cover of Mazzy Stars underated classic fase in to you. I definitely reccomend Triumph for a nice afterwork meal and an above average happy hour.