Not having officially checked out the few adult beverage establishments in the upscale town on the western outskirts of Boise, I figured it was high time to take a closer look.
Eagle is a nice town. I like the fresh modern look that all the relatively new construction adds to it. I had driven by RiverRock Ale House about a thousand times over the last year or so but never stopped in, until now.
Hitting it at 345pm I figured it wouldn’t be busy and I was right. In fact there was an awkward moment when I walked in when the entire staff and both of the customers all turned around and stared at me for a moment. I thought maybe there was a private meeting going on and that I was going to have my attention directed to the “closed” sign.
Turns out they were in fact open, and the collection of blank looks I got must have been due to some other unknown factor.
Their tap selection is impressive and disappointing at the same time. 24 taps, no casks and no nitros. Well, 1 if you count the Guinness. Their tap selection shows that they are not proud nor adventurous. The light variants of both Bud and Coors were represented and argue other end of the spectrum were such wild and crazy offerings as Black Butte Porter, Stella Artois and Skinny Dip. It was nice to see the Ninkasi Radiant and also the Stone IPA. 
I went with an old favorite, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale which was good, as usual but I would have liked to see her run a couple ounces out before filling the glass.
I had to have been the first hit on that tap in the last couple hours, maybe even for the whole day. It foamed like crazy and my server figured it was the same thing to just pour off the foam (and nearly all the carbonation from that first 30% of the serving) and just top it off with a couple more pulls from the tap. So it was a little flat and a little warm. Not that I have to have my beer ice cold. I was offered ice water, which I accepted, but after 20 minutes all I got was a couple expressionless glances while he was determining if it was too eat to try to sell me another beer. I also thought it was a nice touch when my server had to answer the AC/DC ring tone on her cell.
“Shook me all night long” I think it was.
Can’t think of a good reason to come back….well…AC/DC does rock…
