Fat Ass Ranch & Brewery — Restaurant in Fredericksburg

We were looking to round out our Hill Country experience with one last winery and we decided on Fat Ass because it sounded like a fun place to visit.

First we went to the winery and they said that if we wanted to drive or walk over to the brewery that we could sample all of the same wines and also the beers, so we decided to do that.

The first thing we experienced was a line that took probably 10 minutes to order our tasting and flight. That's not necessarily a bad thing but it seemed like there were only a couple of workers and that they weren't prepared to be busy on a holiday weekend. After getting our drinks, they just didn't taste as good as other ones we'd had to this point. The beers were good but not great. This was the first place we'd visited where we didn't finish our drinks.

The atmosphere was great, though! I liked the garage theme and the live music. Even the merchandise was fun, they really did a good job with marketing the Fat Ass name and finding clever ways to work it in. Just sad that the drinks didn't live up to our...

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