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 My saga of good beer bars continues with an afternoon in Bad Flash.  There are actually two bars by the name (same place, different locations) and this one was a little more convenient to get to after class.  The other might be better for the weekend.  There's a respectable selection of beers on tap, mostly varieties of ale, but but there was also a stout!  Yippee!

No cool punny name for it, just BF/Kamenice stout.  It's a rich dark brown, with a vanilla-looking head.  The aroma is mildly sour, somewhat milky, but not spoiled.  The most noticeable part of the taste is the bitter, but it isn't terribly strong.  It's just little hints of coffee and a small poof of dark chocolate in the aftertaste.  It feels powdery somehow, although it still goes down smoothly enough.  The bitter starts to flatten out after about half the glass, leaving more of a milk chocolate sensation, nothing too sweet, fortunately.  It's also not a sticky or syrupy stout, just a basic black beer.  The feel is constant to the end, slightly dusty but otherwise clean and not clingy on the way down.  A real fine specimen.

Since I was there, it seemed like a waste to have just one.  Maybe something lighter to end on.  But not too much lighter...amber ale?  There's BF Zley Blesk American Amber Ale, so yeah.  This beer is a lovely rusty toast color, head about the same as on the stout.  The scent is sharper, sweeter, more citrusy.  It's not spicy like an IPA, but snappy and summery.  The taste has a good balance of bitter and sweet, making a refreshing drink.  Smooth oranginess washes over first with a seasonal flare, but a firm base of bitter is there to keep things under control.  It's also a clean flavored beer, not much lingering or stickiness.  The citrusy sweet stays at the heart of the taste, surrounded by a thin skin of pithy bitterness.  There's also a tad of sour, also leaning toward a citrus source.

Outdoor seating

Comfortable chairs

Lots of mirrors

Dog friendly, if that's a thing you need