English Ales Brewery

My wife and I were here a few years back and at that time not impressed, so I was not sure I was reading very accurate reviews when looking at Yelp for Breweries in the Monterey area. Well as you can see by my rating things are much more to my liking. We went on a Wednesday night and the joint was jumping. It was full, the beer selection was very good, the service was fast and friendly and we were particularly happy to meet the bartender, a vivacious, friendly, special needs school teacher who only works there on Wednesday nights. The food is "Britishish" pub food meaning it's Bangers and Chips, Cheese and Crackers, Fish and Chips and the like. I had a Banger sandwich with Chips AKA sausage and french fries. My wife had the fish and chips and both were excellent.
P.S. Wednesday is mug club night, members have thier own 22 oz. mugs which the brewery keeps for them and on Wednesday the mugs are I think $3. What a deal.

Beer was good, Help was good, Environment was clean and comfortable, oh and the Calamari was good.  I wouldn't bring my kids here if I had any, but if you and buddy want to hang out and cool down with some good beer and eats, this would be a great place to do it.  Oh and I wouldn't recommend for a first date either, but if she's a beer and sports fan by all means 3rd or 4th.

Ok food. Bland IPA and bitter. I thought that with the British theme there would be more British foods available. There was fish and chips, but these are the triangular frozen pre battered variety found in every fast food bar/restaurant in America.the other Brit option is the bangers, which were surprisingly greasy.