The Hopyard American Alehouse & Grill

I organized a group from work of about 24 people to gather at the Hopyard AAG to get better acquainted. When I signed us up for the appetizer buffet it sounded good, with sausage, slider, wings and chicken on a stick at $12/person. My expectations were NOT set appropriately for what I experienced.

The fare was unimpressive, a small pile of wings, skinny brown chicken tenders on toothpicks and buns with about .2 oz of "meat" as sliders all in over sized warming trays. There was a boat load of tortilla chips with two ramekins of salsa.  
When I read buffet at $12, I expected the buffet to be the typical kind where the supply of food is replaced. People were hungry and finished off the  sorry piles rather quickly. After chasing down the waitress that was supposed to be serving the room to tell her of the lack of food, she then told me that none would be coming. Apparently the management has scrutinized the portion control down to the exact amount each person would consume, which isn't very much something like one slider, two wings, a chicken tender and two pieces of zucchini. She did bring out menus for us which was considerate, but in the future I am just going to have people order what they want off the menu in the first place, and most liked not at the AAG.

I would recommend to management to change their marketing of the buffet to represent what is provided and not be so stingy when a largish group of drinking patrons is unhappy.

My favorite is the spicy BBQ chicken salad.

This place has tons of great beers.  Great micro brews!  The food was awesome.  I got the Chipotle Salmon with mashed potatoes and brocolini.  It was amazing.  The salmon was so good with a hint of spice, the mashed potatoes didn't taste like microwaveable potato flakes they were delicious and the brocolini was some sort of broccoli and green beans and it was awesome.  My girlfriend had the Sierra Madre burger.  She is very picky and she loved it.  Of course the Russian River Pliny the Elder I had was awesome.  I will definitely go back.  The service however was slow but worth it.  Bathroom was clean, and the interior was nice.  But I did eat outside in some fantasic weather.