Crosscut Taproom offers small-town bonds, beer and now bigger bites in Castle Rock | Local Business

Owning two businesses can be hectic, they said, but not as long as their family helps out. Bouma said their parents, aunt and even grandma will restock items at the bar when needed.

“It’s a whole family affair,” she said.

When the sisters took over in 2020, they kept the bar’s 12 rotating taps, and added nachos, flatbread, paninis and brats to the menu.

“You might as well give them food and beer,” Eatherton said. 

There is no question what the most popular dish is, she added. Customers crave the bar’s ultimate nachos — tortilla chips piled with barbecue pulled pork or chicken, black beans, corn, jalapenos, onions and drizzled with house-made beer cheese, sour cream and barbecue sauce. Bouma suggests pairing Crosscut’s ultimate nachos with an IPA or Kolsch, such as their current Contact Haze IPA by Seattle’s Elysian Brewery, or Bellingham’s Chuckanut Brewery’s Kolsch.

The taproom is intimate and bright, seating guests inside at tables and a counter, plus another two tables on the sidewalk patio. The outdoor tables double as personalized fire pits, with charcoal under a lid in the center.