Posts Tagged: Pubs and Tavs
Session 4: What Is My Local Brew?
Posted by on Friday, June 1, 2007 in - 5 comments
This is the fourth session. Session number four. I did number two but that is, like, two sessions ago. Now we are under orders. Where before we spoke of things like stout, dubbels and milds, Gastronomic Fight Club now we speak of the local in beer as was suggested, nay, demanded by Blogmaster …
Vermont: Madison Brewing Co., Bennington
Posted by on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 in - 4 comments
It's hard sometimes to judge a brewpub on one visit. It's a bit harder to do so on a long run when you need a break and get it even if Andy Crouch has given you fair warning to expect less than you might want. Having said that, we liked the place. First, during an early afternoon shift, it was kid …
Update From The Road
Posted by on Friday, May 25, 2007 in - 1 comment
Donavan is doing a great job holding the fort and Gary already has a post lined up for me to post when I get some time between lobster rolls and Allagash whites but just a heards up to say we stopped in at the Madison Brewing Company in Bennington Vermont and had a great lunch. Andy Crouch in his …
How to Land a Flying Saucer
Posted by on Thursday, May 24, 2007 in - 2 comments
As Alan heads off to New England, I'm just getting back from an excursion to Houston. I scheduled this trip ages ago and didn't realize that I would be in downtown Houston during American Craft Beer Week. Since there are no brewpubs in downtown Houston and I didn't rent a car, I didn't get to …
New York's Beer Gardens
Posted by on Friday, May 11, 2007 in - leave a comment
I have never been to a beer garden. I have a garden in which I have had beer but that is a different thing...and I don't think a Canadian thing given our 7 weeks of summer: • “Between 1820 and 1860, 1.5 million immigrants arrived in America from Germany, bringing with them their own cultural …
Buying the Rounds at Callahan's
Posted by on Thursday, May 10, 2007 in - 2 comments
Last month I started thinking (out loud) about reasons for drinking at a pub, as opposed to drinking by yourself at home. I promised to write more about the social aspects of pub-going, so here you go: • One of the regulars at Callahan's, Doug, likes to buy rounds for the other regulars. It only …
The Wynkoop in Denver
Posted by on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 in - 3 comments
A couple of weeks back I started telling you about my Denver pubcrawl. I got about as far as my first day in Denver and my realization that I wasn't going to have any problem finding Fat Tire. The second day of my trip was spent almost exclusively at what turned out to be my favorite Denver pub …
Sixpoint Craft Ales in Redhook, Brooklyn
Posted by on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 in - 2 comments
For the last year I've been seeing and sampling a new brand of beers on tap -- Sixpoint Craft Ales in Redhook, Brooklyn is turning out enough beer in their 15 barrel system to supply around 400 accounts from Manhattan out to one of my favorite places on Long Island, Bobbique in Patchogue. • Last …
In The Good Beer Blog Mailbag And Around The Internet
Posted by on Monday, April 16, 2007 in - leave a comment
Is this the best place to have a beer? • I get lots of email. Sure there is a lot of spam but some of it, like the picture above from Paul, is from the writers and plenty is from readers. Paul wrote to send me a bit of the trip he and herself to the village of which included a B+B and a pub …
Pubbing in Downtown Denver (Part One)
Posted by on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 in - leave a comment
I usually have pretty good luck on my beer trips. My recent trip out to Denver was no exception. I wish that I could say I was doing advance scouting for the National Homebrew Conference or the Great American Beer Festival, but my purpose was not so grand as that. I just happened to be in town and …
