yeah i could not quickly find an actual list that was not auction etc.
maybe searching most expensive european beer would limit.

http://www.the-craftsman-ale-house.com/menus/beer/

The Craftsman Ale House, Harrison, NY.

If you want a sports bar and decent beer in the Harrisburg, PA area, Arooga's isn't bad. www.aroogas.com

Yes, beers can get expensive: Beercellar is a good sight to follow them on (and sell them on) the resale market.

https://mybeercellar.com/?cat=1

Another NYC bar with a good beer list:

http://www.beermenus.com/places/339-broadway-dive

BTW, I am not really recommending this place - it is a real dive. You can walk by it numerous times and never think of walking in - but they do have an impressive selection of bottled beers.

Hard-to-get beers are becoming more and more common. I can think of several beloved IPAs which I can find, with some effort, maybe two or three times in a year:

Just Outstanding IPA
Citra IPA
Pliny The Elder
Blind Pig IPA

There are several liquor stores in my area which will only sell one bottle of any of the above per customer per visit.

Same here in Chicago, though I've rarely made the effort except for Dark Lord. I'm lucky to have a few friends who pursue hard-to-find beers and are happy to share. On Dark Lord Day we had both Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger, plus a flight consisting of 6-8 years of Dark Lord. A friend has a pony keg of Off Color's Dino S'more, and I expect to be invited over for a tapping party in the next few weeks. Another friend's Superbowl party this year turned into a tasting of about 20 rare bottles. The downside to being the beneficiary of this largese: A friend who gave me tickets to the Midwest Belgian Beer Fest has indicated that he may also give me his beer suitcase and expect me to come home with it -- ugh, checked luggage -- filled with some gems that are expected to be released next Saturday.

Jacksonville FL is an excellent beer city these days - and I guess this list confirms it:

http://www.beeradvocate.com/place/city/70/

Intuition - Bold City - and Green Room (all rated "outstanding") produce some of my husband's favorite IPAs. Note that this list isn't comprehensive. Because a lot of local restaurants have these local beers on tap. And they're sold at places like Publix as well. Robyn

Have you tried this double IPA?

http://www.shmaltzbrewing.com/HEBREW/lennys.html

My husband first encountered it in Houston - and bought some here at Total Wine. He likes it - but thinks it is too heavy for this time of year in Florida (would work better in cooler weather). Robyn

May I ask, regarding the beer suitcase transportation, does your friend prefer any particular bottle container? I hate to hijack the thread, but I was recently looking on Amazon and there was a large number of candidates:

Jet Bag
Jet Bag Absorbent
WineSkin Bag
Bottle Bully ("TSA approved")
Wine Safeguard

Anyway, in order to steer this thread back from the tangent, while I do love getting my drink on with Pliny, JO, and the other wonderful IPAs I mentioned previously, of late I have been drinking mass-quantities of Stone Go-To IPA. In fact, I'm sucking one down as I type this.

I'll be visiting a local cigar bar on Thursday this week, hoping to find some on tap.

I have not, sounds pretty good though. I've had some of their other beers though.

Fortunately, I didn't have to drag the suitcase with me on this trip, but I've just pinged him for the brand name of the one he uses. Will post when I find out.

ETA: That was quick! He uses a Wine Check.

Depending on size and quantity, these boxes from u-haul are also very good.

http://www.uhaul.com/MovingSupplies/...g-Kits?mid=169

I have checked expensive beers from Europe and shipped many beers in the US and never a problem.

I was thinking about starting a new thread to offer (and solicit) recommendations for great Craft Beer Bars, but I decided to try to resurrect this 2014 thread instead.

Since this thread was last updated, Untappd Verified Venues has become a great resource in this area, where it is often possible to check current tap-lists in close to real-time.

This, in turn, seems to have spurred many bars to publish and maintain their own current tap-lists on their websites (presumably, because they are unwilling to pay Untappd to do it for them)

I am based in the UK, but travel weekly to Scandinavia, so I am typically bouncing through one or two of the larger Cities in Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Finland each week.

I can highly recommend the following bars, for a great selection of craft beers:

Copenhagen

The Taphouse - 61 beertaps, mainly from Scandinavia, but with regular beers from across Western Europe

http://taphouse.dk/

Warpigs - Joint-venture brewhouse between Mikkeller and 3Floyds, which 24 taps plus very good BBQ food

http://mikkeller.dk/location/warpigs/

Fermentoren - cozy basement pub with 20 taps, mainly from Scandi and UK craft breweries

http://fermentoren.com/

Gothenburg

Brewers Beer Bar - modern pub with 16 taps, mainly local, with an excellent pizza menu to complement them!

https://brewersbeerbar.se/beers-wines/

Brewdog - chain pub with 18 taps, typically 10 house beers + 7/8 interesting guest beers. Also often have some excellent rare cans in the fridge. Serves decent pub food.

https://www.brewdog.com/bars/worldwide/goteborg

The Rover - large, welcoming pub, with 20 taps mainly local.

http://www.therover.se/

Oslo

Røør - Large pub with 70 taps from across Western Europe, plus several shuffleboard tables.

https://www.roor.no/

Crowbar - Very cool brewpub, with 18 taps including several guest beers

http://crowbryggeri.com/the-bar/

Stockholm

Omnipollos Hatt - Cool, but tiny pub, with 10 taps and a wood-fired pizza oven in the corner.

http://www.omnipolloshatt.com/

Mikkeller Bar - Very stylish basement bar with 24 taps, combining Mikkeller beers with interesting guests

http://mikkeller.dk/location/mikkeller-stockholm/


Where do you recommend.....?!

Couple places here in Phoenix:

-OHSO has a great local beer selection, about half of which are brewed in house. There's a new location in T2 (UA, AS) at PHX, but I think the full restaurant in Arcadia (about a 10-15 minute drive north of PHX) is much better if you have the time.

-Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company in Gilbert also has a selection of great beers brewed in house.

For anyone in Central Virginia area around Richmond/Fredericksburg Capital Ale House is a decent option.

Most of their locations have at least 50 different draughts that they rotate regularly and with hundreds more in bottles too. I used to live very close to one that had a great happy hour where you could get gold like Dogfish Head 90min IPA for $3. I stay by one of their locations on work trips to the Richmond area now.

http://capitalalehouse.com/menu-bar/innsbrook-menu/