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May 16, 2019, 9:01 am
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May 17, 2019, 7:26 am
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May 21, 2019, 9:16 am
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May 26, 2019, 11:24 pm
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Fat Tire has seemingly been my go-to beer lately, when nothing else looks interesting. I think because it is enjoyable and predictable.With the explosion of local craft breweries now, we don't serve anything on tap that's brewed more than 50 miles away from my bars, with the exception of the Irish Prozac, Guinness, just too much of a pub standard to ever do away with.
As for the thread topic, I'm drinking a tall Jameson and soda, winding down a long weekend of installing a new POS system.
May 27, 2019, 7:34 am
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May 27, 2019, 9:19 am
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Fat Tire was all the rage when I first got in the bar business in Texas, 23 years ago. It's a solid "micro brew" that has turned into a national macro brew, kind of like Sam Adams or Sierra Nevada.
With the explosion of local craft breweries now, we don't serve anything on tap that's brewed more than 50 miles away from my bars, with the exception of the Irish Prozac, Guinness, just too much of a pub standard to ever do away with.
As for the thread topic, I'm drinking a tall Jameson and soda, winding down a long weekend of installing a new POS system.
With the explosion of local craft breweries now, we don't serve anything on tap that's brewed more than 50 miles away from my bars, with the exception of the Irish Prozac, Guinness, just too much of a pub standard to ever do away with.
As for the thread topic, I'm drinking a tall Jameson and soda, winding down a long weekend of installing a new POS system.
May 27, 2019, 10:11 am
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For years, we couldn't get Fat Tire here. I love trying new beers, but when I'm looking to buy a six-pack to drink at home, unless I can do a mixed six, I don't want to buy something that I've never tried. I'd rather buy a staple and be happy with it. I'll save the new beers for out at the pub or the mixed six packs.
I don't drink much beer at home, and I get all the free samples I can handle at work, but I know our local upscale grocery store, Central Market, let's you do mixed sixes of almost everything in the store except some really expensive Belgian trippels and quads.
N.B., I think Colorado is still far and away the best local craft beer scene, even if a lot of them have gone nationwide, like New Belgium. My first few years in the bar biz, that's what we served as there were little to no craft breweries in Texas. In the last 15 or so years, D/FW area alone has gone from one (Rahr & Sons) to 44 at my last count!
May 27, 2019, 11:21 am
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Agreed, and you're the exact reason breweries think it's so important to have their taps in bars/restaurants, people are likely to try one, then continue buying it in the grocery or liquor store.
I don't drink much beer at home, and I get all the free samples I can handle at work, but I know our local upscale grocery store, Central Market, let's you do mixed sixes of almost everything in the store except some really expensive Belgian trippels and quads.
N.B., I think Colorado is still far and away the best local craft beer scene, even if a lot of them have gone nationwide, like New Belgium. My first few years in the bar biz, that's what we served as there were little to no craft breweries in Texas. In the last 15 or so years, D/FW area alone has gone from one (Rahr & Sons) to 44 at my last count!
I don't drink much beer at home, and I get all the free samples I can handle at work, but I know our local upscale grocery store, Central Market, let's you do mixed sixes of almost everything in the store except some really expensive Belgian trippels and quads.
N.B., I think Colorado is still far and away the best local craft beer scene, even if a lot of them have gone nationwide, like New Belgium. My first few years in the bar biz, that's what we served as there were little to no craft breweries in Texas. In the last 15 or so years, D/FW area alone has gone from one (Rahr & Sons) to 44 at my last count!
May 27, 2019, 6:29 pm
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PA is odd in that we just recently allowed convenience store and grocery store sales. Those have some special requirements, so mixed sixes are only found at some grocery stores. I can't go to a convenience store and do a mixed six. I can't go to a beer distributor or a lot of six-pack shops and get a mixed six. So, I'll try new beers on tap or in bottles at bars, and will settle for ones I know are decent for home.
May 27, 2019, 8:00 pm
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Most of my coworkers are more into hard liquor unfortunately.
May 28, 2019, 7:25 pm
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May 29, 2019, 10:28 am
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May 29, 2019, 12:59 pm
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May 30, 2019, 8:29 am
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