Best Destinations for Beer Lovers
Men's Fitness picked five American bars for the beer geek. In Washington D.C., they send you to Brickskeller, famous for having a binder with 1,000 different bottles divided by region. What they fail to mention: most often Brickskeller is out of at least half. Another option, at least if you like Belgian brews, is Brasserie Beck, which also has tasty beer-friendly foods (pork, cabbage confit, mussles).
In Brooklyn, they recommend Spuyten Duyvil. Under the same ownership, Spuyten Duyvil Grocery is a tiny shop crammed with imported beers that come with tales of the beer's origins, compliments of the shopkeepers.
The piece also lists favorite microbreweries, including Allagash in Maine, Firestone Walker in California, and Rogue in Oregon.
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9 Comments:
Spuytin Duyvil and the grocery are not attached. They are not even on the same street. The grocery is in the mall on Bedford Avenue; the bar is at Metropolitan and Havermeyer.
alktraz at 6:33PM on 11/16/08
I'd like to suggest Ashley's in Ann Arbor as a worthy honorable mention. And the Publick House in Brookline, MA for Belgian beer in particular, too.
shoneyjoe at 7:27PM on 11/16/08
hmm, i'm surprised not to see hopleaf in chicago or sunset tap in boston on that list.
ace1025 at 9:55PM on 11/16/08
You can get great bbq at Fette Sau, owned by the same people as Spuyten Duyvil and right across the street.
antsmarchn at 12:14AM on 11/17/08
Spuyten Duyvil is one of my FAVORITE places to go. Hum...I think it might be time for another visit.
Linnea Covington at 9:27AM on 11/17/08
Cleveland, Ohio..go to Great Lakes Brewery, they have a great selection of microbrews.
HelloChris at 10:05AM on 11/17/08
The omission of Hopleaf surprised me, too. Chicago is not a great beer town, in my experience, but Hopleaf is terrific. Also conspicuous by its absence is Father's Office in LA. I find this list highly suspect.
outsidecounsel at 11:20AM on 11/17/08
If serendipity brings you to Buffalo, NY, you'll have plenty of fine choices: Pearl Street Grill (and Brewery!) in downtown; Buffalo Brew Pub (at the Amherst/Clarence border); Alternative Brews (blues and smoking, too); Founding Fathers (sunny, central Allentown), to name a few.
lsuttell at 12:05PM on 11/17/08
Firestone...really?? Wow. That's sort of like sending someone to the Sam Adam's Brewery. It's decent, but CA has so many better ones. Stone Brewery, AleSmith, Ballast Point, all in San Diego - hell, even Karl Strauss is better than Firestone.
runrgrrl at 12:39PM on 11/17/08