Lineups at local spots

[Rich Pawlak]

Stopped in last week to the The Grey Lodge for a special promotion with Dogfish Head beers, "Minute By Minute" a vertical tasting of DFH's 60 Minute, 90 Minute and 120 Minute IPAs, as well as its Old School barleywine. Impressive stuff. The 60 Minute is an almost perfect ale, good balance, great aroma and good hop character. The 90 Minute is so much more assertive, pretty ballsy, with huge gobs of hops (the 90 Minute was actually served thru DFH's Randall The Enamel Animal, its last minute dry-hopping tap attachment), but an alluring quality that made it a fascinating glass of beer.

The 120 Minute IPA , at a whopping 21% ABV, was syrupy sweet with a open-faced slap of hops that seemed to go right to my head-ouch. A beer worth sipping slowly and a challenge to savor in a busy bar. The Old School , however, at a mere 15% ABV, was quite nice, if anti-climactic after the 120 Minute, but it was a really terrific barleywine, raisiny and mellow, with great hops sitting in the back, so to speak.

But what really was impressive about the Grey Lodge that night was the REMAINING taps of beer, a really strong lineup including 2004 Sierra Nevada Celebration, Grolsh, Magic Hat Participation Ale, Lancaster Alt, Troegs Oatmeal Stout, Red Hook Hoptoberfest, and a gravity pour cask of Flying Fish Grand Cru, and the usual Yuengling and mass beers. But Jesus Christmas, how's a guy supposed to enjoy all that in one brief visit (I live 40 miles away, mind you)?!?!?!

Kudos to the Grey Lodge!

[Rich Pawlak]

After several recommendations, I finally found myself in Malvern, PA, and made my way to the Flying Pig Saloon. Had a great burger with horseradish cheddar, but what really blew me away was the beer lineup at this little-known (outside of Chester County) beer bar:

Southern Tier Old Man Winter

Bells Winter White

Victory Hop Wallop

Petrus

Troegs Toegenator Doublebock

Bluebird Bitter

Widmer Hefeweizen

Dock Street Bohemian Pilsner

along with some more usual suspects like Victory Hop Devil, Harp, Guinness and others.

The featured new bottle offerings included, amazingly:

St Bernardus

Stone Smoked Porter

Mad River Steelhead IPA

Three Floyds Robert The Bruce Scottish Ale and Christmas Porter

Stoudts Triple and Double IPA

and Old Dominion Oak Barrel Stout

I wanted to spend days there.

Anybody else run into some good tap and bottle lineups at their local tavern?

[Rich Pawlak]

Stopped in while shopping to the Iron Hill Brewery in North Wales, PA, and had an absolutely spectacular Bourbon Harvest Ale, aged in Jim Beam barrels, 8.0 % abv, and as smokey sweet and deliciious as any bourbon-tinged beer I've ever had. Larry Horowits, the brewer there, is one talented fella.

[nr706]

Stopped in while shopping to the Iron Hill Brewery in North Wales, PA, and had an absolutely spectacular Bourbon Harvest Ale, aged in Jim Beam barrels, 8.0 % abv, and as smokey sweet and deliciious as any bourbon-tinged beer I've ever had. Larry Horowits, the brewer there, is one talented fella.

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Here's the draft beer list of a place near here (Yard House, Glenview IL):

Abita Brewing Purple Haze

Allagash White

Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale

Anderson Valley Hop Ottin I.P.A

Amstel Light

Bass Ale

Beamish Irish Stout

Bear Republic Racer 5 I.P.A.

Becks

Belhaven Scottish Ale

Bells Amber Ale

Bells Porter

Bells Seasonal

Bitburger Pilsner

Blue Moon

Boddingtons Pub Ale

Bud Light

Budweiser

Coors Light

De Koninck Ale

Delirium Tremens

Dogfish 60 Minute I.P.A.

Dos Equis Amber

Dos Equis Lager

Erdinger Hefetrub Weisse

Fosters Lager

Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse

Fullers E.S.B. Strong Ale

Fullers London Pride Pale Ale

George Killian Irish Red

Goose Island 312 Wheat

Goose Island Honkers

Goose Island I.P.A.

Goose Island Seasonal

Gosser Dark

Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale

Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold Lager

Grolsch

Guinness Stout

Gulden Draak

Harp Lager

Heineken

Hobgoblin Ale

Hoegaarden White

J.W. Dundee Honey Brown Lager

John Courage

Kirin Ichiban

Labatt Blue

Labatt Blue Light

Leffe

Leinenkugel’s Honey Weiss

Leinenkugel’s Lager

Leinenkugel’s Red Lager

Lindeman’s Framboise

Löwenbräu

Magner’s Irish Cider

Maredsous

Maudite

McEwan’s Export Ale

McSorley’s Irish Ale

Michelob Amber Bock

Michelob Ultra

Miller Genuine Draft

Miller Lite

Molson Canadian

Moosehead Lager

Newcastle Brown Ale

North Coast Red Seal Ale

Old Style

Paulaner Hefeweizen

Paulaner Premium Pilsner

Paulaner Salvator

Pilsner Urquell

Piraat

Pyramid Apricot Ale

Pyramid Hefeweizen

Radeberger Pilsner

Red Hook Black Nitro

Red Hook Blonde

Red Hook E.S.B.

Red Hook I.P.A.

Red Hook Seasonal

Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Rogue Hazelnut Brown Ale

Rogue Red

Rolling Rock

Sam Adams Boston Lager

Sam Adams Seasonal

Sand Creek Brewing Vienna Lager

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Sierra Nevada Seasonal

Smithwick’s

Spaten Pilsner

Spaten Premium Lager

Sprecher Black Bavarian Lager

St. Pauli Girl

Staropramen

Stella Artois

Stiegl Pils

Summit Brewing Extra Pale Ale

Summit Brewing I.P.A.

Summit Brewing Porter

Tennent’s Lager

Three Floyds Alpha King

Three Floyds Robert The Bruce

Two Brothers Brewing Domaine DuPage F.C.A

Two Brothers Brewing Seasonal

Wittekerke

Woodchuck Amber Cider

Wyder’s Pear Cider

Young’s Chocolate Stout

Young’s Oatmeal Stout

Of course, that's just what's on tap. If you include what's available in bottles, the selection gets interesting. Might take a whole afternoon to get through them all.

Edited December 15, 2004 by nr706 (log)

[Rich Pawlak]

Stopped in while shopping to the Iron Hill Brewery in North Wales, PA, and had an absolutely spectacular Bourbon Harvest Ale, aged in Jim Beam barrels, 8.0 % abv, and as smokey sweet and deliciious as any bourbon-tinged beer I've ever had. Larry Horowits, the brewer there, is one talented fella.

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Here's the draft beer list of a place near here (Yard House, Glenview IL):

Abita Brewing Purple Haze

Allagash White

Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale

Anderson Valley Hop Ottin I.P.A

Amstel Light

Bass Ale

Beamish Irish Stout

Bear Republic Racer 5 I.P.A.

Becks

Belhaven Scottish Ale

Bells Amber Ale

Bells Porter

Bells Seasonal

Bitburger Pilsner

Blue Moon

Boddingtons Pub Ale

Bud Light

Budweiser

Coors Light

De Koninck Ale

Delirium Tremens

Dogfish 60 Minute I.P.A.

Dos Equis Amber

Dos Equis Lager

Erdinger Hefetrub Weisse

Fosters Lager

Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse

Fullers E.S.B. Strong Ale

Fullers London Pride Pale Ale

George Killian Irish Red

Goose Island 312 Wheat

Goose Island Honkers

Goose Island I.P.A.

Goose Island Seasonal

Gosser Dark

Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale

Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold Lager

Grolsch

Guinness Stout

Gulden Draak

Harp Lager

Heineken

Hobgoblin Ale

Hoegaarden White

J.W. Dundee Honey Brown Lager

John Courage

Kirin Ichiban

Labatt Blue

Labatt Blue Light

Leffe

Leinenkugel’s Honey Weiss

Leinenkugel’s Lager

Leinenkugel’s Red Lager

Lindeman’s Framboise

Löwenbräu

Magner’s Irish Cider

Maredsous

Maudite

McEwan’s Export Ale

McSorley’s Irish Ale

Michelob Amber Bock

Michelob Ultra

Miller Genuine Draft

Miller Lite

Molson Canadian

Moosehead Lager

Newcastle Brown Ale

North Coast Red Seal Ale

Old Style

Paulaner Hefeweizen

Paulaner Premium Pilsner

Paulaner Salvator

Pilsner Urquell

Piraat

Pyramid Apricot Ale

Pyramid Hefeweizen

Radeberger Pilsner

Red Hook Black Nitro

Red Hook Blonde

Red Hook E.S.B.

Red Hook I.P.A.

Red Hook Seasonal

Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Rogue Hazelnut Brown Ale

Rogue Red

Rolling Rock

Sam Adams Boston Lager

Sam Adams Seasonal

Sand Creek Brewing Vienna Lager

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Sierra Nevada Seasonal

Smithwick’s

Spaten Pilsner

Spaten Premium Lager

Sprecher Black Bavarian Lager

St. Pauli Girl

Staropramen

Stella Artois

Stiegl Pils

Summit Brewing Extra Pale Ale

Summit Brewing I.P.A.

Summit Brewing Porter

Tennent’s Lager

Three Floyds Alpha King

Three Floyds Robert The Bruce

Two Brothers Brewing Domaine DuPage F.C.A

Two Brothers Brewing Seasonal

Wittekerke

Woodchuck Amber Cider

Wyder’s Pear Cider

Young’s Chocolate Stout

Young’s Oatmeal Stout

Of course, that's just what's on tap. If you include what's available in bottles, the selection gets more interesting.

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Now THAT's what I was looking for when I started this topic!

But seriously,is there enough business there to keep the kegs turning over?

[nr706]

Now THAT's what I was looking for when I started this topic!

But seriously,is there enough business there to keep the kegs turning over?

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It's part of a chain based out of S. Calif, so my guess is they've got the formula down pretty well. Seems pretty busy, even on non-weekend nights. Good, not great food, a bit gimmicky (i.e. Yard-long beer glasses available - but you break it you buy it). But you can't beat the beer selection.

Info @ http://www.yardhouse.com

No connection - I just like a place that has a good beer selection.

edited for typos

Edited December 15, 2004 by nr706 (log)

[Rich Pawlak]

I continue to be amazed and impressed at the intense quality of the tap lineup at the grey Lodge Pub in NE Philly. Tonight there was the following on tap:

Sly Fox Christmas Ale---rich, full oatmeal cookies, a fantastic holiday beer

Lancaster Winter Warmer--smoky and peaty, with just enough malt to balance the darkness out

Lagunitas Cappucino Stout--wow, deep dark coffee, cream, the whole cappucino experience, but chilled,m and 7.9% ABV!

Yards Love Stout--that brief wisp of the sea, and then that malty warm glove, truly one of Philly's great local beers

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale--so full of fresh pumpkin flavor, it was a slice of holiday pie.

Flying Fish Grand Cru--maybe the classic Philly winter beer, in a big beautiful goblet

Just an outstandingly confounding lineup, almost too many to sample in one visit. There were other beers on tap, but these were the highlights of just one night at the amazing Grey Lodge