1. Home
  2. Everything Beer
  3. Re: New Brewpub Reviews

Re: New Brewpub Reviews

I had some decent beers at the Philly area Rock Bottom (King of Prussia) but was saddened when they stopped having live bands perform.

Its not worth putting up with the crowds and the smoke otherwise.

Jon

> I was under the impression that what beers a brewer did at G-B came down > > from on high, not to be mucked with. Hey, hey, you learn every day. > > My mistake on giving an impression that they have choice in which beers are > served. They don't. But the quality of the beers and flavorfulness seems to > have a good amount of variation, at least amongst the four or five locations > I've been in. > > > Far as that goes, hell, I can't help liking G-B: the stuff's well-made, I > > like lagers... you know. > > I'll admit, I'm willing to cut them more than a little slack just because of > that. I have to admire a brewpub that's doing almost exclusively lagers. > > -STeve > >
Reply to
Zeppo
Loading thread data ...

I'd pay extra for a quiet bar.

Dav Vandenbroucke davanden at cox dot net

Reply to
Dav Vandenbroucke

Any time a brewpub or pub stops having live bands perform, it's an improvement. If I want to hear live bands, there are plenty of venues for those. Live "music" at a brewpub is just a reason to leave.

Reply to
dgs

Schlorg. A brewpub can be anything. Any kind of restaurant/venue/etc. CAN be a brewpub (okay, maybe not a winebar or some kind of Muslim place or the like, but...), and still be successful. I know of a number of good brewpubs that do live music and somehow manage to be good brewpubs despite that; Fordham, in Annapolis, for instance. Pish.

Reply to
Lew Bryson

The only brewpub with a live-music venue that was even half worth a damn was the late Wild Duck in Eugene, Oregon, and its music hall was mercifully separated from the bar & restaurant area (IIRC - it's been a while). I don't want to hear an open-mike night, folk singers, Celtic music, or noisy rock bands when I'm out a brewpub for a beer. Simple as that. If they do good business featuring live music, bully for them. I'm obviously not their target demographic.

Reply to
dgs

Don, Don, Don, such sloppy grammar. Is it the only brewpub half worth a damn that happens to have live music, or is it the only brewpub whose music venue was half worth a damn?

If it's the former, you're wrong. Someplace like, say, Elysian comes to mind. I think you're sort of familiar with them.

If it's the latter, the brewpubs I've been to with live music don't seem to be any better or worse than most other bars that shoehorn in bands.

Hell, I don't want to hear at least three of the four no matter where I go.

-Steve

Reply to
Steve Jackson

Jesus, giggy, you sound as bad as one of the VB idiots. You don't like it, so it's a bad idea; the only one you've ever liked is the only one that was ever any good. Are we all getting that old?

Reply to
Lew Bryson

I don't think brewpub and good music are mutually exclusive and more than brewpub and good food. I was at Pinacle Peak Patio last week for steak, heard live music, and drank some really fine brew, since they care enough about quality control to have bought a brewing company and installed it on-site.

Reply to
Bill Davidsen

DrinksForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.