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I like going to a sports bar with the guys from work, but if its just the wife and I heading out its more likely to be somewhere with atmosphere.Sounds perfect. Now where is it?Steve Beaumont wrote: a wonderful, historic and incredibly atmospheric pub boasting only one decent beer on tap?
Yeah, let me know, I'll meet you there! I'm more than happy to drink 1 good beer in a great environment.Derek wrote:Sounds perfect. Now where is it?Steve Beaumont wrote: a wonderful, historic and incredibly atmospheric pub boasting only one decent beer on tap?
I feel your pain. I quite enjoy MMA but the crowd that shows up to watch the events at bars are definitely assholes.markaberrant wrote:
Also made the mistake of going to Saskatoon's only beer bar on a night they were showing UFC... pretty hard for me to enjoy craft beer when the place is packed with bunch of douchebags drunk on Keith's staring at the TV screen like zombies...
Love Sports, but hate watching in bars for this very reason.Ale's What Cures Ya wrote:I feel your pain. I quite enjoy MMA but the crowd that shows up to watch the events at bars are definitely assholes.markaberrant wrote:
Also made the mistake of going to Saskatoon's only beer bar on a night they were showing UFC... pretty hard for me to enjoy craft beer when the place is packed with bunch of douchebags drunk on Keith's staring at the TV screen like zombies...
Probably near Abbaye D'Orval.Derek wrote:Sounds perfect. Now where is it?Steve Beaumont wrote: a wonderful, historic and incredibly atmospheric pub boasting only one decent beer on tap?
That'd be phenomenal. I was thinking Düsseldorf... there's a few places I'd like to go.Belgian wrote:Probably near Abbaye D'Orval.Derek wrote:Sounds perfect. Now where is it?Steve Beaumont wrote: a wonderful, historic and incredibly atmospheric pub boasting only one decent beer on tap?
Düsseldorf or D'Orval?markaberrant wrote: Yeah, let me know, I'll meet you there! I'm more than happy to drink 1 good beer in a great environment.
For a minute there I thought you meant the Spezial brewery pub in Bamberg, where there's a brewer's alchemy symbol hanging outside (star of David.) Some places I gotta go back with my Uncle (he wants to go to Kloster Andechs.)Derek wrote: I don't know if I've ever been to a good place with a single good tap (though beer tends to fog my memory). I think the closest I've come to a single tap with ambiance was Spezial... they had two taps, the Rauchbier Lager & the Ungespundetes.
Agreed, I prefer watching sports alone.sprague11 wrote:Love Sports, but hate watching in bars for this very reason.
cratez wrote:My opinion? Most Canadian cities need more sports bars that serve nothing but craft beer. The closest example we have here locally is the London Ale House (offers about 75 mostly micro bottles), but aside from Cobblestone, Tankhouse, Steam Whistle, and *occasionally* some McAuslan, the draught selection is wanting. If we had a sports bar with 40 craft taps, I'd gladly patronize it over a nice-looking wannabe pub with one good beer (which we already have in the Waltzing Weasel and its single Sam Adams draught).
As mentioned the Kick off in Waterloo http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1202394127 is the epitome of "a mediocre sports bar" with a great selection (14, not 40 taps) and since its my local I guess I am in that camp.Steve Beaumont wrote:Just because I'm procrastinating right now, here's a query of pure curiosity for you all. Which would you rather patronize, assuming it had to be one or the other: A mediocre sports bar with a great selection of 40+ taps or a wonderful, historic and incredibly atmospheric pub boasting only one decent beer on tap?
Feel free to editorialize.