Most of the draft selection at The Beveridge Place Pub in West Seattle
First up was a trip to West Seattle and The Beveridge Place Pub. This was a beautiful place in a nice neighborhood that had lots of comfy couches to get lost in on the main floor with a whole array of different games such as cribbage on the many tables.
My personal favorite feature? It has to be the fact that the bar itself used to be a bowling lane from a center that met the business end of a wrecking ball a long time ago. BowlingWidow and I each ordered a hoppy IPA (can't recall the brand though...there were so many) and enjoyed being in the warm confines of this establishment.
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The cozy space at Brouwer's Cafe
It was on to the Fremont district of Seattle and Brouwer's Cafe. This is a place that specializes in Belgian Ales. And they had tons of them. But when our bartender mentioned that they had Pliny the Elder (brewed by Russian River Brewing) on draft and arguably the hoppiest ale made today, we simply had to have a pint to go with the pub grub we ordered. (Note: for those who are interested in learning more about Pliny the Elder, the Roman Philosopher, click on this link).
We're not quite ready for a full-blown pub crawl in Dublin yet. But it was a good beginning.
That sounded like lots of fun. I'm jealous of your planned trip to Ireland in Sept. Not too far from now.
ReplyDeleteCrazyMermaid, it's definitely one of those things that come up only once or twice in a lifetime. We are fortunate to be able to get there. One day, you and Mr. CrazyMermaid will no doubt get to do something similar when the kids are out of the house and settled in to their lives.
ReplyDeleteBowlingJoe, You can have a lot of fun in Ireland doing pubs, but forget all of the nonsense about IPAs and that sort of stuff. Just be sure to enjoy a pint of Guinness at the original St. James Gate brewery, rembering that you are on hallowed ground there. (do the tour - it's worth it) Also try to enjoy a pint of Caffrey's Ale, which used to be my favorite. It is quite a bit lighter than Guinness. We used to be able to get it in special shops in the US, but sadly the Irish must have decided they needed all of it themselves. Then of course there is good old Harp. All of them taste better on the old sod. You should also venture down the road of Irish Whiskey as well, with several nice selections of Bushmills -- the oldest distillery in the world, in Northern Ireland. It is single malt and and the "three wood" is particularly nice. Any good pubmaster in Ireland will know what the three wood is when you ask for it. Do not, whatever you do, drink the blended slop. That's like drinking Windsor Canadian and thinking you're drinking good bourbon.
ReplyDeleteGood tips, cvow. I think we'll be trying "all of the above" even though I'm not a scotch drinker. Bushmill's is on our radar screen, as we'll be spending a couple of nights in Belfast.
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