Best MLB stadium for beer ('15)

Done. Come to Cleveland. Progressive Field #FTW

 

Giants stadium. I've been to pecto and had sculpin and big eye, but having the Public house there, you can blind pig/Cellarmaker, hell my friends split a 2012 double dba bottle for 25$ and brought it into the park on a summer day. How can you beat that??

Apparently the SF public house is the largest consumer of Russian River Blind Pig, so expect to see it there.

 

Actually Busch Stadium has quite a few decent options including Schlafly like you stated:

Section 130: Schlafly rotating*.

Section 134: Urban Chestnut Zwickel, Winged Nut, Schnickelfritz and Hopfen.

Section 135: Schlafly Pale Ale and Summer Lager; O'Fallon Wheach; Goose Island Honker's Ale; Samuel Adams Summer Ale; Leinenkugel Summer Shandy. 20 craft beers on draft here, this is where I'll be this summer.

Section 136 (Farmers Market): RedBridge gluten-free beer.

Section 140: Schlafly Pale Ale.

Section 142: Urban Chestnut Zwickel.

Section 144 (Food Network Cart): Goose Island Honker's Ale; O'Fallon Wheach.

Section 162 (Ballpark Favorites): Schlafly Pale Ale and Summer Lager.

Section 240: Schlafly Hefeweizen; Schlafly rotating*.

Section 265 (Captain's Corner): Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat; New Belgium Fat Tire and Shift; Goose Island Honker's Ale; O'Fallon Wheach; Samuel Adams Summer Ale; Schlafly Pale Ale, Hefeweizen and Summer Lager.

Section 433 (Cuervo Cantina): Schlafly Pale Ale, Hefeweizen and Summer Lager.

Section 509 (Broadway BBQ): Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat.

Section 597: Samuel Adams Summer Ale.

Budweiser Bowtie Bar (Level 2, Left Field side): New Belgium Fat Tire*; Schlafly rotating*.

Cardinals Redbird Bars (Level 2, 1st and 3rd Base sides):Schlafly Pale Ale; Schlafly rotating*; New Belgium Fat Tire* and Ranger IPA*.

 

I really don't know, but beer is way better now than in the old days. I remember coming back from Glen Echo Park, scared out of my pants, my dad drinking whatever was available, right there at Griffith Stadium in DC. I saw Rocky Colavito knock a homer into my older brother's hand. I hope he still has it!

 

Sorry, but this is my website. I've been here 9 years. I've bought, drank and rated great beers during that time. Last haul was 12 bottles of KBS two days ago, Trust me I get it.

I don't live in a MLB city. I drive to them when I can. By the time I get there, I have at least 6 hours of driving under my belt and most likely a quick turn around the next day. By the time I order my first beer, I've spent $70 on gas, $240 on hotel, $100 on tickets, $40 on parking, $80 on souveniers and $40 on a burger and french fry.

Trust me when I tell you that an OG Budweiser + Roasted Salted Peanuts + Baseball = Nirvana

With that said, it is ONLY time I drink Budweiser.

 

Surly brewed a nice, grassy IPA specially for sale at the Twins stadium. There are a lot f good local craft options at the games.

 

The MLB part I have the most experience with is Comiskey(refuse to say new name), and I only noticed within the last few years that they've started to step up the microbrewed beer selections a little bit. Still, I wish they could do MUCH, MUCH more with providing craft beer options, *sigh*. It only looked like they had something around 18-24 craft options, and sadly not more. Maybe bring in some sort of mini-brewpub exclusive to the south side that isn't already there and I suspect would go over well, like Horse Thief Hollow? I highly recommend their brewpub, in case you ever find yourself in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood. If they can finally sell Beggar's Pizza at Comiskey, don't see why they can't take a few more small steps such as considering doing that.

On another note, I was reading through some of the better food/beer options at other ballparks(it was on eater.com , btw), and I was intrigued to hear Turner Field had some sort of mini-brewpub setup for Sweetwater within their park. Anyone know how much various Goose Island beers one can find at Wrigley, if it's true(and I believe it) they have started to sell GI beers? Hope it isn't only the basics from them, i.e. 312, Honker's Ale, IPA, etc.

 

Same here.

I see where you're coming from with the Comiskey beer selection, but I'm personally pretty satisfied with them having the selection they have. Their selection definitely beats the Kane County Cougars selection, and they both are leaving Wrigley's selection in the dust.

 

heck yeah defend yourself. i myself go out of my way to drink any BMC, but thats your choice! whether we like it or not

and im lucky to be in sd where the pads stadium has TONS of craft. and great local restaurants with stations too. stone, ballast, and pizza port all have dedicated big bars now with many other local brewers sprinkled in along the way

 

I'm not being sarcastic here, but seriously: If a BMC beer cost $8, how much does a craft beer cost at these stadiums? Make me laugh please.

 

Thanks for the info. I'd gladly pay an extra $1.50 for the pint draft. I'm 3 hours away from Kauffman Stadium in KC, that's my local stadium lol And that $8 price I quoted was when I was at Arrowhead many years ago, so geez, that may be way off by now.

 

Narry drafts at Fenway

 

Funny this comes up, and yesterday an article pops up on a new bar and grill at Comerica Park. Besides having a Tiger Stadium theme, it'll have a rotation selection of Michigan brews. No word on how many taps, but it'll be open even when the Park isn't.

http://www.freep.com/story/entertai...erica-park-restaurant-tiger-stadium/70849124/

 

At Comiskey, all beer costs $7.

 

Last time I was at Comerica there was a little place with MI only craft beer inside the stadium. Nothing rarebro but some stuff you didn't find anywhere else inside the stadium. Eat em up Tigers eat em up!

 

One of the few places craft isn't insanley more expensive than BMC only because BMC is crazy expensive at the parks.

 

Nice, what El Segundo beers were they carrying and where!!??

 

Fenway def could do better, I speak as a mini season ticket holder. Best I can do are cans of Wachusett Monsta IPA's for $9.50. We mainly try to get to the nearby Yard House early enough to pregame. My beer of choice there is Wormtown's Be Hoppy, and even on the expensive side they are short of ballpark prices.