Fantasy Draft

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by fscottkey, Dec 14, 2014.

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  1. fscottkey

    fscottkey Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2014 New York

    Are you like me? (Of course you are - there is an Internet full of gambling, shopping and dirty pictures and you are on BA.) Sorry, Are you like me and you get this scenario -
    A friend or coworker invites you out for a few drinks after work and they tell you you will be going to ABC bar. ABC bar happens to be a great craft brew bar. Do you immediately hit their website and read what they have on tap. Do you figure out :
    How long will I be there?
    What have I never had that they have there?
    What do they have there that I love?

    You start to build your fantasy draft. So you are supposed to be working but you are planning your night's festivities. I do this a couple of times per month. This is why I love any bar that does a good job keeping their draft selection current on their website.

    Maybe it's just me.
     
  2. Nightwish1094

    Nightwish1094 Initiate (0) Apr 24, 2010 Texas

  3. mikeburd1128

    mikeburd1128 Maven (1,409) Oct 28, 2011 New Jersey

    Yeah. This is me nearly every time I go out.
     
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  4. Lucular

    Lucular Grand Pooh-Bah (4,367) Jun 20, 2014 Maryland
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    I check my favorite local craft beer bar's online on-tap list almost daily. Which is bad (or good, depending on your perspective) because it means that I feel the need to go there far more often than if they didn't keep it updated online.
     
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  5. Hrodebert

    Hrodebert Savant (1,024) Sep 2, 2013 Michigan
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    It's not just you.
    I do the same thing when I'm going out to eat as well.
     
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  6. socon67

    socon67 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,895) Jun 18, 2010 New York
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    This is every time I go anywhere that has craft beer available. And there is nothing wrong with it. If I plan to go to a restaurant I look forward to what may be eating. This is why places that maintain their tap list regularly get more of my business.
     
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  7. BigMike

    BigMike Pooh-Bah (2,334) May 8, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Guilty!
     
  8. ZAP

    ZAP Grand Pooh-Bah (4,048) Dec 1, 2001 Minnesota
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    Anyone who likes beer SHOULD do that
     
  9. KetchupChicken

    KetchupChicken Initiate (0) Aug 22, 2014 Pennsylvania

    I don't even live in San Francisco anymore but I'll still go on Toronado's website and put together a list of what I would drink that day.

    But every time I do it just makes me sad that I don't have PtE and Alpine Nelson on tap a mile from my apartment anymore.

    :slight_frown:
     
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  10. tvoss99

    tvoss99 Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2014 Arizona

    I just hit Toronado while out in San Diego this past week. It surely was a great place...enjoyed some Russian River Blind Pig IPA while there :slight_smile:
     
  11. Vogt52

    Vogt52 Initiate (0) May 25, 2014 Maryland

    I'm a last minute guy who waits til I'm there to formulate a draft strategy haha
     
  12. LeperJim

    LeperJim Pooh-Bah (2,704) Feb 10, 2008 Ohio
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    I always do extensive recon on the rare occasion that I venture out anywhere. Also, most of the time it turns out I know the establishment's beer menu and styles better than the server or bartender...this of course can be annoying for them.
     
  13. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    Nope, I am that guy that strains his eyes to look up and down the draft line, asking about half of them before finally deciding on what I want. I don't normally plan ahead for such things.
     
  14. Doug6322

    Doug6322 Initiate (0) Oct 30, 2013 Florida

    Im headed to Tampa (cigar city) for the first time next weekend I have my list of the 5 breweries I will visit mapped out already and the highest rated craft beer bars in the area....which I have already checked their current draft list.....you not alone bud....you are not alone
     
  15. Fox82791

    Fox82791 Initiate (0) Jun 20, 2014 New York

    Gotta do research before you go out! Otherwise you'll be staring at the tap and bottle list for an hour looking up ratings and reviews while everyone else is already drinking,
     
  16. JrGtr

    JrGtr Pooh-Bah (1,775) Apr 13, 2006 Massachusetts
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    Yes and no. I mostly just go online to make sure they have something worth drinking. Otherwise I go by my taste and what I'm feeling like when I get there.
     
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  17. MykeJ

    MykeJ Zealot (719) Oct 6, 2013 Minnesota

    Right away put together my own tasting menu and hope others are willing to join in
     
  18. dipalova

    dipalova Initiate (0) Feb 3, 2013 Connecticut

    My brother from another mother
     
  19. bluehende

    bluehende Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2010 Delaware

    Even worse

    I am the guy if I see on facebook that some else is going somewhere, I have to checkout the tap list. Every once in a while the person will message me with what should they get.
     
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  20. guinness77

    guinness77 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,554) Jan 6, 2014 New York
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    I check the tap lists around where I live and work regularly regardless of whether or not I go out.
     
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