Sometimes less is more?

I have been to McSorley's in New York before, they famously only have two beers on tap.

Several of my favorite pubs in Aberdeen, Scotland only had one or two beers on cask. That was it, outside of Whisky's. The Grill comes to mind, only had Bitter and Twisted from Harviestoun, another only had two hand pumps. Both Orkeny Dark Island. Neither bar were tied houses either, just what they offered. I'll take both of those please

I'll definitely visit this spot if I can, sounds awesome to me.

 

first, yes I would personally be interested in visiting a place like this. And if the whole experience was good (beer, food, atmosphere, etc) it would certainly be a regular visit for me.

Second, it doesn't sound like this model is targeting the "ba crowd" so to speak. It sounds like they are trying to create a dining/drinking experience that is more about making a space for socialization than some sort of hyped beer nerd mecca. To that point, I've been to many restaurants/cafes that only offer the same one or two beers on tap. It may seem weird if you think of it as a brewery but it's not that odd if you think of it as a restaurant

 

I think, like all things it depends. If I love the atmosphere, service, food (looks like they will have some "classic") etc, definitely. If they play a bunch of crappy music too loud, in a generic industrial like building, maybe not. Though, I have no problem going to old reliable's, over the shinny new thing.

 

Hell yeah. I wish most bars sold only a Bohemian Pils and a Czech Dark Lager.

 

Nope - depending upon the weather, my mood, and what I am eating (if anything) I will have specific styles in mind. It is extremely unlikely that an offering of only 2 beers is going to match up with what I have in mind very often.

 

You're never in the mood for pilsner or a dark lager?

 

It’s more likely that he’s saying his mood will yield desire for more than two types of beer, which I feel like probably lines up with many peoples desire when visiting a tap room. Hence flights of 4 or 5 beers.

 

I wouldn’t mind visiting this brewery because of the theme and the beers being brewed and the background of the brewers. With that being said, my willingness to visit a tap house with only 2 beers is very dependent on the beers being brewed. I.E. I would more than likely not be interested in visiting a brewery serving only an NEIPA and an Oatmeal stout. Not because I don’t like those styles, but because there’s a hundred other breweries I can go to that serve both of these styles in abundance beyond just two types at a time. Cheers.

 

I think this saying of less is more only applies to lingerie.

 

Like me, I don't think he means never, just not always.

My new favorite local has a nice mix of styles that make me happy to go there with no mindset and let me follow my mood at the time -- whether it's a Pils or English Ale.

All that said, I could probably live just fine with the selection in Munich or Prague, but I'd probably be craving a good Northwest hop hit before too long.

 

The more unusual thing in my experience is the lack of an ipa.

I wonder if your experience is because of regional differences or because of the choices you make about what places to visit? The local places I can think of off hand that have scant beer options are a Cafe that has 4 taps, 2 beers, a kombucha, and a cider/seltzer and a cocktail bar/tapas place that has two tips. There are also a number of SE Asian and Mexican places that have very limited beer menus

 

Don't get me wrong, I like trying new things as well. I wouldn't participate in the New Beer Weekend thread otherwise. I also really appreciate if a brewery can have a diverse and well made tap list. Though, some of my favorite places to sit and have a beer anywhere, have a very limited selection. As I mentioned above.

To further illustrate that, I went to the brand new BrewDog pub in Aberdeen (when it first opened) and they had a seemingly never ending list of both their beers and American craft beers. I went once, and never wanted to go back. I still wish I could go to some of the other spots like The Grill though.

 

In your dreams buddy, more likely (if only 2) a couple AALs
I could totally get on board with this, but practically speaking for the brewer think there needs to be at least 6 (8?) styles but only 2 at one time

 

Tanglefoot (TX) might be of interest, assuming they are in your vicinity. They are a Czech based operation with four offerings on sidepull: opened up about a year ago

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• Brewery - Temple TX | Tanglefoot Brewing
• Newest brewery has Czech style - Our Town Temple (ourtowntempletx.com)

 

Never been, another place I would love to check out. I'm in Houston, so it might be a 3-4 hour drive. Doable if I want to make a long weekend of it, just got to make time ha, but it is on my radar.