Best Draft List You've Seen

Barleys brew house Kansas City!
Green flash
-hop head red
-west coast
Stone
-ipa
-arrogant bastard
-enjoy by
Odell
-shilling
-myrcenary
Tall grass
-ethos
Boulevard
-tank 7
-double wide
Great divide
-yeti
-Hercules

 

That looks like Deep Ellum to me. My favorite bar of all time. Heavy on the lagers and your kitchen makes charcuterie. My kind of joint.

 

Track 84 in Warwick, RI is our states best beer bar. There list is always solid and the prices are reasonable. Here's what they have currently.

1. Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier (Rauchbier) 5.5% (Bamburg,Germany)
2. Otter Creek/Lawson's Double Trouble IPA (Imperial IPA) 8.5% (Vermont)
3. Finch's Beer Co. Awesome Cabeza (Mexican Style Lager) 5.6% (Illinois)
4. Smuttynose Brewing Co. Rhye IPA (India Pale Ale) 7% (New Hampshire)
5. Ichtegems Gran Cru (Flemish Oud Bruin) 6.5% (Belgium)
6. Long Trail Brewing Co. Brown Bag #6 Black Rye IPA 6.1% (Vermont)
7. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Narwhal (Russian Imperial Stout) 10.2% (Califonia)
8. Founders brewing Co. Imperial Stout (Russian Imperial Stout) 10.5% (Michigan)
9. Long Trail Brewing Co. Imperial Pumpkin (Pumpkin Ale) 8% (Vermont)
10. Six PointBrewing Co. Spice of Life Series Simcoe (American IPA) 6.5%
11. Lagunitas Brewing Maximus (Imperial IPA) 8.2% (California)
12. Two Roads Brewing Co. Road 2 Ruin (Imperial IPA) 7.6% (Connecticut)
13. Peak Organic Brewing Co. Fresh Cut (Czech Style Pilsener) 4.7% (Maine)
14. Allagash Brewing Allagash Black (Belgian Style Stout)7.4% (Maine)
15. North Coast Brewing Co. Red Seal Ale (Amber/Red Ale) 5.5% (California)
16. Weihenstephaner Josefi Bock (Maibock) 7% (Germany)
17. Oscar Blues Brewing Co. Dale's Pale Ale (American Pale Ale) 6.5% (Colorado)
18. Berkshire Brewing Co. Coffeehouse Porter (American Porter) 6.2% (Mass)
19. Mayflower Brewing Co. Porter (English Style Porter) 5.5% (Massachusetts)
20. ON CASK: THORNBRIDGE BEADECA'S WELL (ENGLISH PORTER) 5.3%

 

It doesn't matter so much as the size/make-up of the list as it does the knowledge of the staff, the freshness/turnover of the beer and the glassware. I have been to many "joints" with an impressive list, only to be disappointed with something else. Happy Gnome in St. Paul is tops in all areas, IMO.

 

world of beer had that beat and cheaper.

 

I honestly don't remember the last time I went to a bar that wasn't a brewpub, tasting room, or a divebar where my drunker friends were buying. I need to make a trip back to Heroes (Fullerton, CA) and their 119 on tap. If I remember correctly, most of the clientele downtown in the area are looking for the establishments with $10-$15 cover charges, $8 Bud Lights and "DJs" with iPods hooked up to a laptop. I'll take the bar with over a hundred taps and kooky shit on the walls any day of the week.

 

It certainly is.

 

Federal Taphouse in Lancaster, PA. It's the best one around here, but that's only because they have significantly more taps (101 I believe) than any other local competitors. It's hard not to have the best when you have that many options. My only complaint is that the prices can be a bit high.


That's not to say it's the best place to go around here. There are more factors to take into account than just the tap list.

 

Toronado San Diego. Best tap list day in day out. They don't often update it online. Just go in and say hi to Islander.

 

The Upick6 Beer Store in Erie PA had, which has 12 rotating taps had:

1. Old Rasputin
2. St. Bernardus Abt 12
3. La Fin Du Monde
4. Ayinger Weizenbock
5. Lindemans Rasberry Framboise
6. Founders Centennial IPA
7. some other IPA
8. Founders Backwoods Bastard
9. can't remember
10. some Octoberfest beer
11. Founders Russian Imperial Stout
12. Founders Breakfast Stout
Cask. Bear Republic Racer 5

I went crazy when I saw this list and had 2 Backwoods Bastards and went there the two following day for an RIS when backwoods ran out. At happy hour they were half off at only $2.75 a glass.

 

Cask Republic in New Haven CT, quite impressive...

http://thecaskrepublic.com/files/62e_TCR BEER MENU 11-2-13 NEW LOGO.pdf

 

Mikkeller & Friends opening night tap list looked pretty cool

 

I think the answer to the "best list" question is one that rotates from day to day, between the Farmhouse in Burlington, VT, the 3 Penny Taproom in Montpelier, the Blackback pub and the Prohibition Pig, both in Waterbury. Maybe there's a rival somewhere on the west coast, but hard to believe anything in the east can match these.

 

McLadden's Irish Pub, North Hampton Mass. It's too long to post here, so I've attached a link.

http://www.mcladdens.com/noho/draught/

Pretty freaking awesome.

 

The current tap list at Julian's in Providence blows my mind.

Allagash Blond
To Ol By Udder Means
Founders Breakfast Stout
Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard
Delirium Tremens
St Bernardus Abt 12
BBC Coffeehouse Porter
Gulden Draak
Allagash White
Stone Suede Imperial Porter
Cantillon Cuvee St Gilloise
2010 Dogfish Head World Wide Stout
2010 Dogfish Head Old School Barleywine
Emelisse Imperial Russian Stout
De Ranke XXX Bitter
Schneider Adventinus
Lindemans Framboise
Allagash FV13
Schlenkerla Zymatore Helles Bock Zinfandel

Lots of imports and some good limited release stuff.

 

That's a great list, for sure! There is one RI bar that I feel is the State's top brew destination, though. Check out Norey's in Newport. The list is always world-class, the staff knowledgable, and the beer fresh.

http://www.noreys.com/craft-beer

 

Although the customer service is lacking at best- Falling Rock in Denver is the best tap list out there in terms of variety and uniqueness. I've seen some other amazing places (Pony Bar in Hells Kitchen, NYC, Meddlesome Moth in Dallas, Fresh Craft in Denver to name a few) but none come close the the rarities, b-sides, rotation, and overall quality like Falling Rock.

http://fallingrocktaphouse.com/beer/

 

Two blocks away is Hopleaf...which is great (draught list - http://hopleaf.com/menus/drafts/). I'm spoiled 1-2 times a week.

 

This is one of the best I've seen..Wednesday in Philly and I am looking to try the Cigar City barrel aged Hunahpu's Imperial Stout.

http://phillytapfinder.com/event/anniversary-party-day-2/