St. Pete: Cycle and Rapp info

I visited cycle and pegs yesterday for the 1st time. The chain slap imperial stout, fixie IPA, and tang n biscuits rye pale ale were all very good. I asked the bartender about brewery tours and she said the tampa brew bus comes through there on tours, she thought Saturdays, but that the tour people were sometimes rushed. No barrel aged beers as they're preparing for barrel day, the selection at both places was similar with cycle having a few more than pegs. The food at pegs was also very good.

 

I was at Rapp yesterday and ordered a 9-sampler flight of the 20 taps that are available, but I can't name all of them for you. (I didn't get any of the lighter-flavored beers.) I enjoyed every one of them, and the Gose is exceptional.

 

On a related note, anybody have opinions/reviews on Green Room and 3 Daughters beers? The BA review info is currently lacking.

 

green bench atmosphere is kinda cool. they open up the big doors to make it feel super open. with that being said their beers personally are my least favorite of any of the tampa area breweries. nothing special at all imho.

never been to daughters.

 

At Rapp, the Gose (salty sour German wheat beer), the berliner and the peanut butter chocolate stout are must trys. You'll see a large variety of traditional german beers on draft there. At Cycle, Fixie, their IPA, is fantastic and my go to.

 

Oddly, I didn't care for Rapp's Berliner (not sour at all, too light) but loved the gose. They're stouts/porters are pretty good too. Get some flights and pick the beers most interesting to you.

Cycle makes good "session IPAs" but I also like all their other beers. Ask for samples, try stuff that sounds up your alley. It's all good.

 

Fixie all day err day