Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
| There’s a lot of talk–way, way too much, actually–about which city is the best beer city. It’s a pointless argument because no one can ever define the terms of debate. Every city has at least one good brewery and some great beer. Limit the variables, though, and then we’re talkin. When I travel around, I judge cities on a single dimension: how advanced is the culture of beer in the city? There are a lot of ways to measure this (who’s doing the drinking; what are they drinking; and where are they doing their drinking?), but one sure way is to see what they’re drinking in places you don’t expect to find good beer. Like dive bars.
The notion is this. Go into a dive bar, see what they’re serving on tap. We would expect that bars on the outer fringes of the city to have fewer good beers on tap, while in the heavily-breweried, hipster enclaves, there should be more. I’ve been toying with the idea for awhile, but fate forced my hand when I found myself in the Clinton Street Pub, a d … |
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