The Beer Lover's Guide to the USA: Brewpubs, Taverns, and Good Beer Bars
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For Every Traveler Whose Thirst For Adventure is Not Quenched by the Journey Alone
Ever landed in a strange city and wandered, forlorn and thirsty, looking for a good beer bar? Ever wanted to arrange drinks on a business trip but not known the best place to take an important contact? Covering a thousand bars and breweries from coast to coast, Stan Hieronymus's The Beer Lover's Guide to the USA is a must-have traveling companion. Organized by state and city and using a four star rating system, the guide makes finding the best bars a snap. Each listing gives you the following info:
Address and telephone number
Hours in service
Food served, if smoking is allowed
Number of taps and a list of available beers
A succinct review of the quality and atmosphere
With an introduction by beer expert Michael Jackson and special lists of four-star establishments, outstanding British, Irish, and German bars, "mega taps" with eighty or more on tap handles, and the best microbreweries in the country, The Beer Lover's Guide to the USA is an indispensable resource--and perfect gift--for anyone who truly loves beer.
Stan Hieronymus
Stan Hieronymus is the editor of The Real Beer Page at www.realbeer.com, the largest source of information about beer on the Internet. Hieronymus and Daria Labinsky are travel editors for All About Beer Magazine, the leading beer consumer magazine in the United States, and authors of All About Beer Magazine's Beer Travelers Guide. They are the 1999 NAGBW Beer Writer of the Year and First Runner-Up, respectively.
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The Beer Lover's Guide to the USA - Stan Hieronymus
STATE-BY-STATE LISTINGS
ALABAMA
Regional beers to look for: Vulcan Brewery/Birmingham products, particularly Red Mountain Red Ale.
Just for fun: Zydeco, in Birmingham. Signed pictures of Martin Milner and Casey Kasem, excellent live music.
Best city for a pub crawl: Birmingham.
BIRMINGHAM
Dave’s Pub
20th St. & 12th Ave. S., 205-933-4030
3 P.M.–4 A.M.
Food: No kitchen Smoking: Throughout
Eighteen beers on draft, solid bottle selection. Draft choices focus on imports, with rotating selection of local beers. Voted Birmingham’s best bar by readers of the local paper.
Dugan’s
2011 Highland Ave. S., 205-933-9020
Lunch–late
Food: Tavern fare Smoking: Throughout
A lively fixture in Five Points for more than twenty-five years. Irish-influenced pub, but cross-section of craft and imports available from nine taps.
Magic City Brewery
420 21st St. S., 205-328-2739
Lunch–late
Food: Brewpub fare Smoking: Separate sections
Immaculate, with a beautiful three-sided bar wrapping around the brewery, which is behind glass in the center of the pub. Drinkable beers, some pushing the Alabama alcohol limits.
Zydeco
2001 15th Ave. S., 205-933-1032
Dinner–late (closed Sundays)
Food: Cajun/creole Smoking: Throughout
Seventeen taps include a little of everything. Live music (an eclectic mix) on the large outdoor patio. Decorated in New Orleans funk (Elvis bust, Santa hat, Mardi Gras beads on the back bar).
Also in Birmingham
Mill Brewery, Bakery & Eatery, 1035 20th St. S., 205-939-3001. The pub’s beer is actually made at a microbrewery next door.
Taco Mac, 1914 11th Ave. S., 205-322-0088. Twenty-five taps and, like Taco Macs in Atlanta, specializing in sports and hot wings.
DOTHAN
Poplar Head Mule Co.
155 S. St. Andrew St., 334-794-7991
11 A.M.–late
Food: Tavern fare Smoking: Throughout
Located in an old storefront, with a beautiful back bar. Good food, well-made though not particularly adventurous beer.
MONTGOMERY
Montgomery Brewing
12 W. Jefferson St., 334-834-2739
Lunch–late (opens at 3 P.M. weekends)
Food: Brewpub fare Smoking: Separate sections
Located in a former railroad equipment storage warehouse, and one of Montgomery’s most popular restaurants. The lightest beers are best-sellers.
Also in Alabama
Auburn: Little Ireland Pub, 122-B Magnolia, 334-821-5634. Irish pub.
Huntsville: Finnegan’s, 3310 Memorial Parkway SW, 256-881-9732. Irish pub.
Mobile: Port City Brewery, 225 Dauphin St., 334-438-2739. Brewpub.
ALASKA
Regional beers to look for: Alaskan Brewing’s beers, including the classic Smoked Porter. Also, many Northwest craft beers are available in Alaska.
Essential stops: Humpy’s in Anchorage. They print a new beer menu every night that includes a list of kegs that will go on if one kicks.
Just for fun: The Hangar on the Wharf in Juneau. Watch the planes come and