I'm taking my husband to a play (Murder By Poe) next weekend in
Bellingham, WA. We need good food and excellent beer to kick the night
off...

So, Boundary Bay, Orchard Street, or Chuckanut Bay Brewing? Or is
there a beer bar that's going to blow those places out of the water
with it's awesome selection, great food, and excellent ambiance?

TIA!

fr0glet

fr0glet wrote:

I'm taking my husband to a play (Murder By Poe) next weekend in
Bellingham, WA. We need good food and excellent beer to kick the night
off...

So, Boundary Bay, Orchard Street, or Chuckanut Bay Brewing? Or is
there a beer bar that's going to blow those places out of the water
with it's awesome selection, great food, and excellent ambiance?

Since Orchard Street no longer operates their (former) pub-restaurant,
that simplifies your choices. I'd go for Boundary Bay. Haven't yet
been up to check out Chuckanut Bay Brewing. (Not to mention the
Porterhosue in Mount Vernon. Too busy with buying and moving into
new home.)

Beer bar? Oh yeah. The Archer Ale House in Fairhaven, at 1212 10th
Street. Superb.
--
dgs

"dgs" wrote...
fr0glet wrote:
So, Boundary Bay, Orchard Street, or Chuckanut Bay Brewing? Or is
there a beer bar that's going to blow those places out of the
water
with it's awesome selection, great food, and excellent ambiance?

Since Orchard Street no longer operates their (former)
pub-restaurant,
that simplifies your choices. I'd go for Boundary Bay.

Knowing your exquisite tastes, I'll take your word for it. Thanks!

Haven't yet
been up to check out Chuckanut Bay Brewing. (Not to mention the
Porterhosue in Mount Vernon.

That's been well-noted, by me, your favorite Skagitonian beer-swilling
amphibious young girlfriend. :P

Too busy with buying and moving into new home.)

Woo, congrats on the new digs! Lift with your legs, not your back.

Beer bar? Oh yeah. The Archer Ale House in Fairhaven, at 1212 10th
Street. Superb.

I think that one's even closer to the Mount Baker Theatre. Stumbling
distance, perhaps.

Should have known it'd be you to refer me. :P

fr0glet

fr0glet wrote:
"dgs" wrote...
Too busy with buying and moving into new home.)

Woo, congrats on the new digs!

Ditto. Near a good bar or two I trust.

Lift with your legs, not your back.

And especially not with your tailbone.
--
Joel Plutchak "Senza la birra tutto diventa orfano."
plutchak@[...] - Italian proverb (slightly revised)

Joel wrote:

fr0glet wrote:

"dgs" wrote...

Too busy with buying and moving into new home.)

Woo, congrats on the new digs!

Ditto. Near a good bar or two I trust.

Yep. One within a five-minute walk, one less than a mile
away, one a bit farther than a mile away.

Lift with your legs, not your back.

And especially not with your tailbone.

Me? Lift? You kwayzee, man.

Except, of course, for my personal stash of beer, and my
collection of beer glassware.
--
dgs

fr0glet wrote:

"dgs" wrote...

fr0glet wrote:

So, Boundary Bay, Orchard Street, or Chuckanut Bay Brewing? Or is
there a beer bar that's going to blow those places out of the
water
with it's awesome selection, great food, and excellent ambiance?

Since Orchard Street no longer operates their (former)
pub-restaurant,
that simplifies your choices. I'd go for Boundary Bay.

Knowing your exquisite tastes, I'll take your word for it. Thanks!

The house IPA and the Scotch ale are good. Maybe the Pilsner.
Maybe Cabin Fever is still around. Decent eats, not expensive.

Haven't yet
been up to check out Chuckanut Bay Brewing. (Not to mention the
Porterhosue in Mount Vernon.

That's been well-noted, by me, your favorite Skagitonian beer-swilling
amphibious young girlfriend. :P

Weekends have been sucked up with packing for the move. Free time?
Whazzat?

If you get out to Chuckanut Bay Brewing, please let me know how it is.
Or post here for all to know.

New digs are in West Seattle. Three good places not far from the new
manse, and it's still no problem to get into town for beer-drinkin'
elsewhere. If you haven't been to the Beveridge Place Pub yet, it
rocks. Great selection, friendly owners.

Too busy with buying and moving into new home.)

Woo, congrats on the new digs! Lift with your legs, not your back.

We're hiring movers for the heavy lifting. A strong back is a
terrible thing to waste. I'll take care of vital items, like the
beer glasses and the stereo.

Beer bar? Oh yeah. The Archer Ale House in Fairhaven, at 1212 10th
Street. Superb.

I think that one's even closer to the Mount Baker Theatre. Stumbling
distance, perhaps.

Great taps, great bottled selection. Worthwhile.

Should have known it'd be you to refer me. :P

As if there was any doubt?
--
dgs

"fr0glet" wrote in message
...

Woo, congrats on the new digs! Lift with your legs, not your back.

Better yet, lift with someone else's legs that you hire to do the job while
you sit and drink beer.

-Steve

"Steve Jackson" wrote...
"fr0glet" wrote...

Woo, congrats on the new digs! Lift with your legs, not your back.

Better yet, lift with someone else's legs that you hire to do the
job while
you sit and drink beer.

I guess I'm showing my youth again. I've helped 3 friends move in the
last month.



fr0glet

"dgs" wrote...
fr0glet wrote:
"dgs" wrote...
I'd go for Boundary Bay.

Knowing your exquisite tastes, I'll take your word for it. Thanks!

The house IPA and the Scotch ale are good. Maybe the Pilsner.
Maybe Cabin Fever is still around. Decent eats, not expensive.

Their website says the current seasonals are a dry Irish stout on
nitro, Old Bounder barleywine (woohoo!), and Dunkels Bock. Hopefully
I'll have the stamina to try them all.

Haven't yet
been up to check out Chuckanut Bay Brewing. (Not to mention the
Porterhosue in Mount Vernon.

That's been well-noted, by me, your favorite Skagitonian
beer-swilling
amphibious young girlfriend. :P

Weekends have been sucked up with packing for the move. Free time?
Whazzat?

Pffft. I'm up to 3 jobs now, not for the money but for the love of my
cold-blooded friends. I'm travelling 120 miles round-trip once a week
for the 3rd job, just for a few hours work at a reptile breeding
facility. Haven't had a day off in over 2 months. There's still time
for beer and Usenet, though!

New digs are in West Seattle. Three good places not far from the
new
manse, and it's still no problem to get into town for beer-drinkin'
elsewhere. If you haven't been to the Beveridge Place Pub yet, it
rocks. Great selection, friendly owners.

I avoid West Seattle, to be honest. I used to drink out there at this
horrible, horrible dive... "the Firedog". Too many lemondrops and
videos of me & the girls on the karaoke stage. Haven't been back to
West Seattle in oh, 7 years.

I might bend my rules, for you.

Woo, congrats on the new digs! Lift with your legs, not your back.

We're hiring movers for the heavy lifting. A strong back is a
terrible thing to waste. I'll take care of vital items, like the
beer glasses and the stereo.

Verging on snobbery. You're either too wealthy or too old when you're
hiring movers. :P

Beer bar? Oh yeah. The Archer Ale House in Fairhaven, at 1212
10th
Street. Superb.

I think that one's even closer to the Mount Baker Theatre.
Stumbling
distance, perhaps.

Great taps, great bottled selection. Worthwhile.

I had a second recommendation for that place from one of my employees
last night... I like the kid, he's got decent taste in beer and throws
freight as if I were cracking the whip over him. Also he calls me
"boss-lady". I like that.

Should have known it'd be you to refer me. :P

As if there was any doubt?

Pardon me whilst I bask in your beerness and sip this faboooo Dogfish
Head Chicory Stout. A little mild for my tastes, but I sure love the
chicory/St. John's Wort/coffee yummies. FG!

fr0glet

On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:41:52 -0700, "fr0glet"
wrote:

"dgs" wrote...
[...]
New digs are in West Seattle. Three good places not far from the
new
manse, and it's still no problem to get into town for beer-drinkin'
elsewhere. If you haven't been to the Beveridge Place Pub yet, it
rocks. Great selection, friendly owners.

I avoid West Seattle, to be honest. I used to drink out there at this
horrible, horrible dive... "the Firedog". Too many lemondrops and
videos of me & the girls on the karaoke stage. Haven't been back to
West Seattle in oh, 7 years.

I might bend my rules, for you.

You should. The Elliott Bay Brewing Company is a five-minute walk
from the crib. The Beveridge Place Pub is a five-minute drive (if
that much; it's about 3/4 of a mile away). I promise not to go to
any horrible, horrible dives. I just completed an excellent birth-
day brain-pickling session on Friday; the Beveridge Place Pub was last
on the route. Fun time.

Woo, congrats on the new digs! Lift with your legs, not your back.

We're hiring movers for the heavy lifting. A strong back is a
terrible thing to waste. I'll take care of vital items, like the
beer glasses and the stereo.

Verging on snobbery. You're either too wealthy or too old when you're
hiring movers. :P

You say this like it's a bad thing.

Should have known it'd be you to refer me. :P

As if there was any doubt?

Pardon me whilst I bask in your beerness and sip this faboooo Dogfish
Head Chicory Stout. A little mild for my tastes, but I sure love the
chicory/St. John's Wort/coffee yummies. FG!

Nice beer. Their World Wide Stout is mind-bending, and to be
approached with respect.
--

Nobody You Know

DGS (whoever that is):

Pardon me whilst I bask in your beerness and sip this faboooo Dogfish
Head Chicory Stout. A little mild for my tastes, but I sure love the
chicory/St. John's Wort/coffee yummies. FG!

Nice beer. Their World Wide Stout is mind-bending,

Had the WWS for the first time at the Brickskellar about three years ago
- unbelievable. For those near LA, the WWS is available at Morry's of
Naples in Long Beach at $8.95 a bottle. Not sure if High Times has it.
commasteve? If someone could clue me in to a better price locally, I'd
be most grateful.

Sometimes I think the $9/12oz is part of the allure, then I spring for
another bottle and find myself corrected. It would be a helluva thing
to see this beer in the making. The fact that it can hold a head (for
awhile, at least) in the face of so much alcohol is an achievement unto
itself. Unlike DGS, this beer sucks not.

and to be approached with respect.

Ah. The "G" is for "Girl"...


Scott Kaczorowski
Long Beach, CA

Scott Kaczorowski wrote:
For those near LA, the WWS is available at Morry's of
Naples in Long Beach at $8.95 a bottle. Not sure if High Times has it.
commasteve? If someone could clue me in to a better price locally, I'd
be most grateful.

That doesn't sound like too bad a price, really, considering you're on
the other side of the country. I'm in New Jersey where, because of the
different way beer's sold in both states, PA beers are often cheaper
than in PA (especially for less than case quantities). WWS is usually
around $8 a single here (don't think I've ever seen a case price g).
By comparision, HopDevil & Prima Pils are usually in the $7-8 a sixpack;
I pay about $25 a case for them in a discount liquor store.

Scott Kaczorowski wrote:

DGS (whoever that is):

Some assclown to the north of you. Geez, Scott, get with the program.
There'll be a quiz later. (Good to see you in rfdb again... it's been
a while.)

Pardon me whilst I bask in your beerness and sip this faboooo Dogfish
Head Chicory Stout. A little mild for my tastes, but I sure love the
chicory/St. John's Wort/coffee yummies. FG!

Nice beer. Their World Wide Stout is mind-bending,

Had the WWS for the first time at the Brickskellar about three years ago
- unbelievable. For those near LA, the WWS is available at Morry's of
Naples in Long Beach at $8.95 a bottle. Not sure if High Times has it.
commasteve? If someone could clue me in to a better price locally, I'd
be most grateful.

It isn't much better as you travel up the coast. Maybe a buck less
(retail) in Seattle; I haven't priced it lately.

You did well to find it at the Brick, though. First choice? The place
drives me nuts, because it seems nearly inevitable that they'll be out
of your first choice, and you'll have to scan the beer coolers to find
something they actually have.

Sometimes I think the $9/12oz is part of the allure, then I spring for
another bottle and find myself corrected. It would be a helluva thing
to see this beer in the making. The fact that it can hold a head (for
awhile, at least) in the face of so much alcohol is an achievement unto
itself. Unlike DGS, this beer sucks not.

Aww, you say the sweetest things.

and to be approached with respect.

Ah. The "G" is for "Girl"...

Or "Gawd-dayum, this is tasty strong beer." Your choice.
--
dgs

"Scott Kaczorowski" wrote in message
...

Had the WWS for the first time at the Brickskellar about three years ago
- unbelievable. For those near LA, the WWS is available at Morry's of
Naples in Long Beach at $8.95 a bottle. Not sure if High Times has it.
commasteve? If someone could clue me in to a better price locally, I'd
be most grateful.

Jesus Christ. My one refuge on this earth free of you, and now you're
tromping around in it.

Good to see you back slumming with the rest of us.

No dice on the WWS at Hi-Time. Not sure why. Keep forgetting to chat with
one of the beer buyers whenever I'm there to ask why.

Rochefort 8 has shown up there, however, after years of selling only the 10.
That's reason enough to keep me happy. I will have to make a detour to
Naples one of these days, though.

and to be approached with respect.

Ah. The "G" is for "Girl"...

Good to see you've remembered the important things.

-Steve

DGS:

Had the WWS for the first time at the Brickskellar about
three years ago - unbelievable. For those near LA, the
WWS is available at Morry's of Naples in Long Beach at
$8.95 a bottle. Not sure if High Times has it.
commasteve? If someone could clue me in to a better price
locally, I'd be most grateful.

It isn't much better as you travel up the coast. Maybe a
buck less (retail) in Seattle; I haven't priced it lately.

Thanks for the reference.

You did well to find it at the Brick, though. First
choice?

As a matter of fact, got lucky on that one. As I remember, I had
consulted with Atkins Jackson re tasty bevies I might find there
and not here. "World Wide Stout" was the first thing out of his
maw.

The place drives me nuts, because it seems nearly
inevitable that they'll be out of your first choice, and
you'll have to scan the beer coolers to find something they
actually have.

We came to learn that it was basically a coin toss whether or not
the server would come back shortly after ordering. OTOH, we were
in DC for a week, and this was the only place we went to three
times. We found the service and the food to be good. Also, the
opportunity to do things like vertical Thomas Hardy was new to me,
so I was willing to put up with repeated "Sorry, but..." We're
thinking about going back this year, and one of the attractions,
frankly, is the Brickskeller. The other is the Udvar-Hazy, but
that's another ng...

Ah. The "G" is for "Girl"...

Or "Gawd-dayum, this is tasty strong beer." Your choice.

"Girl" it is then.



Scott Kaczorowski
Long Beach, CA