IF SO, THEN YOU DON'T NEED THIS PAGE AT ALL.  BUT IF YOU'RE NEW TO US, THEN PERHAPS YOU SHOULD TAKE A PEEK AND SEE WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.  YOU SEE - WE ARE NOT ACTIVELY SEEKING NEW CUSTOMERS (IN FACT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOSE A FEW THAT WE ALREADY HAVE) BUT IF YOU ARE 21 YEARS OLD AND ABLE TO ACT IT, WE CAN ALWAYS FIND ROOM FOR ONE MORE. 

 PLEASE  REMEMBER - WE HAVE NO JUKE BOX, NO BANDS, NO BEER SPECIALS, LITTLE OR NO FOOD AND NO TOLERANCE FOR BAD ATTITUDE OR BAD MANNERS.

OUR HOURS ARE:

MONDAY - SATURDAY 

4 PM TO MIDNIGHT

CLOSED SUNDAY

YOU MUST BE 21 YEARS OLD. YOU WILL BE PROOFED EVERY TIME YOU VISIT.

IT IS ILLEGAL TO SERVE ANYONE WHO IS OR APPEARS TO BE INTOXICATED - WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE DRIVING

STEALING GLASSES, ASHTRAYS (WE LEAVE THIS IN PURELY FOR NOSTALGIA), BARTOWELS AND THE LIKE IS NOT A GAME.  IT IS LARCENY.  DEFACING WALLS AND TABLES IS VANDALISM.  THOSE CAUGHT DOING EITHER WILL BE PROSECUTED.

CERTAIN ACTIVITIES ARE NOT PERMITTED HERE.  THEY INCLUDE ROUGHHOUSING, HITTING ANYONE FOR ANY REASON, YELLING AND SCREAMING, PLACING CHAIRS IN THE AISLES AND PUTTING YOUR FEET ON THE FURNITURE.  OTHER BREACHES OF COMMON SENSE AND COURTESY WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

GIVEN OUR RULES AND OUR MIDNIGHT CLOSING, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT FOR EVERYONE.  IF YOU CANNOT ABIDE BY OUR RULES, WE INVITE YOU TO GO ELSEWHERE

CASK CONDITIONED ALE (AKA REAL ALE) IS BREWED WITH ONLY TRADITIONAL INGREDIENTS AND ALLOWED TO MATURE NATURALLY.  THE UNFILTERED, UNPASTEURIZED BEER STILL CONTAINS LIVE YEAST, WHICH UNDERGOES A SECONDARY FERMENTATION IN THE FIRKIN (KEG).  THIS CREATES A GENTLE NATURAL CO2 CARBONATION AND ALLOWS MALT AND HOP FLAVORS TO DEVELOP, FOR A RICHER TASTING DRINK WITH MORE CHARACTER THAN REGULAR KEG BEER.

REAL ALE IS SERVED WITHOUT EXTRANEOUS GAS  BY PULLING IT UP FROM THE CELLAR WITH A HANDPUMP.  THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF SERVING BEER.  ONLY IN THE PAST FEW DECADES DID FILTERED, PASTEURIZED, CHILLED BEER PUSHED UP THE LINE BY GAS PRESSURE BECOME NORMAL.

REAL ALE IS MANUALLY VENTED, TAPPED AND LEFT TO SETTLE TO AVOID THE PRESENCE OF YEAST.  KEG BEERS LAST FOR WEEKS AFTER BEING TAPPED - REAL ALE WILL ONLY SURVIVE A FEW DAYS BEFORE TURNING VINEGARY. 

SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE NOTION THAT REAL ALE IS "WARM AND FLAT".  THIS IS INCORRECT. A CASK ALE IS IDEALLY SERVED BETWEEN 54 AND 56 DEGREES - COOL (BUT CERTAINLY NOT ROOM TEMPERATURE) WITH A GENTLE, SOFT BUT NOTICEABLE CARBONATION.

CASK ALES SURVIVE IN THE USA AT BREWPUBS AND A HANDFUL OF BARS,  IN MANHATTAN, FOR INSTANCE, ONLY SIX OF THE THOUSANDS OF BARS ARE KNOWN TO REGULARLY STOCK CASK ALE.

ANY QUESTIONS?

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO RECEIVE ANY REASONABLE QUESTION, REQUEST OR SUGGESTION. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO HAVE YOUR COMMENTS SHARED WITH THE ENTIRE CLASS. YOU WILL NOT BE IDENTIFIED TO OUR READERS OR THE AUTHORITIES UNLESS YOU FEEL YOU MUST ACT LIKE A TOTAL FU**WIT.

THE WORLD TOUR OF BEER

OUR BEER TOUR HAS NO TIME LIMIT.  ONLY FOUR BEERS PER DAY CAN BE ADDED TO YOUR TOUR UNTIL YOU REACH 200 BEERS.  YOU MAY NOT DRINK ON ANYONE ELSES TOUR.  AN $8.00 BEER CAN BE SPLIT AND COUNTED ON TWO TOURS.

AWARD LEVELS

50 BEERS - A TOUR T-SHIRT

125 BEERS - A MUG ENGRAVED WITH THE DESIGN OF YOUR CHOICE.  THE MUG IS FOR YOUR USE ONLY - YOUR DRAFT PURCHASES WILL BE DISCOUNTED BY 20%

200 BEERS - A CASE OF YOUR FAVORITE BEER

500 BEERS - A BRASS PLAQUE WITH YOUR NAME ENGRAVED

WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PUBS IN THE USA TO CARRY THE PERFECT SESSION ALE : CONISTON'S BLUE BIRD BITTER.  SINCE 1998, WHEN IT WON GRAND CHAMPION BEER OF ENGLAND, WE HAVE NEVER WILLINGLY BEEN WITHOUT EITHER CASK OR KEG.