Arrive - September/October 2013

An Ale Unknown

Beer, as You Like It

COCKTAIL

FIRSTCLASS

If you like beer (and who doesn’t?), there are
more ways than ever to enjoy it. Here are
some creative ways to embrace your favorite
brew this season

IN A GROWLER

Try out one of the growing legions of “bottle shops”—stores that specialize in selling beer by the bottle or the growler. Never heard of a growler? It’s a glass jug that carries a half-gallon of beer, usually filled straight from the tap.

Try it: In northeast
Philadelphia, Craft
Beer Outlet has
garnered a reputation
as a prime spot for
filling growlers to go—
although beer fans
also can relax in one of
the shop’s leather club
chairs, pint in hand.

Plus, keep an eye out for local brewers, who often stop by with special tastings.

Where: Craft Beer Outlet, 9910 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia; craftbeeroutlet.com

AT A MUSEUM

Take in a little beer culture at New York’s Tenement Museum, which has built an amazing replica of the beer hall that once stood down the block at 97 Orchard St. The

1870s beer saloon,
once run by German
immigrants John and
Caroline Schneider, has
been re-created in its
original space to show
where and how the
community of the time
might have gathered to
eat and drink.

Try it: Although they
don’t serve beer at the
exhibit, thirsty visitors
can saunter across the
street to craft-beer bar/
shop Top Hops for a
brew or two.

Where: Top Hops Beer Shop, 94 Orchard St., New York City; tophops.com

garnered a reputation — the shop’s leather club for local brewers, who

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BY KARA NEWMAN

IN A COCKTAIL

Bartenders are using beer as a key cocktail ingredient, rounding out drink o;erings when hard liquor isn’t an option, or adding hearty flavor and e;er-vescence to otherwise traditional libations.

Try it: At B&O
American Brasserie in
Baltimore, bartender
Brendan Dorr uses a
light India pale ale (IPA)
to spike his An Ale Un-
known cocktail, which
also includes Blue-
coat gin, Domaine de
Canton ginger liqueur,
lemon juice and honey
syrup, served tall in a
highball glass.

Where: B&O American Brasserie,

2 N. Charles St., Baltimore; bandorestaurant.com

IN A SMALL BATCH

Now you see it, now you don’t! Seasonal and small-batch artisan beers increasingly are showing up on menus, often for a limited time only.

Try it: In the Boston
area, local beer lovers
favor Cambridge Brew-
ing Co. for its rotating
range of house-made
beers. Usually, 12 to 15
di;erent o;erings are
available on tap from
the brewhouse in the
middle of the restau-
rant. They span the
range from traditional
styles to barrel-aged
beers to more ex-
perimental brews.