Seattlest: What's on Tap: Thursday, June 21, 2007

BR

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:25:56 -0800

I agree with you guys. Look what the Hopvine does with 12 or so taps. You would think the Taphouse Grill could blow anyone else out of the water but there are a lot of boring or just plain crappy taps being wasted. I will definitely check it out when I'm downtown for shows, etc. If they have half decent service combined with half decent food plus the half decent beer selection we might have something we can count on downtown. Maybe their presence will put the Fox Sports Grill into action to get something decent on tap.

Geoff

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:08:02 -0800

Stone Imperial Stout is a fantastic beer for sure...I'm not sure I've ever had the pleasure of having it on draft, but Bottleworks likely still has bottles left I would imagine. I'll have to check out the Porterhouse sometime! That is exactly how I feel about the Bellevue location; I was hoping they might put more thought into the Seattle bar. Put that bar in some cities, and it would be the best place in town. But, not in the NW...

Saxtor

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:43:59 -0800

Since I live in the Northlands, I frequent the Porterhouse in Mt. Vernon with some regularity (an always amazing selection of West Coast beers). On Friday, they had Stone Imperial Stout on, a beer I had never tried and knew I had to. It may be one of the best beers I have ever tried, very complex in a wine sort of way. No idea who serves it down Seattle-way, but it made me excited enough to post here about it. I don't see it on the Tap House menu though.... Which surprises me, actually. In the realm of IPA, porter and stout where I tend to gravitate, I see nothing spectacular on their beer list. I'll definitely be trying the Dogfish Head and Fish Tale brews, and the Rasputin Stout is one of the best, but where's the Alaskan IPA or the Sierra Nevada Porter, or as far as local beers anything from Anacortes Brewery or Flyer's? I'd personally have a hard time filling 160 taps of beer, but they've managed to fit a fair amount of yawn-worthy beers. Hopefully the magic lies in the 10 rotating taps.