160 Beers on Tap - So What?

Seattlest decided to check out the new Tap House Grill yesterday evening. They opened earlier this week in the old Planet Hollywood location right next to Fox Sports Grill, on 6th Ave. between Pike and Pine.

No matter what you think about the place, they do have an impressive amount of beer.
The wall behind the bar is lined with 160 taps. They offer a solid selection of local beers mixed with offerings from around the world. If someone is coming to visit from out of town and wants to try a large variety of local beer in one place, you really couldn’t do much better.
But, locals and beer nerds will not find anything all that exciting. Most of the beers on offer are the “standard” beer from the brewer represented. They could do so much better with 160 taps.

The first beer we ordered was a Walking Man IPA. It cost $6, which is just ridiculous. The average price seems to be about $5 to $6 for a typical microbrew there, which is too expensive (Even for downtown). We didn't even venture to ask how much their Belgian beers are. They don't list beer prices on the menu.
Thankfully, they left one of our beers off the bill by mistake. We were not about to correct them on it.

For our second beer, we requested a schooner (Smaller than a pint) of Baron Schwarzbier. The bartender responded that they do not offer schooners. Huh? Any respectable beer bar in this city should give you the choice of getting a schooner. When we are at a beer bar with a huge selection, we want to try a large variety. Smaller beers, at a smaller price, allow that. They do have sampler trays where you pick a few beers, but we are not sure how much that costs.

All that said, we may venture into this place every now and then when in the middle of downtown. Plenty of plasma TVs for the games(BUT THEY DIDN"T HAVE THE MARINERS GAME ON, WTF IS WRONG WITH SPORTS BARS IN THIS TOWN? YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ASK...).
They also have a pretty decent happy hour food menu that is cheap.

Overall, this place will be a hit with tourists and people that don't care that they are overpaying for beer. There are so many better options in this town though. We’d take the 10 minute walk down to The Collins Pub over this place any day; they do more with 20 taps than this place does with 160.