Let me preface this by saying that I am a little
but I really wanted to remember this story so I will try.
Allow me to attempt to set this one up. Me and two friends go to a local place that has been open for a little while, an off-shoot of a local brewery. They just built a restaurant/pub (they do not brew on premises but have a few of the brewery beers on tap). They offer some decent craft beers and have a high end menu. We get there and I ask for a beer menu. I receive the attached beer menu. My first impression was, barrel shipped beer? WTF is that? Do they mean kegged beer? I would find out later that no, they did not. Anyway, the second thing I noticed was that it just named the breweries and not the specific beer. Conversation went like this:
Me: Which Dogfish Head beer do you have?
Bartender: I'm not sure. It's really dark though.
Me: Ok....which Great Lakes beer do you have?
Bartender: I don't know, do you want me to find out?
Me: No that's ok. Can you ask which Dogfish Head beer it is though?
Bartender: Sure. (She calls the upstairs bar and returns) It's just the Dogfish Head. Would you like one?
Me: No thanks. I'll just keep looking at the selection.
At this point I decide to walk upstairs to check out the taps for myself. I find that it is indeed the Dogfish Head 60 Min IPA (clearly stated on the tap handle). I look over a few more and see the Ithaca Country Pumpkin Ale. I then proceed to chat with the upstairs bartender.
Me: Can I try the Ithaca Pumpkin Ale?
Bartender: DO you just want a sample or a glass?
Me: No, I'll take a pint
Bartender: It's actually a pilsner
To myself (WTF?? no...ok...whatever)
So I go back downstairs with my pumpkin ALE. I know the bartender downstairs will question how I have a beer without her serving it but I play it cool. ****, bartender notices.
Bartender: What did you get?
Me: Ithaca Pumpkin ALE
Bartender: You should have just told me, I would have gotten it for you.
(Me thinking to myself, I would have if you knew which freakin beers each brewery had on tap).
(Check the pic of the menu at this point and you will see it clearly just says Ithaca)
Anyway, this post has officially taken me about 20 mins to post so I will quit now.
Long story short, there were a few other things that went on before we left that I won't get into because it's not beer related.
Sorry for the long post