craft beer bar with pours by the ounce.

[fluketamer]

i went to the coolest craft bar last week. they offer pours by the ounce with over 30 taps. they give you a debit card and you place it by the tap and then pour as much as you want. they charge by the ounce. it was about 40 to 80 cents per ounce. the higher end ones were the imperial stouts and hazies etc. most were around 50 cents.
they had all sizes of beer glasses down to 4 ounce tasters and up to pitchers. they had growlers for takeaway or you can bring your own favorite glass. (or growler)

its obviously not cheap but the ability to pour whatever you want made it the best craft bar i have ever been to. you could literally pour a 1 ounce taste and then decide if you want more. the selection was amazing. aside from all manners of beer ale stout and lager they also had 2 ciders a mead and sangria. it was nice not to have to "invest" in 12 ounces of beer that i didint particularly prefer. i dont think it is a chain. has anyone else been to a pour by the ounce bar. or have you ever heard of one.
i am not affiliated so dont want to mention the name. finback ipa rolling in clouds from queens is prolly one of the best hazies i have had - OMG

btw they had amazing hand carved tap handles (including a wooden peni$ for bud light drinkers to have to grab onto- which i thought was a cute touch - no pun intended)

 

[jschein]

I at one called Aspire in Middletown NY. It was a novelty, the beers we had were not good.

 

[Broothru]

We had a local movie house located in the (then) failing mall. They had divided it into two smaller theaters shortly before Covid. Ooops. But rather than throw in the towel, they doubled down and divided the two theaters into eight mini theaters that were each about the size of a boutique screening room. Rather than eight simultaneous movie projections at a time, they ran two or three which left time for a deep cleaning and sanitizing of each theater after a viewing.

The individual theaters were able to "seat" maybe 80-100 people, but only 20-25 were allowed at any one showing. A popular experience was for families or extended small social groups to rent the entire theater for the evening and select from a wide list of current first run feature films. The large foyer allowed for considerable social distancing, and a high volume automated snack bar allowed for typical movie house fare. They also had a similar "Buy by the ounce" self-serve beer quay with 20~30 national as well as local beers on tap. You would pre-pay with a debit card sold at the ticket box.

The theater did enough business to remain open during the 18 to 24 month lock-down period, providing a much appreciated relief from the social isolation of that time. Even though the bustling Mall is now virtually boarded over, the parking lot by the multiplex cinema is usually packed. The only other ongoing businesses there are a Home Depot on one end, and a discount department store on the other, the only survivors of a busy mall that was once home for 100 or more shops, as well as countless after school teeny boppers and old geriatrics doing laps around the mall's interior.

 

[mac_1103]

We used to have one of those here but it didn't last. Good beers, great selection, perfect location... and they still couldn't make a go of it. There's also one we like to visit when we're at the beach (NC outer banks).

 

[Rish]

Went to one in Montgomery, AL. I really like the concept. The one I went to didn't have quite as many taps but several beers I enjoyed.

wooden peni$ for bud light drinkers

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I've been to First Draft in Denver, which is the same concept. Cool place.

We have a similar place that's wine-focused here in our city. Not by the ounce, but the same pre-paid card and then you have the choice of three selections for a 1.5, 3, or 4.5 ounce pour.

 

[matt_m]

There was one of these in Reading PA I went to while in the area for work in 2019 but last I looked had closed. More recently we went to one south of Myrtle Beach. Couldn't tell you the town but somewhere down around Murrels Inlet and Pawley's Island. I like the concept because of the ability to do smaller pours than a typical flight to try things I probably would be less likely to try otherwise.