St Louis Beer Guide

[actualethos]

Moonrise is great, and the rooftop bar is really cool, also very close to three kings which typically has an excellent draft list. Also, yes, a very short Uber ride to places like Side Project Cellar.

 

[Jaminjohnson]

I ended up getting a real good price on http://moonrisehotel.com/ using hotels tonight and it was a short Uber ride from side project and right in the middle of a pretty popular part of town. Also if you are looking for a good place to get bottles I highly recommend Fields Foods.

Did you walk over to fork & stix and eat some Thai?

 

[BigToad22]

Anyone swinging by side project tonight or is everyone at the perennial release?

 

[wuntrikpony]

Heading to SP tonight if anyone wants to touch tips.

 

[Os]

is "The Hill" a good area to stay?

 

[FTowne1]

is "The Hill" a good area to stay?

If you love eating Italian food, absolutely.

 

[beerindex]

is "The Hill" a good area to stay?

Depends on where else you plan to go and whether or not you have a car. It certainly isn't one of the most lively areas of the city. Truth be told, people go there mostly to eat, because as FTowne said, that is where many of the better options concentrate. But personally, I'd rather stay in the Central West End or Downtown, maybe the Delmar Loop in University City.

As an aside, if you choose to spend time in the Hill and you're a cigar guy, you should hit up The Hill Cigar Co. Best selection of cigars in town. You've got to buy your sticks there (and they can be a bit militant about it; you can't buy stick A there but smoke stick B that you bought elsewhere), but they are BYOB, and you can bring in outside food; I suggest getting the salami from Adam's Smokehouse and then heading over for a cigar.

 

[mcgrupp1922]

Will be in St Louis this week.. anyone want some Jackie O's stuff? Your city is flooded with good beer so I'm sure we can figure something out

 

[Compton25]

Anyone here for the Coffee Abraxas release?? Love to meet some STL TBers!

 

[SheerHeartAttack]

mission taco though

 

[PSUMike]

Doesn't look like this thread gets a lot of play but I'll throw it out here anyway. I'll be in StL for business tomorrow and plan on spending a good bit of time at Side Project. Flight lands at 1240 CST so I'll head down to my hotel or grab some food before getting there around open. If anyone wants to split some bottles, I'd like to crack all the on-site SP bottles I can so let me know if there's any interest.

 

[ccbstl]

I'll probably be at the cellar around 5 or 530 tomorrow if you want to split a bottle or two. The staff will help finding someone to split with if it comes to that.

They should also have some cool stuff on tap as well

http://www.sideprojectbrewing.com/blog/b5jsj4rx4keesms2mjywtb7zej6d8n

PSUMike

 

[PSUMike]

I'll probably be at the cellar around 5 or 530 tomorrow if you want to split a bottle or two. The staff will help finding someone to split with if it comes to that.

They should also have some cool stuff on tap as well

http://www.sideprojectbrewing.com/blog/b5jsj4rx4keesms2mjywtb7zej6d8n

PSUMike

Can make that happen. I have some stops I can make in between.

 

[ccbstl]

FYI

 

[PSUMike]

WHERE THE HELL IS THAT?!?

 

[ccbstl]

SP Cellar, they might have a cool surprise or two tomorrow

 

[PSUMike]

Didn't recognize it. Have only been there once and it was like 2-3 years ago.

 

[2plums4one]

I'm driving in from NC and will arrive early tomorrow morning. Will be hitting up SP mostly on Thursday, schafly Saturday, and then Perennial for the party Saturday afternoon. If anyone wants to split some on-site bottles at sp let me know. Also, does anyone know if there are any other releases I should look out for in STL this weekend?

 

[Os]

actually looking like I'll be travelling out there in the next month or two. Any week/weekend I should shoot for?

I think I asked before, but is STL Uber friendly? will I be able to get around from Downtown to SideProject, etc?

 

[ccbstl]

actually looking like I'll be travelling out there in the next month or two. Any week/weekend I should shoot for?

I think I asked before, but is STL Uber friendly? will I be able to get around from Downtown to SideProject, etc?

STL is uber friendly, and it's probably about $20 and 15-20 minutes to get from downtown to the SP cellar or brewery.

As for a weekend to shoot for there's the Brewer's Heritage Festival on June 3rd on the riverfront. It's put on by the STL Brewers Guild which is made up of pretty much every brewery within 100 miles. It's a cool event. SP seems to release something just about every weekend now, but I can't think of any other events off the top of my head.

 

[Os]

STL is uber friendly, and it's probably about $20 and 15-20 minutes to get from downtown to the SP cellar or brewery.

As for a weekend to shoot for there's the Brewer's Heritage Festival on June 3rd on the riverfront. It's put on by the STL Brewers Guild which is made up of pretty much every brewery within 100 miles. It's a cool event. SP seems to release something just about every weekend now, but I can't think of any other events off the top of my head.

awesome! Thank you much...

 

[hobeawr]

I'm driving in from NC and will arrive early tomorrow morning. Will be hitting up SP mostly on Thursday, schafly Saturday, and then Perennial for the party Saturday afternoon. If anyone wants to split some on-site bottles at sp let me know. Also, does anyone know if there are any other releases I should look out for in STL this weekend?

Schlafly Downtown - Port/Cacao Stout @ 11am
Side Project/Shared - Proof of Concept 3 & Biere du Pays @ 12pm (get whatever Bolyards is serving for food on site that day)
Narrow Gauge - OJ Run Crowlers 3pp if its still going

 

[beerindex]

Schlafly Downtown - Port/Cacao Stout @ 11am

Having trouble finding out any info on this. Some details would be much appreciated so that I can have my friend swing by.

 

[hobeawr]

Having trouble finding out any info on this. Some details would be much appreciated so that I can have my friend swing by.

Its not letting me link to the post, but its called 'The Variant' on this FB page a couple down:

https://www.facebook.com/SchlaflyBeer/

 

[beerindex]

Its not letting me link to the post, but its called 'The Variant' on this FB page a couple down:

https://www.facebook.com/SchlaflyBeer/

Great, thanks. Before I send my friend into such chaos, how crazy do Ibex releases at Schlafly usually get?

 

[hobeawr]

This is the first one ever and its at nearly the same time as the Side Project one so really hard to say.

 

[beerindex]

Oh, good to know. I figured Eleventh Labor was a brewery release given the Ibex branding. Shows how little I know. I guess I'll just tell him to swing by if he has time and the crowds aren't too crazy, since he lives less than 10 minutes away. If I miss out, so be it.

 

[hobeawr]

Oh, good to know. I figured Eleventh Labor was a brewery release given the Ibex branding. Shows how little I know. I guess I'll just tell him to swing by if he has time and the crowds aren't too crazy, since he lives less than 10 minutes away. If I miss out, so be it.

As far as this goes, this is a new brand of 'Ibex Rare'. Eleventh Labor and others have seen distro to at least KC if not other markets. Good luck!

 

[hobeawr]

Some additional info: http://saintbrewis.com/beer-blog/first-draught-schlafly-variant/

 

[beerindex]

FYI, St Louis is now getting a Hopcat.