Originally Posted by
downtownguy
Some of you young bucks talk like you discovered beer. Back in the day, there was a place on the riverfront [[before Dennis Archer had this great idea to put casinos there) called the Soup Kitchen Saloon. It was my introduction to the wide variety of beers. Back then, if you asked for a craft beer at a bar, you were asking for a beating. In addition to being a great place to hear some serious blues, the Soup Kitchen had a blackboard hanging over the dining area with perhaps 20 -- maybe more -- beers available. They weren't "craft" beers, and most came in bottles, not on tap. But it was a much larger selection than most bars had at the time. As someone else alluded to here, I always thought it would be an adventure to start at the top of list and work my way down. I never made it too far, and by the time I went back, I forget where I left off, so I might just have to drink a particular brew twice. Oh, well.