Final Round of STL Photos

I've been swamped lately but had promised some more pics from the St. Louis trip over the 4th Of July weekend (see Charleville visit here and Alpha Brewing visit here) so I'm just putting the visits to Busch Stadium, Flying Saucer, Schlafly Tap Room, Morgan Street Brewery and Urban Chestnut (midtown) all in one. See how efficient I am? Also, it's the lazy man's way. Dang it, I've been busy I tell you! So here ya go, with some captions.

Here's the rest of my beer list:

Flying Saucer: Bell's Two Hearted Ale (one of my faves even more wonderful on draft), 4 Hands Reprise Centennial Red, Perennial Saison de Lis, 4 Hands Single Speed Session

Busch Stadium: Urban Chestnut Schnicklefritz, Urban Chestnut Winged Nut, Goose Island Honkers Ale

Urban Chestnut: Pierre's Wit, Apotheosis

Morgan Street Brewery: Virgin Territory, Summit This Summit That

Schlafly Tap Room: Oatmeal Stout, Dry Hopped APA, No. 15

 

This was my first visit to the newest Flying Saucer location, my 8th Saucer overall!

4 Hands Single Speed Session at Flying Saucer

2 Tickets to Paradise to me

Perrennial Saison de Lis is excellent

4 Hands Centennial Reprise Red at Flying Saucer

This is the selection of Urban Chestnut at Busch Stadium... $7.50 a pop (worth it)

Not a great view on the first night, but we were sitting in a bar basically

A Virgin Territory at Morgan Street Brewery

The tap selection board at Morgan Street Brewery

Better view day 2

One of my favorites in the Lou, the Schlafly Tap Room

A Delicious Dry-Hopped APA at the Schlafly Tap Room

Lots of choices at the Schlafly Tap Room

Beautiful tap wall at the STL Flying Saucer

Urban Chestnut beer garden area

Urban Chestnut tap selection

Urban Chestnut

Delicious Pierre's Wit at Urban Chestnut

Separate bar outdoors, all on same system. Your tab is running where ever you are.

Apotheosis with a fantastic brat and kraut in the garden

Brewing area at Urban Chestnut

We came to Schlafly Tap Room for the dinner and beer, stayed for some live music.

A Quick Visit To Alpha Brewing

The wife and I visited one of my favorite cities, St Louis, over the 4th of July weekend to take in a couple of Cardinal's games and some local flavor. It was my first trip there in almost 5 years, after going up almost every Summer for at least a weekend series for a decade. A lot has changed, especially in their beer scene. It seems there are new breweries popping up all over, like a lot of American cities now. We hit a few, but it became pretty apparent I need to get back up there much more often and see some more.

First up was Alpha Brewing, a microbrewery and taproom downtown (1409 Washington Ave Rear). I had their Berlinerweisse, which they add raspberry syrup to. It sweetens up what is a nice, clean, tart easy drinker. Very nice. They tapped a cask of their Storter (malty, dark chocolate) with mustard seeds added, which was very interesting, and my wife had the Pacific Gem, a nice IPA made with an experimental New Zealand hop. I also brought home a bottle of their coffee beer, Kofe Karmel, which I'll be digging into soon.

All in all a pretty cool place. Nice set-up, good beer, nice people. Recommended. I hope to get to stay a bit longer on my next visit.

Here's a few pics:

Patio seating at Alpha Brewing

Tap wall, all house brews

A beautiful Berlinerweise

Sipsters are a club of their regular patrons

Cool artwork at Alpha Brewing

We'll definitely be back to Alpha Brewing