re: The Draft House, with 95 taps, to open in former 3rd Street Pub downtown

The problem with only 20 taps down here is you still need to have BMC BS on tap.

What an idiot.. No need for that many taps down town, they won't sell enough product for that... Ohh wait Delgado has to launder his political money somehow.

I'm kidding.. That guy is a no-body who thinks he is a big shot

I don't know why The Draft House won't serve food. Or why they didn't serve food at Punchers/Third Street Pub. I think that's a given for a bar that wants to bring in an after work crowd and has a sports theme, to serve burgers, fries, chicken sandwiches. I'm not a huge fan of Walk-On's, but I'm waiting for that downtown location to show up. It will be nice to have a place within walking distance where I can drink a beer, eat a burger and watch a game with a bunch of people.

I think all of the apartments opening up downtown and the IBM building will be a game changer for the area. That will be a big source of customers. And I think most of the people living downtown and working at IBM will be young and somewhat affluent, so they'll want to go out and drink.

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don't know why The Draft House won't serve food

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IBMers don't like food

I don't know if they have a kitchen. I think Punchers briefly served food. I imagine building a small kitchen would probably pay for itself fairly quickly. Or work out a deal with IPO where people order off a limited menu, they cook the order at IPO and the dish gets pushed through an opening between the two places.

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The problem with only 20 taps down here is you still need to have BMC BS on tap.

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I don't really see how the 20 rotating taps model would work at this location like people are advocating. They would have to have somebody running the place to who is competent enough to continuously curate the tap list. It can definitely be done with our distro in Louisiana (see recent list posted from Courtyard in Nola), but it requires someone who really knows what the hell they are doing. If the Bulldog can manage to not have a single IPA available at a certain point in time with 80 taps, then shite like that can all too easily happen with 20 taps.

The number of taps probably needs to be large enough to distinguish it as a beer destination among the general population and that isn't going to happen with 20 taps. At that location, it can't survive from the maven population alone. Is 95 taps too many? Probably so, but I don't think it seals their doom by any means. People talk about stuff not being fresh, but the general population isn't really keen on this stuff like most of the people posting in this thread are. And it is not critical for all styles.

Also, people keep bringing up how little action downtown BR has on certain nights, etc as a reason for failure, but that hasn't stopped other bars from being successful. I'm assuming Huey's is doing well if these guys are trying to open another bar right across the street.

I'm referring to a certain point in time a couple years ago when The Bulldog didn't have a single IPA on tap. I think tap handles showed a couple, but they were kicked.

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mango ipa

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Destihl? Sounds like it.

Dunno. It was busy so I tasted a sample and just said yea give me a pint.