the obsession with the avenue pub

Most of the year they quite a bit of beer you aren't getting at any other bar in the state. And for beer mavens, their special events are off the charts.
The bourbon and scotch selections upstairs are pretty good.
Hey, but if it isn't your thing, that is ok too

I said it is a great bar. Used to go years ago before I started to really drink good beer and in the past few years the place has been talked up as the best beer bar on the planet. Been twice recently and wasn't that impressed. I guess my expectations were too high and out of reach. I was banking on the draft selection to be out of this world. It isnt

Like I said though it is a great bar.

It's the best beer bar in the state. We don't have much, so this makes us happy.

The selection has been really down the last few weeks.

A Pub > Hay Merchant IMO

Best in the city no doubt.

Disagree about the second part, though. If she can't appreciate Avenue I probably wont have much in common with her. Probably wouldn't take her there on a first date, but I also am typically gonna hide my beer snobbery on a first date anyway. Unless it ends at my place. Then the boxes of beer everywhere are gonna give me away.

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Is it because of the bottle selection?

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They do have a fantastic bottle selection.

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Asking this because the draft selection isn't up to par with the praise this place gets.

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I'm looking at the list right now and seeing great things I never/rarely see in BR like:

Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break DeCicco's Version (amazing beer IMO)
Oude Gueuze Tilquin
Struise Blackberry Black Albert
Struise Black Damnation III Black Mes
De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis (Aged in Wild Turkey Barrels

This is along with a nice selection of locals and other American craft beer that is available. So I don't see a damn thing wrong with the current draft list. And a lot of times it is better than this. Nice variety of styles from all over. They usually work hard to get whatever one-offs or good seasonals come from the breweries that distribute here.

Also, Polly is really dedicated to properly handling and serving of the the beer. Everything comes in the right glassware with appropriately sized pours. Lines are cleaned out every two weeks at a minimum (see other places can even tell you how often their lines are cleaned). They have a great draft system such that beer doesn't have to travel far to get from the keg to your glass.

Their special events are really where they shine. Did you see the list of events and lineup of beers that were served during ACBW last year? It was out of this world. The grand tasting alone has an amazing selection of beers new and aged. On Zwanze Day she always has way more loon goodies available than other places around the country. She maintains a cellar that allows her to offer aged beers for special events or other random times. I haven't been one special event that wasn't properly organized or unpleasant.

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haven't been one special event that wasn't properly organized or unpleasant.

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My personal well traveled beer experts tell me that, while there are better taverns in certain parts of the country, the AP is pretty damned good. Certainly the best in Louisiana. And, yes, the special events/releases are supposed to be "whassup".

I plan on being an expert within the next couple of months and I'll settle this shite once and for all.