Go Out and Drink

The Green Parrot, restaurant and pub, has something for everyone: happy hour specials include discounted beers, wines, cocktails, and appetizers all week.

Tuesday’s Quizzo crowd filled up the tabletops and most of the seats at the bar.  The atmosphere was fun and light-hearted.

To start, I had a $6 flight that included Stone IPA, High Noon Saloon Rudolph Red Nosed Ale, Weyerbacher Winter Ale, and Dogfish Head Chicory Stout.

I shared my flight with a self-proclaimed craft beer expert, and his opinion is that Stone IPA is never a disappointment.  He loves the flavors and the consistency.

My palate is still a little sensitive to a high hoppy taste, so all I needed were a few sips.*

The Dogfish Head Chicory Stout** was a pleasant surprise: it had a sweet coffee taste and a beautiful dark color. 

The highlight of my night was a mesmerizing chalice glass of Flying Fish Exit 4.  With a 9.5% ABV and a smooth Belgian taste, I had to be sure to drink only one.

Besides the craft beers, you can order Stella Artois, Smithwick’s, Boddington, Yuengling, Bass, Guinness, and Magner’s.  In all, the pub has 24 taps.

Bob Lutz, the beer master of the pub, knows his customers and his business, so he makes successful draft selections. 

Lutz is a man with a business model that works.  He understands the rifts that the Craft Beer World is creating, and he shifting with them.

Although his Newtown-Yardley cliental still demands a lot of Miller Lite, Lutz maintains about eight rotating taps of craft beer. He aims to give his craft beer customers beers with higher ABVs, and he tries to serve them in the proper glass. 

Treat yourself to a night out and a few drinks.  

My advice is to make the first drink a craft beer.

And, rumor has it…

…The Green Parrot is the place to be on St. Patrick’s Day.

*Beer Tasting Lesson: always smell the beer first and take at least two sips.

**History Lesson: The Chicory Stout was one of the first beers Dogfish brewed back in 1995 when they opened.