# How many beers should a good bar have on tap? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [December 2, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261 "2019-12-02T04:13:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261/61 "2019-12-04T15:33:44Z")
Just learned what a braggot is. A wheat wine on tap? What bar? I’m originally from the SW (burbs) of Chicago. Wonder if I’ve been there. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261/62 "2019-12-04T15:41:24Z")
No mention of Cream Ales! According to some brewer friends, Cream Ales are the new beer to brew. I _like_ Cream Ales, but it is a strange sorta like. I’ve always liked Genesse Cream Ale, it was a “guilty pleasure” as it is dirt cheap. Now that many breweries are making Cream Ales, I notice that (to me) they all taste the same. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261/63 "2019-12-04T15:43:20Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Just learned what a braggot is. A wheat wine on tap? What bar? I’m originally from the SW (burbs) of Chicago. Wonder if I’ve been there. Cigars & Stripes in Berwyn, IL. Great food there, too! Ronnie (the owner) has a couple giant smokers off in the back where he barbecues wings and a variety of rotating specials. Sometimes pulled pork, sometimes smoked Italian beef (which is sinfully good), sometimes ribs, sometimes tips, etc., but always chicken wings. And four levels of barbecue/hot sauces you can put on them from mild to stupid hot. Great place; great beer; great food; great people–the sort of place where the nerdiest computer geek can hang out with alongside a rough-and-tumble motorcycle dude. If you have an appreciation for quirk, that’s the place to be. It has kind of a “if Son of Svengoolie had a bar, this would be it” vibe to it. Lots of horror/B-movie camp in that joint. Good live music, comedy nights, sports and B-movie watch parties. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261/64 "2019-12-04T15:45:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > No mention of Cream Ales! According to some brewer friends, Cream Ales are the new beer to brew. I _like_ Cream Ales, but it is a strange sorta like. I’ve always liked Genesse Cream Ale, it was a “guilty pleasure” as it is dirt cheap. Now that many breweries are making Cream Ales, I notice that (to me) they all taste the same. Interesting. I haven’t noticed that. To me, a cream ale is just a cheap, light, macro-lager-stylish beer (except as an ale.) I’m not entirely sure where the “cream” part comes from it, as there’s nothing creamy about the ones I’ve had (neither "creamy"as a nitro pour or “creamy” from the addition of lactose.) I can get on board with that, though, as you say, I can’t imagine them tasting all that much different from each other. ETA: And, speaking of Genessee Cream Ale, about ten years ago I was with my then-girflriend, now-wife at Stop 50 pizza in Michiana Shores, Indiana. At the time, especially, it was getting some rather high praise from foodies for its wood-fired pizza (and it is really good.) Their beer selection at the time was, I think, Italian Peroni, but the other beer available was Genessee Cream Ale, which my wife found hilarious, as she’s from Western New York. “They’re selling Genny for $6 a pop?” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261/66 "2020-11-04T21:22:27Z")
My favorite place is within walking distance, and it has a fairly reasonable list of beers on tap: [http://www.chillnfill.com/live-tap-list/](http://www.chillnfill.com/live-tap-list/) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261/67 "2020-11-04T22:14:22Z")
I like a place with a lot of beers on tap as I like to try different beers. but on the other hand if they have a reasonably prices Yuengling Lager I’m usually satisfied. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261.md?page=3)