21st Amendment let down

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Lucky's Tap Room and Eatery

I know you all know my love of beer so you can just imagine how excited I was to find out Dayton was getting a new place that was going to be serving craft beer. I really wanted to go to Lucky's Tap room located in Oregon district. The location is great! You can do a little bar crawl if you so desire. It is walking distance from Blind Bob's and Trolley Stop which both have a decent craft beer menu.

So let me just say in advance that maybe I expect too much from a place that is a tap room or specializes in craft beer. I do not want to be pretentious nor do I want to be a beer snob, but after this visit to Lucky's I had to do some serious thinking. So here goes...Upon arrival we were not greeted by staff. No one said hello. Not a peep. We were at the bar a good 5 or so minutes with out being acknowledged. I am used to getting at least a hello when I sit at the bar almost immediately after sitting down. Did not happen at Lucky's . I immediately asked for a beer menu. I was informed that the taps rotate too often for that so there was no menu. Ok fine so I waited for him to tell me what he had...but he walked off. The waiter over heard and handed us his cheat sheet he wrote down. So I picked Goose Island Pepe Nero. Now here is where I do not want to sound like a beer snob cause I am not but it was served in a reg COLD ( wet) beer glass. Look I guess I expected it to be served in a tulip type glass Belgian styles are normally served in but that is ok. What was not ok was the COLD WET glass. To me that is a big ugh. I just want to enjoy my beer. I like the taste after it was warmed a little and if the glass is cold I have to wait that much longer.

I had no idea what a few of the beers on tap were or what styles they were. Well the sad thing is the bartender did not know either. If he doesn't know what he is serving maybe he shouldn't be serving it? I was not told they had a bottle can selection either. Their doors are not glass so you can not see what is down in the cold cases. The owner happened to be helping out and opened and I peeked in a noticed some real gems! I settled on a Dark Horse Reserve that was boasted to be "ice cold" again...to me a big no no and of course it was served to be with a wet cold glass.

So my suggestions that would make Lucky's better? Have a chalk board with a current list of beers on tap and in bottle or can. That way customers can know what is available. Also the bartenders need to know about the beer...what style is it? Who is it made by..etc. I love a good bartender who asks what I like and then gives me suggestions based on what they have in. Ex: I love a good IPA so he could have suggested his Lucky U IPA, Bear Republic Racer 5 etc.

I can say the price point at Lucky's was great. Nothing was over 6 bucks and for craft beer around here that is a good deal.

Starting over

    I have decided to scrap my initial intentions for this blog and take it another route. I am not sure anyone ever really reads my blogs so I am sure it won't matter to anyone. So what am I going to do with this blog? I am going to try to keep it related to food, beer, and my adventures. As most of you know I divulge way too much information about my life and my thoughts so this blog is less about my personal happenings and more about what I am enjoying as far as beer and eating goes. 
     I will post beer reviews of my own kind. Good and bad experiences at pubs, taprooms, and other places that serve good beer or good food! 
  To get things started I am going to move a few posts from my more personal blog to this blog!