{"id":1877,"date":"2012-03-09T08:22:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T13:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2012-03-08T22:33:38","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T03:33:38","slug":"dueling-brew-another-beer-idea-for-citi-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2012\/03\/09\/dueling-brew-another-beer-idea-for-citi-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Dueling Brews: Another Beer Idea For Citi Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Terrapin<\/a>\"Brooklyn<\/a>This is an idea I’ve been bouncing around for a while, and then\u00a0The Crazy Mets Fan<\/a> made a comment on Twitter to Matt Cerrone<\/a> that he should get a pub in Citi Field called Cerrone’s with some nice IPAs. \u00a0I chimed in (and you can follow me on Twitter here<\/a>) that they should do dueling brews.<\/p>\n

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This started as a thought about a variable beer menu at Citi Field. \u00a0The best beer bars are not the ones with a good selection, but the ones with a rotating selection of seasonal and small release beers. \u00a0The idea was solidified while following the Giants Super Bowl run this year. \u00a0 Brooklyn Brewery in New York and Anchor Steam in San\u00a0Francisco\u00a0made a wager on the NFC Championship game that the team’s brewery that lost would serve the beers of the other brewery. \u00a0Brooklyn beers flowed in San Francisco<\/a>, and it was wonderful.<\/p>\n

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So why not do the same thing at Citi Field? \u00a0We know which teams are coming in for each homestand. \u00a0Why not have two rotating taps, one serving beers local to New York (minus the Bronx) and one serving beers from the city of the away team. \u00a0These two taps would ‘duel’ until one was empty, becoming the winner. \u00a0I’m not quite sure what the beer would win besides an announcement that it’d won, but it’d be a fun way to introduce Mets fans to the brews of their enemy and provide the beer-loving masses, who’s size is underestimated, with some nice beer to drink while watching baseball.<\/p>\n

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The first homestand features the Braves and the Nationals. \u00a0I don’t know what the availability and distribution rules are for acquiring beer from far away places, but Terrapin <\/a>is an Atlanta brewery that you can find in New York, so it’d be a good choice. \u00a0Washington DC is a little tougher, and perhaps the toughest baseball city. \u00a0Baltimore has some options, but that’s a different team. \u00a0Shenandoah Brewing<\/a> bills itself as Washington DC’s only brewery, but as far as I know they don’t distribute to New York. \u00a0 Flying Dog<\/a> is nearby, but it’s based in Maryland and equidistant to Baltimore. \u00a0On the other hand, AL is junior league baseball and it doesn’t really count.<\/p>\n

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I think this would be a cool idea. \u00a0Citi Field needs more distinctive beers outside of the Anheuser Busch distribution agreement and why not tie it to what’s going on on the field? \u00a0That’s why we all go there after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is an idea I’ve been bouncing around for a while, and then\u00a0The Crazy Mets Fan made a comment on Twitter to Matt Cerrone that he should get a pub in Citi Field called Cerrone’s with some nice IPAs. \u00a0I chimed in (and you can follow me on Twitter here) that they should do dueling … <\/p>\n

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