Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 (edited) The Forest Cafe is still there and it's still great food... and usually good beer too. They always have at least one German beer on tap. During the summer is Franziskaner Hefe Weiss too. Yum. Forest Cafe? Some Harvard yuppie joint? Shame on you Kevin....you KNOW that the place to go for good brew is Jacob Wirth? ....140 years and still going strong (well, last Dec. they were anyway. ). Look at that bar setup w/the porcelain taps, Catesta....and that mammoth well-aged & smoked chunk-o-ancient oak behind the bar. No suds sitting in that line for 10 days and getting stale like at so many other joints......those lines flow like a fountain. http://www.jacobwirth.com/index4_1.html IMPORTED DRAFT BEER pint pitcher Spaten Lite, Germany $4.25 $17 Spaten Optimator, Germany $4.25 $17 Hoffbrau Original, Germany $5 $16 Warsteiner Pilsner, Germany $4.25 $17 Ayinger Celebrator, Germany $6.50 $28 Hoegarden White, Belgium $4.25 $17 Stella Artois Lager, Belgium $4.25 $17 Bass Ale, England $4.25 $17 Frankenheim Alt, Germany $5 $20 Fransiskaner Double Bock Weissbier, Germany $6 $19 Paulaner Hefeweizen Wheat, Germany (20 oz. / pitcher) $6.50 $20 Warsteiner Premium Dunkel Dark, Germany (20 oz. / pitcher) $5 $20 Youngs Double Chocolate Stout, England $5 $20 Guinness Stout, Dublin, Ireland $5 $16 Clausthaler Premium Non-Alcoholic, Germany (12 oz. bottle) $3.75 Martens Low Carb Lager, Belgium(12oz. bottle) $3.75 Edited January 11, 2005 by Son-of-a-Weizen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 (edited) SJ, are you friends with Michael McGerr? He's a friend of mine who teaches here at Indiana University--pretty sure he's mentioned you to me before. In any case, glad to have you aboard! Edited January 11, 2005 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 ....uh...err...where's the guest of honor? here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 (edited) The Forest Cafe is still there and it's still great food... and usually good beer too. They always have at least one German beer on tap. During the summer is Franziskaner Hefe Weiss too. Yum. Forest Cafe? Some Harvard yuppie joint? absotutely not. just the best real live south of the border chow (yet i have not been in a couple years but the best IMO these days is Cafe Azteca in Lawrence right by the courthouse and closer to Kevin). half of the Forest was an Irish bar, split right down the middle long ways. Yuppie must be the Border Cafe your thinking of. just don't let Joe Christmas know. Edited January 11, 2005 by Man with the Golden Arm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 (edited) Forest Cafe? Some Harvard yuppie joint? Shame on you Kevin....you KNOW that the place to go for good brew is Jacob Wirth? ....140 years and still going strong (well, last Dec. they were anyway. ). Look at that bar setup w/the porcelain taps, Catesta....and that mammoth well-aged & smoked chunk-o-ancient oak behind the bar. No suds sitting in that line for 10 days and getting stale like at so many other joints......those lines flow like a fountain. http://www.jacobwirth.com/index4_1.html IMPORTED DRAFT BEER pint pitcher Spaten Lite, Germany $4.25 $17 Spaten Optimator, Germany $4.25 $17 Hoffbrau Original, Germany $5 $16 Warsteiner Pilsner, Germany $4.25 $17 Ayinger Celebrator, Germany $6.50 $28 Hoegarden White, Belgium $4.25 $17 Stella Artois Lager, Belgium $4.25 $17 Bass Ale, England $4.25 $17 Frankenheim Alt, Germany $5 $20 Fransiskaner Double Bock Weissbier, Germany $6 $19 Paulaner Hefeweizen Wheat, Germany (20 oz. / pitcher) $6.50 $20 Warsteiner Premium Dunkel Dark, Germany (20 oz. / pitcher) $5 $20 Youngs Double Chocolate Stout, England $5 $20 Guinness Stout, Dublin, Ireland $5 $16 Clausthaler Premium Non-Alcoholic, Germany (12 oz. bottle) $3.75 Martens Low Carb Lager, Belgium(12oz. bottle) $3.75 Weizen, only one hefe-weiss? Nah, I wouldn't go there before I went to Ed Miller's Wirtshaus in Metheun. Ed pours about 6 or 7 hefes, depending on what he can get any week. The last time I was in there, I had a choice between Ayinger, Tucher, Weihenstephaner, Franziskaner, Julius Echter, Schneider-Weiss and Paulaner. BTW, have you ever used this website to find good German restaurants. I was surprised to find it. Seeing it list the Wirtshaus as well as my favorite, The Student Prince in Springfield, I'm going to have to investigate this more. Later, Kevin Edited January 11, 2005 by Kevin Bresnahan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 (edited) Weizen, only one hefe-weiss? Julius Echter, Well, two --- that Franziskaner Doppelbock is like a Schneider Weisse on steroids. Interesting link you posted....definitely not familiar with that place in Methuen. Has it been around for eons? I've never seen Julius Echter on tap and assume you're talking bottles? If not, consider yourself a very lucky man! ...and get the guest room all fixed up 'cause I'll be right up! Edited January 11, 2005 by Son-of-a-Weizen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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