Dallas Bars and Brewpubs

The Knox street edition is now also on tap with their brew .
Greg Ellis (gumdoc@aol.com) says (of the Belt Line local):The Yellow Rose Cream Ale (Silver medal in 1995 GABF) was a very light bodoed ale recomended for those who would like to have a Bud but find it unavailable. If you are looking for flavor, don't choose this one.
Rodeo Red (American Pale Ale) was lightly hopped (almost none) which could be considered out of style. Palatable, but with probably a higher level of maltiness than should be expected with this category.
Shawnee Amber Ale was as weak in flavor as the cream ale.
Buffalo Ale (American Brown ale) was not quite as robust as they touted it to be. There was a distinct roasted flavor to the beer. Blackrock Bock... this is a Shiner in the rough. It is what the brewery calls "an American Style bock". Not the maltiness that one would expect from a bock. Low to no hops which is expected. This tasted like Shiner.
Texas Special 101 Porter... Very weak nose, w/ no characteristic flavors to speak of.
Strawberries and Wheat... this tasted like an artificial strawberry adjunct was used probably in the late fermentation or in the server. I am not sure what the flavor was but the beer tasted like that Coconut rum flavor from Jamaica. It may be a DMS flavor.
Cask conditioned ale... (forget this one) it was so weak I thought I ordered a glass of water. No hops, no nose, no aftertaste for God's sake. After drinking for a while I noticed an orange flavor. The only good thing about this beer is that they drew it from a beer engine. At least they got that right. Not recomded at all. Extremely disappointed with the cask ale.
The bartenders were extremely rude and only interested in serving the attractive ladies at the bar. The were very sarcastic with the customers and that alone would probably prevent me from going back anytime soon. I believe that over all the beers were ok. The flavors of the beere did follow the descriptions on the beer menu for the most part. Even if their beer was the most incredible in the world I would dock them for the rudeness of the bartenders.

English style pub with the requisite English Ales on hand.

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Belgian ales, apparently in quantity, at this bar.

Jim Peters(japeters@dal.mobil.com) reports that this place is a sports type bar with burgers, quesadillas, pizza, etc... . What makes the place unique is the wide selection of beers available, 130, and growing. The beers are divided into "kennels" of nationality and state. A true oddball offering is Frontier Lager from Evansville Indiana, 100% organic, but it lacks any other desirable characteristics.

Stan's has two bars. The original bar with more than 150 Bottled beers. The new bar or taphouse bar has over 50 beers on tap. Seperate T-shirts are available for completion of each list. There's a Stan's page here

Cochran (redstal@aol.com) reports: The best Guinness that I have found in Dallas, an authentic Irish Pub, and they claim to sell more Guinness that any other place in Texas (It is always fresh, too.)

When I visited the brewpub the offerings were a Honey Blonde Ale, a Porter, an Oatmeal Stout, and a Barleywine. Both the Porter and Stout were quite tasty and free of off flavors. The Barleywine was underhopped and a bit thin for the style, but I give points to the brewery just for attempting a somewhat difficult and expensive style. I didn't try the light Blonde offering. The food was along the ecclectic path that most brewpubs seem to offer these days. I had the chicken enchilada pizza which was quite good.
The owners of Two Rows are: Kenny Tolbert, Robert Ross, Rusty Loeffler, and Mike Brotzman. The manager is Blaine Brooks, former Oklahoma University baseball star.
paul larson (palarson@dal.mobil.com) reports:the IPA (India Pale Ale) reminds me of the best English Bitters and should definitely be tried.

Newly opened branch of the chain; this location may just be a tap-house with no "homebrew" as of yet. No other info yet.