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Imagine you own a bar with 6 beer taps...

Which beers would you have on tap?

I was drinking a Seef from the Antwerpse Brouw Companie[↗] the other day and the thought struck me that if I owned a bar I would have it permanently on tap. It's sweet, refreshing, approachable and easily drinkable - perfect as a standard beer offering.

That thought got me thinking about which other beers I would consider having on tap and if I owned a bar with 6 taps, what I would have on them.

This is the list I came up with:

  1. Antwerpse Brouw Companie Seef (hazy blond, 6.5%)
  2. Frontaal Juice Punch (NEIPA, 5.8%)
  3. La Trappe Nillis (Non-alcoholic, 0.0%)
  4. Seasonal tap 1
  5. Guests choice tap 2
  6. Hand pull for (UK) cask beers (hey, it's my dream bar, anything is possible)

It actually took me longer than I expected to choose which ones I wanted and I'm still not 100% sure about them... And also I feel like I cheated at my own challenge with two of the taps.

In any case, I tried to find a balance between beers I like and beers that customers would buy, although naturally it will swing more towards the former than the latter. And of course my choice is heavily impacted by where I live/have lived.

What beers would you have on tap if you owned a bar with 6 taps?

  1. Hefeweizen in summer, bock in autumn, something strong and sweet like a barley wine in winter, something pale like a lager in spring.↩

  2. I shamelessly stole this idea from my wife - a tap where the visitors to the bar can vote what the next beer will be.↩

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