abitapubcrawl01

it’s no secret that i love Abita beer. they are not only local, but awesome. last week at work one of my friends advised a group of us that there was going to be an official pub crawl in the Warehouse district of NOLA, $1 beers at each stop. usually their pub crawls are in the Quarter, and spread out, so i’ve never gone. Friday’s crawl involved two bars i like, and it was in the Warehouse district. it was double bonus because it’d be easier to get free parking AND the bars were close together. i’d never done a pub crawl of any kind in college (apparently other people in my group had done plenty), so this was a first for me.

we met up at my friend Jim’s apartment and headed downtown. we got our wristbands and shirts (FREE!) at the first stop then went to one of the future stops to get something to eat. we had to sit outside to eat, which wasn’t the best because it was cold. despite the portable heaters, it was still cold, and we made a good effort to finish eating and head off. we went back to the first stop and got our first beers. the beer of choice was the Pecan Harvest, which i like. the other people i was with hated it when they learned what it was. too bad for them. i drank Jim’s since he took one sip and hated it. obviously i was not rolling with people used to drinking something other than PBR. (not that there’s anything wrong with that)

the 2nd stop was Lucy’s, which i have visited many times. the pub crawl was directed to the 2nd floor, which was nice, because it was inside AND warm. the beer was flowing out of two taps, Amber and Jockamo (an IPA that i don’t like). i made sure not to be getting the Jockamo, but the bartender assured me “it doesn’t matter, they’re both Pecan”. my friends seemed to enjoy the beer at the 2nd location, even though it was the SAME BEER. it was kind of like one of those social experiment where someone’s given a placebo, and they think they’re getting something great, but they’re really not.

the third stop was called Vic’s, and was somehow related to Australia. they had a Koala bear surfing on a wire above the bar. anyway, they were serving the beer in smaller non Abita cups than the previous stops, so the $1 was not worth as much there. cheap way to participate i thought, and we only stayed there for one drink.

the last two stops were right across the street from each other, and we returned to the standard Abita cups. both bars had ample room inside, so we were able to finally sit down in the final stop and enjoy warmth and conversation. it was kind of cool, because we were able to walk around, see a bunch of people, even go to the Miracle on Fulton Street. what was also great was to talk to people who i’d only see in meetings, and we even saw one of our managers out there. it was an excellent evening, even if it included me living a real life episode of HIMYM, but that’s for another time.