• St Pat's

Posted: **Tue Mar 02, 2004 2:27 pm**

Any plans or ideas? St Pat's will be Wednesday, the 17th. I love good beer, and plan on partaking. I gather that the best places for quality on tap are Barley's, the Beer Seller, and Union Jack's. Any other suggestions? What I am looking for are places that may have the following on tap:

Guiness or Murphey's
Cider (for mixing)
Maredsous (Belgian...Yumma)
Tetley's or Boddington (English bitters)
Barley Wine or high alcohol beers

I know I can get these at Barley's, but I shudder at the thought of the crowd.

Posted: **Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:09 pm**

I can't say that they have near the beer selection that places like Barley's or Union Jack's do, and I don't know if they are doing anything in particular for that night, but you might want to check out The Urban Bar. I definitely prefer its atmosphere. I know they have Guiness on tap as well as Cider, and one of the bartenders there has come up with a great mixer with the Cider. In addition, they have dart boards and pool tables and the staff is extremely nice.
I will say that I am not sure about any of the rest of the beers there, since I am not a beer drinker. There may be others on the forum that can answer that question.

Posted: **Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:50 pm**

shadow dancer wrote:I can't say that they have near the beer selection that places like Barley's or Union Jack's do, and I don't know if they are doing anything in particular for that night, but you might want to check out The Urban Bar. I definitely prefer its atmosphere. I know they have Guiness on tap as well as Cider, and one of the bartenders there has come up with a great mixer with the Cider. In addition, they have dart boards and pool tables and the staff is extremely nice.
I will say that I am not sure about any of the rest of the beers there, since I am not a beer drinker. There may be others on the forum that can answer that question.

they have a pretty good selection of beer. don't remember everything, but i do remember they server arrogant bastard for 6.00 a bottle.

Posted: **Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:53 pm**

Union jacks is my "Cheers"

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:42 am**

HEY FUCK ASS, GET ME A BEER

its saint patty's day, it all in good fun!

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:04 am**

Yeah sit down and have a beer with us, everyone's irish on st patty's day!

Love that movie

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:52 am**

I'll buy all you fuckasses a beer on St Pat's! Isn't it sacrilage to be drinking at an English pub on that day though ;-)

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:32 pm**

yup, guess that means union jacks is out. i dunno if there are any irish pubs in knoxville.

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 1:13 pm**

there use to be a ton of them (I think they were 7 operating at the same time) but that fad passed and I think UJ is now default emerald isles.

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:59 pm**

Fuck why not get a couple of kegs and find a big field or sumthin...

Hell we could dominate Tyson Park or sumthin....

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:06 pm**

I don't think I can handle keggers anymore :lol:

There was a time I could beer bong with the best of them, but that time is no more. It's a good idea for you young 'uns, but not old onis. Union Jack's could be cool. I assume it is not very large, but it is closer to me than the Urban Bar I think, and so a cheaper cab fare.

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:22 pm**

I'm up for whattever, just let me know what the plan is. I kinda like Urban myself.

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:27 pm**

Urban sounds good to me, or we could head to memphis, I had a killer time at some little place there after my brother's first wedding. Quite an experience.

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:14 pm**

I've never been to Urban or Union Jack's, so either sounds good to me. I'm not road tripping on a weekday though, cool as Memphis would be. Is Urban bigger than Union Jack's? Baby's gots to have a place to sit and it is going to be crowded. Nothing sucks more than standing up at a bar all night :evil:

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:10 pm**

I believe McCleod's in the old city/ Market Square is still open.

Posted: **Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:44 pm**

Do I hear ...barhopping...

Posted: **Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:10 am**

The Fallen wrote:Do I hear ...barhopping...

Absolutely!!!!

Gotta have my Guiness...... :beer:

Posted: **Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:47 pm**

Onibubba wrote:I've never been to Urban or Union Jack's, so either sounds good to me. I'm not road tripping on a weekday though, cool as Memphis would be. Is Urban bigger than Union Jack's? Baby's gots to have a place to sit and it is going to be crowded. Nothing sucks more than standing up at a bar all night

I love Union Jack's and its atmosphere, don't get me wrong. I've just been in places here in Knoxville before on St. Patrick's Day, and I am afraid of the crowd that it would draw with its limited seating. As for Urban Bar, it does have a lot of seating and an outdoor patio as well.

Posted: **Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:18 pm**

shadow dancer wrote:
Onibubba wrote:I've never been to Urban or Union Jack's, so either sounds good to me. I'm not road tripping on a weekday though, cool as Memphis would be. Is Urban bigger than Union Jack's? Baby's gots to have a place to sit and it is going to be crowded. Nothing sucks more than standing up at a bar all night

I love Union Jack's and its atmosphere, don't get me wrong. I've just been in places here in Knoxville before on St. Patrick's Day, and I am afraid of the crowd that it would draw with its limited seating. As for Urban Bar, it does have a lot of seating and an outdoor patio as well.

Well we could hop between McCleods, Urban, Hannah's and a few other places in OC... :mrgreen:

Posted: **Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:20 am**

The Fallen wrote:Well we could hop between McCleods, Urban, Hannah's and a few other places in OC...

That sounds like a plan. Are they within walking distance of each other?