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| Redlight Redlight in Orlando, FL. Image: Redlight Redlight |
Last week, What's On Tap suggested craft beer seekers crash the college town of Athens, Ga., while the students are away. This week, why not leave your kids at home during that summer trip to Orlando? Drop the tykes off at Grandma's, lie about the location of Disney World and add world-renowned Florida bar Redlight Redlight to the vacation itinerary.
For more than four years, this hip and particularly well-stocked pub has been a must for seekers of rare brews. And now is as perfect a time as any to pop in as they celebrate Christmas in July. "We saved most of the Christmas beers," says owner Brent Hernandez, including a couple kegs dating back to 2005. "We do a lot of aging and have a pretty solid vintage list."
See all 21 beers on tap as of Monday and learn more about Redlight Redlight after the jump. ...
But patrons need not be knowledgeable in Belgian beer vintages to have a great time. Redlight Redlight prefers to cater to "people who just like good beer" and occasionally good music, with live jazz every Thursday and other handpicked performances as the bar sees fit.
Although for selective suds, locales like California and Colorado may come to mind more quickly than swampy Florida, Hernandez thinks that's an attitude worth changing: "The scene is growing dramatically. The number of craft beers [here] increases monthly." In fact, his current draft list features three Florida breweries: Cigar City, Dunedin and the awesomely-named Holy Mackerel.
- Anchor Christmas
- St Bernardus Christmas
- St Feuillien Noel
- Corsendonk Christmas
- De Dolle Stille Nacht
- Scaldis Noel
- Jubilation 12
- Highland Gaelic Ale
- Ommegang Rouge
- Ommegang Three Philosophers
- Holy Mackerel Blonde
- Brooklyner Weisse
- Brooklyn Brewmaster Reserve Cuvee De Cardoz
- Old Rasputin Russian Imperial
- Dunedin Nitro Stout
- Shipyard Nitro
- Cigar City Jai Alai IPA
- Schlenkerla Urbock
- Lagunita Little Sumpin Sumpin
- Hofbrau Original
- Shipyard XXXX (beer engine)
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