St. Patricks Day at Nicks Cross St. Market

Picture from early in the day on St. Patrick's Day at Nick's Oyster Bar at the Cross St. Market in Federal Hill with Flying Dog's Matt Crow and Metropolitan Coffeehouse (+ Wine Bar) owner Bruce Dorsey.

This being a Matt Crow trip there was a tap of Flying Dog's Doggie Style Pale Ale on tap at Nick's. Dorsey smartly closed down his establishment at 3 PM so as to avoid the inevitable rowdies on St. Patricks Day.

Again, this picture, its contents, cannot be independently be verified and are potentially made up by the bozo who took the picture.

It looks like next week's firkin at Metropolitan could be Troegs' Nugget Nectar and they still have a Stillwater Artisinal Ales Stateside Saison firkin in the works while plans are also in the works to run Flying Dog's Raging Bitch Belgian IPA at the upstairs bar alongside the LaChouffe Houblon Chouffe Belgian IPA as sort of an amusing side-by-side comparison of Belgian IPA interpretations.

Also, Mr. Dorsey mentioned the possibility of a 'Friday the Firkinteenth' once a month coinciding with the Friday each month that falls on a 'teen' date of the month (15th, 16th, 17th, etc.).

Firkin Thursday

Frisco Grille in Columbia: the brand new, only one in Maryland Pratt Street Ale House Ironman Strongman ("loads more hops! says Oliver Ale brewer Stephen Jones) Pale Ale dry hopped with Maryland Chinook hops, and on the beer engine, the brand new stupidly delicious Bishop's Indulgence from Pratt Street. It is a chocolate stout brewed with cocoa nibs and vanilla beans.

Frisco's Oliver also tells me that about half his taps right now are stronger beers, so if you're a big beer fan come on down and (responsibly) enjoy.

Metropolitan Coffeehouse in Federal Hill: They'll have the Bishop's Indulgence as well.

Frisco Grille's fun officially starts at 4 PM, Metropolitan at 6 PM.