Craig G.
Yelp
When we moved back to the bay I was a big Stella Artois fan. Trumer is not only local but a lot cheeper and perhaps more of a cleaner crisper finish on the palette. So I switched.
I'm a wussy boy around beer. Y'all can have those fancy pants weirdo custom ales. IPA in my book stands for insanely, pungent and acrid.
And to steal the great Anthony Bourdains' take on beer or wine, "if it takes the server more time to explain the drink than it takes to drink it, then it must be one of those weirdo concoctions that history has proven aren't worth the $$ nor the calories." Wise words.. RIP AB!
Ask me why do I like Trumer?
Got you stein ready?
On your mark... get set...Go! start chugging.
My answer "Because it tastes good! "
Oh still drinking?
I rest my case!
Now they do have flights of various concoctions, that you can try.
Yesterday being my first time in the tap room and I saw heaven forbid... choices of beer... made me cringe. This complicated with a variety of yummy looking food items, big screens all tuned to the niners game, an ample indoor and outdoor seating areas to hang with friends or make new ones, a sign with a list of how to order all made me hyperventilate!
Choices? Damn it! I just want some Trumer pils to go.
Fortunately one of the beer tenders must have seen the anxiety on my face said
"Hey bud what can I get for you?"
I put the two placards down, one with food the other with beer and simply asked "can I get some pils to go?"
"Sure! cans or bottles, six pack or case?"
I sighed in relief! "Bottles and a six pack please."Content there would be no other questions
In less than 10 minutes I was in and out. Unfortunately the Lions scored in the 10 minutes I was there...
But I totally get the added curriculum of food and beer. You could grab a cat by its tail and swing it 360° and hit a plethora of microbrews: Gilman, fieldwork, are just a couple.
So the competition is steep. Especially for the hipster crowds who claim they all like the variety of IPAs, light n dark lagers, ales, blah blah blah; and can quote you hints of this and notes of that. Yet whenever I go into these places, not one, not a few, but everyone I've seen drink these weirdo concoctions emotes the same way. Their faces contort as if they just consumed battery acid followed by that ice cream head ache reaction, then once it's cleared there gullet, they look at the glass like a sommelier, looking for the "legs" in a glass of red wine... but in this case, the very telling expression of " wow that shitza was nasty but I gotta maintain my cool as I contemplate a smart knowledgeable quip, or find the strength to down the rest of this!
I wish them much luck and success and hope while they expand to meet a variety of choices, are successful with the tap room. But please stay Trumer- to you.
For those who want to know what 99% of folks reactions or faces look like who've imbibed in a Trumer Pils; here we go.
I get home pop open a bottle and take a healthy swig. My face, like 99% of folks I've seen drink their beer...
A content, refreshed, satisfied look wafts over my face, I too look at the bottle... half of its amber contents happily heading down my throat,
Audible to my wife upstairs "Ahhhhhhhh!"
And I think to myself...
Damn... that's a good beer! Please don't change!