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January 29, 2008

Real Ale returns to Federal Hill

Joe Gold, a man forever on the trail of good beer, sends word that real ale has returned to Federal Hill. (He mourns the loss of the taps at Sean Bolan’s, an establishment that moved from Federal Hill to Main Street in Bel Air).

The Metropolitan Coffeehouse and Wine Bar, 902 S. Charles St., has installed a beer engine upstairs and cracks a firkin every Thursday night, 6 to 11 p.m. The cost is usually about $6 a pint.

Gold is organizing a Thursday night posse to surround and drain the firkin.

Any takers?

Posted by Rob Kasper at 7:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

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We'll be there. Shh...don't tell so many people, I wanna place to sit down! They look like they have good food too! Good beer plus good food is always a good combination!

Posted by: Kim Moore | January 29, 2008 12:06 PM

What's a firkin?

Posted by: Mary | January 29, 2008 2:05 PM

Will Joe be there? Make it like old times at Sisson's.

Posted by: Federal Hill Jim | January 30, 2008 5:55 PM

I hope Joe lets us know when he will be organizing a group for the Metropolitan.

Posted by: Federal Hill Jim | January 31, 2008 6:29 PM

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About Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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