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July 20, 2009

Starbucks & Beer = Sudsy Lattes?

Word came out of Seattle this weekend that Starbucks is going to open a pilot store that sells beer and wine.

The new store , called the 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea, is an attempt by the struggling coffee company to boost sales especially during evening hours, USA Today reported. If the first beer selling location in Seattle is successful, others will follow, a Starbucks source said.

This got me thinking about what ordering a beer at a Starbucks might be like.

If you wanted a 16-ounce IPA, I bet you would have ask for an "IPA Venti".

If you wanted a 12 ounce pilsner, you might have to say "gimme a Grande Pilsnercino."

If wanted a short beer, an 8-ounce ESB, I bet you would have to ask for a"tall" Extra Special Bitter, with no latte.

Any other ideas of what ordering beer at Starbucks would be like?

Is there a Lambic latte is our future?

Photo: Starbucks handout

Posted by Rob Kasper at 5:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Comments

One Grande Imperial Coffee Stout please!

Posted by: Chris | July 20, 2009 9:44 AM

I think it would behoove Starbucks to have their own line of beers, I know I would try them, and I'd be MUCH more likely to take my wife up on the "let's go hang out at Starbucks" invitation if they sold beer I could only get AT Starbucks.

Posted by: Perno | July 20, 2009 10:08 AM

This is a poorly written article where the author didn't even try to stay true to Starbucks verbiage. I'm thinking to myself, "Really? Somebody is being paid to spout off a few facts with no more research or acurate background information?" Not cool dude. Check out what's really happening...then attempt a re-write.

Posted by: Rob V | July 20, 2009 10:53 AM

If I remember correctly, Red Hook had a beyond good Coffee Stout years ago brewed with Starbucks. Id' be more than fine saying "gimme a Red Hook vente" if they brought it back!

Posted by: Chw | July 20, 2009 11:03 AM

Indeed, Red Hook Double Black Stout was brewed with Starbucks coffee from 1995 to 2000. I loved it, so I was disappointed to find out that they did bring it back for a limited time last fall and I missed it. Read more at http://beeradvocate.com/news/1436371

Posted by: Paul Milligan | July 22, 2009 7:25 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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