| Baker Street Brewery's founder and head brewer Art Hannemann takes you on a journey to find the ales. Catch the train for Arty's ride to the New Jersey suburbs in search of, what else, great beer! It's going to be a fun trip as Arty reviews and rates a new stop each month as he takes the rails to the ales.....and beyond! |
| Take The Rails to The Ales to... Madison, NJ Along the Morristown Line of NJ Transit lies the town of Madison NJ. From Summit it is a 12 minute ride at $2.25 each way, and from Denville, where I started, it is about a 20 minute ride at $3.25 each way. Use the rail map at www.njtransit.com to plan your trip. Poor Herbie's 13 Waverly Place, Madison, NJ When you exit your train go down the stairs and cross Waverly Place. Turn right toward Main Street and #13 Poor Herbie's will be on your left. Owned by Judy and Dennis Mullins, Poor Herbie's is a great example of a good old Irish Pub, with a lot of great food to choose from, and a neat small bar area with a good atmosphere for Sunday football games. Choose from Guinness, Sam Adams seasonal, Brooklyn Pennant Ale, Harp, Smithwicks or maybe a bottle of Dogfish 60 Minute. Try Poor Herbie's for some food and fun so close to the train station, I rate it a solid three out of five engines ! ------------------------------------ 54 Main Bar and Grille 54 Main Street, Madison NJ Continue up Waverly place to Main Street. Cross Main St and turn left until you reach #54, 54 Main Bar and Grille. With anewly expanded draft system you can find everything from a Liefmans Ode Bruin to a Pabst Blue Ribbon. With 24 drafts to choose from other choices included Stone IPA, Long Trail Ale and Triple Bag, Weyeracher AutumnFest, Troegs Hop Back Ale, Chimay Cing Cents, Allagash White,Dogfish 60 minute, 90 minute and My Antonia, Left Hand MilkStout, Rogue Dead Guy, Yards Thomas Jefferson Ale, Anchor Chritmas Ale, River Horse Lager, Green Flash Hop Head Red, Sly Fox Rt 113 IPA and Stone Arrogant Bastard. And according to management there are more taps coming! It's got a ways to go but keep your eye on this place - it just might become THE craft beer stop in Morris County. 54 Main is also a great bar for sports and good food, (but small portions). When it's crowded it does get noisy but it has great service a friendly staff. Based on it's expanding selection of great craft beer I rate 54 Main Bar and Grille four out of five engines ! =================================== *********************************** Here's some good info on planning your own Railes To Ales trip. First step go to www.njtransit.com web site. Then click on train schedules. Next click on "use our map to plan your trip." Now select your train station on the map. And next select your destination on the map. A new page appears and you want to select weekday, holiday or weekend accordingly. A new page appears with your schedule of departing times and length of travel time. Print this up and then go to the bottom of the schedule and it will say click here for return schedule--click away. Now print this page up as well and you have all the info you need to plan your trip. Remember to allow walking and drinking time. Gotta catch my train back-- see you at my next stop! Remember to leave the car at home and......Take The Rails To The Ales !!!! Arty Hannemann |
Rails to Ales........and beyond ////////////////////////////////
by Arty Hannemann
by Arty Hannemann
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| Arty's Ratings Five engines= the very best Four engines= excellent Three engines=good Two engines= fair One engine= bad news Zero engines=stay away For Off The Rails it's Barely Sacks instead of Engines |
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