Comments on: RATING: “The Vault” A beautiful bar for beautiful people but not a beer destination http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/ Just another Thegazz.com weblog Thu, 4 Dec 2008 23:31:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Beer 4 Breakfast http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1847 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:26:54 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1847 The pretentious endeavor definately doesn't add another " beer joint " to downtown Charleston. Promiscuity or dama blanca your thing ? You'll fit in just fine. Nice for a visit, but not a hang out. The pretentious endeavor definately doesn’t add another ” beer joint ” to downtown Charleston. Promiscuity or dama blanca your thing ? You’ll fit in just fine. Nice for a visit, but not a hang out.

]]> by: Beers To You » Blog Archive » The Vault (Redux) http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1759 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:02:45 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1759 [...] I will have to say that my beer experience this night was very different from my first visit. We still had to ask for non-frosted glasses for our beer, but to my delight we were served well poured ales in a traditional English “Nonick” Imperial-Pint glass. Now that’s more like it… [...] […] I will have to say that my beer experience this night was very different from my first visit. We still had to ask for non-frosted glasses for our beer, but to my delight we were served well poured ales in a traditional English “Nonick” Imperial-Pint glass. Now that’s more like it… […]

]]> by: Rich Ireland http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1747 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:00:56 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1747 The Vault Redux: My wife and I, along with a group of friends stopped by The Vault on Saturday evening. It was my Wife's birthday and she wanted a good cocktail in a nice place. The Vault was hopping with a wide range characters; both young and old. I will have to say that my beer experience this night was very different from my first visit. We did ask for non-frosted glasses for our beer. To my delight, we were served well poured ales in traditional English "Nonick" pint glasses (I am talking Imperial Pint)! Now That's more like it... The Vault Redux: My wife and I, along with a group of friends stopped by The Vault on Saturday evening. It was my Wife’s birthday and she wanted a good cocktail in a nice place. The Vault was hopping with a wide range characters; both young and old.

I will have to say that my beer experience this night was very different from my first visit. We did ask for non-frosted glasses for our beer. To my delight, we were served well poured ales in traditional English “Nonick” pint glasses (I am talking Imperial Pint)! Now That’s more like it…

]]> by: Rich Ireland http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1742 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:13:29 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1742 Thanks for the comments... #1 The Vault - My whole point was to rate this place from the perspective of beer, which ties in to my staement below. The Vault is a Very nice place and I would take my wife there again because her cocktail was very good... #2 Soho's... My whole point was that they seemed unwilling to do what I asked. The bartender actually thought that "headless" was the correct way to present a beer. I realize most bars in town are going to keep cold glasses, but Soho's and the Vault have made a statement that they are catering to a different beer drinker by not putting macro lagers on tap. Now they need to finish the statement by serving the premium beers they have, correctly..... Thanks for the comments…

#1 The Vault - My whole point was to rate this place from the perspective of beer, which ties in to my staement below. The Vault is a Very nice place and I would take my wife there again because her cocktail was very good…

#2 Soho’s… My whole point was that they seemed unwilling to do what I asked. The bartender actually thought that “headless” was the correct way to present a beer. I realize most bars in town are going to keep cold glasses, but Soho’s and the Vault have made a statement that they are catering to a different beer drinker by not putting macro lagers on tap. Now they need to finish the statement by serving the premium beers they have, correctly…..

]]> by: Jennifer http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1740 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:53:11 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/10/29/rating-%e2%80%9cthe-vault%e2%80%9d-a-beautiful-bar-for-beautiful-people-but-not-a-beer-destination/#comment-1740 Rich, I want to make 2 comments based up a few of your more recent blogs. The first comment refers to this blog. Yes, The Vault is not a "beer joint". Luckily, I am more prone to order that famous Irish stout. Therefore, my needs are covered. However, for a smoke-free, exciting cocktails a-plenty, and interesting place to go when I am in the mood to curl my lashes: The Vault is great. I want to support it because the owners are genuine and good people. I know this, because I have served them a time or two in another life. This brings me to my second comment. Your experience at Soho's makes me cringe. You cannot fault Soho's for the cold mug. Most in this town want a cold mug – they have to appeal to the masses. As your pal and known brew-head, Jeff R., has tried to tell me over again, beer should be served in room temp glasses. Ok. I get it. But, what the barkeep at Soho's should have done is ascertain whether you are staying for dinner and pull out some pint glasses to come to room temp for your future beers. As a server, I would have suggested that. Happy guest. Server with $$$ in her pocket. Nevertheless, I say to you - which is worse: good beer with important foaming aromas served in a cold glass or post-chemical rinse-y beer without foaming, aroma or taste? In this case, I think you could have drank the beer from the cold glass and saved the issue and the evening. The again, I am not Rich Ireland. I felt as though you were begging for the beer to be bad by all the instructions. Rich, I want to make 2 comments based up a few of your more recent blogs. The first comment refers to this blog. Yes, The Vault is not a “beer joint”. Luckily, I am more prone to order that famous Irish stout. Therefore, my needs are covered. However, for a smoke-free, exciting cocktails a-plenty, and interesting place to go when I am in the mood to curl my lashes: The Vault is great. I want to support it because the owners are genuine and good people. I know this, because I have served them a time or two in another life. This brings me to my second comment. Your experience at Soho’s makes me cringe. You cannot fault Soho’s for the cold mug. Most in this town want a cold mug – they have to appeal to the masses. As your pal and known brew-head, Jeff R., has tried to tell me over again, beer should be served in room temp glasses. Ok. I get it. But, what the barkeep at Soho’s should have done is ascertain whether you are staying for dinner and pull out some pint glasses to come to room temp for your future beers. As a server, I would have suggested that. Happy guest. Server with $$$ in her pocket. Nevertheless, I say to you - which is worse: good beer with important foaming aromas served in a cold glass or post-chemical rinse-y beer without foaming, aroma or taste? In this case, I think you could have drank the beer from the cold glass and saved the issue and the evening. The again, I am not Rich Ireland. I felt as though you were begging for the beer to be bad by all the instructions.

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