Beers for Siers 3 - Part Three

This is the final posting in a three part series from the 3rd Annual Beers for Siers pub crawl in NYC.



So here we go. After a full visit to NYC, we finally get to the whole point of the weekend...The Beers for Siers Pub Crawl. It's an event that has grown over the years and now includes an official t-shirt, laminated VIP agenda and the cooperation of some 11 bars to hand out lots and lots of beer. Trust me, this isn't for the faint at heart wine snob.

A little background on my boy Siers. Adam and I grew up in Delaware and went through high school together. Adam was the kind of friend who was always there. We both went to different colleges and followed different paths. But through everything, Adam is the one friend from Dover I've stayed in touch with consistently. When Adam moved to Philly after college, I'd drag my buddies up from North Carolina for weekends of chaos in old city. When I moved to SF, he came out one weekend to paint the town red. So naturally I had to come up to NYC when it came time for his annual bar crawl that also coincides with his birthday.

The bar crawl was centered around the upper east side of Manhattan. It consisted of small sports bars, classy little pubs, and very odd redneck watering holes with chicken wire between the bar and the patrons. As they say, Manhattan has a bit of everything...and this crawl would experience that.

At this point, I really can't remember the names of the bars or how many we went to. When you're drinking at this pace, you lose count after the third pub. The good news is Adam had the agenda printed on fancy laminated cards we all wore around our necks. And if you were worried you'd lose the group, all you had to do was look for the bright blue t-shirts with "Model, Citizen" printed on the front.



New York didn't quite know what to think of the blue crew rolling down the street. Some laughed. Some looked on in confusion. Some tried to join the party. Either way, I'm pretty sure we made it to the last bar with everyone alive. And as crazy as it sounds, we even made it down to Chelsea after the last bar for a celebration of karaoke. Beers for Siers was a success and we lived to tell about it.

posted by DVS @ 9:40 AM