CIVIL LIFE™ BREWING COMPANY
  • BEER TO GO
  • Civil Blog
  • About us
    • Contact us
    • Locating Us!
    • EMAIL LIST
    • Social Media Feeds
    • OUR LOGOS
    • Q & A
    • Who Are We?
    • The Civil Solar Panels
    • Employment
  • On Line Store

1/6/2012

Western Snug (Day 38)

Read Now
 
Picture







The Western Snug joins the middle Snug in a 1- 1 picture battle.


Yes, this blog is not professionally photographed. 

Picture
Give me an Irish pub any day of the week.  Pour me a pint of Guinness and I’ll sit there watching the barkeeps pour beers, interact with regulars and I’ll pass the time letting my eyes wander around the pub.  There are a few things I know about great pubs.  One is that they share a love of craftsmanship in the age old tradition of woodworking.  

There is no other way to make someone feel immediately comfortable in a new space than through the use of wood.  It makes sense, wood is quite durable and can withstand the abuse of thousands of people.  Bars will see more people and more use than some houses will see in a lifetime. Most beautifully as the wood ages it begins to evolve and the dents and little nicks that show up would be looked down upon in a home, but in a bar it shows that many people have drank in the spot you sit and that in some way is validation for the restorative pint you are imbibing.  

Now, we have a long way to go to gain that worn pub look and honestly it is far from the time.  Many people passing through our doors are caught by the newness of the place and the impressive amount of wood that went into our construction.  Many people know they just don’t build places like this anymore and many more people know most people aren’t crazy enough to think they can pull it off in a warehouse.  But we are doing just that.  

This week, we are working on a few glass shelves behind the bar and early next week will shift gears and finish our dart board area.  It will be yet another step in our quest to put before you a third place in your life.  Your home, your work and your pub.  

Now back to O’Donoghues.  O’Donoghues in Dublin is a place where one seeks and finds traditional Irish music and it stands as one of Dublin’s elder bars.   One of my favorite things in Dublin and Ireland was to seek out traditional bars which had traditional Irish music.  It seems they went hand in hand.  Many times, the musicians didn’t have a stage to play on and they would sit side by side at a table.  Many times in arms reach of a patron enjoying a pint or two and in many cases 6 or 7.  

O’Donogues shows the wear of years of patrons.  It’s a comfortable place to walk into and to sit down and have a pint poured for you.   If we can only be so lucky.  

Thankfully, I am part Irish and part German.  Seems like I was born to be a publican. 

Share


Comments are closed.
Details

    Author

    Hello earthlings. I have been sent here to open a brewery. I hope you have time over the next year to check in from time to time and see our progress (or lack there of at times).  

    I look forward to helping you come along for the ride through this blog. For me, there is no better feeling than creating a place and a product that becomes part of peoples lives. I am focused, immensely passionate and hopeful that each of you one day will toast “To the Civil Life.”  
    - Jake

    Picture
    Morning beer delivery at Tynan’s Bridge House Bar in Kilkenny, Ireland.

    Archives

    February 2016
    January 2014
    October 2013
    September 2013
    April 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    September 2012
    June 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    July 2010

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Hours :
Due to COVID19 our Pub will remain closed until further notice.  We are now selling direct out of our online store at https://civil-life-online.square.site/ Until then, please look for our beer at St. Louis retailers and grocery.   If you have any further questions please use the email link below.  Thank you. 

Pickups are Fridays and Saturdays 2 to 6  & Sundays from 2 to 5 pm.  Orders will be only taken on line and will be paid prior to pick up.  

We appreciate your support. 
                                    Be Civil.    

NO PHONE NUMBER.  
  • Due to our small inside pub space we currently do not feel we could be safe to open for our staff and customers.  We currently are hoping to get our patios re-modeled during this shutdown and are hoping for an outdoor only opening in late September or early October. Hopefully.
  • Until then OUR PUB IS SADLY CLOSED FOR THE TIME BEING DUE TO COVID19.   WE WILL RETURN AND PROSPER.

PLEASE ALSO LOOK FOR OUR BEER AT LOCAL RETAILERS!
​
  •  Please access our online store by clicking the link above 
  • ​PLEASE ALSO LOOK FOR OUR BEER AT LOCAL RETAILERS
The Civil Life Brewing Co. 3714 Holt Ave. St. Louis, Mo 63116, USA, Planet Earth 
  • BEER TO GO
  • Civil Blog
  • About us
    • Contact us
    • Locating Us!
    • EMAIL LIST
    • Social Media Feeds
    • OUR LOGOS
    • Q & A
    • Who Are We?
    • The Civil Solar Panels
    • Employment
  • On Line Store