Restaurant
Unclaimed profileThe Social Bar + Kitchen
New London, CT · $$
Inebrious
Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
The Social Bar + Kitchen stakes its drinks program on draft beer: 50 taps, described as the largest craft beer selection on draft in Southeastern Connecticut. The menu sorts beer by style, from IPAs and pale ales to sours, stouts, and ciders, with ABV, pour size, origin, and flight pricing.
- What should I order?
- Start with a flight to compare the draft list. Tox — Fugu, a American IPA, pours at 16oz and is marked $5 during weekday happy hour; New Park — Little Cloud, a New England IPA from West Hartford, is another happy-hour-marked pour. For a fuller glass, Kent Falls — ¯_(ツ)_/¯ is a 13oz American IPA from Kent, CT.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Beer drinkers who want to compare styles by the glass or flight, and anyone looking for a weekday happy hour with $5 select cocktails, wines, and marked beers.
- When should I go?
- Weekday happy hour is the value window, with $5 select cocktails and wines, $5 marked beers, and $2 off any craft beer flight.
- What should I expect to spend?
- Draft beer runs $7.5 to $8 per glass, with a second price per flight glass; a flight example is 2+2+2+3 = $9. Select cocktails, wines, and marked beers are $5 during weekday happy hour.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- The draft list is the draw: 50 taps, the largest craft beer selection on draft in Southeastern Connecticut, organized by style with ABV, pour size, and origin noted for each beer.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
The drinks menu includes a Cocktails section and the homepage highlights a craft cocktail program. Weekday happy hour brings select cocktails to $5.
Menu strengths
- — The drinks menu lists a Cocktails section and the homepage highlights a craft cocktail program.
- — Weekday happy hour prices select cocktails at $5.
Standout selections
- — A fresh approach to craft cocktails and lists a Cocktails section on its drinks menu.
Pricing: Select cocktails are $5 during weekday happy hour.
Wine
The drinks menu includes a Wines section, and weekday happy hour brings select wines to $5.
Menu strengths
- — The drinks menu includes a Wines section.; Weekday happy hour prices select wines at $5.
Standout selections
- — Happy hour runs every weekday with $5 craft beers, bites, cocktails & wines, plus $2 off any craft beer flight.
Pricing: Select wines are $5 during weekday happy hour.
Beer
Fifty taps, billed as the largest craft beer selection on draft in Southeastern Connecticut. The menu organizes beer by style, including IPAs and pale ales, lagers and pilsners, amber and dark ales, wheat, Belgians and saisons, sours, strong ales, stouts and porters, and ciders and mead, with ABV, pour size, origin, and flight pricing.
Menu strengths
- — 50 taps of craft beer, described as the largest draft selection in Southeastern Connecticut.
- — Beer menu organized by style with ABV, pour size, origin, and flight pricing.
- — Weekday happy hour: $5 marked beers and $2 off any craft beer flight.
Standout selections
- — Tox — Fugu: American IPA, 6.5%, 16oz, CT; $7.5 per glass, marked $5 during happy hour.
- — Threes — Logical Conclusion: American IPA, 7%, 13oz, Brooklyn, NY; $7.5 per glass, marked $5 during happy hour.
- — Kent Falls — ¯_(ツ)_/¯: American IPA, 6.2%, 13oz, Kent, CT; $8 per glass.
- — New Park — Little Cloud: New England IPA, 5.5%, 13oz, West Hartford, CT; $8 per glass, marked $5 during happy hour.
Pricing: Beers are $7.5 to $8 per glass, with a second price per flight glass; a flight example is 2+2+2+3 = $9. Beers marked with a star are $5 during happy hour, and any craft beer flight is $2 off on weekdays.
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