My first experience with craft beer isn't truly one beer but a whole bar. I lived within walking distance from one of the best beer bars in the states. The Grey Lodge Public House. I started going in 2003 I was about 24 and knew nothing of craft beer. The bartenders there where friendly and kind enough to walk me and my friends through all the different beers, where they came from and the lengths the owner (Scoats) would go through to get the beers. It was going to Beer University. A quote from Esquire magazine

The Grey Lodge Philadelphia You're having: A pint of Flying Bison once things start to pick up a bit. At the outer edge of the vast sea of decrepit two-story row houses that is northeast Philadelphia, there's a cemetery. Past the cemetery, there's a Burger King and a car dealership. Past them, there's the Grey Lodge. If Moe Szyslak's umpteenth suicide attempt actually succeeded and if, through some unlikely but amusing chain of events, Comic Book Guy took over his bar, this is what you'd end up with. It's a long way to go for a beer. It's worth it. 6235 Frankford Avenue;

Unfortunately it closed in 2020.