Via Seattle Beer News, a look at one of several pub crawls within walking distance of our home here in the Greenwood/Phinney Ridge community of Seattle.

After about 6 or 7 hours of walking and drinking, the more intelligent members of the crawl convinced me that it was time to call it a night. We had tentative plans to include Pillager’s Pub, the Baranof (every crawl should have a dive), and even the Pub at Piper’s Creek if we wanted to add another longer walk. But, hopping on the #5 to head back home was the smart call, and I’ll live to crawl another day. The six bars we hit was really just about perfect, and with the 2 to 3 miles of walking our sobriety was still pretty well in check. Overall, these crawls are making me a bit jealous for the lucky people that get to live in these neighborhoods.

Indeed.

Of those mentioned, I'd say Naked City Taphouse is probably my favorite, mainly for the quality of the beers and the privileging of quality beers in general; when you sit down, you're handed a laser-printed beer menu indicating the selections currently on tap (generally 20 or so, if memory serves) and, in muted type beneath each line, which are queued up to replace them. Most of the selections are local, a few even brewed on-site. Always excellent. (Their home-brewed rauchbier is fantastic.) I had the pleasure recently of sitting down for a couple of drafts with the owner and his wife at a friend's get-together, after which he led us all on a brief tour of the newly built brewing facilities. A great place -- and easily the finest Web site I've ever seen representing a watering hole. (I mean come on: What other bars can you name that offer Twitter streams and RSS feeds of what's on tap and up next?)

I'd probably add Prost to the list as well -- many fine, fine Belgian and German beers to be had there, along with excellent sausages, sauerkrauts, cheeses and mustards; Rebecca and I love to pop in there from time to time -- and second the mentions of the Snowgoose, 74th St. and the Barking Dog, which is only about a hundred yards from our house, and which serves one of the best hamburgers I've ever had in my whole entire life.

Have I mentioned how much we love it here?

Crab cakes and deep-fried alligator. While there, we also had some pickled herring (delicious), but curiously absent was the lutefisk, nowhere to be found this year.