Just received my copy of Draft magazine in the mail, noticed the featured story - "America's 100 Best Beer Bars'' - and immediately flipped to page 66 to see which Jersey bars made the list.

Shouldn't have bothered.

Not one Jersey joint made Draft's list of "pubs, dives, taverns, canteens, watering holes and holes-in-the-wall. . . 100 one-off spots where there's a barstool any beer lover can call home.''

Six Pennsylvania bars made it, and so did five New York state bars, although someone needs to explain to me why the Beer Table and Spuyten Duyvil are listed in "Brooklyn, N.Y.'' and the Blind Tiger, Earl's Beer and Cheese, and Rattle N Hum are put in "New York.''

Maybe the staff had one too many Manhattans while compiling the list?



I was happy to see my favorite Philly bar - Eulogy - make the list; I was just there over the weekend.

Such legendary beer capitals as Swansboro, N.C., Oldsmar, Fla., Lakewood, Ohio, and Ludington, Mich. made the list. Ludington, in case you're wondering, is about halfway between Onekama and New Era.

New Jersey? Nowhere to be found.

The full list can be found at draftmag.com/features/americas-100-best-beer-bars-2012/.