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Bar of the Week: It’s The Brazen Head!

This is the eighth in our series on the venues featured in the second Brooklyn Beer Book. This week we’re highlighting a returning favorite, The Brazen Head, where craft beers and cask brews get their due.

Cask festival at The Brazen Head. Photo by UltraClay

THE BRAZEN HEAD

228 Atlantic Ave. between Court Street & Boerum Place, Cobble Hill

What it is: Locals’ pub with a craft beer fetishism over 15 rotating taps and two casks.

Why we love it: Knowledgeable bartenders who won’t judge you if you decide to order a $2 PBR. Their station during Atlantic Antic is always one of the best too.

Who to bring: Beer junkies; dart champions; anyone you actually want to a have a conversation with instead of being drowned out by drunkards.

What to order: Try one of the cask beers or ask the bartender for a recommendation from the drafts. The bar typically keeps at least one beer at the $4 level, usually Checker Cab or Yuengling.

Brazen Head fun fact: Free food galore: bagels on Sundays, wings on Mondays and a cheese plate on Thursdays. Plus, regular events include the tri-annual cask festivals featuring 25 cask beers and Brewery Nights. The next one is tonight featuring $5 pints of Blue Point.

Tim Donnelly :