I think Brostholder is probably looking for restaurants that carry microbrews ON TAP, i.e., fresh beer. Alas, we haven't found any yet. It's my understanding that the country clubs and the restaurants that lease properties from the Villages also must agree to being supplied by the Villages owned beer/liquor distributor. Kindred Sprits I believe is the name of the retail Villages liquor store.
That's the one downside, especially for Ohioboy, that we have found here, but we knew it coming in. Garvino's carries bottled microbrews, but nothing on tap. Some of the restaurants may carry Sam Adams seasonals on tap, or Bass, but these are not what beer lovers consider microbrews.
If anyone knows differently, please post! In Columbus, where we live in the summer, more and more restaurants/bars are stocking microbrews on tap, and there are a couple of brewpubs that carry their own products (Columbus Brewing Company and Barley's are standouts - Cleveland has The Great Lakes Brewing Company, which is outstanding also). Really miss that here, but you're right, more good bottled beers available in the grocery stores than there were even 3 years ago.
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