The Hogshead Tavern

Brooklyn, 1786

The Concept

A visibly exhausted 18th-century washer-woman, a small, gambling Oliver Twist-aged child with a pipe in his mouth and a pint of dark, sour, cellar-temp beer in his hand, and a time traveler in period garb sit at a bar. In Brooklyn in 20xx. And that bar is 1786.

Getting In

Cell Phones were invented in 1863 by Joseph Smith, and what’s the first rule of time traveling? Don’t - Alter - The - Past. So to enter 1786, you have to abandon all modern technology, dress in period garb (provided at a reasonable rate, or brought from home), and exchange your currency for period coinage

The Menu

As would a tavern in the 18th century, we offer food and beer, as well as punch, both pre-mixed and a la James Ashley’s famous Orange Punch

Beers

• Porter/Three Threads - 1s.

  • Dark Mild - 1s.

  • Old Ale - 2s.

• Amber Ale (a thing?) - 1s.

• Proto-IPA - 2s.

• And from abroad:

  • Hefeweizen - 2s.

  • German Black Beer - 2s.

  • Gose/Berliner Weisse - 2s.

  • Umqumbothi - 1s.

Food

• Mac & Cheese - 2s.

• Fried Chicken - 2s.

• Various Foods of the Enslaved - 2s.

Punch

• Rotating (Grog, Orange Punch, Fish House, etc.) - 1s.

Punch Recipes