I used to enjoy grabbing pints there. Their food has always been good, and their tap list is even better, well except for the times they have four IPAs and one or no stouts. Anyway, I had always felt the staff was nice, and at least somewhat versed in the beer that the sell. This was of course until my experience last week in which I paid a late afternoon visit for a pint and some grub.

I noticed they had the elusive "hubris" IPA by elysian on tap, and I gleefully ordered a pint. The waitress then told me that I could only have a schooner of this beer because the ABV% was too high to serve it as a pint. I asked why a beer under nine percent would be considered a beer to strong to sell a pint of. She then told me it was 11%. I surrendered confused, as I was pretty sure it was only somewhere around 8 or 9. What the hell? I thought... were they afraid that I would get drunk off this beer? Even if I did, it's a bar for god's sake. The beer is actually only 8.7%, not eleven. She then attempted to justify this by stating that hubris means "exaggerated or extreme," which of course is also incorrect. Never have I felt so violated by arrogance and stupidity in a pub.

I then ordered a cup of their garlic soup, which was delicious. I was sitting at the bar, when one of the people working their was chatting with another client. he asked him, "did you taste the anise in the soup?" I quickly chimed in and said, "I tasted anise in mine, it was delicious." He then said to me, "You had the garlic soup, it doesn't have anise in it." I replied, "well some must have gotten into mine, because I tasted it." He then gave me a cruel, disgusted look and then continued talking to the other man at the bar. The entire experience was laden with a passive aggressive disposition from the staff, who clearly know nothing about the beer they serve. I'll never return to the hopvine, which is a true shame... I used to like this spot. That being said, there's much better places to grab pints anyway.