Bier Station taps into Armour Hills
- Sabrina Staires
- Bier Station is hoping to be your next stop.
You want a taste?” John Couture asks, gesturing to a line of 21 taps. He reaches for a small, silo-shaped glass.
I do. And I’m not alone – there has been a constant flow of curious drinkers at Bier Station, the Armour Hills bottle shop and craft-beer bar that Couture opened in late December.
“We opened on a Saturday, and when my wife pulled into the parking lot, there were people sitting in idling cars waiting to get in,” Couture says. “It’s been steady during the day, and then as soon as people get off work, it’s, like, boom.”
Part of why the place feels busy is that the bar itself – with its meadow-green backsplash and an appealing look designed to mirror Marienplatz, a train station in Munich – is the only place to get service here. Bier Station has forsaken waitstaff in favor of full-tilt beer geekery. A hand-lettered chalkboard explains how the shop works: Draft and bottled beer are poured on-site, and bottled beer is also available to-go.
