Cone heads, zombies, beards, bananas - they are some of the creative beer tap handles that have become a big business as the number of craft breweries has skyrocketed. There were 2,033 craft ...

Beer lovers look at a tavern’s tap handles as a menu — a way to decide which brew to order. Koenig looks at them and wonders “Why didn’t we make that one?” It doesn’t happen often.

The compelling tap handles, I learned, were made by another bartender, local artist Aaron Iaquinto. I love Iron Rail, but my go-to Wedge beer is AOB stout. Wedge’s website says, “No ...