page_title: BU Castle
section_title: BU Pub
hierarchical_section_title: BU Castle / BU Pub
caption_attribution_description: English: The Boston University Pub, located on the side of the BU Castle
context_page_description: The Boston University Castle is a Tudor Revival-style mansion owned by Boston University on Bay State Road. The school typically uses it for receptions or concerts, but also rents out The Castle to cater events and special occasions.
context_section_description: In the basement of the BU Castle is the BU Pub, an English-style pub serving drinks and sandwiches.  The Castle is the only Boston University-operated drinking establishment on campus.  It is open only to faculty, staff, alumni, students, and invited guests, and is closed on weekends.  The Pub sometimes has live music on Thursdays, with performances mostly from BU students.  Popular house activities are the Knight's and Lord's Quests. In the Knight's Quest, students must drink 50 different types of beer that the pub offers. The accomplishment culminates in a Knighting Ceremony where the new Knights are given different nicknames by friends for a mug that they can use while at the pub. The Lord's Quest is similar except it involves 60 mixed drinks, and after the ceremony the new Lord's name is engraved on a plaque. For reasons that are not entirely clear, the plaque has not been updated for over two years. In September 2008, the BU Pub canceled the Lord's Quest, so now only the Knight's Quest remains.
caption: The BU Pub on the side of the Castle
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