@daveinwarsh me too, so many. Spent last Sat with a girlfriend sitting under tents in the rain visiting Sumerian, Black Raven, and Maelstrom. It was wonderful!
My favorite brewery is Brouwerij Het Anker, in Belgium. They make my best-loved brew, Gouden Carolus Classic, a Strong Ale - Belgian Dark (see Beer Advocate).
Pretty hard to find. Haven’t managed to score any in over 5 years!
@compunaut I checked out their website - it looks wonderful. I’m curious whether you’ve tried Ommegang, a Belgian-style New York brewery? I’ve had a couple of their beers and liked them.
What I really like though is Kriek lambic, which I first tried in Brussels.
@Kyeh, my favorite is framboise. The downside with most the fruity lambics is very low alcohol content. So if your goal is to get drunk expect to drink a lot of it.
La Cumbre Brewing - New Mexico. The Elevated IPA is amazing! In fact, everything they make is very good. Is this one available in the rest of the country?
Paulanor - Munchen Salvator Double Bock. 7.9% alcohol by volume. I drank a lot of this beer while I was stationed in Germany and Portugal. This beer is amazing and you can buy it at Total Wine and probably other specialty beer outlets throughout the country.
There are a ton of local breweries here in Maryland that rule. My local favorite is Crooked Crab Brewing. They have a good variety of beers and the staff is awesome!
I’m not even the big beer drinker, but in Chicago and surrounds—Pipeworks and Three Floyds.
Where I live now, BARE does a pretty amazing job with variety.
I live in a nowhere area of Virginia. There is a local micro brewery that brews their beer with local ingredients (not too sure of the correct word to use for ingredients). They change up their lineup like every 2 weeks and they have such good flavor. The place is called Dragon Run Brewery. So good!! They also name their beers after local history. They have a story behind each beer so it’s pretty interesting to learn about each one they brew.
@peekass@Star2236 I’ve had good experience in the past at Grand River Brewery in Jackson.
My brother lives in Kalamazoo, so when it’s safe for full-scale travel again…
@cbilyak@sohmageek I wish Casemates had a beer selection every time there was a wine ‘event’.
Or maybe on alternate days - sorta like an alternate Universe!
/giphy alternate Universe
Guinness.
Good People in Birmingham AL
Starbucks cold brew, lol. I’m allergic to something in beer.
@iluvmingos, you’re not missing anything
Cooper’s Beer, from Australia! The pale ale and sparkling ale are good, stay away from the stout!
Breakside in Portland, OR
@AleArni Yes! And Ecliptic Brewing, also in Portland. Loves me some Starburst IPA!
@AleArni @macromeh yeah baby! Yum
The one and only Shiner.
Located in Shiner, TX!
@Raptor_007 Except that Shiner is the beer or the town, but the brewery is Spoetzel.
shiner.com
D9 Brewing Lake Norman North Carolina, and Bold Rock Mills River Cidery also in North Carolina.
Green Cheek, Orange County, CA!!
founders used to be the small local one for me. so many good breweries around here but I still end up buying more founders than anything else
I have 3 great microbreweries within 8 miles of me.
They all have amazing beer.
@daveinwarsh me too, so many. Spent last Sat with a girlfriend sitting under tents in the rain visiting Sumerian, Black Raven, and Maelstrom. It was wonderful!
Upcider. I wish they exported.
Green Cheek for me too!!
Port Jeff Brewing Company, a small-batch craft brewery
located in Port Jefferson, NY. I liked their free pre-Covid Summer Concert Series.
Yuengling
@Koolhandjoe Yuengling.
Polar beverages for their Polar Diet Orange Dry!
Oregon Trader, Albany Oregon. Great burgers too.
Free State, Lawrence, KS. If you like IPA’s, their Yakimaniac is wonderful.
And as Free State says, “Without beer, things do not seem to go as well.”
Covert Artisan Ales, Lupulin, Drekker, Woodgrain, microbrews are great when you get to know the people.
@AuntMean67
@AuntMean67
@phendrick Now if it had been a distillery…that would be different.
My favorite brewery is Brouwerij Het Anker, in Belgium. They make my best-loved brew, Gouden Carolus Classic, a Strong Ale - Belgian Dark (see Beer Advocate).
Pretty hard to find. Haven’t managed to score any in over 5 years!
@compunaut I checked out their website - it looks wonderful. I’m curious whether you’ve tried Ommegang, a Belgian-style New York brewery? I’ve had a couple of their beers and liked them.
What I really like though is Kriek lambic, which I first tried in Brussels.
@compunaut, my favorite (and only beer I’ll drink) is in Belgium as well.
@Kyeh, my favorite is framboise. The downside with most the fruity lambics is very low alcohol content. So if your goal is to get drunk expect to drink a lot of it.
@kittykat9180 My goal is never to get really drunk; a warm glow and softening the edges of the day is just right.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh
Ah, yes. Hazy evenings at Delirium. I think I remember them better than I probably actually do.
One of the monastery brews, the 12° flavor was just nectar of the gods. Not gonna lie, Brussels ruined all other beers for me.
Except for maybe New Glarus.
Urban Artifact out of Cincinnati Ohio. The Midwest Fruit Tarts are amazing!
The microbrew that started it all… Sierra Nevada
Currently, a toss-up between Spoetzl and Rahr. In either case,
/youtube Beer Is Good
Budweiser isn’t a brewery. It is one of the numerous products churned out by AB InBev.
I will give a shout out to Spoetzl Brewery maker of many delicious Shiner beers like Ruby Redbird.
Speights and Canterbury Draft…preferably enjoyed in New Zealand where they are made!
New Holland.
Wachussett
Gnarly Barley Brewing in Hammond, LA and Urban South in New Orleans, LA. If you’re ever in the area, check them out!
Devil’s Backbone.
Lindeman’s. It’s the only beer that I’ll drink, other wise I’m a wine drinker.
Do people actually still drink Coors, Miller, and Budweiser?
Gnarly Barley and Abita
@KrisAnderson Abita might be my favorite domestic brewery
La Cumbre Brewing - New Mexico. The Elevated IPA is amazing! In fact, everything they make is very good. Is this one available in the rest of the country?
Paulanor - Munchen Salvator Double Bock. 7.9% alcohol by volume. I drank a lot of this beer while I was stationed in Germany and Portugal. This beer is amazing and you can buy it at Total Wine and probably other specialty beer outlets throughout the country.
@accelerator no, I’ve never heard of that IPA. Sounds great!
@accelerator, I know someone who owns a brewery in Grants, NM.
Brussels Beer Project in Belgium. Super experimental. Great collaboration with others.
@earl_danger That’s one thick head.
There are a ton of local breweries here in Maryland that rule. My local favorite is Crooked Crab Brewing. They have a good variety of beers and the staff is awesome!
HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
I’m not even the big beer drinker, but in Chicago and surrounds—Pipeworks and Three Floyds.
Where I live now, BARE does a pretty amazing job with variety.
I live in a nowhere area of Virginia. There is a local micro brewery that brews their beer with local ingredients (not too sure of the correct word to use for ingredients). They change up their lineup like every 2 weeks and they have such good flavor. The place is called Dragon Run Brewery. So good!! They also name their beers after local history. They have a story behind each beer so it’s pretty interesting to learn about each one they brew.
Alchemist, Stowe VT. Outer Range, Frisco CO.
Yuengling
Bell’s! And it’s right in my backyard
@peekass
Nice, I’ve always wanted to make a weekend out of GR and do the beer trails. I’m not to far away.
@peekass @Star2236 I’ve had good experience in the past at Grand River Brewery in Jackson.
My brother lives in Kalamazoo, so when it’s safe for full-scale travel again…
New Glarus or Sprecher
Mad Anthony, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Also Fort Wayne Brew Lab, for whom I’ll be growing hops this summer.
anyone do the tag-a-brew trail?
http://tagabrew.com/
@carl669 that looks wonderful. I wish it was in WA
The Brewing Academy.
https://thebrewingacademy.com/
What? You asked.
Guinness!!
It’s all my heart-burn riddled stomach can handle these days.
Another vote for Guiness for my go-to. For a lighter brew my fave is XXXX from Australia.
/giphy XXXX
@kc5rbq You get a like for the a awe**some giphy.
**Begone with you Mediocrebot!!
Co-worker’s home brew. She has the touch with fermentation. Makes great pickles & kimchi, too.
Labatts or Bells.
Sierra Nevada
Schlafly in St. Louis.
@ahacksaw Blue Moon makes a better hefeweissen. I think they make Shocktop too.
Badger State Brewery In GB WI.
Wolf Creek Brewery, Santa Clarita CA
Stiegl. Braukunst auf hoechster Stufe.
Three Floyd’s…I live about 10 minutes from them.
Makes me nostalgic for when some of us here did beer exchanges. @sohmageek and @marklog participated if I recall correctly.
@cbilyak I just had my dark lord I got from the exchange. Cellared well
@cbilyak @sohmageek I wish Casemates had a beer selection every time there was a wine ‘event’.
Or maybe on alternate days - sorta like an alternate Universe!
/giphy alternate Universe
@sohmageek nice! I am pretty sure I sent that. Whisper me your address and I can send a newer bottle your way…I have several.
YA GOAT WANTS A BEER TRIBUTE!!!
NONE OF THESE HAVE VALUE UNTIL YOUR GOAT RANKS 'EM! AND IF WHINERBOY KAVANAUGHN LIKES THEM, THEY’RE SHIT.
@brainmist Send me linkies on your local breweries! Maybe we’ll pick 'em for a local voucher buy!
There’s so much that’s good locally (Finger Lakes region of NY)
For an IPA, I really like several from Three Heads (https://threeheadsbrewing.com/beers/)
For a stout I like War Horse Brewing’s Breakfast with Churchill Oatmeal Coffee Stout
(https://www.warhorsebrewing.com/)
For an Abbey Ale, Ommegang
(https://www.ommegang.com/beerinfo/abbey-ale/)
Linkies!
@ybmuG Oh, almost forgot. Haven’t tried them but I really want to go just for the name:
Knucklehead Craft Brewing
(http://www.knuckleheadcraftbrewing.com/)
Second Chance Brewery in SD, CA
Melvin in Alpine, WY. Tomorrow is 2 x 4 Day!!