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Share your favorite beers & breweries here:

Here is my favorite Hefe: Ayinger Ur-Weisse - Privatbrauerei Franz Inselkammer KG / Brauerei Aying - BeerAdvocate

Here is my favorite Belgian: Chimay Grande Réserve (Blue) - Bières de Chimay (Abbaye Notre Dame de Scourmont) - BeerAdvocate

My favorite US brewery has to be New Belgium Brewery (Fort Collins) but I also think Boulevard (Kansas City) has some really good beers.

Finally my favorite neutered Utah beer is Uintah's goldspike: Golden Spike Hefeweizen - Uinta Brewing Company

What beers are your favorite? Share so we can all try them.

You live in Utah and like beer? I'm so very sorry. :(

Kidding aside, here are some of my favorites:
Hefenweizen - Weihenstephaner/Franziskaner/Paulaner (Three way tie)
Doppelbock - Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
Pale Ale - Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
India Pale Ale - Alesmith IPA
Imperial IPA - Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
Triple IPA - Russian River Pliny the Younger
Barleywine - Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine
Strong Ale - Lost Abbey Angel's Share Brandy Barrel Aged
Imperial Stout - Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Trappist - Westveleteren 12 (Quadrupel)
Sour - Russian River Temptation

As you may notice, I love beer! :D

Not a huge beer drinker, but I enjoy the occasional brew. My favorite local brewery is Bluegrass Brewing Company (BBC). i like their Summer Wheat, Altbier, Oktoberfest, and Hell for Certain beers. (Hell for Certain is actually the name of a small town in Kentucky) Their Pale Ale is way too "hoppy" for my taste, but I like most of their other types. They also have a Raspberry Meade that I adore.

I tried Schlafly's Christmas Ale the other day while having drinks with some friends...I found it to be quite tasty.

I generally prefer light but strong beers. Not a big fan of stouts or really bitter IPAs but I'll try anything once. I wont even bother drinking anything less than 5% because the piss quotient is too high for the buzz. So those fucking $1 PBRs are right out.

Local:
most Triple Rock brews are great, I'm partial to the Titanium
21st Amendment Brewery especially Watermelon Wheat
Anchor Steam
Other domestics: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
I'm going to need to try that Sierra Nevada Bigfoot.
Okay cider might not really count as beer, but if I'm going to drink a cider it's going to be a Woodchuck Granny Smith
Imports: Heineken, Grolsch, Stella, and Corona arent very original but compose most of my drinking.

I'm a huge fan of hoppy beers. My favorite has to be, of course, those that I brew. Following that, some of my favorites:

Rouge - Dead Guy (and Double Dead Guy)
Stone - Ruination IPA
Flying Dog - IPA
Lagunitas - Almost all of their beers
Oskar Blues - Dale's Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada - Their Seasonal ones always seem to be good
Highland Brewing Co. - Gaelic Ale
Victory - Hop Devil (IPA-ish) & Storm King (Stout) (apparently makes a great Black & Tan too, which I need to try)

I'm a huge fan of Belgians... my favorite drink ever having been of a Konigshoven dubbel from a tap (!!). Not something stocked anywhere really, it was a great treat.
My favorite brewery is Dogfish Head. Based out of Deleware. Everything they make is phenomenal. IPAs are generally disgusting to me, but their 120minute IPA (something like $10 for a 12oz bottle) is heaven! They are always coming out with new brews and none have ever dissapointed.

Meanwhile, I live in Portland, Oregon which has more micro-brewers than anywhere in the world but Belgium. Although many of them tend to be on the more bitter side (not my favorite), many of them are amazing in their own right. Rogue is probably the most famous, and if I'm in that rare mood for bitter and strong, they never fail.

It's amazing to me that after years of being the laughing stock of the world beer drinking community, the United States now produces some of the best (if not THE best) beer in the world (depending on your taste). Go us!
It's also sad that Budweiser and Pabst are still the only "beers" that most people know.. but that is slowly changing =)

Sam Adams all the way.

Hooray for Beervana!!!

I love living in Oregon. So much good beer. Even here in Corvallis (pop. 50,000) there are 3 breweries inside city limits.

My favorites change, depending on season or what I've had lately. Generally, we drink a lot of Deschutes. I'm sad to see Deschutes Jubelale off shelves, but there is plenty of other good wintry Deschutes to drink, like Obsidian Stout or Black Butte Porter.

It's too difficult to pick favourites all at once, so I'll just post as I go along.

I had my first (three) Hoegaarden witbier on New Year's. I rather enjoyed it despite not having any lemon slices to go with it. It just gives me a reason to have it again soon. It hit my top-10 list immediately.

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Hooray beer!

Sam Adams Oktoberfest
La Fin Du Monde
New Castle
Fat Dog Stout
Brother Aaron's Quadruple

I'm a fan of a belgium blonde beer.

I once went to a bar in brussels where they had every single style of Leffe and then some on tap. Needless to say i had the mother of all hangovers the next day

Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale is my favorite. it was the 1st beer I liked and i've sticked with this brand since now and it's all delicious. If i'm in a more hungry mode, i would order an Alexander Keith's Red Amber ale. Equally great but a bit more filling.

Flying Dog In Heat Wheat is my favorite, and they've moved their brewing operations right here to Frederick. Yay!

My favorite belgian-style is actually Canadian, a trippel-style beer called Le Fin Du Monde, by Unibroue in Quebec. It's very, very nice.

I generally like an IPA or APA very much.

Sol or Superior sometimes Carta Blanca. I like Corona too but it's not often available in the bars and restaurants of the Yucatan. Think Sol, or it's maker Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma, has the cerveza market cornered down here.

Some favorites:

New Belgium Fat Tire
Oskar Blues' Old Chub/Ten Fidy
Belhaven Scottish Ale
Dogfish Head World Wide Stout/Raison d'Extra/Indian Brown Ale/Midas Touch
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Troeg's Troeginator (Doppelbock)
Green Flash IPA
Wolaver's Oatmeal Stout
Fuller's London Porter
Erie Railbender Ale
Smuttynose Robust Porter and Old Brown Dog Ale
Delirium Noel
Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

As you can see I like mostly dark beers--porters and stouts.

IPA's are growing on me though. I like the Dogfish Head ones, Southern Tier IPA from NY, and the Green Flash as noted above.

I am peeved at how difficult it is to get Fat Tire on the East Coast. This does lend some incentive to head west of the Mississippi a couple times each year.

Man, I love beer.

You know that one beer that comes in a bottle or on tap that has alcohol in it... Yeah that one... The one that tastes like Heaven...


I'll drink anything. And that's not in the alcoholic way... I just love beer.

I never did understand the need/requirement for a slice of lemon/lime in beer. Is the beer that bad it needs an additive to make it drinkable?

I'm like Worlds King (alright not like him but...) I love just about any beer, but I have a dislike of low carb beers - they just don't taste right to me and I'm thin enough not to have to worry :)

No, no, not so.

It's more or less the same principle with many things we put into our mouths: it's to enhance the taste/experience. The beer in question is quite delicious without added fruit.

I wouldn't say it's needed.

What's a bit of a requirement for me, however, is that I can't stand certain cheap beer. I'd rather not drink it if it doesn't taste good. I don't drink to get drunk. (It just tends to happen.)

Baraka + Pabst Blue Ribbon

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My favorite beer is Rogue's Dead Guy.

Holy shit... We agree on something.


Dead Guy had to be one of the best beers ever made.



If there is a way to get it in your part of the world... You really should check out Pin Strip from Ska Brewing Company...

ok - I just like my beer unadulterated - hold the lemon wedge for me thanks, or stick it in my wife's g and t.

You're thinking Corona.

Although I've never heard of using lemon in a witbier, usually I've seen those served with orange slices. Lemons in hefes though I believe are common.

It is like BG said though, served correctly, it is an enhancement to a beer that is perfectly enjoyable on it's own merit.

A beer I'm going to keep on hand for a while is Siera Nevada's new Torpedo Extra IPA. /me likes the IPAs.

I tried this for the first time yesterday. It's really good. Not at all what I expected. It's a very light Pale Ale.
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For me, it depends entirely on the weather. When it is hot outside, a pilsner just this side of freezing is great. Warsteiner is a good one.

I'm not a big beer drinker, but when I do drink beer it's usually Red Stripe. So i second that other Red Stripe poster way up there. Woo hoo. :)

In fact, I am enjoying one right now.

That sounds super-tasty. I love Sierra Nevada--their Pale Ale is my default beer. I'll have to look around town and see who has it.

Not a big fan of beer (vodka please) but if I'm drinking beer it's gotta be Yuengling.

Well sadly we don't get any on my side of the country.

Drinking one now. Excellent!

Yeah East Coast only..

although I wonder what the laws are about shipping alcohol.. my buddy has been in Texas for a few years now and constantly begs me to send him some Yuengling

Try sending it to him first. If it works... You have to send it to me.

tell you what.. you find out what rules exist for fedex or ups and I'll ship you a case

I tracked down the Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA. I'm looking forward to trying some tonight!

Rules aren't in favor of it... If you declare that you are shipping beer... Know what I mean?

Homebrewers do brew swaps all the time. Pack it well, ship it as fragile and you should be fine.

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I'll be having one later tonight as well. My boss leaves for Yulee, Florida Sunday and he is supposed to have some ready for me when I get there next Sunday so I don't have to go without until I search out a liquor store there.

Right now I'm enjoying a brown ale I brewed about 10 months ago.

I'm really enjoying it so far. Yummy stuff. It definitely has more of a resiny taste.

A co-worker's brother sent a variety of Left Hand Brewing fare via UPS. I'm suspecting that shipping that way does evil to otherwise tasty brews. About half the selections were a bit on the skanky side.

I'm a fan of ales, amber and brown especially. Bell's makes a very tasty amber, though my current favorite is Newcastle Brown Ale. Smithwick's is also on my short list.

I'll never turn down a Guiness or Murphy's stout, though.

Here ya go Grumby...
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I'm trying these Sierra Nevada Pale Ales tonight and they are decidedly fruity...what is that?

I like them. It's a tasty beer.

My personal theory is that Sierra Nevada tastes better because of the open fermenting process that they use for most of their beers (I saw this on the History Channel--super cool, makes me really want to get down to Chico for the brewery tour). But I also imagine that the Cascade hops have something to do with it (developed at my university, by the way). The flavor in your beer may very well come from my neck of the woods--hops are a big money crop around these parts! Cascade hops are known for having a spicy, citrusy flavor, with a nice aroma.

I'm having another Torpedo. :D

Citrusy! yes.

It was very good. I'm glad I stopped by this thread. :)

Snowy is right on about the Cascades. Were there one hop left in the world to make beer with, I would want it to be Cascade. Cascades are not just good for bittering, flavor and aroma, they are very good.

Too true! If I could only have one to brew with, that one would be the one.

Still, I'd have a hard time getting by without some Fuggles as well.

Speaking of Cascades, here is an APA I brewed a couple of weeks ago. Thursday night I racked it into secondary and tasted a bit from the racking cane. This flat, warm sample was good enough that I wanted to rack off a pint of it. I'll keg it up next week and look forward to a glass of it in a few weeks.

Guiness. Genius. You don't need 10............ but if they have 10, what the hell....

I am trying the Sierra Nevada Bigfoot now, it is realllly hoppy but I am down with 9.6% ABV, I suppose it beats a stout at that level.

I've developed quite the taste for beer over the past two years.

There isn't a beer from Unibroue that I don't like, but Trois Pistoles is my favourite. It tastes like autumn in a bottle, with the fruit and warmth and spice. Éphémère Pomme is also brilliant, and is better for the summer.

Though, I've been drinking pint after pint of Hacker-Pschorr's Weiss.

im sorry maybe I shouldn't post here since I hate beer, but I cant live without a screwdriver every now and then ( meaning usually every night)

First time I had Genius I thought it was disgusting. Now I love it. I love the rich creamy head on the beer. I think this one is definitely an acquired taste.

Guinness, ftw.

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Tomorrow is Canada Day.

I will be spending much of that time drinking from this:
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Mill St. Brewery is a fledgling, yet award-winning, Toronto-based microbrewery that happens to produce rather delicious brews. I have had their Organic lager and their Tankhouse Ale so far (as they are on tap everywhere in Toronto). I think this sampler is a great way to try out the rest of their major line.

I'm really looking forward to the Coffee Porter.

I've discovered Fat Tire recently, from New Belgium Brewing. It was a specialty deal last summer--only the really well-stocked bars had it on tap, and only a few kegs at a time. This year it's freaking everywhere. It's at my plain old grocery store, for crying out loud. And it's GOOD.

When I combine the variables cost, abv% and taste I get this:
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If I'm feeling fancy:
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Fat Tire has been around here for ages. IMHO there isn't anything that special about it. Not that it is bad. Just very average.

I like the cut of your jib, gucci. I positively adore Yuengling, and as much as I like to try new things, I constantly find myself falling back on a pint of the Yueng. I don't know what I'll ever do if I move away from the East Coast, I guess if I ever make it back out to California, I'll start drinking Pacifico again.

I always like to try something new, but right now the old reliables are:

Sam Adams Boston Lager
Coors Light
Pete's Wicked Ale Strawberry Blonde
Sam Adams Light
Goose Island Hexnut Brown

And sometimes you just want a nice and cheap can of PBR!

I think I just like beer. :)

I'm not a huge fan of the Mill St. beers. I've tried the Tankhouse and the Organic two or three times each, and I'm consistently left flat. I can't pinpoint what it is about them I'm not big on, but there must something. I haven't given up on the brewery yet, though, as your photo does illustrate a lovely looking "Wit" :)

To each his or her own, right? I'm not a big fan of the Organic either. It's not bad, but it's not great either. The Tankhouse I find to be a good everyday beer. It's certainly better than a lot of commonly available domestic ales. I have yet to try the Stock, Coffee Porter, and Wit.

Perhaps the next TFP Toronto event will involve Mill St somehow, and we can find out how they are!

Yes, yes...the only way we can find the answers we're looking for is through some serious field work.

You know about the upcoming TFP Toronto comedy night, right?

I was in San Diego a few years ago and had an Arrogant Bastard Ale that I absolutely loved! I was in Maryland/DC a couple weeks ago and finally had it again. Evidently Kansas is too small a market, and they don't ship it here (at least that's what the guys at the liquor store said).

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Anyway, what I like that I can actually buy? Red Stripe, Duvel, Leffe Blonde, Samurai, Fat Tire, Stella, Modelo Especial, and a bunch of Sam Adams shit. There are more, but the TV is distracting me right now.

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Just had one of these last night. Dark and bitter like espresso, drinks very smooth, and one helluva badass bottle.

The End Of The World! Love that stuff. Another of Unibroue's great ones is, Don De Dieu(Gift Of The Gods).

One of my personal favs, is Aventinus. :thumbsup:

Stone just came out with their 13th Anniversary Ale recently and it is beyond delicious! If you want huge beers you have to go with Stone Ruination or their Russian Imperial Stout.

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Moylans makes an amazing triple hopped Imperial IPA called the Hopsickle as well.

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Lefthand Brewery out of Colorado just resumed shipping to New Mexico again and I must say I am one happy camper! My favorite bar has it on tap too!

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Not a huge beer drinker or anything but I do enjoy Fat Tire or Newcastle, and there's nothing better than an ice cold Corona when you're out at the lake at it's 100 degrees out.

And I enjoy Guinness but ONLY when it's from the tap at this local Irish pub, I've never had it as good anywhere else (keep in mind i've never been to Ireland)

I actually just tried the Wit last night. It wasn't bad at all. I've heard mixed things about the coffee porter. Apparently if you like your coffee black then it's good. If you like it sweet not so much.

As far as my taste. Well working at the Sleeman Brewery means I tend to drink mainly Sleeman products.
The only one I wont touch is Sleeman Clear. It's shit.
My favorite is probably the Fine Porter,
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the Number 20
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or the Draught
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also the Maclay's is a damn fine for a cheap beer
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Dogfish Head brewery (out of deleware) is, imho, the best brewery in the Americas, if not the world.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales | Off-centered stuff for off-centered people
I've never had a beer from them that wasn't mind blowing. Even their IPA is something special - and I typically don't like IPAs.
Try anything and everything you can get from them. It's all delicious, and varies wonderfully in flavor.

That said, I do prefer Belgian ales. Dubbels, Tripels, Quadrupels... all delicious. Westmalle makes a great one. And of course, I can't remember my favorite beer ever, ha! It's that good!

I'm no beer expert by any stretch of the imagination and I have no qualms with trying a new beer but the ones that I've been sticking with are:

Yuengling
Blue Moon
AmberBock
I also recently tried Newcastle for the first time and that was damn good.

It's mostly been Yuengling lately though.

So I finally got the chance to try the Organic tonight, and it was well kinda weak. It really was kinda generic and disappointing.

Speaking of Organic Beers though I do enjoy the St. Peters Organic English Ale.
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I also forever say that THIS
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is the best beer either Molson or Labatt makes. It's my guilty pleasure beer.

Y'all, I went to my town's fifth annual Summertime Brews Festival yesterday. Fucking amazing.

Rock 92 - SUMMERTIME BREWS FESTIVAL HOME

Over the course of four hours, probably five thousand people and I sampled from over 250 beers. It got a BIT drunk out... VERY good time.

I recently went to trader joes when I was in vegas and picked up a bunch of beer. None of the trader joes brand impressed me much except this one was pretty good:
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Drinking Carlsberg Beer now. :)
Excellent!

I tend to go for Wheat Beers. However....

My favorite of all Beers is Kentucky Burbon Ale. It's like someone took a bourbon and water (my favorite drink) and replaced the water with BEER! It's enough to make the angels cry.

They take the barrels that the bourbon was in. The wood is all soaked in bourbony goodness. Then they use it for the ale. Mmmm. Good times!