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What is the best domestic beer?
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Since "Best" is subjective, here are a few of my favorite domestic beers, in no particular order:
Fat Tire (Brewed in Ft. Collins, Colorado)
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Sierra Nevada (Brewed in Chico, California)
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Sam Adams (Brewed in Boston, MA
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Fat Tire (Brewed in Ft. Collins, Colorado)
Sierra Nevada (Brewed in Chico, California)
Sam Adams (Brewed in Boston, MA
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4 years of college
4 years of college
All three of these are wonderful examples of Microbrews that have gone big but still kept their standards in order to produce great beer!! (disclaimer on this - Sam Adams sponsors my website but I only take sponsors I do believe in)
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Sam Adams also gets a plus for having scientist design their glass to be the greatest tasting vessel on earth... LOVE IT!
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Each of these fine breweries brews a wide variety of beers. The Sierra Nevada that you illustrate is their best known beer and one of the best IPA's all around. Wonderful cascade hop aroma. But Sam Adam's Boston Lager is not that brewer's best, just the largest market. Try their Cranberry Lambic! Now that's a genuine Massachusetts beer. Fat Tire, fine as its brews are, deserves special credit for being an exceptionally Green and progressive company. They give their employees bicycles to come to work, recycle the brewery waste, and use renewable power.
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The beer commonly referred to as Vitiam B. Victoria Bitter. Perhaps you should have added what you consider domestic as you might not consider VB domestic to you, but my answer is still correct, for me!
Tell her you're from Australia. And you have better beers than VB. Cooper's Stout for instance.
Blue Moon, brewed by the Molson Coors Brewing Company. There's also a seasonal version, Honey Moon, which is delicious.
Tastes great with an orange slice. :
Tastes great with an orange slice. :
These beers aren't that bad but I also wonder about beers that need fruit added to them after the fact... I strongly believe beer should be drank as the brewer made it so if you have to add things that means the brewer isn't making the best beer possible.
Other than their insipid excuse for beer, one of the despicable things about Coors is the way they try to trick the mass market buyers into thinking that they are buying fancy imported beers (not that the real American brewers can't hold their own against anyone). For years they mislead people into thinking Killian's Irish Red was from Ireland, more recently they have fooled people into thinking Blue Moon was Belgian. They are pale, pale, shadows of the real things.
There are thousands of domestic brewers now, and dozens of styles. At last year's GABF there were 75 categories judged. There is no one best domestic beer.
In Louisiana, where I live, the best available beer from Louisiana is Crescent City Brewhouse Black Forest (a schwartzbier). The best current bottled beer from Louisiana is Abita Andygator (a barley wine).
In Louisiana, where I live, the best available beer from Louisiana is Crescent City Brewhouse Black Forest (a schwartzbier). The best current bottled beer from Louisiana is Abita Andygator (a barley wine).
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http://www.beertown.org/events/gabf/medals/medalists.aspx
http://www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com/history.html
http://www.abita.com/
http://www.beertown.org/events/gabf/medals/medalists.aspx
http://www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com/history.html
http://www.abita.com/
I'm not a big fan of the Abita Andygator since barley wines are not my thing but I have to say the Brewhouse Black Forest is a tasty little number!
Unfortunately I can no longer drink, but I remember that the best beer was Pabst Blue Ribbon Extra Light.
I respect your opinion but I can't even find words to describe how wrong I feel this answer is... PBR of any kind is just slightly flavored water in my eyes.
Interesting. Decades ago when I was in the Army, I switched from, Bud, Coors, Miller, to Pabst for just this reason.
I know PBR (and for that matter Bud, Coors and Miller) are all popular bar beers but perhaps my opinion has become slightly skewed after the years of tasting different breweries and what they offer. I can admit that I am spoiled when it comes to my beer drinking because I drink, almost exclusively, Mircobrews
Sorry to hear that you can no longer drink. It sounds as if you stopped during the 70's, which was the nadir of American brewing. There has been a wonderful renaissance and now I am confident that we surpass pre-prohibition brewers. Pabst is no longer an independent brewery, it is just a name in the lineup of of Coor or Bud, I forget which, not that it makes any difference.
Yes, it is unfortunate. I could really go for a cold one now and then. Actually, I stopped drinking in the 90's but by then I hadn't drank beer for a long time. I suffered from dystonia, dysphonia, and blethospasms (I think that's the name. It means that your eye lids shut and won't open). It took 10 years for Kaiser to diagnose the problem and by then the only thing that was counteracting the pain was Jack Daniels, double shots on the rocks. So now I can't touch any alcohol. Bummer.
For what it's worth, regular PBR is better than the typical Bud Light that many drink. At least you won't confuse it for seltzer water.
The best domestic beer is Fat Tire by New Belgium Brewery in Colorful Colorado
This is a rather tough question to answer because there are so many different styles of beer out there to pick from. If you like stouts there is a specific "best" I would suggest... if you like ales there is a different beer I would say is "best"... To narrow down the "best" to ALL forms of beer degrades the amazing world of beer. It is similar to asking what the best wine is, it can't be done but if you break it down to specific types you can get a lot closer!
That all being said I will tell you MY personal favorite beer which happens to come from a local Microbrewery in Cleveland OH.
Great Lakes Brewery - Dortmunder Gold (check out the number of awards it has won for the reason why it is their "gold"). Great Lakes Brewery also has several other AMAZING beers that everyone should check out if they have a chance (heck, if anyone is in the Cleveland area and wanted a free beer I will buy a pint for anyone that contacted me... it is that good that I am willing to put up the money to do that!! http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/beerProfile.php?beer_id=1
That all being said I will tell you MY personal favorite beer which happens to come from a local Microbrewery in Cleveland OH.
Great Lakes Brewery - Dortmunder Gold (check out the number of awards it has won for the reason why it is their "gold"). Great Lakes Brewery also has several other AMAZING beers that everyone should check out if they have a chance (heck, if anyone is in the Cleveland area and wanted a free beer I will buy a pint for anyone that contacted me... it is that good that I am willing to put up the money to do that!! http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/beerProfile.php?beer_id=1
This list contains the top-rated beers from the fanatical BeerAdvocate community:
http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers
The top beer is Belgian, but the next five are American. Pliny the Younger IPA (#4) from the Russian River Brewing Company is currently my favorite beer anywhere:
http://www.russianriverbrewing.com/images/webpics/Pliny-the-Younger.jpg
At somewhere over 100 IBUs ("international bitterness units") it's a unusually bitter and hoppy beer and not for everyone -- especially Joe Six Pack".
Pliny the Younger has recently begun to be distributed in bottles, but reportedly the brewer will only ship to sellers who will keep it refrigerated at the point of sale.
http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers
The top beer is Belgian, but the next five are American. Pliny the Younger IPA (#4) from the Russian River Brewing Company is currently my favorite beer anywhere:
At somewhere over 100 IBUs ("international bitterness units") it's a unusually bitter and hoppy beer and not for everyone -- especially Joe Six Pack".
Pliny the Younger has recently begun to be distributed in bottles, but reportedly the brewer will only ship to sellers who will keep it refrigerated at the point of sale.
I have always had an issue with the Beer Advocate community and their top beers list shows exactly why. Take a look at the number of stouts in their top 25 (9 stouts), I disagree with the perception that stouts should be that disproportionately better... Personally I think many in the Beer Advocate community rate stouts 'higher' because they feel it is what they have to do in order to be taken seriously since stouts are "aggressive" beers.
@spoon I agree that BeerAdvocate's ratings are imperfect and biased towards what they consider to be "profound" beers -- which actually makes Pliny the Elder's (as an IPA) high ranking more impressive.
FWIW, while I appreciate stout, It's never been my favorite style.
FWIW, while I appreciate stout, It's never been my favorite style.
BTW, off topic, but the top-ranked Westvleteren 12 is totally, stupifyingly amazing, though I suspect it's top ranking on the list is partially due to it's rarity. (I've only ever found it in the Netherlands.)
Not just any old stouts, Spoon, but Russian Imperial Stouts. When you've had a good Russian Imperial Stout you've had a beer! (or maybe three or four in one glass)
Being from LI, I have to give my recommendation of Blue Point Blueberry Ale
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