lidon123

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Curious as to what people think are the top 3 breweries in their area of the country. When I lived in Texas there wasn't much in the way of micro-brews but in the Pacific Northwest I am in a micro-brew heaven. Anyways my top 3 are:

Rogue Brewery- Newport,OR
Stone Brewery- Escondido,CA
Pike Place Brewery- Seattle,WA

humann_brewing

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Yes, it is great beer nirvana in the PNW, I assume you have checked out what Deschutes, Widmer, Boundary Bay, Pacific Maritime, Snoqualmie breweries right?

Anyways, It is nearly impossible to limit the list to 3 but I would pick from the list above, yours and add

Russian River

Desert_Sky

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"as a microbrewery varies by region and by authority, though is usually around 15,000 barrels (18,000 hectolitres/ 475,000 gallons) a year."

Have Rogue and Stone passed that?

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Sierra Vista, AZ

atyeastIgothops

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I don't know if they are considered micro- or not, but three from my area would be....

1. Southern Tier Brewing Company
2. Ellicottville Brewing Company
3. Great Lakes Brewing

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Primary 2: Beta Fish RIS
Primary 3: Grapeach Winter Wine
Secondary 1: empty
Drinking: Alpha Dog IPA

carnevoodoo

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Yes, they're well beyond that, but if you don't care about what the first line of wikipedia says, what else would you classify them as?

And there's no way I could get it down to three. Maybe 30?

edit: also, these lists will all depend on where people live in the states.

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lamarguy

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I'm not sure when you moved but off the top of my head...

1. St Arnold's
2. Real Ale
3. Live Oak
4. Southern Star
5. Rhar & Sons
6. Independence

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Doggfather Brewery

Planned: Lambic, American IPA
Fermenting: 6 gals of 1.090 stout (Belgian) & 6 gals of 1.090 stout (English)
Tapped: Berliner Weisse, Black English IPA, German Pils, & Live Oak Primus

lidon123

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Oh, yea...I have been drinking a good deal of jubilee ale and brr...this season

lidon123

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I joined the Navy in 2004, but it may just be where I grew up, because whenever I go back home the best I can find is Shiner Bock and Sam Adams for beer period, but my family is from a small county, luckily I live in the PNW now and never have to worry about a shortage of micro-brews to choose from, maybe when I go back and visit I can find some good stuff in Tx

HI_SALENITY

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I am not sure they are still a micro but I am near Boulevard

Yankeehillbrewer

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Sierra Nevada(Though it's hardly micro anymore)
Bear Republic
Russian River

Would be my top three but there are so many in California...Lost Coast,Mendocino Brewing Co,North Coast,Moylans,Lagunitas, Butte Creek,Green Flash,Ballast Point, Stone, Anderson Valley, it goes on and on.

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Primary #2:
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