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1. Three Floyds Alpha King.
2. Hennepin
3. Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
4. New Glarus Uff Da Bock
5. Bell"s Two Hearted Ale
6. Two Brothers Domaine DuPage
7. Lake Front Organic ESB
8. Goose Island IIPA
9. New Holland Dragon's Milk
10. Three Floyds Gumball Head
 
1. Hoegaarden
2. Konig Ludwig Weissbier
3. Steamworks 3rd Eye Pale Ale
4. Deschutes Mirror Pond Ale
5. Sierra Nevada ESB
6. RedHook Longhammer IPA
7. Hacker-Pschorr (Hefe) Weisse
8. Duvel
9. Boulder Beer Hazed and Infused Pale Ale
10. Boddington's

...Blue Moon could be on that list too.
 
Dogfish Head 60 Min (and everything they make) :rockin:
Great Lakes Burning River Ale
Sierra Nevada E.S.B.
Victory Hop Devil I.P.A.
Hofbrau Maibock
Guiness Extra Stout
Breckenridge E.S.B.
Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard
Stoudt's I.P.A.
Lion Stout

A lot of the Sam Adams brews as well but this is a top ten for right now.

:mug:
 
1) Woodstock Inn Loon Golden Ale
2) Woodstock Inn Pemi Pale Ale
3) Woodstock Inn Pigs Ear
4) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Wheat & ESB
5) Sam Adams Boston Ale, Summer, White, Octoberfest
6) Harpoon Ale, Summer
7) Anything by "Stone"
8) Dogfishhead 60 min IPA
9) Cape Ann Fisherman's Brew, Ale, Pumpkin Stout
10) Longtrail (has a few good ones)

PS) Woodstock Inn located in Woodstock NH.
Check them out: www.woodstockinnnh.com
 
1. Fuller's ESB
2. Beamish
3. Paulaner Hefe
4. Guiness Draught
5. Victory Hop Devil on Cask
6. Flying Fish Extra Pale Ale
7. Young's Winter Warmer
8. Fuller's London Pride
9. Rogue Shakespeare Stout
10. Fuller's Vintage Ale
 
Mine were all covered by others: Paulener Hefe, Sam Adams (various styles), Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, a few others. However, being a Philly guy, I would be a traitor to my roots if I didn't give a nod to Yuengling's - especially their Chesterfield Ale.
 
1. Hop juice double IPA(Oggies pizza & Brewery)
2. Torrey Pines IPA(same as above)
3. Wipe-out IPA(Pizza Port Breweing AKA Port Brewing)
4. Big Foot(Sierra Navada)
5. SNPA(same as above)
6. Thomas Hardys
7. Duvel
8. Orval
9. Stone IPA(Stone)
10. Mickeys 40's!!!!!!!!! LOL

and its not made any more but i have to add it to the list
Pete's Wicked Maple Porter(i'd have to say this is my all time favorite porter EVER)
 
1.Guiness- Draught and Extra Stout
2.Smithwick's
3.Harp Lager
4.Newcastle Brown Ale
5.St. Pauli Girl
7.Yuengling
8. Black Radish by the Weeping Radish Brewery in SC
9.Beamish
10.Knight's Head- They make a great pale ale, and i believe it's the same company that makes Lion's Head which is not so good, to put it lightly.:tank:
 
1) Youngs Double Chocolate Stoudt
2) Guinness Draught
3) Troegs Nugget Nectar
4) Appalachian Brewing Co Abbey Road
5) Troegs Hopback
6) Sam Adams Cherry Wheat
7) Lancaster Brewing Co Hop Hog IPA
 
American Classics:
Sam Adams Boston Lager
Sam Adams Boston Ale
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Europeans:
Heineken
Warsteiner
Stella Artois

The Locals:
Back Roads Brewery Backroad Ale (LaPorte, Indiana)
Bells Oberon (Kalamazoo)
Bells Amber Ale
Three Floyds Alpha King (Hammond, Indiana)
 
Seen most of my favs on here, but I'll throw a list down anyway

Two-hearted: If I was stuck on a deserted island, this is the only item I would want:rockin:

Dark Horse Crooked Tree IPA: If there was no Two-Hearted to be found:fro:
Dragonmead Final Absolution
Stone Ruination
Oberon
Rochester Mills Batch 1000 Barleywine
Stone IPA
Bell's Batch 8K
Double Crooked Tree
New Holland Mad Hatter IPA
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat w/ marishino cherries(the only beer I'll drink with fruit in)
Hopdevil

I really wish Three Floyds was distributed locally, as I think that I would really enjoy some of their offerings.
 
:mug: NO Particular order
Walking Man Black Cherry Stout
Stone Arrogant Bastard
Deshutes Mirror Pond
Deshutes Obsidian Stout
Deshutes Black Butte Porter
Anderson Valley Barney Flatts Oatmeal Stout
McMenamins Hammerhead
McMenamins Terminator
Laquintas Capachino Stout

Gee, looks like I'm partial to stouts!:D
 
Woodchuck draft cider ,K cider smirnoff ice, odulls nonalcoholic brew,parrot bay pineapple orange . I guess that's just a few of the ones that I can think of right off the top of my head that I really thought were any good.
 
1. La fin du monde
2. Three Philosophers
3. Bell's Hopslam
4. Bell's Two Hearted
5. Rogue Dead Guy Ale
6. Karmeliet Triple (sp?)
7. Chambly Noir
8. Old Speckled Hen
9. Anchor Steam
10. Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout
 
accorn46 said:
Woodchuck draft cider ,K cider smirnoff ice, odulls nonalcoholic brew,parrot bay pineapple orange . I guess that's just a few of the ones that I can think of right off the top of my head that I really thought were any good.
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Not to be overly picky, but those are all sweetened malt beverage, except for O'Doul's. Tangentally, your tastes are very interesting. I've never met anyone who actually likes the taste of O'Doul's. I'm not judging you, just interested to hear more.

Back to the OT, I've had a hard-on for Guinness lately. I mean, I've been dabbling in Guinness for ages. But in the past month, for some weird reason, NOTHING sounds good except a Guinness. Can, bottle, tap, whatever. Just Guinness, preferably in large quantities.

Sam's Club has 18 packs of the pint Guinness cans, they come out to just a hair over $1 each can. I'm still kicking myself for buying groceries instead.
 
Beers that I actively seek out and remember from the last couple of years...

Maritime Pacific XPA
Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA
Big Time Scarlet Fire IPA
Lagunitas Imperial Red
Walking Man Black Cherry Stout
Deschutes Mirror Pond
Sierra Nevada Celebration
Rogue Mocha Porter
Spaten Premium Lager
Harp

I'm salivating...
 
I think if I had to name an all-time favorite at this point, it would probably be de Rocs Triple Imperiale, bottle aged. Their yeast is unique.


Honorable mentions go to Great Divide Old Ruffian and Oak Aged Yeti Stout, Alesmith Speedway Stout and Old Numbskull Bwine, Paulaner Salvator and Oktoberfest, Aventinus, Rochefort 10, and maybe just to throw a citrusy "DIPA" in there (though more hoppy in flavor than bitterness), Goose Island Imperial IPA and/or Boulevard's new smokestack DIPA.
 
Hmm this is a tough list...in no particular order


Guinness on tap in Dublin
Schlafly Oatmeal stout
Shiner Bock
Goose Island Honkers Ale
Blue Moon
Smithwicks
Schlafly Koelsch
Sam Adams

I'm sure there is more but that is what comes to mind right now.
 
NoClueBrew said:
Im starting to like Sierra Nevada more and more...had the ESB: Early Spring Beer and it is very good, also love the Wheat.
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I liked the ESB. The wheat seemed very plain to me - I haven't liked their non-hoppy offerings much.
 
1. Sierra Nevada Best Bitter Ale (only available on tap in Chico, CA :( )
2. North Coast Blue Star Wheat
3. Lost Coast Great White Beer
4. Sierra Nevada ESB (new seasonal this year)
5. North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner
6. Butte Creek Creekside Wheat
7. Butte Creek Organic IPA
8. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
9. Lost Coast Downtown Brown
10. Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale

You can see I'm a little biased to Northern CA brew here, but I think that is mostly because fresh is best! For SN beer, it's only $6/sixer so I drink a lot of it. Hopefully this all changes when my first batch is ready to drinks and I've got my second batch conditioning :) .
 
1. Guinness Draught
2. Smithwick's
3. Old Speckled Hen
4. Christian Moerlein's OTR (pale ale, don't know if it's available everywhere)
5. Dead Guy Ale
6. Bell's
7. Stella
8. Jack's Pumpkin Ale (I know it's made by AB, and probably not a great beer, but I love the taste of nutmeg; sue me!)
 
I'm a huge fan of Ale Asylum, so there are a few listed here. In no particular order:

10. New Glarus Spotted Cow
9. Bass Ale
8. Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout
7. Guiness Draught
6. New Glarus Double Bourbon Bock
5. Sam Adams Oktoberfest
4. Ale Asylum Sticky McDoogle
3. Ale Asylum Diablo (Belgian Dubbel)
2.Ale Asylum Ambergeddon
1. Ale Asylum Big Slick Stout (Oatmeal Stout)
 
This is a fun thread, but tough to list. At least I have notes on what to get next!

(Not in order, since different beer's are #1 at different times)

Bell's Two hearted Ale - unbeatable IPA
Bell's Third Coast Old Ale - made me love Old Ale
Dogfish Head Punk'in Ale - A great seasonal
Arrogant Bastard
Williamsburg Alewerks Cheasapeake Pale Ale - A local great
St. George's Brewery Winter Stout - Another local great
Sam Adam's Honey Porter - Great porter
Sam Adam's Old Fezziwig Ale - This one beat out the Winter Lager for Christmas
Rogue Santa's Private Reserve - The aroma and flavor hops are incredible
 
franziskaner- hefe weisse dunkel
st. pauli girl- special dark
shiner- dunkelweizen
shiner- bavarian style amber
shiner- bock
killians irish red
st. arnolds- amber
st. arnolds- texas wheat
 
Franziskiner
Saranac IPA
Saranac Diamond Bock
Saranac Carmel Porter
SN Celebration Ale
Dead Guy
Vermont Pub & Brewery's Dog Bite Bitter
Magic Hat Roxie Rolles
La Fin Du Monde
Maudite
Boddingtons Pub Ale


And for when I'm slummin' it...Gennesee Cream Ale
 
Guinness Draught always, it's best when in the motherland, and I really enjoy Mothership Whit these days! Dont realize how many have gone down until I get up!
 
budbo said:
1. Sam Adams Pale
2. SA Boston Lager
3. Victoria Bitter
4. Bass Ale
5. Blue Moon
6. Kilkenny's
7. Paulander
8. Asahi super dry
9. Wailua Wheat
10. SA Old Fezziwigs Ale
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Crickey, you must have been desperate. Or pissed.
 
10 best is pretty hard, but here are some of the top ten that frequent my fridge

Dogfish head 90 minute IPA & Raison d'Etre
anything from Unibroue
Victory's Golden Monkey
Delirium Tremmens
Rochefort 10
Troegs Nugget Nectar
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine
Clipper City Below Decks
Saison Dupont
Any Trappist Ale
 
I'm in San Diego, so Sam Adams just isn't an option for me...

1. Alesmith IPA
2. Russian River Pliny the Younger
3. Pizza Port Carlsbad Sticky Stout
4. Lagunitas IPA
5. Stone IPA
6. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
7. Ballast Pont Yellowtail Pale Ale
8. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
9. Rogue Brutal Bitter
10. Alesmith Speedway Stout

I like hops.
 
Hazed and Infused
Deschutes Hophenge
Hopworks Urban Brewery IPA
Amnesia Brewing Copecetic IPA
Amnesia Brewing Sunshine IPA
Sierra Nevada Celebration
New Belgium Sunshine Wheat
Green Flash IPA
Hop Rod Rye
Terminal Gravity ESG
 
No particular order...although my two favorites are at the top.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Fuller's ESB
Anchor Steam
Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
Bass Ale
Pliny the Elder
Red Hook ESB
Meantime Pale Ale
Arrogant Bastard IPA
 
In no particular disorder...

Spaten Optimator
Victory Prima Pils
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Goose Island IPA
Trois Pistoles
Franziskaner Hefeweizen
Lindeman's Framboise
Avery Hog Heaven (Barleywine)
Meantime IPA

I'll leave one open space.. I'm sure I'm forgetting something...
 
In no particular order
Real Ale (out of Blanco, TX) Pale Ale, Brown Ale, Fireman's #4
St. Arnolds amber and stout
Westmalle's triple
Dogfishhead india brown ale
Belhaven
 

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