Your favorite top five beers?

[mburch9595]

Easy: Only the Finest

Natty Ice
PRB
Milwaukee's Best
MGD 64
Miller Highlife

Jk... The reason i homebrew is so that i dont have to drink that crap.

 

[tripplehazzard]

I'm suprised I never see beer like great divide. Hercules double ipa on here. I just tried it and for a 100 rated beer its pretty tasty!

 

[McBrewskie]

I'm suprised I never see beer like great divide. Hercules double ipa on here. I just tried it and for a 100 rated beer its pretty tasty!

Their Yeti series is amazing. In fact Oaked Yeti would make my top 5 all time.

 

[Eugenio]

1. Fantome Saison
2. Cambirdge Brewing Company Farmhouse Ale
3. Night Shift Brewery Rose
4. Night Shift Brewery Havanero
5. Delirium Noctornum / Tremens

 

[thirstyutahn]

This is the impossible question but right now off the top of my head.

Cigar city - jai alai (any version)
Epic - big bad baptist stout
Redrock - secale
Firestone - union jack
Deschutes - black butte xx (any of the versions really)

 

[Inkleg]

That's easy....

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[Kolsch_Meister]

that's easy....

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The next one.....
And the next one.

+1

 

[FATpackbrew]

In no order

DFH Chicory Stout
Blue Point Hoptical Illusion
Green Flash Hop Head Red
Lost Coast Alley Cat Amber
Jelen Pivo(Serbian)

 

[mewithstewpid]

In no order

DFH Chicory Stout
Blue Point Hoptical Illusion
Green Flash Hop Head Red
Lost Coast Alley Cat Amber
Jelen Pivo(Serbian)

Hoptical illusion is great! I don't think it gets the respect it should

 

[bigmike99]

Hoptical is yummy. Rumor here on LI wa that they are changing it into a session beer keeping the name but pretty much knocking it down to half of what it is now. No Bueno.

 

[cthulu1975]

Bells Two Hearted
Oskar Blues Old Chub
Zyweic Porter
Troegs Nugget nectar
Jever Pilsner

 

[D_Nyholm]

Hoptical is yummy. Rumor here on LI wa that they are changing it into a session beer keeping the name but pretty much knocking it down to half of what it is now. No Bueno.

That was an April fools joke. Something about 3% and 30 IBU. All a game, it will still be the same. If you are local and like hoptical, you have to try spider bite eye bee use (I have no idea how they spell it), it is AWESOME!

 

[bigmike99]

I was hoping that was the case. It's my favorite local IPA but Eye Be Use is also really really good. Boris is excellent as well. Very lucky to have so much good local beer here and a ton of local events with cask fests etc.

 

[Erik147]

Fat Tire Amber Ale
George Killian's Irish Red
Samuel Adams Octoberfest
Widmer Hefeweizen
Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager

 

[stbnj]

Carton Boat Beer
Kane Head High
DFH Indian Brown
Founders Breakfast Stout
Lagunitas WTF

 

[NicoleBrewer]

Rogue dead guy ale
Lagunitas little sumpin'
Sam Adams Boston brick red
Flying dog raging *****
Old bernside brewing co. Dirty penny

 

[user 157712]

Sam Adam's Boston Lager
Bell's Christmas Ale
Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Ale Asylum Mad Town Nut Brown
Sam Adam's Octoberfest

 

[Newbrew12]

Bells Two Hearted
Oskar Blues Old Chub
Zyweic Porter
Troegs Nugget nectar
Jever Pilsner

Old Chub is an amazing beer. Great call

 

[jabba11]

right now??
Hoeggarden
Left hand Nitro
paulaner hefe
youngs double chocolate stout
Mccoys Ginger shandy

 

[signpost]

Well, let's see here. My favorites that I can think of right now are:

Dubbel Vision from Bastone, Royal Oak, MI - award winning belgian dubbel
Zaison from Brewery Vivant, Grand Rapids, MI - imperial saison
Escoffier from Brewery Vivant and New Belgium (collaboration) - farmhouse brett ale
The Oracle from Bell's, Kalamazoo, MI - DIPA
Super IPA from New Belgium and Alpine Beer Co. (collaboration) - DIPA

 

[podz]

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
Erdinger Weissbier
Maisel's Weisse
Zlatopramen 11
Koff Porter


Did I forget to mention that German weissbier is my favorite type?

Zlatopramen 11 doesn't get much appreciation from ratings that I have read, but one day I had a few while grilling and they were just out of this world. And now they don't sell them here anymore. A Czech coworker of mine brought me a few bottles when he returned from visiting his family a few years back. It would be nice to have some more.

Koff Porter is about the only Finnish beer to ever gain international recognition. Michael Jackson liked it, and he used to visit Finland now to get some down his throat. It's a strong, sturdy beer. Definitely try it if you see one in a store.

 

[linerndunch110]

Right now, in no particular order:


Lagunitas Maximus IPA
Ithaca Flower Power
Alagash White
Dragon Stout
My kern river citra IPA variation(I've really been loving it lately)

 

[scutiger]

My current top 5 in no particular order:

Great Divide Titan IPA
Westbrook IPA
Left Hand Milk Stout
Highland Oatmeal Porter
Terrapin Wake 'n Bake

 

[Eugenio]

My current top 5 in no particular order:

Great Divide Titan IPA
Westbrook IPA
Left Hand Milk Stout
Highland Oatmeal Porter
Terrapin Wake 'n Bake

Left hand milk stout is such an amazing beer.

 

[JBubba]

My favorites these days:

Russian River Pliny Elder/Younger
Lagunitas Fillmore Fusion
Trumer Pilsner
Thirsty Bear Kozlov Stout
Lost Coast Downtown Brown

 

[Haputanlas]

As my palette changes, I'll update the list.

Jester King Viking Metal
Bourbon County Stout
My hoppy wheat
Lagunitas Maximus
My Black IPA

 

[Phil_Ozzy_Fer]

I agree, tough call. Five I really enjoy are:

Staropramen
Courage Best Bitter
Rogue Dry Hopped St. Rogue Red Ale
Goose Island Mild Winter
Maredsous Brune/Bruin

These are 5 beers that I just genuinely enjoy.

 

[FermentusMaximus]

Rochefort 10 and 8
Southern Tier Pumking
Ommegang Three Philosophers
Founders Breakfast Stout

 

[Remmy]

5 - Rogue Double Chocolate Stout
4 - Founder's Breakfast Stout
3 - Scratch 98 - Triple Mango IPA (Troeg's)
2 - Heady Topper
1 - Ballast Point Sculpin

 

[Grippe]

1. Krusovice Unfiltered
2. Fischer Amber
3. Jester King Das Wunderkind
4. EdWort's Haus Ale
5. AHS Chocolate Raspberry Stout

 

[LovesIPA]

Track 7 Panic IPA *
Pliny the Elder
Racer 5
Black Dragon Stained of Mind IPA *
My homebrew blackberry wheat

* you'll never see these outside of Norcal - but if you get the chance to try them, do it!

 

[Thrillasaurus]

Stone Espresso Imperial Russian Stout
La Fin Du Monde
Lagunitas Maximus
New Belgium Abbey
Racer 5

 

[Ivypunx]

1. Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
2. Bells Hopslam
3. Founders All day IPA
4. Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar
5. Stone Ruination

 

[shoreman]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Duvel

Stone IPA (must be fresh)

Saison DuPont

Guinness (on draft, proper pour)

All the above are very food friendly and covers the flavors I look for in a beer. This also pretty much runs the spectrum of styles that I consistently brew consistently.

 

[iambeer]

Clown Shoes witbier offering, Clementine, is one of my favorite 5 these days. I think it's the best witbier I have found in a bottle in the Northeast. It's hard to believe the ABV, it tastes pretty light.

 

[smallfri44]

Stone Ruinten!!!
Lagunitas Little Sumptin
High Water Brewing Campfire Stout
Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon
Ninkasi Tricerahops

Ruinten was delicious and I miss it

 

[krenshaw]

no special order:

Maine Beer Company - Mean Old Tom
Ommegang - Abby Ale/Three Phils (Can't decide which i like better)
Rochefort Trappistes 10
Founders KBS
Bells Two Hearted

 

[rjbank]

RR. Consecration

Jolly pumpkin. La Roja

3 Floyd's. arctic panzer

Dark horse Scotty karate

3 Floyd's Behemoth

 

[Jwerner23]

Mine would have to be:

Lagunitas- Brown Shugga
Left Hand- Milk Stout
Grand Teton- Pursuit of Hoppiness
Big Sky- Moose Drool
Bells- Two-Hearted Ale
Honorable Mention
Salmon River Brewery- Quiver IPA, not sold in bottles the brewery is in McCall, ID. Great small brewery

 

[Rosvineer]

Left hand milk stout on nitro is a top 5 for me right now for sure