Beer bar recommendations - by state

[brewmcq]

Two more for Maine, both in Bar Harbor..

Leary's Landing (A great little hole in the wall.. serves some local micro/crafts) http://www.learyslanding.com/
Jack Russell's Steakhouse and Brewery (Good food, BEST micro I've ever had) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Russells-Steakhouse-Brewery/50265656155

 

[Wynne-R]

There are four Gingerman locations in DFW, plus the original in Houston and one in Austin. That’s Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Southlake, Austin and Houston.

I haven’t been to all of them, but the feedback is excellent. Good food, and good service. Best of all a rotating beer selection.

 

[JohnnyO]

Some more in CT:

Prime 16 Burgers and Tap Room - New Haven, CT www.prime16.com
Cask Republic - New Haven, CT www.thecaskrepublic.com
New England Brewing Co. - Woodbridge, CT http://www.newenglandbrewing.com/

 

[jperry]

Hamilton's Tavern, in San Diego, California. They've even got dueling Casks, from local breweries, on most Fridays.

There are too many to name, in San Diego alone, and that's besides the rest of California.

 

[zmanzorro]

Texas:

Dallas
- Meddlesome Moth:
http://www.mothinthe.net/

- The Common Table
http://www.thecommontable.com/

- Craft and Growler
http://craftandgrowler.com/

- Strangeways
https://www.facebook.com/Strangewaysdallas

In that order ...

EDIT: Added websites

 

[eulipion2]

Virginia:
Mekong - Richmond - huge selection, especially Belgians and sours. Great Vietnamese food. An, the owner, is a hoot! The local homebrew club meets there monthly.

Commercial Taphouse - Richmond - smaller selection, about 15 draft, 15 bottle, constantly rotating. Really good stuff. Co-owned by a homebrewer.

ExtraBilly BBQ - Midlothian (NOT the Richmond location) - Small brewpub/BBQ joint recently got a new head brewer (homebrewer from the local club) who's changing up the beer menu. His Citra IPA is pretty tasty. Richmond location doesn't have a brewery.

Capital Ale House - Richmond (3 locations) - 50-80 on draft, depending on location, over 250 bottles. Service at the downtown location can be spotty sometimes. Not sure about the other locations.

 

[aiptasia]

Recently visited on beercation and worthy of being a great indie beer spot/bar:

The Distillery - Savannah, GA. Hundreds of bottles. Lots of taps. Awesome food. Website: http://www.distillerysavannah.com/
Bruisin' Ales - Asheville, NC. Thousand bottle bottleshop and small tap station. Website: http://bruisin-ales.com/
Pack's Tavern - Asheville, NC. 35 taps. Lots of bottles. Good food. Website: http://packstavern.com/
Wicked Weed - Asheville, NC. Constantly rotating taps. Great food. Website: http://www.wickedweedbrewing.com/

Hometown:

Brewer's Pizza - Orange Park, FL. Best Pizza anywhere, 40+ taps. Website: http://brewerspizza.com/
Dahlias Pour House - Jacksonville, FL. 85 taps. No food. Website: http://www.dahliaspourhouse.com/
Beer30 - Jacksonville, FL. Bottle shop. Hundreds of choices. Website: http://beer30jax.com/
Grassroots Market - Jacksonville, FL. Bottle shop and Grocery. Hundreds of bottles. Website: http://www.thegrassrootsmarket.com/

 

[FermentedTed]

Great to see Lunar on the list for IL... A close second that's not on the list yet is Bigby's Pour House in Addison, IL. 15 craft beers on tap that they rotate often and a ton of bottles and cans. Plus they'll do a flight of any 5 beers they have on tap for like $15.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Sober - Trendy yuppie bars are best. They have the most attractive women per patron.

Half-Tilt - Biker bars. decent women, more of a let loose bar policy. Women have lower standards.

Full-Tilt - ***** bar. They are used to drunken slobs.

Oh, wait, you mean state as in geography?

McNellies Public House - Oklahoma City or TapWerks - Oklahoma City

 

[Bramstoker17]

Great to see Lunar on the list for IL... A close second that's not on the list yet is Bigby's Pour House in Addison, IL. 15 craft beers on tap that they rotate often and a ton of bottles and cans. Plus they'll do a flight of any 5 beers they have on tap for like $15.

I tossed Lunar out there in the original thread Ted, I don't get there nearly enough, but every time I do I'm always impressed. I need to make it a much more frequent destination! One of these days I'll see you there, we keep missing each other!

 

[Thnikkaman]

For Iowa:

Reds Ale House -- North Liberty Iowa (Iowa City area) currently no website
White Star Ale House -- Cedar Rapids Iowa http://whitestaralehouse.com/ Avoid the food, but the bartenders are knowledgable.
Bricks -- Cedar Rapids Iowa http://www.brickscedarrapids.com

 

[flipfloptan]

Charleston sc
Closes for business
Mt pleasant house of brews
Charleston beer exchange

Greenville sc
Barleys tap room
Comminity tap
Greenville beer exchange

 

[FatDragon]

When I was in college several years ago, the best place I knew in Arkansas was the Flying Saucer in Little Rock; much better than the one in Memphis, which is the only other Flying Saucer I've been to.

The best beer bar I've ever been to is ØL in Walnut Creek, CA.

 

[biochemedic]

Currently sitting in a great little taproom in York, PA...The Holy Hound...30 on tap and a light but delicious menu, friendly and knowledgeable bartenders...

 

[Dovage]

Fort Myers, Florida-- Fort Myers Brewing, brews there own. It is a tap room, with a gourmet food truck outside.

Point Ybel Brewing, not yet open but I have had some of there beers, yum!
House of Brews, good selection of bottles and taps

Punta Gorda--- Ice House pub, great atmosphere, 20 some taps 6 of which are rotating.

 

[Thnikkaman]

Charleston sc
Closes for business
Mt pleasant house of brews
Charleston beer exchange

Greenville sc
Barleys tap room
Comminity tap
Greenville beer exchange

I believe I've been to Barleys. Going to have to check the other two places out when I'm there for Christmas.

 

[ndrwtcm]

Right Brain Brewery and 7 Monks-both in Traverse City Michigan.

 

[Henry22]

South Carolina-Columbia
World of Beer
Flying Saucer
Kentucky-Lexington
The Beer Trappe
Lexington Beerworks
Country Boy Brewing -nano/microbrewery but also has about 10 taps of other microbrews that rotate

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Tørst in NY should read Tørst, Brooklyn....not new York city

MOAR....

North Fork Tasting Room, Riverhead
Bobbique, Patchogue
Hoptron Boutique, Patchogue

 

[Mordhaus]

Dallas, TX

While their tap count isn't earth shattering, I think Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House should be on the list. They've got a quality beer list and the food is great as well as the atmosphere.

http://goodfrienddallas.com/

 

[zmanzorro]

Dallas, TX

While their tap count isn't earth shattering, I think Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House should be on the list. They've got a quality beer list and the food is great as well as the atmosphere.

http://goodfrienddallas.com/

Totally forgot that one! Usually have one of each major local beer and several others. Great burgers as well.

 

[Fishin-Jay]

Idaho:
Enoteca - Post Falls, Idaho
Daanen's - Hayden, Idaho
Capone's - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

 

[Mongrel]

A couple for Bend, Oregon:

The Platypus Pub
Broken Top Bottle Shop

Edit - Have to add in my local growler station because they're awesome.

Hop N Bean Sisters, Oregon

 

[AMonkey]

JL Beers has a few locations in North Dakota, one in Minnesota, and one in South Dakota. A pretty good beer selection and the food is great.

http://jlbeers.com/

 

[tkbellinger]

Omaha NE

The Crescent Moon
Krug Park
The Lauter Tun
Beercade

 

[tyke]

For KY, Sergio's World of Beer must be included. Over 1000 bottles and 40 taps! Also, the Heurot in Muncie, IN is a great place to have some quality brews.

 

[Clonefan94]

Another for Illinois.

Bulldog Ale House in Roselle. 32 Beers on tap, pretty good craft beer selection and Thursday nights are $2 drafts.

 

[ResumeMan]

Oakland, California needs to have Beer Revolution and Trappist added.

 

[Brew202]

For Washington, DC, the three with the widest and best selection are Bier Baron (Dupont Circle), RFD (Chinatown) and Churchkey (Logan Circle). Lots of others have great, but smaller, taplist - but these three have 25-50 taps, and 1 or no taps of BMC.

Come to think of it, I'd also give Iron Horse in Chinatown honorable mention.

 

[JLem]

UPDATED! Thanks all