Favorite American Brewery

[Steve3730]

3 Floyds.

But will give a shout out to the Keweenaw brewing company up in the UP. Brew cafe concept is cool

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[creepyjackalope]

I'm finding myself drinking a lot of saisons and sours right now, and Prairie and Jester King are rocking those styles like nobody's bidniz.
Peticolas here in Dallas have been really impressing me lately too.

 

[Staylow]

Wow, hard to choose. I'm definitely a big fan of Firestone Walker. Beyond that, some of my favorites include Deschutes, Bells, Founders, Odell and Great Divide. I don't recall ever having a beer from any of them that wasn't at least pretty good, if not great.

 

[snoopburbs]

Troegs!


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[Yesfan]

I like the quote comparing a favorite brewery to the most beautiful woman. There's too many for me to choose. As far as the ones I've been too, mine are

Yazoo Brewery in Nashville. Every time the Mrs and me went to Nashville for a weekend, I would always make a stop at the brewery.

Moccasin Bend Brewing Company in Chattanooga. It is a pretty cool place and it's just under an hours drive to get there.


As far as long distance breweries go, I'll just list my top 5 favorite beers (in no order).

Laughing Skull (Red Brick)
Sweetwater IPA/ Sweetwater Blue (Sweetwater)
Kona Big Wave (Kona....heck, anything from Kona)
Pre-Prohibition Lager (Brooklyn Brewery)
BBC Nut Brown (Bluegrass Brewing Company)

I love just about anything from New Belgium and Redhook too.

Ok, top 7. LOL!

 

[jcp]

I think, at this point in time, mine would be Sixpoint. Their stuff is just so consistently interesting and delicious; I've even come to like the 16-ounce can format.

I'm sure next year I'll have a different one, but that's what trying out different beers is all about!

 

[smccarter]

My all-time favorite is Yuengling, hands down. Not only for the beer, but because it's an American, family owned brewery, and it's been around for so long.

While I have only had home brewed cloned versions of their beer, I would vote for Surly Brewery for an American craft brewery. I would love to be able to go to a local store and buy a six pack of Surly Cynic. What I brew is fantastic. The NB kit. I wonder how close I am. Theirs is probably much better, but I can't brew this fast enough.... neighbors, friends, me, etc...

 

[jeff13]

Avery out in boulder hands down

 

[drainbamage]

Sierra Nevada or Stone.

SN gets points for helping start the craft beer movement, and they just have an all-around solid lineup.

Stone, because of what they've done for pushing the envelope on hoppy beers and the appreciation of them in the US.


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[blizzard]

Deschutes. Great regular line-up, pretty good seasonal bombers, and fantastic special releases. The special releases used to be pretty easy to get and very reasonably priced, hopefully that continues.

After that, toss-up between Odell and New Belgium. Both have a solid regular line-up and some good special releases. The Lips of Faith series has put out some mediocre beers recently and the price for La Folie is over-inflated here in CO, unfortunately.

 

[blizzard]

New Belgium

Thats sad pana, I consider them borderline craft brew like sam adams.

Maybe you are missing out on some of their better stuff:


La Folie

Le Terroir

And lots of other beers with high ratings from them, especially their wild ales.

 

[Callacave]

So many great ones, but with out a doubt it has to be HILL FARMSTEAD

Wish I could get up there a little more, but the wife is from up there, and has family around VT. Always a good excuse to go visit family!

 

[Calichusetts]

So many great ones, but with out a doubt it has to be HILL FARMSTEAD

Wish I could get up there a little more, but the wife is from up there, and has family around VT. Always a good excuse to go visit family!

Shhhhhhhh! This is the worst kept secret in NE. We don't want the "heady topper" syndrome to catch on with Hill

 

[Callacave]

Shhhhhhhh! This is the worst kept secret in NE. We don't want the "heady topper" syndrome to catch on with Hill

Ha! Last time I was up there I waited 2 hours for some growler fills. I talked to some guy from Ireland! Damn, people from all over the place for Shaun's brew! At least I could sip on some tasters while I waited.

In contrast, the first time I ever went there before people started going bonkers, I think I was 1 of 3 people there for a good half hour. Miss those days, but I'd rather see him thriving than not.

Heady Topper, God..that's a whole nutha story! At least I had a buddy bring me back a case instead of having to wait!

 

[Schemy]

Avery
Odell
Trinity
Prairie
O'So
4 Hands
Wits End
Funkwerks

That's a good starting list. Too hard of a question.

 

[ThreeSheetsBrewing]

Schell's Brewery. New Ulm, MN.

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[b-boy]

Great Lakes. Love the Lake Erie Monster and Nosferatu.

 

[drainbamage]

Great Lakes. Love the Lake Erie Monster and Nosferatu.

They're pretty high on my list as well. I got to pick up a pack of Chillwave after missing out on Alchemy Hour last year. Very nice.

 

[mrdauber64]

Surly Brewing in Minnesota! Furious, Bender, Darkness all great beers! Their new Blakkr(collaboration with Real Ale and Three Floyd's) is one of the best beers I've ever had! Soooo good!


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[b-boy]

They're pretty high on my list as well. I got to pick up a pack of Chillwave after missing out on Alchemy Hour last year. Very nice.

You have to show up at the Brewpub on a nice summer day and sit on the patio. The brewer is a block away from the brewpub. The smell is awesome! Plus - the food is fantastic!

 

[willy_mugobeer]

Anchor. For the history of it all. And their hospitality all 17 times I've taken their tour. (Imagine a world where Fritz Maytag never came along...)


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[Epimetheus]

Well, I gots a favorite American bar that has hundreds of my favorite American beers.

The Moan 'n Dove, Amherst MA

 

[brewbama]

My local brauhaus: Below the Radar in Huntsville AL.


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[drainbamage]

You have to show up at the Brewpub on a nice summer day and sit on the patio. The brewer is a block away from the brewpub. The smell is awesome! Plus - the food is fantastic!

Yeah, but that would require going to Cleveland.

 

[martiniw2olives]

Stone of course. Not because it's the greatest beer (well I think its great). It's because it's great quality and more available to places that are not known for beer.

 

[OzMobrew]

For me it's Boulevard in KC. The only thing that they make that I don't really enjoy is their pilsner, but hey it IS a pilsner. All their beer is top notch especially their smoke stack series.

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[SaguaroMan]

Lagunitas or SanTan for me

 

[NBBC13]

Dogfish is pretty overrated IMO. It's good, but far from great.
Even though I can't get it anymore since moving East, I'd still rank Deschutes and McMenamins brewery.

 

[plankbr]

I'll throw some in since there seems to be a lack of Cincinnati love here:
Rhinegeist: Truth IPA and some rotational beers on tap
Mad Tree: Gnarly Brown, Happy Amber
50 West: Coast-to-Coast IPA, 30-37 Pale Ale, Coffee Please
Listermann/Triple Digit: Nutcase Peanut Butter Porter

 

[Darkness]

Haven't tried them all, I enjoy all styles and can't get enough. Just when I thought I found a favorite I find a new brew.
Prairie
Urban Chestnut
2nd Shift
Russian River
Half Acer
Cigar City
Perineal
Odell