Favorite Commercial Brews

[czeknere]

...almost every Harpoon (their winter warmer smells like fresh apple pie....mmmmmm)

+1! Great beer!

I picked up a 22 oz. of Victory's Baltic Thunder the other day...that is an awesome brew!

I also enjoy Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout, Winterhook from RedHook Brewery, the Winter Solstice Ale from Anderson Valley Brewing, Victory's Lager, and Warsteiner's Oktoberfest and Dunkel.

 

[beerjunky828]

I love some PBR but if I got some cash to burn i am a big fan of anything dogfish head (90 min, palo santo), anything bells (expedition stout, java stout, two hearted). lately lagunitas ipa has been really hitting the taste buds.

 

[CBBaron]

I very seldom purchase a beer I have had before so picking a favorite would be difficult.

Given whats available at restaurants around here I will usually order a Great Lakes Ale if available (most usually have Dortmunder but I'm not a big fan of that style). If they do have some other micro available i may get that. Then my fall back is Guinness or GL Dortmunder.

As for what i look for any place that has a selection.
Russian Imperial Stouts like Hoppin Frog BORIS
Sour Ales like Rodenbach, Cantillon or Lindeman's Cuvée René
Belgian dubbles like Chimay Red or Westmalle 8
IPAs
Stouts and Porters

preferably from a small local brewery I havn't seen before.

Craig

 

[Memorex88]

Kokanee Glacier Beer is my all time favorites.

Kokanee Beer

If I start with other beers that are next, the list is long!

 

[remilard]

For domestic breweries, I think I live everything I have had from Sierra Nevada and New Glarus. Rogue is probably my favorite and they make enough stuff that there is plenty to like even if I don't care for one or two.

Boulevard is my hometown brewery and while I don't care for their flagship pale ale and wheat, lunar/bully porter/nutcracker/smokestack series are all pretty good.

I love Free State Brewing which is a brewpub in Lawrence, KS. They just don't miss. They opened an off site brewery to brew and package beer and had a fire right before they started brewing there but I think they should be up and running soon. I think this is the most underrated brewpub I have been to and I would put it up there with Moylan's, Pelican Pub, Russian River etc. They don't make as many big beers as some of the West Coast places but then they aren't on the west coast. Pelican doesn't do a ton of big beers either I guess.

 

[CGengo]

I pick up different beers every time I go to the store but I pick these up on a semi-regular basis:

Stouts: Mackesons , Bells, Sam Smiths
Belgians: Chimay Red, Delirium Nocturnum, Ommegang Abbey Ale
Wee Heavy: Orkney SkullSpliter
Old Ales: Harvestoun Old Engine Oil, Theakston Old Peculiar
Lagers: Ayinger, Paulaner

Mostly stuff that I have not been able to brew yet - large, old, and/or lagered. Delicious, mmm...

 

[EisBerg]

I also enjoy Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout, Winterhook from RedHook Brewery, the Winter Solstice Ale from Anderson Valley Brewing, Victory's Lager, and Warsteiner's Oktoberfest and Dunkel.

+1 on the Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout....loves me some of that!!!

 

[dagrar]

Smuttynose Brewery:IPA, Pale Ale, Big A IIPA
Sierra Nevada: Pale Ale
Stone: Pale, IPA, Ruination IPA
Sweetwater: 420
Allagash:white
Tuckerman: Pale
Rogue: Most of them
McGritty: bitter and Black Fly Stout
Weyerman: Simcoe IIPA

Just to name a few

 

[Medo]

Season Greetings,
The wife and I are partial to anything Deschutes.....
Ho ho ho.....

 

[Saccharomyces]

Number one is Avery's Maharaja.

Honorable mentions are: Brooklyn Lager, Sierra Nevada Celebration, Left Hand Imperial Stout, Real Ale Full Moon Pale Rye, Real Ale Sisyphus (English barleywine), Stone Vertical Epic 8-8-8, (512) Pecan Porter, (512) Wit.

Maharaja, Brooklyn Lager, and 8-8-8 are on my brew wishlist, as is the (512) Pecan Porter if I can get details on the recipe out of Kevin.

 

[uncleozzy]

My favorite right now is this year's Sierra Nevada Anniversary. Something about it really does it for me. I'm also a huge, huge fan of Blue Point Hoptical Illusion... I had it on tap at a beer fest a few weeks ago, and I swear they changed the recipe, because it's better than ever.

 

[SteveM]

DFH60 is my favorite of beers I didn't brew myself. I found a place near me that has Quizzo on Tuesday nights and DFH60 on tap - tough to beat that combination. From among the big brewers, I will always take a Yeungling's lager if offered (but growing up in Philly, you go off mother's milk and onto Yeungling's, so it's a natural choice). There's a reason why you only have to order a lager to get a Yeungling's if you are at a bar in Philly.

 

[Mongo]

Noche Buena! the dark Mexican christmas beer. Sad thing for me though is it's no longer available in the U.S. BUMMER!!!!
Hence my reason for starting to brew my own beer.
As for domestic canned brews I buy what I can afford mainly Miller High Life,
I've drunk just about every canned brew that has been on the market in my time, as to the domestic canned stuff I do kinda miss Schlitz.
Oh well I'm weird I guess LOL

Cheers
Mongo

 

[Casey27]

My favorite breweries, for their consistent quality and their ability to meet my own personal biases:
Georgetown Brewing (Seattle)
Deschutes
Russian River
Jolly Pumpkin
New Belgium

Favorite beers:
Georgetown's Roger's Pilsner, their 9 lb Porter, and their Manny's Pale Ale
Mac n Jack's African Amber
Russian River Salvation and Damnation
Ommegang's Three Philosophers
Deschutes' The Dissident and their Black Butte XX (also like their buzzsaw brown and their ESB)
Caledonian Deuchars IPA (cask)

 

[Gonefishing]

Smithwick's Irish Ale
Smuttynose Old Brown Dog
Wachusetts Country Ale
Harpoon Original Ale

But generally when I buy beer I look for something I haven't had before.

 

[JedSmithBrewery]

Also want to mention BJ's Brewhouse Blonde, nothing smoother.

 

[nvr2low]

Sam Adams, especially the Cherry Wheat. cant get enough of that.

 

[Sucram]

Rogue's Shakespeare Stout, Brutal Bitter, Imperial Stout, Old Crusty, Brewer Strong Ale. Deschutes: Abyss, Jubeale, Mirror Mirror. Ommegang: Hennipin, Three Philosophers. Ninkasi: Total Domination IPA. Big Sky:Moose Drool Brown (the brown that made me like browns). Anchor: Steam beer...to name a few of my favorites.

 

[burtybeer]

Not a fan of mass marketed beers, but the Bud American Ale is drinkable.

This year I discovered a few breweries for the first time:

Brooklyn Brewery - I love their Local 1 and their lager is good as well
Weyerbacher - their Octoberfest was the best I had this year, and I like their Imperial Stout
Allagash - Love their Belgian White
Sweetwater Brewery - I live in Atlanta so I really love this brewery. Their Sweetwater 420 is excellent and I like their Blueberry as well
Victory - I enjoy their Prima Pils

Happy New Year........... I hope to find more good brews in 2009

 

[histo320]

Yeungling is freaking awesome.
Recently had New Castle, not impressed but had a Boulevard Pale Ale freaking great.
Red Hook Long Hammer IPA and ESB are very good.
Fat Tire is fairly good.
Anything by Sam Adams is solid.

 

[niquejim]

Yeungling is freaking awesome.
Recently had New Castle, not impressed but had a Boulevard Pale Ale freaking great.
Red Hook Long Hammer IPA and ESB are very good.
Fat Tire is fairly good.
Anything by Sam Adams is solid.

If the Newcastle was in bottles try to find it in cans. A much better beer that way

 

[ceeg]

I'm always buying Dogfish 60 minute, Anchor Steam and Porter, Bluepoint Toasted Lager (in the summertime, a great bbq beer), Duvel, Troegs (just had some of the Scratch Saison = AWESOME!!) a local bodega has been getting various Two Bros. in!

I'm also able to get growlers of various Sixpoint, Captain Larry and Kelso. aaahhh!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

 

[reim0027]

Sam Adams, Guinness (Tap >> Can >>>>> bottle), and most German Lagers (Spaten is one of my favorites).

 

[Yankeehillbrewer]

Lost Coast Downtown Brown
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Brown , Celebration
North Coast Brewing Red Seal
Becks
Red Tail Ale
Anything Samuel Smiths, just tried these a few weeks ago...Tasty
my BMC would probably be Big Mouth Mickey's(Not sure if that is considered BMC)

But I think my all time favorite would be a Black & Tan, Guiness and Bass Pale Ale

 

[Zenman]

Oak Creek Nut Brown Ale is the best beer I have ever drank. There are others I enjoy, as I love all beer and its style differances, but this one is my nectar.

 

[foxtrot]

Anything by Avery. Hog Heaven is simply divine...

 

[shlongstar]

Yeungling is freaking awesome.
Recently had New Castle, not impressed but had a Boulevard Pale Ale freaking great.
Red Hook Long Hammer IPA and ESB are very good.
Fat Tire is fairly good.
Anything by Sam Adams is solid.

100% Agree with Yuengling being awesome. I initially tried it when I went out to school in the East Coast and originally thought it was a Chinese Import beer...

Really sucks that we don't have it out here in SoCal

 

[KayaBrew]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is my "house" beer. When I know I'm just going to pound a sh*t load of beers, PBR is my fave.

 

[martinirish]

St-ambroise Oatmeal stout, pale ale and vintage ale (I have one 2006 and 13 2007 left )
Dieu du ciel! Peché mortel (Imperial coffee stout), Corne du Diable (American IPA)
Trois-Mousquetaires Baltic porter, Sticke alt, Noire Méduse (Schwarzbier), Porthos (Doppelbock), Imperial Weizen (most of them are seasonal, but I drank a lot of these lately)
Fuller's London pride
Guinness
Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier

Unfortunately, I can't get ANY american craft beer... fckin' government...

 

[Glubki]

Three Floyd's Dark Lord Imperial Stout - hell just about any of their stouts will do, Peche Mortel and Founder's Breakfast Stout.