Ranking of states by beer... interesting.

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I saw this.

As a Maryland resident, I'm going to disagree with this. :) We've got some damn good breweries here.

They discuss Flying Dog, which is good stuff...don't get me wrong. However, we've got Burley Oak, Clipper City, The Brewer's Art, Baltimore-Washington Beer Works, Peabody, Fin City, Heavy Seas, Monocacy Brewing, DuClaw...

Maryland is getting some good stuff.

Virginia is also getting a Stone down in Norfolk/Va Beach area.
 
Pennsylvania #8. I think I agree with that ranking. If it weren't for IC beer - it would probably be #7 or #6.
 
Wisconsin not in the top 5... Not to say Oregon doesn't have good beer. But, just because you have the most breweries does not mean you are the best beer state.

I am seriously calling shenanigans on this.
 
ArkotRamathorn said:
Wisconsin not in the top 5... Not to say Oregon doesn't have good beer. But, just because you have the most breweries does not mean you are the best beer state.



I am seriously calling shenanigans on this.
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Def agree.

New Glarus and Central Waters are awesome.
 
JackSmash said:
I saw this.

As a Maryland resident, I'm going to disagree with this. :) We've got some damn good breweries here.

They discuss Flying Dog, which is good stuff...don't get me wrong. However, we've got Burley Oak, Clipper City, The Brewer's Art, Baltimore-Washington Beer Works, Peabody, Fin City, Heavy Seas, Monocacy Brewing, DuClaw...

Maryland is getting some good stuff.

Virginia is also getting a Stone down in Norfolk/Va Beach area.
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Agreed! Just go to the Ocean City area and you'll find a lot of good breweries that popped up over the past 5 years or so. As a now WV transplant from MD I can feel the lack of microbreweries in the Panhandle area. Surprisingly, our neighbors are all into craft beer and love to drink my homebrew. I'm actually thinking about starting a very low-level club there!
 
# 49 WV does have 2 decent local breweries I know of, Mountain State Brewing Co & Morgantown Brewing Co. While they might not knock my socks off, I do support my local breweries 2 growlers at a time. :D

We also have Blackwater Brewery in Davis, WV, but I have not had the opportunity to stop in yet. Next time I'm up there hunting I might have to do so.
 
JackSmash said:
I saw this.

As a Maryland resident, I'm going to disagree with this. :) We've got some damn good breweries here.

They discuss Flying Dog, which is good stuff...don't get me wrong. However, we've got Burley Oak, Clipper City, The Brewer's Art, Baltimore-Washington Beer Works, Peabody, Fin City, Heavy Seas, Monocacy Brewing, DuClaw...

Maryland is getting some good stuff.

Virginia is also getting a Stone down in Norfolk/Va Beach area.
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When they completely glossed over something like Heavy Seas I stopped reading. The list is total crud.
 
ArkotRamathorn said:
Wisconsin not in the top 5... Not to say Oregon doesn't have good beer. But, just because you have the most breweries does not mean you are the best beer state.



I am seriously calling shenanigans on this.
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Def agree.

New Glarus and Central Waters are awesome.
 
beernutz said:
A puff piece designed solely as a click magnet by a writer with both a superficial knowledge of _____________ and some very murky ranking criteria, imo.
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FTFY. Now you've just described half of the internet these days (excluding porn). Everything is mindless click-bait these days....
 
Awwww yeah, Michigan at #4, California at #2, and Ohio at #12

(I was born and raised in Michigan, went to college in Ohio, and have lived in California for two years).

Clearly the criteria was completely just the writer's personal preferences, though, but I thought most of the rankings made sense.
 
This reminds me of the rolling stone lists where their writers claimed that Kurt Cobain and Jack Whote were better guitarists than Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Jeff Beck.
 
How dare they even speak of Rust Belt in Ohio and not mention Jackie O's. Seems like the person who put this together did some poor research.
 
Was surprised to see the Oklahoma ranking. Figured we'd be at the bottom of the list. Have seen Prairie Artisinal on the shelves but have passed them up. Will have to taste what all the fuss is about.
 
JackSmash said:
This reminds me of the rolling stone lists where their writers claimed that Kurt Cobain and Jack Whote were better guitarists than Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Jeff Beck.
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Or their insightful list piece: The 5 Most Dangerous Guns in America
5. Pistols
4. Revolvers
3. Rifles
2. Shotguns
1. Derringers

That's not a joke, that WAS the article.

I decided to do some freelance work and sent them my own masterpiece article, the Top 5 Most Dangerous Vehicles in America, but they have declined to publish it:
5. Trucks
4. Cars
3. Vans
2. Motorcycles
1. SUVs
 
North Carolina #15 while NY is #9? As someone who has lived extensively in both states, I'm wondering if the author flipped them accidentally. More likely, she didn't bother to go much beyond NYC - New York's beer scene isn't even comparable to North Carolina's.
 
I agree with Michigan being in the top 5. They have some amazing breweries in that state, plus the homebrew community is really large. Let's not forget Kuhnhenn's brewery either which has some 100 point beers on beeradvocate
 
GilaMinumBeer said:
Was surprised to see the Oklahoma ranking. Figured we'd be at the bottom of the list. Have seen Prairie Artisinal on the shelves but have passed them up. Will have to taste what all the fuss is about.
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Me too. The breweries around here are really fantastic and the number of breweries seem to be growing all the time. I'm still shocked we were 26th. We are literally a law or two away from going from mediocre beer state to a great beer state. Just don't see that happening any time soon unfortunately.


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Don't know how I feel about being 3rd....but at least it's still on the podium. Pretty soon though Denver as a city might topple the breweries per capita because one seems to open per week *poof there's another one* and it's getting to the point its like Starbucks *poof there's another one* and now you can't even type a paragraph *poof* without another one opening
 
Author probably doesn't drink beer. Certainly doesn't sample Sweetwater, Terrapin, Red Brick, Three Taverns or other Georgia beers. Not that I am partial to Georgia beers. :)
 
pharaohpierre said:
I agree with Michigan being in the top 5. They have some amazing breweries in that state, plus the homebrew community is really large. Let's not forget Kuhnhenn's brewery either which has some 100 point beers on beeradvocate
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The same could be said about New Glarus though as well, particularly them regularly winning award after award for their fruit beers.

If this comes off as arguing with you, dont take it that way. I think its obvious to everyone that the writer of the article was a moron. If they wrote this 10-15 years ago the entire discussion would be much more black and white since there wouldnt be nearly the amount of delicious beer available from all over the country (or world). 15 years ago what would we still had? The craft beers we wouldve had available wouldve been from a much more concentrated areas, now every state has at least 1 good brewery, if not 4 or 5.
 
GilaMinumBeer said:
Was surprised to see the Oklahoma ranking. Figured we'd be at the bottom of the list. Have seen Prairie Artisinal on the shelves but have passed them up. Will have to taste what all the fuss is about.
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They do some pretty interesting stuff. Glad most of their beers mage it to Dallas. Their stouts and sours are the most appealing to me. Not a big fan of their farmhouse ales though.
 
zeptrey said:
Me too. The breweries around here are really fantastic and the number of breweries seem to be growing all the time. I'm still shocked we were 26th. We are literally a law or two away from going from mediocre beer state to a great beer state. Just don't see that happening any time soon unfortunately.


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They'll likely legalize medical use cannibis before they drop any more of the liquor laws.

However, city/county health and Costco may have some push on the alcohol statutes.
 
GilaMinumBeer said:
They'll likely legalize medical use cannibis before they drop any more of the liquor laws.



However, city/county health and Costco may have some push on the alcohol statutes.
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I hope your right on both counts!


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It's a pretty interesting list. I think that some states should be moved around... I was petty worried to see VA at the bottom of the list, but it seems like they're taking into account the whole Stone business. I'm surprised they didn't mention Green Flash considering they're farther along in the process than Stone is (who is still undecided). I think it's pretty funny to see LA above VA. I love Abita, but ranking LA above VA simply because they have Abita? No. I spent a long time in Mississippi drinking Abita and whatever meager beer offerings I could buy, and it was hard to get good beer in LA or MS. Again I really enjoy Abita and it does one hell of a job carrying its weight but I wouldn't put it above VA by any stretch.
 
South Dakota got what it deserved. When I first moved to the Black Hills in 2006, there weren't any microbreweries, just a brewpub in Rapid City. Crow Peak opened shortly thereafter and was the only one for several years. Now there are 4 others in the Hills with a few more in the works. So, slowly but surely, the craft beer movement is making it's way into the Black Hills and South Dakota.


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ArkotRamathorn said:
Wisconsin not in the top 5... Not to say Oregon doesn't have good beer. But, just because you have the most breweries does not mean you are the best beer state.



I am seriously calling shenanigans on this.
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It's not "just because you have the most breweries." Try reading the article again. Oregon is rightly placed.
 
I'm just happy Alabama is in the top half! We're never in the top half of anything! LOL


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JackSmash said:
I saw this.

As a Maryland resident, I'm going to disagree with this. :) We've got some damn good breweries here.

They discuss Flying Dog, which is good stuff...don't get me wrong. However, we've got Burley Oak, Clipper City, The Brewer's Art, Baltimore-Washington Beer Works, Peabody, Fin City, Heavy Seas, Monocacy Brewing, DuClaw...

Maryland is getting some good stuff.

Virginia is also getting a Stone down in Norfolk/Va Beach area.
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Ya missed some of the other big MD breweries. Also not a fan of classifying Delaware as only dogfish.. There are a lot of other solid breweries in de Fordham/old dominion, twin lakes, 16 mile etc
 
I grew up in Missouri (great beers), I now live in Ohio (great beers) and I travel to and drink a lot of beers from Pennsylvania (great beers).

I guess I won't argue with those rankings, however arbitrary they may be.

As much as I love homebrews and craft beers, Yuengling is pretty damn good for a commercial brew (and I won't even go there with them being the oldest brewery in the US, lol).

Just my $0.02, and worth what you paid for it.

SC
 
Broham1 said:
It's not "just because you have the most breweries." Try reading the article again. Oregon is rightly placed.
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I'm not necessarily saying that Wisconsin should be in 1st place. I'm more rankled because Wisconsin isnt even in the top 5. I was making reference to Oregon having the most breweries per capita, I was being hyperbolic and irreverent. (Hell, I seriously want to move to Portland some day because they have such a great beer scene, and foodie scene, and bicycle friendly, less disgusting winter weather than Wisconsin, access is fresh seafood, among other things, so not hating on Oregon)
 
With the states I've been to, this article seems pretty good. Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, California.. all look pretty well placed to me.

My favorite beer state is Oregon (Portland and Eugene areas, at least), hands down. Seems like there is a great pub on every street, and a lot of great beer. True, quantity does not necessarily equal quality... but in Oregon's case, I would agree that there is both. I live in CA and we have some great breweries here. But I very much enjoy my trips to Oregon.
 

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