Travelling to the US, opinions on best beers to try!

[brewswithshoes]

If you are in Orange County don't miss The Bruery. Great stuff there.

 

[Chrispy92]

Well the trip is up, thanks all for your suggestions. I definitely got my fill and sampled just over 140 different beers in three weeks

There were some names I wanted to find that I couldn't (any of the tree house brews/ heady topper/ Pliny ) but there were plenty more good beers that filled their spot!

I think I'd have to say the west coast IPAs really amazed me, don't think the Aussie breweries quite have these down, especially the abundance of imperial versions.

If anyone was curious I could probably do a list of all the beers I drank haha

 

[applescrap]

Sounds like you had a great trip! How did you like the Hot Springs pool and Glenwood? I wouldn't mind seeing a list of some of your favorites.

 

[Chrispy92]

Loved CO, have been a few times before but it was awesome as always. Did some rafting and amazing hikes through Glenwood canyon.

Here's a list of the beers that I would order more than one of at a bar. Honestly I didn't really have a bad drop as I purposely ordered/ chose beers I thought I would enjoy.

In all honesty I really enjoyed pretty much everything from Stone and Ballast point and lagunitas in CA. Minus the watermelon el dorado from BP, it was a bit like candy.
I was fairly restricted in CO with exploring as I was with family but still tried a fair few. Same as in Chicago, only had two days to explore. Really got a good spread in CA!

Here's a list of my faves:
California---

Stone:
21 hail to the hop theif double IPA
Enjoy by 09.04.17
Reuination double IPA
Delicious IPA

Lagunitas:
Hop Stoopid
Maximus

Ballast Point:
ALL sculpins were gooood

Port Brewing:
Shark attack double red IPA
Hop-15 double IPA

Beachwood brewco:
Citraholic double IPA

Firestone walker:
pale

Karl Strauss:
Tower 10
Aurora hoppialis
Mosaic session IPA

Laguna beach beer:
Greeters pale ale

Bear republic:
Racer 5 IPA

Alesmith:
IPA
Wee Heavy

Knee Deep brewco:
Hoptologist double IPA

Modern Times:
IPA

Left Coast Brewing:
Hop juice triple IPA

Noble Ale works:
Nose candy

Colorado ---

Great Divide brewco:
Claymore Scotch ale

Periodic Brewing:
Hope pass IPA

New Belgium:
Voodoo ranger
Voodoo ranger imperial IPA - loved this

Left hand:
Milk stout

Odell:
Drumroll
IPA

Glenwood brewco:
AB project : lemondrop
Belgian quad

Bonfire brewing:
Kindler pale

Ska brewing:
Modus hoperandi

Indiana---
3 Floyds:
Zombie Dust
Gumballhead
Space station middle finger
Necron 99
Apocolypse cow
Alpha king

Peoples brewing co:
East of West Point IPA

Sun King:
Grapefruit Jungle

Upland brewco:
Darken (barrel aged sour)
Coastbuster Double IPA

Against the grain:
Jackyale bourbon aged brown ale

Black acre brewing co:
Hop pun double IPA

Warpigs brew pub:
Foggy geezer

Bells brewery:
Two hearted ale

Rhinegeist brewery (OH):
Juicy Truth grapefruit IPA

Urban Artifact (OH):
Hippodrome double IPA

Chicago...
brickstone brewing:
Hopskip pale ale -- prob my favourite local

New Holland Brew Co:
Dragons milk

Revolution brewing:
Enjoyed pretty much all the Heros with the tropic being my favourite, fun way to interpret different hops in commercial brews.

Others---

Founders:
Doom double IPA

Flying dog:
Double Dog

Dogfish head:
120min -- EPIC
90min -- good a bit sweet
60min -- meh

Elysian brewco:
Space Dust

 

[dmtaylor]

That... Is a NICE spread. Nicely done!