What beer do you still buy?

[unclephilly]

Yuengling Lager....I live 30mins from the brewery so there is a bit of hometown loyalty. There is also a great place near me called Union Jacks Inn on the Manatawny. The only "regular beers" they have are Yuengling Lager, and Miller lite. The other 200 or so are craft brews from all over the world. It's nice that almost any style I want to try is only 15 mins away!!!(great food too) And it's on the way to the LHBS.....life is good

We just got it here in Ohio. I have like 4 cases right now for a small house warming party I am having this weekend. Such a good and high quality product. It looks like I found a new, bigger and better favorite!

 

[Tom2365]

I really love our newest Maine beer, Baxter. They make a great pale ale and IPA. And Shipyard's Chamberlain Ale is an exceptional winter brew.

 

[jmlabeck]

Oddly enough, I do not buy beer, ever. Occasionally, my wife will pick something up she thinks I might like. Other then that, all the beer I drink, I make (except for what my son makes).

 

[thirstyutahn]

Since I just really got into homebrewing this summer I still buy quite a bit of commercial beer. I somehow doubt I'll ever stop because I really dig trying new things and seeing what my local breweries are putting out. Great research for what I would like to brew. Here in Utah we have some excellent breweries surprisingly. There's a new one in town called epic(not the same as the one in New Zealand) that's been cranking out some excellent beers in the short year and a half they have been open. Squatters is another awesome brewery that has a killer espresso stout. We have some 8-10 or so other breweries here too so there's plenty of local stuff. When I lived on the east coast I always liked magic hat, Brooklyn brewery, and dogfish. Utah is terrible for getting beers that aren't local. We have state run liquor stores and their selection is poor at best. That's one of my main reasons for wanting to brew my own beer.

 

[copyright1997]

SN Celebration.
I tried to clone it last year and was pretty close, but the original is just one of a kind.
I just picked up a 12 of it yesterday!

+1 on the SN Celebration. Picked up a case. Not the best beer ever but quite nice. I mostly have been buying beers I have made to compare original versus clone, or beers I'm considering cloning.
Last night I picked up a cheap mixed 6 pack of various summer wheats, $5, from which I might pick an upcoming late winter brew to do. Worse case none of them floats my boat, in which case I have 6 more bottles to use (I mostly keg).

 

[eanmcnulty]

+1 SN Celebration, also anything by Sierra Nevada, Avery, Southern Tier, Stone, and for sure Three Floyd's! There are many ohters. Its research, Honey!

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[jfr1111]

I really don't buy much beer these days: brewing is cheaper and I always have some home brew on hand. Still buy wine from time to time though and I'll buy a sixer or two of inoffensive beer for guests.

 

[arg]

I buy lots of beer. There are just too many one-offs, side projects, seasonal brews and tributes not to try something. It's gotten worse doing tastings every Friday after work at the local liquor shop. I almost always go into the shop and leave with a bottle or 4-pack of something new and exciting.

:fro:

That said, I never buy what I would consider "general consumption" beer. What I mean by that is beer that I'll have more than 1 or 2 of in a sitting. (Think, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Stone Levitation, Terrapin Hopsecutioner) I absolutely love brews like that, they're awesome, but I have home brew if I'm going to be knocking them back. The reason I started brewing was that it was too expensive to drink my favorite beers at $10-$12 per six pack. Of course it's not like I've saved any money, but I feel less guilty when going for my third or fourth home brew versus $2.50 bottles.

 

[leadtrumpet]

Well I'll just go ahead and send a note just so I can hear the gasps. I love making beer and everything I have made has turned out wonderful. I like to drink craft beers but usually mine is better in my opinion. But, mowing the lawn on a 100 degree day or just needing some grown up koolaid you might find...gasp...a Coors or Bud lite in my hand. Ok, come on with it, I'm ready.

 

[Phillyphoodie]

Yuengling Lager....I live 30mins from the brewery so there is a bit of hometown loyalty. There is also a great place near me called Union Jacks Inn on the Manatawny. The only "regular beers" they have are Yuengling Lager, and Miller lite. The other 200 or so are craft brews from all over the world. It's nice that almost any style I want to try is only 15 mins away!!!(great food too) And it's on the way to the LHBS.....life is good

I used to go there all the time when I was in the burbs! Great wings! Flying dog too!

 

[bovineblitz]

I used to drink it all the time at a bar called Ashleys in Randolph VT, and the kegs never lasted long, so they must be doing something right. Maybe it doesn't like to sit too long in kegs?

I've had it at a place in Manchester NH (name escapes me now) and it isn't quite as good as I remember, although to do a proper test I'd have to get some from NH and bring it to VT with me and do a side by side. I don't recall it having a buttery or oxidized flavor, but I'll have to give it another run.

Could be that it's not popular where you are drinking it and it's beyond peak/over aged? I would immagine some level of inconsitancy as it is unfiltered and the brewery is rather small (they make two beers, the ale and a seasonal) but nothing as severe as your comments make it our to be.

Next time I'm up visiting my parents in mass I'll head back to that bar in Manchester and have a few pints with your comments in mind; sad thing is I don't have any "beer buddies" in mass/NH to bounce comments off of.

Most of the times I've had it it's been in NH where the kegs drain fast. Idk, maybe I'm just sensitive to it, or maybe it's bad luck. I avoid it like the plague nowadays.

 

[NorthRiverS]

Fat Tire Amber Ale is my favorite. Nice malty flavor. Planning on making a clone one day.

NRS

 

[david_42]

Lots of beers I haven't tried, but the ones that I buy with some regularity are McMenamins' Nebraska Bitter and their Black Rabbit Porter. Mainly because we go to Science Pub about once a month. Wife always buys a Ruby (Raspberry Wheat).

 

[Bithead]

Got a free screw top growler and filled it with Hop Rod Rye.

 

[mjdonnelly68]

Guinness - gotta have mother's milk to supplement

 

[Dogphish]

just about anything this guy serves http://thebirchbar.com/

 

[Airborneguy]

Guinness - gotta have mother's milk to supplement

Keegan's rocks. I try to stop there whenever I head up to the Adirondacks.

 

[MikeBilly]

I must always have some Palo Santo Marron on hand or things could get ugly.

 

[bovineblitz]

I must always have some Palo Santo Marron on hand or things could get ugly.

Stuff is amazing with 2 years age on it.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I buy all kinds of beer...often. If it's just for me, it's usually a single or sixer of something that I've never tried. If I'm throwing a party, I buy some macro lager and serve it right alongside whatever's on tap. If it's for a friend or group of friends, I get 'em something I know they'll like.

Just today I bought a 12 pack of Miller Light as a "Thank you." It was well received and appreciated. Know your audience - you aren't necessarily obligated to "educate" everyone.

 

[jamboparty]

There's usually some Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald in the fridge, as well as whatever their seasonal is (Nosferatu, Christmas Ale). They're doing some great things over there, for sure.

 

[SPR-GRN]

I live down the road from switchback. I love it when it is good, but their product is highly inconsistent. Sometimes it is downright delicious, sometimes it is watery and sometimes it is a mess. At its best it is a bit chewy, but refreshing with a nice fruity ester undertone.

I'm coming to visit! I used to work on Flynn ave, litterally across the tracks from switchback; I miss that beer, almost as much as I miss the wee heavy from VPB.

 

[C-Rider]

Yuengling Lager....I live 30mins from the brewery so there is a bit of hometown loyalty. There is also a great place near me called Union Jacks Inn on the Manatawny. The only "regular beers" they have are Yuengling Lager, and Miller lite. The other 200 or so are craft brews from all over the world. It's nice that almost any style I want to try is only 15 mins away!!!(great food too) And it's on the way to the LHBS.....life is good

I had a glass on tap a few months ago in N. C. Man that was the worst beer I've ever tasted. I could only get a few sips down. Never again.

 

[C-Rider]

I like the stubbies and the beer from Sierra Nevada. Been buying a sixer now and then. Specially since I had a bad batch of Rye and now perhaps a bad Red Ale. Tumbler and torpedo are pretty good.

 

[Steelers77]

I buy the seasonals from most breweries that I like. Or if I get to a nice bottleshop I pick up some bombers of thing I have yet to try. I also buy my share of sours, just had New Holland's Farmhouse Hatter and it was awesome!

 

[bmeyer46]

seasonals.........

 

[lumpher]

i buy a new belgium folly pack once or twice a year

 

[WalkerBrew]

I, like a lot of others, go into Specs and just browse and pick up things I haven't tried or just staple beers I like to have around, like Indian Brown from DFH, or Organic Wit from NB. Also seasonal offerings like Pumpkin ales and such. Really just whatever strikes me as interesting or maybe tasty.

Just tried a bomber of Double Brown from a brewery called Clown Shoes that I really enjoyed last night.

-Eric

 

[mjdonnelly68]

Tommy Keegan does do a great job. Hurricane Kitty is a rock solid beer - never turn one down. All the Captain Lawrence brews are superb as well.

 

[biggrizzly]

I'm a big fan of the Oskar Blues stuff. Dale's Pale Ale is quite affordable for a great beer.
I also like most of the New Belgium stuff. Fat tire is another good Amber Ale with an affordable price tag.

I will go into my local craft beer store and stand in front of the new beer selections for a very long time debating over which new beer to try. Last week when I got paid I bought several Belgium beers, as I just finished listening to a podcast on Basic Brewing Radio about BYO Magazine's Belgium Brewery Tour.