What's your favorite Micro brewery.

[Chello]

Sweetwater in Atlanta, GA

 

[skeeordye11]

I miss Flying Bison back in Buffalo. Sooooo Goooood! Can't get Stone down here in NC either. Damn, I miss those. Still my all time favorites however.

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

I know you always get the "woah they suck" kinda responses from these threads & it's nothing personal but I just don't get Breckenridge. The 471 small batch and Vanilla porter are good solid beers. I hear their small batch ESB is really good too. Had their sampler case: oatmeal stout, summerbright, avalanche & trademark EPA. Of those, only the oatmeal stout was decent & the rest were mediocre at best.

Now Bells OTOH.....

I agree except I liked the beer when I was in Breckenridge and had some of their beers on tap. (handling/shipping problem I bet) For some reason the sampler packs always taste oxidized(?)/old/mushroomy(?) to me. I think the Vanilla Porter was the only beer I've ever thrown away though, out of probably thousands of beers I've tried it may have been the worst! It was very well made (not the taste I described from the sample pack), just not my thing. Not trying to diss Breckenridge Brewery though, I think maybe their beers just aren't my favorite because personal tastes vary.

Favorite Brewery: New Belguim, Sunshine Wheat just rules and everybody loves Fat Tire! I loved Celis stuff when I lived in Texas too, their white beer was awesome. Of course Ska here in Durango is awesome, probably just hard for people to find anywhere outside of this area.

 

[mot]

Surly
Summit - although they are starting to get big and on the verge of "micro"
Finnegan's
FLying Dog
New Glarus
Bells
Ska
Stone

 

[Rhoobarb]

Man, that's a tougher question than it seems on the surface! My all time favorite, any place in the country would have to be Bridgeport Brewing, whose beers I can't get where I live. I had their Pale Ale several years ago and loved it. Ended up ordering case and had it shipped to my home! Hope it hasn't changed and I hope I get the chance to try some of their beers again in the future.

Locally, +1 for Two Brothers, Three Floyds and Great Lakes.

 

[weirrp]

Ithaca beer co's caskazilla is the the best!

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

How could I forget STEAMWORKS here in Durango,CO. Maybe it's because when I was posting I was drinking some.
AWESOME BEER!!!!!!!!!

 

[jds]

I'll chime in with a vote for Odell Brewing, in Ft. Collins, Co (Yeah, I know, the home of New Belgium, but I like Odell's beers better). My particular favorites from them are the 90 Shilling ale and the 5 Barrel Pale Ale. Although, I do have to say, having grown up in and around Durango pre-craft beer revolution, I was pretty impressed by Steamworks beers the last time I was through there.

 

[rbridges01]

Jolly Pumpkin, Jolly Pumpkin and Jolly Pumpkin.

I absolutly love thier beer. They are doing something that only a handful of brewers are trying.

You got that right pal. Voted in the top 25 in this months Beer Advocate mag. I visit Jolly Pumpkin, regularly.

 

[Schwind]

As far as nationwide I'll go Odell brewing, too. Can't get it in richmond, cant get new belgium either, for that matter, but my best friend lives in Ft collins and brings me a 12 pack of easy street wheat every time he flys into town. I do have a sweet Fat Tire picture/poster in the kitchen,also. Ft Collins has some great beer. Thanks Scotty.

Locally, you can't beat legend brewing. The best brown ale I've ever had, and they host the local HBC meeting every month. Even though I've never attended.

 

[max4677]

Rogue, Stone, and Stoudts (got married there so I have to like them!)

 

[Shahn]

Russian River is #1 in my book. They completely changed my perception of brewing.

Deschutes used to be my favorite when I lived in Bend, Oregon. Now they are a distant second. Ever since they moved their production from Bend to Colorado it just hasn't been the same.

 

[Brew-boy]

STONE Brewery

 

[Ridge Runner]

Right now, Great Lakes Brewing Co. Stone kicks ass too. Love that Double Bastard!

 

[seethe303]

Great Lakes
Dogfishhead
Stone
Victory

so. many. good. beers.

 

[mpersinger]

Moonlight & st bernardus

 

[korndog]

Moonlight & st bernardus

Dig the Moonlight. Gotta get up to the bay area for some of his beers soon.
Reality Czeck is a damn fine pils. Oh yeah, and St. B's tripel is one of my top 5 beers. Good taste in beer you have.

 

[GregR]

it's so hard to pick local. . . do I go with stone, bear republic, ballast point?

I've been on a big ballast point kick lately and I love to go in and sample the stuff they are dabbling with when I go to the LHBM.

I'll have to put ballast point as number one right now because they did get me into brewing and I have yet to try a beer of theirs that I didn't like.

 

[Jaybird]

What is it about Stone that you all like so much? I have never been there, so don't think this is a loaded "?"

 

[Displaced MassHole]

Can breweries like Stone, Sierra Nevada, and Sam Adams even be considered "micro" breweries any more? Granted they aren't as big as BMC, but they are all nation wide now.

My favorite micro of the moment has to be Great Lakes IPA, one of the best I"ve had so far. Got it in my Secret Santa package, wish I could find some around here.

 

[korndog]

it's so hard to pick local. . . do I go with stone, bear republic, ballast point?

I've been on a big ballast point kick lately and I love to go in and sample the stuff they are dabbling with when I go to the LHBM.

I'll have to put ballast point as number one right now because they did get me into brewing and I have yet to try a beer of theirs that I didn't like.

Got six bombers of Sculpin for Christmas from my daughter. Good stuff.

 

[GregR]

Got six bombers of Sculpin for Christmas from my daughter. Good stuff.

man that stuff is tasty. I like it so much better than their regular IPA. and their regular IPA is pretty damn good.

 

[Parker36]

Avery, for the win

 

[zman]

The Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery in Boulder. Colorado Kind, Ramble on Red, Java Porter, XXX, Kolsh, Razzy Wheat...etc..10 years of patronizing that place. Guess that says it all for my vote

 

[zman]

Oh I forgot Brooklyn Beer....Gotta show the love to the home state

 

[Gumbys_Brew]

i have to support my local micro St. Arnolds great beer. hang out there just about every other saturday for what they call tours which is really just a history on the company and then 2 hours of drinking good beer.

 

[andyb0527]

Dark Horse Brewing Company

 

[snazzy]

Three floyds

Bells

Rock bottom...............Kidding!!

 

[Saccharomyces]

Avery is #1 for me. #2 would be Brooklyn Brewery.

 

[DrewsBrew]

Shipyard Brewery