Your Favorite Overlooked Beer Styles

[Handle]

He was referring to Budweiser's American Ale. It's actually a pretty good beer, for BMC, IMHO.

I'd like to see more Barleywines available on the shelf. Also, I tried Schneider and Sohn's Aventinus, and loved it. I'd love to see more Wheat Dopplebock's like that as well.

I agree about the American Ale. It's really not bad at all.

I'll also agree that I'd like to see more barleywines and dopplebocks. And I know it's a common beer across the pond, but I really wish we had more commercially-available ESBs.

 

[Revvy]

I have great bottle shops in the Detroit area, so I can find just about any style of beer I want, just often in limited brands. I would love to get some regional ones that aren't available in Michigan. Like New Glarus, and the canned beer from Hawaii (I think it's maui brewing company.)

Overlooked beer style that I would like to see more of? Vienna Lagers, there's a couple micro versions available, like Great Lake's Elliot Ness, and Trader Joe's Amber Lager.

Also I'd like to see more swartzbiers, and micro cream ales.

In fact are there any commercially available swartzbiers?

 

[MarsColonist]

In fact are there any commercially available swartzbiers?

Shiner Black Lager is one

 

[Synovia]

Not to be nitpicky but, Budweiser is neither good nor an ale.

Budweiser American Ale is both.


Standard Budweiser is a perfectly to specification American Lager, whether or not you like it.

 

[Revvy]

Shiner Black Lager is one

Oh yeah I guess I have seen that in the shops....Have you tried it?

 

[pjj2ba]

For those who are missing Alt. Southampton Publick House makes a pretty tasty one - probably tough to get outside of the NY area though.

Agreed! It is the most authentic tasting I've found. The rest of the domestic ones I've tried have been dissapointing. Many were decent beers, but I wouldn't have called them Alts - more likely Ambers or Brown ales.

 

[Brew-boy]

Southern English brown, Krieks.

 

[Handle]

Oh yeah I guess I have seen that in the shops....Have you tried it?

I guess Sam Adams Black Lager would be another? Haven't tried it myself.

I did recently try Magic Hat's Howl, which is a limited release schwarzbier-style black lager.

I don't know if either of these are proper examples of the schwarzbier-style, but they're the closest thing I've had to one.

 

[MultumInParvo]

English Mild

My only wish is to find some bar/brewpub that has one on cask sometime in my life.

I am right with you on this one. I have never tried one, but brewed a few off what I read. If like most beers, and the commercial versions can be better than mine, I really want to give one a try.

The only thing I have to go off of is one of my buddies who spent a good deal of time in England saying mine was "pretty similar." I asked him how close to one straight from the cask and he laughed.

I would love to find some, then tweak my own recipe.

 

[WorryWort]

Mild, Altbier, Doppelbock, Berliner Weisse, Bitter (in north america anyway)