The Beer Thread

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This year will probably be a top 40 year…

i bought a few more single bottle beers yesterday.

perennial  hopfentea

abita  cypress kriek  cherry sour

dfh  Lupu-Luau  ipa

duclaw  Sour Me This

Wicked Weed  Coolcumber

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
Finally a best of list that makes sense.

https://gearpatrol.com/2017/07/25/best-breweries-in-america/

Pretty good list. I’m going to posit that Sierra must be on their for historical reasons rather than current beer reasons.

When you say, "pretty good list." What do you feel is included that shouldn't be or isn't on the list that should?

I'd argue that Surly, Three Floyds, Stillwater, and Tired Hands could be removed. I'm not 100% sure who would replace them, but otherwise an incredible solid list that covers the tops and best in the industry in my humble opinion.

I was saying "pretty good" in the positive sense. I've only had beer from 15 of the 25 (and for some of the 15, probably haven't had enough to accurately gauge them), so unsure who I would drop off. Among those I've had, Stillwater and Sierra, definitely. Probably Tired Hands.

As to who else might be considered for the list, I'm sure there's a number of breweries who I haven't had beer from (since I don't trade) that might be worthy. But among those that I have had, I would submit these contenders: Russian River, New Glarus, Holy Mountain, The Veil, Lawson's and SingleCut.

*THE ALCHEMIST – Stowe, VT
THE ALE APOTHECARY – Bend, OR
*ALLAGASH BREWING COMPANY – Portland, ME
AMERICAN SOLERA – Tulsa, OK
CASEY BREWING AND BLENDING – Glenwood Springs, CO
*CYCLE BREWING – St. Petersburg, FL
DE GARDE BREWING – Tillamook, OR
*HILL FARMSTEAD BREWERY – Greensboro Bend, VT
J. WAKEFIELD BREWING – Miami, FL
*JESTER KING BREWERY – Austin, TX
*THE LOST ABBEY – San Marcos, CA
*MAINE BEER COMPANY – Freeport, ME
MONKISH BREWING CO. – Torrance, CA
*OTHER HALF BREWING – Brooklyn, NY
SANTE ADAIRIUS RUSTIC ALES – Capitola, CA
SIDE PROJECT BREWING – Maplewood, MO
*SIERRA NEVADA BREWING COMPANY – Chico, CA
*STILLWATER ARTISANAL – Baltimore, MD/Brooklyn, NY
SUAREZ FAMILY BREWERY – Livingston, NY
*SURLY BREWING CO. – Minneapolis, MN
*TIRED HANDS BREWING COMPANY – Ardmore, PA
*THREE FLOYDS BREWING CO. – Munster, IN
*TOPPLING GOLIATH BREWING CO. – Decorah, IA
TREE HOUSE BREWING CO. – Monson, MA
*TRILLIUM BREWING COMPANY – Boston, MA

I feel like to be a top brewery in the country, you need to have a steady amount of amazing beers that are released continuously/consistently. I don't think Lawson's would be on that list personally. They have sip which is an OG NE IPA, but other than that sporadic releases.

I could see Veil on there.

I used to love New Glarus but the last few times I've had their fruit beers, they've just been a bit too sweet.

Russian River should be on that list for sure.

Yada wrote:

Kemosabe wrote:

Yada wrote:
Finally a best of list that makes sense.

https://gearpatrol.com/2017/07/25/best-breweries-in-america/

Sweet list!  I have heard of three of them!  8)

Now you know how I feel when you list your top 234 albums of the year.  ;D ;D ;D

^^ Quality joke.

herman, wrote:
i bought a few more single bottle beers yesterday.

perennial  hopfentea

abita  cypress kriek  cherry sour

dfh  Lupu-Luau  ipa

duclaw  Sour Me This

Wicked Weed  Coolcumber

so far, I have had the WW coolcumber, which was refreshing and summery with flavors of cucumber, basil and juniper berries really coming out in a unique taste.  liked, it.  the abita, I should have known better.  I did not want to judge the beer because it was abita and not some jesus just blessed this brewery . . . but their attempt of a cherry was neither cherry or sour.  weak all around.  The perennial hopfentea is really good with sour notches and a fruit forward bite.  Not sure I taste tea, but I would buy this again.

herman, wrote:  The perennial hopfentea is really good with sour notches and a fruit forward bite.  Not sure I taste tea, but I would buy this again.

I too think this is a quality bottle, not eveyone's cup of tea, but somewhat easy to get and I think very drinkable
This is a great brewery, but this is often the only offering I see in bottle stores
Abraxas is very good, but not easy to source

MMV

Polymath-hatch🍺 wrote:

herman, wrote:  The perennial hopfentea is really good with sour notches and a fruit forward bite.  Not sure I taste tea, but I would buy this again.

I too think this is a quality bottle, not eveyone's cup of tea, but somewhat easy to get and I think very drinkable
This is a great brewery, but this is often the only offering I see in bottle stores
Abraxas is very good, but not easy to source

MMV

Hopfentea is tasty, but at $14 for a bomber, way overpriced. I liked it better when I got it as a $6 32 oz growler fill at P St WF.

Space wrote:

Polymath-hatch🍺 wrote:

herman, wrote:  The perennial hopfentea is really good with sour notches and a fruit forward bite.  Not sure I taste tea, but I would buy this again.

I too think this is a quality bottle, not eveyone's cup of tea, but somewhat easy to get and I think very drinkable
This is a great brewery, but this is often the only offering I see in bottle stores
Abraxas is very good, but not easy to source

MMV

Hopfentea is tasty, but at $14 for a bomber, way overpriced. I liked it better when I got it as a $6 32 oz growler fill at P St WF.

#classicSpace

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:

Polymath-hatch🍺 wrote:

herman, wrote:  The perennial hopfentea is really good with sour notches and a fruit forward bite.  Not sure I taste tea, but I would buy this again.

I too think this is a quality bottle, not eveyone's cup of tea, but somewhat easy to get and I think very drinkable
This is a great brewery, but this is often the only offering I see in bottle stores
Abraxas is very good, but not easy to source

MMV

Hopfentea is tasty, but at $14 for a bomber, way overpriced. I liked it better when I got it as a $6 32 oz growler fill at P St WF.

#classicSpace

Right? A bomber of Berliner weisse better be at least 4.3 on Beer Advocate to merit a $14 price tag!

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:

Polymath-hatch🍺 wrote:

herman, wrote:  The perennial hopfentea is really good with sour notches and a fruit forward bite.  Not sure I taste tea, but I would buy this again.

I too think this is a quality bottle, not eveyone's cup of tea, but somewhat easy to get and I think very drinkable
This is a great brewery, but this is often the only offering I see in bottle stores
Abraxas is very good, but not easy to source

MMV

Hopfentea is tasty, but at $14 for a bomber, way overpriced. I liked it better when I got it as a $6 32 oz growler fill at P St WF.

#classicSpace

Right? A bomber of Berliner weisse better be at least 4.3 on Beer Advocate to merit a $14 price tag!

the bros gave it a 90…
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25888/119928/?ba=bros#review
but does seem to be more about price/review status rather than actual taste
Jules…I think we almost need to create a thread to compile all #classicspace responses
although it would be very predictable

Polymath-hatch🍺 wrote:

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:

Polymath-hatch🍺 wrote:

herman, wrote:  The perennial hopfentea is really good with sour notches and a fruit forward bite.  Not sure I taste tea, but I would buy this again.

I too think this is a quality bottle, not eveyone's cup of tea, but somewhat easy to get and I think very drinkable
This is a great brewery, but this is often the only offering I see in bottle stores
Abraxas is very good, but not easy to source

MMV

Hopfentea is tasty, but at $14 for a bomber, way overpriced. I liked it better when I got it as a $6 32 oz growler fill at P St WF.

#classicSpace

Right? A bomber of Berliner weisse better be at least 4.3 on Beer Advocate to merit a $14 price tag!

the bros gave it a 90…
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25888/119928/?ba=bros#review
but does seem to be more about price/review status rather than actual taste
Jules…I think we almost need to create a thread to compile all #classicspace responses
although it would be very predictable

Fat Jason is just one of 298 people who rated it. And his 4.04 (90) is still well short of 4.3. :)

I'm just saying $14 is a lot to pay for a single bottle of a domestically brewed Berliner weisse.

Polymath-hatch🍺 wrote:
Jules…I think we almost need to create a thread to compile all #classicspace responses
although it would be very predictable

I like the idea but the hashtag doesn't seem punchy enough. Pop out a list of at least 20 possibilities, then narrow them down to your top 5 and I'll send them over to my social media team for review.

Yada wrote:
I feel like to be a top brewery in the country, you need to have a steady amount of amazing beers that are released continuously/consistently. I don't think Lawson's would be on that list personally. They have sip which is an OG NE IPA, but other than that sporadic releases.

I could see Veil on there.

I used to love New Glarus but the last few times I've had their fruit beers, they've just been a bit too sweet.

Russian River should be on that list for sure.

I might add Firestone Walker to that list as well. Their barrel aged beers and sours are top notch, their IPA are tasty (when fresh), and they make a wide range of beers and have no major weaknesses (except getting fresh product to market on time.)

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
I feel like to be a top brewery in the country, you need to have a steady amount of amazing beers that are released continuously/consistently. I don't think Lawson's would be on that list personally. They have sip which is an OG NE IPA, but other than that sporadic releases.

I could see Veil on there.

I used to love New Glarus but the last few times I've had their fruit beers, they've just been a bit too sweet.

Russian River should be on that list for sure.

I might add Firestone Walker to that list as well. Their barrel aged beers and sours are top notch, their IPA are tasty (when fresh), and they make a wide range of beers and have no major weaknesses (except getting fresh product to market on time.)

won't be getting anymore of my $$$

http://www.independent.com/news/2017/may/03/firestone-beer-maker-donates-250000-trump/

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
I feel like to be a top brewery in the country, you need to have a steady amount of amazing beers that are released continuously/consistently. I don't think Lawson's would be on that list personally. They have sip which is an OG NE IPA, but other than that sporadic releases.

I could see Veil on there.

I used to love New Glarus but the last few times I've had their fruit beers, they've just been a bit too sweet.

Russian River should be on that list for sure.

I might add Firestone Walker to that list as well. Their barrel aged beers and sours are top notch, their IPA are tasty (when fresh), and they make a wide range of beers and have no major weaknesses (except getting fresh product to market on time.)

won't be getting anymore of my $$$

http://www.independent.com/news/2017/may/03/firestone-beer-maker-donates-250000-trump/

Wow, that's really unfortunate. Wish i hadn't seen that. I'll be joining you.

had a nice beer weekend.  I don't drink that much, or buy that often, but when I do, I like to do the best I can in my limited knowledge of the . . . craft.

pen druid brewery  -  four 750ml bottle of Laertes (Barrel fermented Sour with Viognier Grapes from Rappahannock Cellers)  6.8%

boulevard love child # 8  -  since I had on tap, I thought I would buy a bottle of it.

perennial  hopfentea  really like this beer, so I thought sure another bottle would be nice before it goes away.

cascade -  2015 Sang Du Chene  Can't wait to open this on a special occasion.

Omg space dust. You guys! Space!Dust!

excontradiction wrote:
Omg space dust. You guys! Space!Dust!

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