Favorite American beers

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:03 pm

Oh yeah, for Amber Ale, Boont is high up there.

Nowadays, everyone is into Belgian style ale. You need a goldurned directory to figure out all the refinements within it, though...

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:29 pm

While the major American brewers produce something more akin to water than beer, the micro-brewers (both pubs and bottlers) are putting out beers to rival anything European.

My favorites are Copperhead Pale Ale and Skyhigh Rye by Freestate Brewery, Possumtrot Brown Ale and Muddy Mo' Stout by the 75th Street Brewery, and Boulevard Dry Stout.

Hurray for craft brews (and home brewing as well...I need to find the time to start back up at that).

Eric

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:40 pm

Anything by Ommegan, New Belgian Brewery are pretty well up there. I like the Belgian style of beer, especially with frites and mayo. National distribution, .i.e. airport lounge, Sam Adams works all the time.

Cork · Post by **Cork** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:00 pm

The finest American beer always comes in a can, a cold can.

Rest assured, that every can has a label, but then beer guzzling never was an innelectual activity.

So, just grab a cold one, never mind the label, and you are thereby assured to have first class, quality American beer.

Yeah, I've lived in Europe, but for the same money I can have 4 or 5 American cans of beer for the price of just one of those European beers.

'Nuff said.

;-)

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:12 pm

ya know, sometimes you are such a troll....

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:40 pm

Very good, IMO - Schlafly's Oatmeal Stout or Coffee Stout, out of St. Louis.
http://www.schlafly.com/beers.shtml I'll hopefully be reacquainting myself with them next weekend.

Cork · Post by **Cork** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:27 pm

Redwolf wrote:Anchor Steam. Hands down. I would drink that in preference to just about anything. http://www.anchorbrewing.com/

Redwolf

Seriously, THIS is a great American beer, with my endorsement.

So, how come I've never seen this beer in a can???

;-)

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:01 am

Cork wrote:
Redwolf wrote:Anchor Steam. Hands down. I would drink that in preference to just about anything. http://www.anchorbrewing.com/

Redwolf
Seriously, THIS is a great American beer, with my endorsement.

So, how come I've never seen this beer in a can???

Yes... that's a good un! Haven't had that in ages!

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:40 am

Schell, Schmaltz's Alt
Schell, Caramel Bock
Boulder Beer, Planet Porter
Pig's Eye Pilsner (Total crap, I like it).

Flogging Jason · Post by **Flogging Jason** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:22 am

Dogfish Head Brewery consistently amazes me. Their specialty beers are intelligent and creative(I'm referring to the research involved in making them...not the mental capacity of the beers themselves) and their regular and seasonal brews are outstanding examples of their respective varieties. Their IPAs are the standard by which I judge all others.
www.dogfish.com

Other american breweries I love are: Rogue, Anchor, Sierra Nevada, Ommegang, Brooklyn, Boulder, North Coast, Avery, Stoudts, and Oskar Blues.

I could keep listing them....I work in a pub with 50 beers on draft and over 100 bottles

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:52 am

People have mentioned Anchor Steam, but not any of the other great products of the Anchor brewery.
One of the best American things I've had is Liberty Ale. Also Anchor Porter.
Then there's Anderson Valley Brewing Company.
Their Barney Flats is possibly the best thing I've ever had. The Boont Amber is also great. (Some of their products feature some text in "Boontling" on the labels, the language spoken only in that town. Look it up.)
Some great stuff also from the MacTarnahan's Brewing Company such as their MacTarnahan's and their Honey Beer.
It perhaps goes without saying that all these things must be had draught from the tap, not in bottles. Difficult but rewarding to find.

mahanpots · Post by **mahanpots** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:26 am

Budweiser seems to be a favorite American beer in Ireland.

Michael

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:54 am

tansy wrote:
CHasR wrote:no question as to who's the BEST American brewer:

Yuengling
www.yuengling.com

PSSST: That's "YING- ling"
yep, that beer is the best bang for the buck

NO WAY : you get that in Alabama?

(beats IPA's hands down IMHO)

and ya know, all this talk about Belgian brews; If Im gonna go there, I might as well open a good Gewurtztraminer instead...
(Cali Gw's are great, BTW!!!)

THING IS, there's a plethora of 'microbreweries' out there producing local product they know is gonna sell to their crowd. Anything along this line is way better than the heartless, mass-produced pee that passes for lager here.

Pass the port.

yum.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:25 am

mahanpots wrote:Budweiser seems to be a favorite American beer in Ireland.

Michael

It may get drank by preference in Ireland; in Arkansas, most people I know who drink Bud are drinking it because it's cheap.

--James

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:59 am

pancelticpiper wrote:Then there's Anderson Valley Brewing Company.
Their Barney Flats is possibly the best thing I've ever had. The Boont Amber is also great. (Some of their products feature some text in "Boontling" on the labels, the language spoken only in that town. Look it up.)

I can also recommend their Deep Ender's Dark. It's my favorite porter, but hard to find around here.