Best Beer in the United States
Oct 6, 2004 | 10:40 am
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Check Here For Ideas
Someone interested enough to read all the way through this thread may want to investigate this site:
http://www.beertown.org/events/gabf/04winners.htm
for suggestions of beers to try; this is the medalists' list from the just-concluded Great American Beer Festival in Denver.
These awards are perhaps the most prestigious in American brewing and, since they present gold/silver/bronze medals in 67 categories ranging from non-alcoholic beer to barleywines, there is a style here for anybody.
http://www.beertown.org/events/gabf/04winners.htm
for suggestions of beers to try; this is the medalists' list from the just-concluded Great American Beer Festival in Denver.
These awards are perhaps the most prestigious in American brewing and, since they present gold/silver/bronze medals in 67 categories ranging from non-alcoholic beer to barleywines, there is a style here for anybody.
Oct 6, 2004 | 11:33 am
#62
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Almost any micro IPA. The higher the IBUs, the better. I like Mash House IPA (Fayettevile, NC), the demised Devil's Elbow IPA (Morrisville, NC), the beers of Avery and Dogfish Head. I just had a Toppers Hop Pocket at my local pub (the Sawmill Taproom) but have been drinking the Endo Cottonwood IPA (Boone, NC).
If anyone is in town, I will take you on a tour of real beer places. ^
If anyone is in town, I will take you on a tour of real beer places. ^
Oct 6, 2004 | 3:52 pm
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Originally Posted by number_6
Widmer hefe is quite good.
Oct 7, 2004 | 2:03 pm
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Originally Posted by johnep1
You really can't beat Budweiser. As mentioned on the label, it is the best beer available at any price.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Oct 7, 2004 | 2:37 pm
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Hey, if it works for you
Originally Posted by johnep1
You really can't beat Budweiser. As mentioned on the label, it is the best beer available at any price.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Still, enjoy your Bud if you prefer.
The best? The one I can expense!
Oct 8, 2004 | 12:53 pm
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Shiner Bock in Texas (especially after a Rugby match)
McGuires Irish Pub Stout in Pensacola, Fl. A real aviator's beer...
Almost anything cold at old Trader John's in Pensacola. There were many real "tailhooker's beers" back then. (Excepting, of course, Bud and other American p*ss beers). However, come to think of it, after the nurse's uniforms started flying off (back when they were all women, of course) I think even the Bud tasted... well.... no... it still tasted like bad tap water.
200 microbrews in America that would best anything in a Brit or Irish pub? Me thinketh nay!
...none of the above, and nothing in America, can touch REAL Guinness.
McGuires Irish Pub Stout in Pensacola, Fl. A real aviator's beer...
Almost anything cold at old Trader John's in Pensacola. There were many real "tailhooker's beers" back then. (Excepting, of course, Bud and other American p*ss beers). However, come to think of it, after the nurse's uniforms started flying off (back when they were all women, of course) I think even the Bud tasted... well.... no... it still tasted like bad tap water.
200 microbrews in America that would best anything in a Brit or Irish pub? Me thinketh nay!
...none of the above, and nothing in America, can touch REAL Guinness.
Last edited by scibard; Oct 8, 2004 at 1:14 pm
Oct 8, 2004 | 2:01 pm
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If you are ever in Chicago, it might be worth it to take the Metra Electric commuter south to my hometown of Flossmoor (about 40 minutes), where, attached to the train station is the Flossmoor Restaurant and Brewery.
It was named best brewpub in Chicagoland a couple years ago. Here is a listing of their beers with awards won:
http://flossmoorstation.com/OurBrews.htm
Nice not having to drive afterwards, especially after a sampler (~10 different 5 oz. glasses), and a couple pints of whichever ones you liked best.
About 30 minutes from MDW by car, or about 1 hour from ORD.
Send me an email if you want to come down and I'll stroll over and join you.
It was named best brewpub in Chicagoland a couple years ago. Here is a listing of their beers with awards won:
http://flossmoorstation.com/OurBrews.htm
Nice not having to drive afterwards, especially after a sampler (~10 different 5 oz. glasses), and a couple pints of whichever ones you liked best.
About 30 minutes from MDW by car, or about 1 hour from ORD.
Send me an email if you want to come down and I'll stroll over and join you.
Oct 10, 2004 | 6:33 am
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I really like Anchor Steam.
Oct 10, 2004 | 3:32 pm
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Originally Posted by toadman
But the best beer I've had came from a liter stein at Oktober Fest in Munich.
Oct 11, 2004 | 9:31 pm
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Brother newself...
It's spelled Czechvar (named for Czechosolvakia, now the Czech republic.)
Here's a website with some history:
http://www.beersince1933.com/czechvar.htm
It's very good beer. It tastes best in a little town square in Prague.
You also share another favorite beer of mine... Black Brute Porter!!!!
And, of course, old reliables;
Sam Adams Boston Lagar (My first beer)
Guinness, Guinness, Guinness
Also: Abita and Shiner Boch
It's spelled Czechvar (named for Czechosolvakia, now the Czech republic.)
Here's a website with some history:
http://www.beersince1933.com/czechvar.htm
It's very good beer. It tastes best in a little town square in Prague.
You also share another favorite beer of mine... Black Brute Porter!!!!
And, of course, old reliables;
Sam Adams Boston Lagar (My first beer)
Guinness, Guinness, Guinness
Also: Abita and Shiner Boch