Duncan Roberts

beer connoisseur + molsen ice = does not compute!

Adnams

Molsen??? Dont you have good offy nearby?

AmerLisa

I use the term loosely......

Paul S

you git Duncan wonderful list of beers there.

Great Lakes Brewing (any of their stuff) is just bloomin excellent.
The only stuff i generally go for is Sieera Nevada (already covered earlier)
Shiner Bock (DB). full-flavoured, deep amber-colored beer
Shiner Blonde (DB), Bog Standard Pilsener. muted taste, Not much malt, hop or barley, but strangely drinkable (or so my missus says)
both from the Spoetzl Brewery out of Austin, TX

The best for though is anything from this lot http://www.willoughbybrewing.com/beer.htm

and it has nothing to do with the fact (honest) that the place is less than 15 minutes walk from my house and they will sell it to you in Growlers to take home . In fact i was there last night knocking their wonderful beer back

Hiro11

I'm not really a beer snob and I'll drink pretty much anything, but if I'm looking for good beer, anything from the following breweries will do:

US first tier:
Three Floyds (Indiana)
Victory (Pennsylvania)
Capital (Wisconsin)
Great Lakes (Ohio)
Stone (California)
Ommegang (New York)
Rogue (Oregon)
Dogfish Head (Delaware)
Kalamazoo (Indiana)

US Second Tier:
Brooklyn (New York)
Magic Hat (Vermont)
Tremont (Massachusetts)
Goose Island (Illinois)
Hair of the Dog (Oregon)
New Glarus (Wisconsin)
Boston Beer aka Sam Adams (Massachusetts)
Sierra Nevada (California)
Allagash (Maine)

I generally stay away from bottled imports because liquor stores are typically bad about storing things correctly and they're usually skunked by the time you get them...

Having said that:

Belgian (easy to find):
Saison Dupont
Chimay
St. Bernardus
Duvel

Germany (easy to find):
Ayinger Celebrator
Ayinger Ur-Weisse
Paulaner
Aventinus
Uerige

I won't pretend to be an expert in UK beer beyond saying you guys make some damned good stuff...

tonrob

Great list of American breweries - go for anything, especially of the "1st tier" list and you can't go far wrong. I like most of your "2nd tier" list too, with the notable exception of Sam Adams products, which I've gone right off. There's so much good stuff out there and I think Sam Adams has gone for the blander end of the spectrum to appeal to the sizeable market who knows they don't like Bud but isn't interested in experimenting with less-"known" brands.

clover

Did some one mention Duval
Theres a bar in Oodenaarde (Helgium) with a fish tank full of cash.
The story goes that anyone who can drink 10 in an hour without getting off thier bar stool wins the cash.

Duncan Roberts

I did 6 Belgian beers, one was Duval, in about an hour back in Feb so I think I could have done 10 Duval. If I did that now I would quite literally die so I'll give it a miss! Unfortunately.

Your location should be "Oregon, land of beer." There aren't many other states that produce the amount of quality beer that Oregon does.

clover

Land of beer, its becoming a habbit, I lived in Belgium for 7 years before coming to Oregon. I miss the Jupiler. lovely stuff but they don`t export it

clover

Oh and just to rub it in theres no Tax in Oregon

Hiro11

I agree, but they put out some great limited editions and seasonals. They're still inventive brewers. Also, I've met Jim Koch, who owns the jopint, and he's a very nice guy...

Adnams

Well can you tell him to start making a decent IPA and not over caramalising his brews which is cheating.

Lycanthrop

At "Total Wines" you can get:

Old Speckled Hen
Boddingtons
Abbot

.......all in draught-style cans.

Also they carry Strongbow cider.

Adnams

I love the speccie

AdobePinon

<shaking head> The sooner you lot stop putting your stock in imported skunked brews, and realize that there are excellent beers in this country, the happier you will be.