Duncan Roberts

That's a rather odd statement seeing as the strongest beer in the world is brewed by Sam Adams at a hefty 24%. You will find that most of the craft stuff brewed in America is around the 5-7% range and goes up into the 9-12%quite frequently. I believe there are a couple of states left that have weird beer definitions that you may be confusing with federal law.

AmerLisa

In the nude???

AdobePinon

My (almost) current Out Box:


Durango Amber (CO)
Steamworks Third Eye IPA (CO)
Rogue Brutal Bitter (OR)
Rogue Chipotle Ale (OR)
La Fin Du Monde (Quebec)
Rogue Morimoto Soba Ale (OR)
Rogue Hazelnut Brown (OR)
Rio Grande Stout (NM)
Santa Fe Pale Ale (NM)
Steamworks Steam Engine Lager (CO)
Tractor Brewing Farmer's Tan Red Ale (NM)
Deschutes Inversion IPA (OR)
Widmer Broken Halo IPA (OR)
Deschutes Jubelale (OR)
Deschutes Black Butte Porter (OR)
Steamworks Colorado Kölsch (CO)

NB: Don't care much for the Durango or the Broken Halo. Everything else is tasty.

Lord Lionheart

No, in the library surounded by leather bound first editions

Scouse Express

For British Beers over here, it's normally Boddingtons or Bass. If Killcenny Cream Ale is available, then I'll have that too.

Domestics: MGD is my number one, with Bud Light, Miller Lite and Busch Lite coming in after Miller Genuine Draft.

Jim.

AmerLisa

Oh puhleeeeeeease.....

NC Penguin

How do you buy your beers? Retail or mail order?

Have you tried the Three Floyds Alpha King Pale Ale? It might be up your street.


NC Penguin

Bob

that's lovely too...but at $8.20 for a 4 pack of cans v $7 for a 6 pack of Pilsner Urquell....or anyother bottled beer...except theakstons at $10...ouch...

Bob

what they like? i've seen 'em around loads but never gotten around to trying them...and the canuck stuff is pretty good too, only tried a couple of them, and really rather liked the apple stuff....not tried the rest of the rather large line they have though..

dbj1000

Sounds to me like we're spoiled here in Dallas/Plano.

"Locally" (i.e. within the state of Texas) we have the excellent Shiner brewery, and almost every bar and grocery store here has their Bock, Hefeweizen, Dunkelweizen, Blonde, Kolsch and Light bottled or on tap.

Then there's Fat Tire from Colorado, which I've been drinking all evening.

As for imports, there's hardly a British or European bottled beer that you can't buy at Central Market here. They really have the best selection of beers I've seen anywhere.

As for good wine, Central Market again has a really amazing selection. We can get better, and cheaper, French wines here than we could back in the UK.

evoal2003

Stella, Heineken and Coors light on my dieting days.

AdobePinon

Retail. Never mail ordered a beer in my life. Those beers came from (except the growler) Albertsons, Whole Foods, Kroger (dba Smith's), and a liquor store. The Steamworks growler was straight from the brewery in Durango.

Three Floyds? Nope, don't know it. I'll keep my eyes open.

AdobePinon

They brew some pretty tasty stuff. The Brutal Bitter is actually one of my least favorites. The chipotle is excellent, as are any of the Morimoto series. Dead Guy is great if you want something rather strong. On the other hand, the Shakespeare Stout tastes like dirt. Ick.

List of brews: http://www.rogue.com/brews.html

Rushman

At $100 a bottle and a limited total production run of 3000 bottles I would'nt even count that. It's a limited production gimick beer and not a mass produced beer, only made to grab the record of the worlds strongest beer, not for general consumption by the populace.

Dogfish head craft brewery in delaware are more like the real makers of the strongest beer as its in constant production and weighs in at 23.04 ABV and even that is $10 a bottle....and it's tastes like shit IMO.

I'm still trying to get my head around "ABV" I still look for the "original gravity"...can tell I grew up in pubs.

I had almost given up any hope of finding a reasonably priced good tasting and not piss weak beer until I discovered this Brewery not to far and available in most of upstate NY and northern PA I believe.....

http://saranac.mbrockett.com/home.html

Make some bloody good tasting beers in various European and styles and with European ingredients. Check out the website and all the past favourites and the limited releases...they make a few weird ones with honey and other stuff like blackberries..I can't be bothered with that poncy stuff but take my word for it their "Hefeweizen" is absolutely bloody handsome. Shame they don't make it year round but then i just drink the pale ale (which is reasonable) when there's none of the Hefeweizen being knocked up.

they do a six pack mix for those that haven't tried them before with their core beers but the best are definately the limited releases IMO

tonrob

I bought a mixed box of Saranac beers at my local beer shop recently and I must agree they were rather nice.