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Favorite Beers?

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calhounhusker

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Well, in light of the couple threads I have read I think it'd be interesting to see what everyones favorite beers are. Since it's too hard for me to list an actual list of favorite beers I'm going to just list my favorite beers of a variety of types of beer. Feel free to do the same, or just list some of your favs.

* American Pale Ale: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
* English Pale Ale: Samuel Smiths Pale Ale
* ESB: Left Hand Sawtooth
* Sweet Stout: Sam Adams Cream Stout or Empyrean Fallen Angel
* English Brown Ale: This one is hard. I'll give three... Newcastle Brown Ale - Big Sky Moose Drool - Empyrean Third Stone Brown
* Oktoberfest: Sam Adams Oktoberfest or Paulaner Oktoberfest/Marzen
* Irish Dry Stout: Guinness Draught
* Oatmeal Stout: Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout
* American Strong Ale: Left Hand Chainsaw
* English Porter: Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter
* American Porter: Sam Adams Honey Porter
* Belgian Dark Ale: New Belgium 1554
* Belgian Strong Pale Ale: Duvel
* Belgian Strong Dark Ale: Chimay Grand Reserve
* Dubbel: Brother Thelonious Belgian Abbey style Ale
* Trippel: Trippel Belgian style Abbey Ale
* Quad: Westvleteren 12
* India Pale Ale: Boulevard Double Wide I.P.A
* Imperial IPA: Mojo Rising Double I.P.A
* Scottish Ale: Black Friar Scottish Ale
* Maibock: Rogue Dead Guy Ale
* Doppelbock: Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
* Bock: Sam Adams Winter Lager
* German Pilsner: Warsteiner Premium Verum
* Vienna Lager: Sam Adams Boston Lager

I do have to say that my FAVORITE beer is probably a Guinness and my "go to/never fail" beer is usually a SA Boston Lager
 
I'll use your list, remove the ones I don't have, and add the ones that are missing:
  • American Pale Ale: Great Lakes Burning River
  • ESB: Yards ESA (on cask if I can find it)
  • English Brown Ale: Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale
  • Oktoberfest: Hacker-Pschorr (German); Pennichuck "Big O" (American)
  • Irish Dry Stout: Sly Fox O'Reilly's Stout
  • Oatmeal Stout: Founders Breakfast Stout
  • American Strong Ale: Firestone Walker XII
  • English Porter: Fuller's London Porter
  • American Porter: Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
  • Belgian Strong Pale Ale: Allagash Interlude
  • Belgian Strong Dark Ale: Trappistes Rochefort 8
  • Trippel: Not much experience here...yet...will have to say Victory Golden Monkey (as Justin cringes)
  • Quad: Trappist Westvleteren 12
  • India Pale Ale: SUCH a tough category for a hophead...I'll give two; Bell's Two Hearted and Bear Republic Racer 5. The new Sierra Nevada Torpedo might overtake one of those, though.
  • Imperial IPA: No fair! Too many to list, but some never-fails are: Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA, Victory Hop Wallop, Avery Maharajah, and anything from Deschutes. That's if you omit the "holy grails" like both Pliny's, HopSlam (which I don't care for), Surly Furious, Racer X, etc.
  • Scottish Ale: Oskar Blues Old Chub
  • Maibock: Victory St. Boisterous
  • Doppelbock: Victory St. Victorious (American); Ayinger Celebrator (German)
  • Bock: Penn Brewing St. Nikolaus Bock Bier
  • German Pilsner: Victory Prima Pils or Sly Fox Pikeland Pils
  • Vienna Lager: Sam Adams Boston Lager and Victory Lager are pretty interchangeable to me.
  • American Amber/Red Ale: Troegs Nugget Nectar
  • American Double/Russian Imperial Stout: Deschutes Abyss, Oskar Blues Ten Fidy, and Hoppin' Frog B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher
  • American Pale Wheat Ale: Southern Tier HopSun
  • American Barleywine: Sierra Nevada Bigfoot & the new Troegs Flying Mouflan
  • American Pale/Adjunct Lager: Yuengling Traditional, Straub, Reading Premium
 
Right now i am enjoying a trio of Ballast point ale's The first is a Yellowtail Pale ale, Next is a Calico Amber ale and third is a nice and hoppy Big Eye IPA.
 
* American Pale Ale: Founder's Pale Ale
* English Pale Ale: Innis and Gunn
* ESB: -
* Sweet Stout: Left Hand Milk Stout
* English Brown Ale: Smuttynose Old Dog Brown Ale
* Oktoberfest: Brooklyn Brewery Oktoberfest
* Irish Dry Stout: Don't like this style at all, but if I had to choose: Moylan's
* Oatmeal Stout: Goose Island Oatmeal Stout
* American Strong Ale: Port Old Viscosity
* English Porter: -
* American Porter: Founder's Porter
* Belgian Dark Ale: Russian River Rejection
* Belgian Strong Pale Ale: Brooklyn Local 1 / Duvel
* Belgian Strong Dark Ale: Russian River Salvation / Troegs Mad Elf
* Dubbel: -
* Trippel:
* Quad: -
* India Pale Ale: Green Flash West Coast IPA
* Imperial IPA: Pliny the Younger
* Scottish Ale: Oskar Blues Old Chub
* Maibock: -
* Doppelbock: Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
* Bock: -
* German Pilsner: -
* Vienna Lager: -
# American Amber/Red Ale: Troegs Nugget Nectar
# American Double/Russian Imperial Stout: Southern Tier Choklat, Jahva, etc / Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti
# American Pale Wheat Ale: -
# American Barleywine: DFH Olde School Barleywine
# American Pale/Adjunct Lager: Miller High Life
& Rye: Founder's Red's Rye
& Wheatwine: Smuttynose Wheatwine

Added two other styles I like.

- denotes that I haven't had a beer from that category or none were standouts enough to be considered.
 
Here's my list:
  • American Pale Ale: Alpha King & AleSmith X
  • Dunkelweizen: Ichabod Ale
  • ESB: Yards ESB & AleSmith Anvil ESB
  • English Brown Ale: Alesmith Nautical Nut Brown Ale
  • Irish Dry Stout: Beamish & Old #38
  • Milk/Sweet Stout: Bell's Special Double Cream Stout, Mackeson Triple XXX & Youngs Double Chocolate
  • Oatmeal Stout: Founders Breakfast Stout, Stockyard Oatmeal Stout & Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout
  • American Strong Ale: Firestone Walker Eleven and Twelve
  • English Porter: Meantime London Porter
  • American Porter: Coconut Porter & Black Butte XX
  • Baltic Porter: Baltic Thunder & Olfabrikken Porter
  • Belgian Strong Pale Ale: Unibroue 16
  • Belgian Strong Dark Ale: Gouden Carolus - Cuvee Van De Keizer & Trappistes Rochefort 8
  • Dubbel: Westmalle Trappist Dubbel
  • Quad: St Bernardus 60th
  • Schwarzbier: Black Bavarian
  • Old Ale: Ola Dubh Special 12 Reserve
  • Imperial IPA: Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, Hop Stoopid, & Bell's Double Trouble
  • American IPA: Blind Pig
  • Scottish Ale: Oskar Blues Old Chub & Moylans Kilt Lifter
  • Maibock: Dead Guy Ale
  • Doppelbock: Ayinger Celebrator
  • Saison/Farmhouse Ale: Rowhouse Red
  • Flanders Red Ale: Duchesse De Bourgogne
  • Kölsch: Kenzinger
  • American Amber/Red Ale: Troegs Nugget Nectar
  • American Double/Imperial Stout: Speedway Stout, Serpents Stout, & Kentucky Bourbon Stout
  • Russian Imperial Stout: Ten Fidy, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, & Deschutes the Abyss
  • American Stout: Stone's 12th
  • American Pale Wheat Ale: Gumballhead
  • American Barleywine: JW Lees Harvest Ale, Old Numbskull (with some age) & Fred from the Wood
  • Witbier: Deschutes 20th

As you can see most of my likes are not distributed in Cali :(
 
Nice thread idea. I tried to stick to one, two or at the worst three per category. I did add Eisbock and if you haven't tried this style give it a shot. :thumbs:

  • American Pale Ale: Three Floyds Alpha King
  • ESB: Fulers ESB
  • English Brown Ale: Alesmith Nautical Nut Brown Ale
  • Oktoberfest: The 2007 release of Left Hand O-fest was my favorite. This years wasn't as good.
  • Irish Dry Stout: Three Floyds Black Sun Stout
  • Dubbel: Dry Dock Dockside Dubbel (tiny local place that doesn't bottle)
  • Oatmeal Stout: Founders Breakfast Stout
  • American Strong Ale: Firestone Walker 11
  • English Porter: Meantime London Porter
  • American Porter: Black Butte XX
  • Belgian Strong Pale Ale: Southampton Grand Cru
  • Belgian Strong Dark Ale: Gouden Carolus Carolus D'Or - Cuvée Van De Keizer and Trappistes Rochefort 8
  • Trippel: Tripel Karmeliet
  • Quad: Trappist Westvleteren 12
  • India Pale Ale: Blind Pig and Bells Two Hearted
  • Imperial IPA: The Elder baby!
  • Scottish Ale: Oskar Blues Old Chub _ Chubourbon (Old Chub aged in Stranahans Barrels is my favorite)
  • Maibock: Fort Collins Brewing Spring Bock
  • Doppelbock: Ayinger Celebrator
  • Bock: Anchor Bock
  • German Pilsner: Victory Prima Pils
  • Vienna Lager: Snake River Lager
  • American Amber/Red Ale: Troegs Nugget Nectar
  • American Double/Russian Imperial Stout: Ten FIDY - Vanilla Bean Dark Lord - The Abyss
  • American Pale Wheat Ale: Three Floyds Gumballhead
  • American Barleywine: Behemoth Blonde Barleywine and Great Divide Old Ruffian
  • American Pale/Adjunct Lager: pfffffffffffft
* Eisbock: Kulmbacher Reichelbrau Eisbock
 
* American Pale Ale: Three Floyds Alpha King, Great Lakes Burning River, Rock Bottom (Orland Park) Powerhouse
* Oktoberfest: Hacker-Pschorr, Warsteiner
* English Brown Ale: Rock Bottom (Orland Park) M&D Peanut Butter Brown
* Irish Dry Stout: Three Floyds Black Sun Stout, Guiness
* Sweet Stout: Rogue Chocolate Stout
* Oatmeal Stout: ***TOO MANY!***Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast, Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch (yes, it's an imperial oatmeal), Rock Bottom (downtown Chicago) Terminal Stout, Founder's Breakfast Stout, Kentucky Bourbon Breakfast Stout
* American Strong Ale: Stone Arrogant Bastard & Double Bastard, Port Old Viscosity
* Quad: Trappist Westvleteren 12
* India Pale Ale: ***TOO MANY!*** Surly Furious, Stone IPA, Bell's Two Hearted, Alesmith IPA, Dogfish Head 60, Victory Hop Devil, Rock Bottom (Orland Park) Hop Bomb, Flossmoor Station IPA, Three Floyds BrooDoo, LaConner IPA (Bottleworks), Stone Anniversary 4th & 5th Ale
* Imperial IPA: ***TOO MANY!***Three Floyds Dreadnaught, Pliny the Younger, Dogfish Head 90, Bell's Hopslam, Goose Island Imperial IPA, Floosmoor Station Hoppy Little-O, Pliney the Elder, Stone Ruination IPA, Founders Double Trouble
* Doppelbock: Ayinger Celebrator
* German Pilsner: Victory Prima Pils, Rogue Uber Pilsner
* Vienna Lager: Sam Adams Boston Lager
* Scotch Ale: Rock Bottom (Orland Park) Barrel Aged Naughty Scot
* American Amber/Red Ale: Rock Bottom (Orland Park) Eric the Red on cask
* American Double/Russian Imperial Stout: ***TOO MANY!***Surly Darkness (on nitrogen), Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (on nitrogen), Three Floyds Dark Lord & Vanilla Bean Dark Lord, Oskar Blues Ten FIDY, Dechutes The Abyss, Hoppin Frog B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher
* American Pale Wheat Ale: Three Floyds Gumballhead
* American Barleywine: Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine
 
denverdog said:
Nice thread idea. I tried to stick to one, two or at the worst three per category. I did add Eisbock and if you haven't tried this style give it a shot. :thumbs:
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This is a cool thread :thumbs: . It's great seeing what have in common when it comes to certain styles and what I should be trying in others. :D :thumbs: :thumbs:
 
MAS_Puros said:
denverdog said:
Nice thread idea. I tried to stick to one, two or at the worst three per category. I did add Eisbock and if you haven't tried this style give it a shot. :thumbs:
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This is a cool thread :thumbs: . It's great seeing what have in common when it comes to certain styles and what I should be trying in others. :D :thumbs: :thumbs:
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And it's also serving as a great resource for future beer bombs and the PIF!
 
MAS_Puros said:
denverdog said:
Nice thread idea. I tried to stick to one, two or at the worst three per category. I did add Eisbock and if you haven't tried this style give it a shot. :thumbs:
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This is a cool thread :thumbs: . It's great seeing what have in common when it comes to certain styles and what I should be trying in others. :D :thumbs: :thumbs:
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It just makes me sad that I live next to the "Number 2 beer store in the world" and I've never seen 3/4 of this stuff :(

Oh well, gotta start traveling someday.
 
This takes a lot of thought!

* American Pale Ale: Alpha King
* Dunkelweizen: Ayinger Ur-Weisse
* ESB: Young's Special London Ale, Schlafly Winter ESB
* English Brown Ale: Avery Ellie's
* Irish Dry Stout: Guinness on tap
* Milk/Sweet Stout: Mackeson
* Oatmeal Stout: Anderson Valley Barney Flats
* American Strong Ale: Firestone Walker Eleven
* English Porter: Fuller's London Porter
* American Porter: Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
* Baltic Porter: Sinebrychoff Porter
* Belgian Strong Pale Ale: Delirium Tremens, Duvel
* Belgian Strong Dark Ale: De Dolle Stille Nacht
* Dubbel: Westmalle
* Tripel: Westmalle, De Dolle Dulle Teve Special Reserva (worth seeking out)
* Quad: St Bernardus Abt 12
* Schwarzbier: Kostritzer
* Old Ale: Bell's Third Coast, Great Divide Hibernation, Hair of the Dog Adam (I like Old Ale!)
* Imperial IPA: Hopslam
* American IPA: Racer 5, Two Hearted
* Scottish Ale: Skull Splitter
* Bock: Einbecker Ur-Bock
* Maibock: Ayinger - which they don't import any longer :(
* Doppelbock: Ayinger Celebrator
* Pilsner: Staropramen
* Marzen/Oktoberfest: Paulaner, Spaten
* Saison/Farmhouse Ale: Anything Fantome!
* Flanders Red Ale: Duchesse De Bourgogne
* Kölsch: Reissdorf
* American Amber/Red Ale: North Coast Red Seal
* American Double/Imperial Stout: Goose Island Bourbon County
* Russian Imperial Stout: Abyss
* American Stout: North Coast Old Plowshare
* American Pale Wheat Ale: Boulevard
* American Barleywine: Stone Old Guardian, Great Divide Old Ruffian
* English Barley Wine: JW Lees Port Cask
* Witbier: Hoegaarden
* Smoked Beer: Alaskan Smoked Porter, Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock
* Weizenbock: Aventinus!
 
So many good beers it's hard to say, but here's off the top of my head. I just went with BA classifications since some styles have pretty blurred lines. Had to add a couple sours.

* American Pale Ale: Southern Star Pine Belt Pale Ale
* Dunkelweizen: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel
* ESB: Surly Bitter Brewer
* English Brown Ale: Dogfish Head India Brown (close enough)
* Irish Dry Stout: Beamish
* Milk/Sweet Stout: Bell's Kalamazoo Stout
* Oatmeal Stout: Hoppin Frog BORIS the Crusher
* American Strong Ale: Port Old Viscosity
* English Porter: Harvest Moon Pig's Ass Porter
* American Porter: Deschuttes Black Butte Porter
* Baltic Porter: Okocim Porter
* Belgian Strong Pale Ale: AleSmith Horny Devil
* Belgian Strong Dark Ale: Gouden Carolus Grand Cru of the Emperor
* Dubbel: Westvleteren 8
* Tripel: Tripel Karmeliet
* Quad: Rochefort 10
* Schwarzbier: Bayern Schwartzbier
* Old Ale: Thomas Hardy's
* Imperial IPA: Bell's Hopslam
* American IPA: Bear Republic Racer 5
* Scottish Ale: Founders Backwoods Bastard
* Bock: New Glarus Uff-da Bock
* Maibock: Blackfoot River Maibock
* Doppelbock: Weihenstephaner Korbinian
* Pilsner: Bayern Pilsner
* Marzen/Oktoberfest: Weihenstephaner Festbier
* Saison/Farmhouse Ale: Dupont Foret
* Flanders Red Ale: Duchesse De Bourgogne
* Kölsch: Library Kolsch
* American Amber/Red Ale: Nugget Nectar ???
* American Double/Imperial Stout: Dogfish Head World Wide Stout
* Russian Imperial Stout: Deschuttes Abyss
* American Stout: Cadillac Mtn Stout
* American Pale Wheat Ale: 3 Floyds Gumballhead
* American Barleywine: East End Gratitude
* English Barley Wine: Midnight Sun Arctic Devil
* Witbier: Harvest Moon Beltian White
* Smoked Beer: Alaskan Smoked Porter
* Weizenbock: Aventinus
* Lambic: Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus
* Gueze: Lindemans Gueze Cuvee Rene
 
smellysell said:
Martin2D said:
* Dubbel: -
* Trippel:
* Quad: -
# American Amber/Red Ale: Troegs Nugget Nectar
# American Double/Russian Imperial Stout: Southern Tier Choklat
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This post is clearly useless. Please delete Rod
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You and your Belgian allegiance. While I have had some decent Belgian brews, I've had the Rocheforts and whatnot...they don't do it for me. Maybe I'll give them another whirl, but they're so damn expensive.

I put Choklat in there just for you :p WWS for life dude!
 
Ahh Great replies guys. Theres o many beers I have had and theres still so many to try!. I imagine a lot of these I can't get here so if anyone is up for a trade I would definantly be down for it. :)
 
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