State By State Beer Challenge

lilsalty · Post by **lilsalty** » October 24, 2008 8:08 am

Long Island, New York....Blue Point Brewery's HOPTICAL ILLUSION. Woo! My favorite

And you can go to the brewery on weekends to sample about 10 beers (3 oz. pours or so) for free. Yum yum.

Joetown Parrothead · Post by **Joetown Parrothead** » October 24, 2008 8:33 am

Kansas City

Boulevard Wheat

Boulevard Pale Ale

http://www.blvdbeer.com/beer.htm

green1 · Post by **green1** » October 24, 2008 9:08 am

Old Dominion Brewery. After drinking my way around a lot of this country, I will stick with this local brewery. Hoepfully I will be able to get it when we move further south.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » October 24, 2008 10:19 am

Vermont has more breweries per capita than any state in the Country.....Long Trail's Harvest Ale, Otter Creek's Oktoberfest, Trout River's Rainbow red are all excellent seasonal beers I'd put up against Sam Adams.
But in all fairness, I love 'em all....so let's sing together

Hooray Beer! · Post by **Hooray Beer!** » October 24, 2008 10:28 am

Did someone say beer challenge ???

blowinupinmissoula · Post by **blowinupinmissoula** » October 24, 2008 10:56 am

drunkpirate66 wrote:
blowinupinmissoula wrote:this should be easy as sam adams is the worst microbrew in the country sorry to be the buzz kill on the beer forum, just my opinion. right now we have Big Sky Slow Elk Oatmeal Stout, Bayern Octoberfest, and Kettlehouse Festival of the Dead Pale Ale. all good with any wonderful montana meat product, such as fresh bison burgers, or elk steak....

Not to argue semantics but I wouldn't call Sam Adams a micro brew anymore. It is quite a large brew. But that being said I am curious about your statement that Sam Adams is "the worst micro brew in the country". That implies you have had ALL the micro brews in the country. Which, if true, is quite impressive. I actually want your autograph.

haha i figured this was coming. i simply consider it a microbrew because it creates many different beers with an emphasis on taste/quality/product, not simply production for the masses (ie-busch, etc) that point can be argued, but i think that sam adams can still be referred to as a microbrew, just not in the purest sense. i have not had all the microbrews in the country, although id like to think im close

obviously if i truly cared about the validity of my statement i wouldnt have phrased it the way i did. i simply saw sam adams being discussed on a good beer thread, and jumped at the opportunity. i dunno ive tried it a bunch, the regular and seasonal and at best can choke down the lager. its just not worth the price. id take a PBR over a sam adams any day. now some chliche's-to each his own, you are what you drink, agree to disagree?

Bob Roberts · Post by **Bob Roberts** » October 24, 2008 11:00 am

My favorite beer in the world in brewed right here in East Tennessee by the Smoky Mountain Brewery.........

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » October 24, 2008 11:02 am

drunkpirate66 wrote:I live in Massachusetts and I got Sam Adams and Ipswitch Ale (my two local favorites) to pound when I eat me some oystaaahs and chowdaaaaah.

Any state want to challenge?

(and Sam Adams Octoberfest in season right now is tough to beat; thanks again Ravi for providing such wonderful Sam Adams produced nectar at the Great - Great Woods Hurricane Party of 2008!).

You're welcome and don't forget we also have Harpoon, brewed at their plant on Northern Avenue in South Boston, MA.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » October 24, 2008 11:34 am

aeroparrot wrote:
drunkpirate66 wrote:I live in Massachusetts and I got Sam Adams and Ipswitch Ale (my two local favorites) to pound when I eat me some oystaaahs and chowdaaaaah.

Any state want to challenge?

(and Sam Adams Octoberfest in season right now is tough to beat; thanks again Ravi for providing such wonderful Sam Adams produced nectar at the Great - Great Woods Hurricane Party of 2008!).

You're welcome and don't forget we also have Harpoon, brewed at their plant on Northern Avenue in South Boston, MA.

Don't forget, some of Harpoon's beer is brewed in Windsor Vermont

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » October 24, 2008 12:08 pm

C-Dawg wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:
drunkpirate66 wrote:I live in Massachusetts and I got Sam Adams and Ipswitch Ale (my two local favorites) to pound when I eat me some oystaaahs and chowdaaaaah.

Any state want to challenge?

(and Sam Adams Octoberfest in season right now is tough to beat; thanks again Ravi for providing such wonderful Sam Adams produced nectar at the Great - Great Woods Hurricane Party of 2008!).

You're welcome and don't forget we also have Harpoon, brewed at their plant on Northern Avenue in South Boston, MA.
Don't forget, some of Harpoon's beer is brewed in Windsor Vermont

There are some hairy liberal women up in Windsor! Impossible to forget.

SuperTrooper · Post by **SuperTrooper** » October 24, 2008 12:13 pm

C'mon up to NH and enjoy...

www.smuttynose.com

www.redhook.com

Although my FAVORITE beer is brewed in Bridgewater Corners, VT at:

www.longtrail.com

They have a nice little tavern with good food where you can try their beers.

I suggest the "Sampler Tray".

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » October 24, 2008 12:13 pm

frognot wrote:Cold front came through so it's time to make chili and in Texas an ice cold Shiner goes real good with a big bowl of chili.

Yeah it did, and yes it does.

BoozeInTheBlender · Post by **BoozeInTheBlender** » October 24, 2008 12:15 pm

Joetown Parrothead wrote:Kansas City

Boulevard Wheat

Boulevard Pale Ale

http://www.blvdbeer.com/beer.htm

If you're talking quality, being from KC, I definately have your back on this one.

However if you're referring to mass consumption, there's not a state in the US that can touch WISCONSIN.

RAYRO · Post by **RAYRO** » October 24, 2008 1:12 pm

Mr Play wrote:
frognot wrote:Cold front came through so it's time to make chili and in Texas an ice cold Shiner goes real good with a big bowl of chili.
Yeah it did, and yes it does.

Yes and Yes......

spartan1979 · Post by **spartan1979** » October 24, 2008 1:42 pm

pair8head wrote:Washington Red Hook. Nuf said.

15 Years ago, Red Hook was among the best around. Sadly, that is no longer the case.

I'm not going brag on Missouri, there are too many states that have it beat. Although we do have a couple of good breweries in Schlafly, O'Fallon and Boulevard.

Hockey Mon · Post by **Hockey Mon** » October 24, 2008 2:00 pm

green1 wrote:Old Dominion Brewery. After drinking my way around a lot of this country, I will stick with this local brewery. Hoepfully I will be able to get it when we move further south.

In Virginia, Old Dominion makes great stuff. I think their Summer Wheat is awesome. Lots of people I know like their Oak Barrel. While you can still get bottles of this stuff at your local grocery store, the restaurant itself has closed down. This means, I assume, you can't bring in your growler to get refilled. That sucks.

green1 - you moving?

HockeyParrotHead · Post by **HockeyParrotHead** » October 24, 2008 2:06 pm

This local stuff is pretty good ....

Hockey Mon · Post by **Hockey Mon** » October 24, 2008 2:13 pm

HockeyParrotHead wrote:This local stuff is pretty good ....

Is this the stuff for the Sweet Water restaurant? I think they and Hard Times rebrand Dominion Lager as their own brew. Actually, maybe I'm wrong - I seem to remember big beer tanks at the Sweet Water in Sterling.

Bill The Cat · Post by **Bill The Cat** » October 24, 2008 2:36 pm

I usually start in a state of confusion and live in a state of drunkness.

In either state, any beer will do!

lilsalty · Post by **lilsalty** » October 24, 2008 4:34 pm

I'm thirsty.

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