So good to see proper beers being brewed in the US.

[robrinay]

Just tried a couple of US bottled beers Brooklyn Lager and Blue Moon, bought in my local Sainsbury's - wow! So much better than that pale insipid stuff I used to have to drink at parties when the good European beers had gone.

 

[Brad Bowers]

Yeah, but craftbrewers have gone loopy for hops, and seems like most craft beers I drink have far too much hops, especially compared to European brews. I'm tired of it. Lay off the hops, you dolts!

Brad

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Yeah, but craftbrewers have gone loopy for hops, and seems like most craft beers I drink have far too much hops, especially compared to European brews. I'm tired of it. Lay off the hops, you dolts!

Brad

I agree Brad
I tried several different kinds of brews that my Son In Law received over the Christmas holidays. The overly flowerly..wheaty..spicy stuff can be way too much. Just a hint will do,thank you...
HD

 

[Mr.Astor]

Those hoppy beers pile it on,be careful also have other side effects!! The Sierra Nevada Torpedo is killer one is enough!! A good old German or Austrian is still the best! To bad InBev killed Beck's!!!

 

[robrinay]

Is it true that Prohibition in the US killed off a wide variety of brews which had been based on recipes from the variety of cultures that settled there?

 

[HudsonHawk]

Is it true that Prohibition in the US killed off a wide variety of brews which had been based on recipes from the variety of cultures that settled there?

It's true prohibition killed off a lot of brewers, but I don't know how diverse the types were. The American brewing industry was started by and heavily dominated by German immigrants. Most beers were of that style. There's been a surge in beer styles in the last decade or so, but as others have mentioned, it seems to have devolved into a contest of who can make the most bitter beer. Personally, I don't find the "craft" beer movement to be a real advancement in quality.

 

[scottyrocks]

My favorite brew is still by the 'craft' brewer who started it all - Sam Adams.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

My favorite brew is still by the 'craft' brewer who started it all - Sam Adams.

Mine too. Especially Boston Lager...Winter Ale..and OctoberFest..among some others.
However..a few of their brews I've tried do fall into the 'gawd awful' realm too.
HD

 

[Mr.Astor]

His political stance moved me away! He should have never let politics get involved in his business!! Think Ben and jerry ruined that too!!

 

[HudsonHawk]

My favorite brew is still by the 'craft' brewer who started it all - Sam Adams.

Personally, I find Sam Adams to be in the "gawd awful" category, and the poster child for what is wrong with American beer brewing these days. But to each his own.

 

[Tomasso]

The Sierra Nevada Torpedo is killer one is enough!!

I find SN Torpedos to be like *******: One's not enough and three's too many.

 

[Macbeth]

Down in the Swamps, we have a local brewery in Abita Springs.....natural Artesian water there. The Abita Beer Brewing Company.

My very favorite is the PURPLE HAZE, which has a breath of raspberry in it.....sometimes even a little sediment in a "hazy beer." Doesn't travel well on Draft, the raspberry sediment would clog machines.

When I drink one, I occasionally hum...."Scuse me, while I kiss the sky!!" (I used to think that line was, "Scuse me, while I kiss this guy!)

 

[GoetzManor]

Down in the Swamps, we have a local brewery in Abita Springs.....natural Artesian water there. The Abita Beer Brewing Company.

Maaaaaan, Purple Haze is one of my favorite beers, however, unless I go to ale houses (and I mean "legit ale houses", not the 'we have every different type of Anheiser product' ale house) it is impossible to find around these parts...

 

[Guttersnipe]

Good beers is the U.S. never went away. The Anchor Brewery in San Francisco has been making this steam beer since 1896. Great stuff!

 

[Guttersnipe]

Of course the brewery looks a little different today....

 

[robrinay]

Agreed - it's a great beer I first tried it in the 1980's when I found a small supply in a Nottingham grocery store - it soon ran out with my help.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Good beers is the U.S. never went away. The Anchor Brewery in San Francisco has been making this steam beer since 1896. Great stuff!

A childhood friend recommended this beer.
He lives in Santa Ranchero(?) and said the beer is great.
While I'm a dark beer fan, I might pick this one up (as part of the make your own 6 pack at Kroger) and try it.
I'll review this thread again before the weekend, so I can have a list to pick from.

 

[1mach1]

We have a few good breweries that are close to us here in the DC area. Great IPAs from these breweries!

Dogfish Head (Delaware)
http://www.dogfish.com/

Lost Rhino (Virginia)
http://www.lostrhino.com/

Flying Dog (Maryland)
http://flyingdogbrewery.com/

DuClaw (Maryland)
http://www.duclaw.com/

 

[HudsonHawk]

We have a few good breweries that are close to us here in the DC area. Great IPAs from these breweries!

Dogfish Head (Delaware)
http://www.dogfish.com/

I have to say, and I mean this with all due respect, Dogfish Head is the single worst, most crawl down your throat, swallow defiant piece of **** liquid I've ever put in my mouth. To put it gently.

 

[emigran]

my grandmother used to say... that's why people live in their own houses so they cn do (drink) what they want to do (drink)...