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Best Beers In America Ranked
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| September 14, 2006
Posted on 09/14/2006 11:35:43 AM PDT by Abathar
Where is the best beer in America?
According to Men's Journal magazine, it's in Paso Robles, Calif.
The magazine ranked Firestone Walker Pale Ale as the best beer in America, followed by Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, which is produced in Milton, Del.
Rounding out the top five are Stoudt's Pils, of Adamstown, Pa.; Russian River Temptation Ale, of Santa Rosa, Calif.; and Avery Mephistopheles' Stout, of Boulder, Colo.
It has chosen what the editors call the top 25 craft brews that this country has to offer.
The company said its editors put their "sensitive palettes to the test" and have determined the most flavorful microbrews, also judging on the basis of it being refreshing while appealing to a variety of different tastes.
Men's Journal's third annual survey of the Best Beers in America is featured in its October issue.
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To: toddlintown
You're welcome. On the bigger point, I'll defer to your expertise since you follow the industry while I'm just a googling monkey who enjoys craft brews.
To: justshutupandtakeit
Just because it has the word "Irish" in it doesn't mean we didn't think of it and brew it here, and to be honest I can hardly pronounce some of those things, much less ever having heard of them.
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posted on
09/15/2006 9:10:55 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: AnnaZ
It's almost noon! Or, I'm in Houston now, so I figure that's like East Coast time.....so it's really 12:30. I'll have a beer with lunch indeed!
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posted on
09/15/2006 9:32:03 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: sam_paine
Wish I could join ya... Bottoms up!
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posted on
09/15/2006 9:34:52 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?)
To: pissant
It was Elk Rock IPA. Right next to the Moose Drool brown ale which I just picked up...mmm, mmm
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:51:17 PM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(The greener grass on the other side of the fence is artificial turf)
To: Abathar
145 posts....not a very active thread.
The thing that makes a Beer the best there is, IMO...
Is the one I am holding in my hand!
Prost Eins!
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:54:56 PM PDT
by
Prost1
(Fair and Unbiased as always!)
To: Horatio Gates
I've seen that before. It seems to me to be a contract brew, not a micro. Is it good?
Th eonly time I've had moose drool was in a bar a dozen years ago in Whitefish, MT on a solo Mt. biking tour.
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posted on
09/15/2006 7:32:05 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: Northern Yankee
To: knews_hound
Ping-a-ring!
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posted on
09/15/2006 7:46:02 PM PDT
by
decal
(See gas prices drop! See Dems howl! Howl, Dems, howl! Howl,howl,howl!)
To: quantim; spinestein; 5Madman2; DTogo; Horatio Gates; Ribeye; decal; B Knotts; doodad; hemogoblin; ..
My favorite?
This one.
I made it a month ago.
The best beer is the
one you make yourself.
Cheers,
knewshound
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posted on
09/15/2006 9:35:56 PM PDT
by
knews_hound
(Driving Liberals nuts since 1975 !)
To: steve8714
[Hoppy with a clean finish and no aftertaste.
Some of these liquids you can still taste a day later.]
But it tastes better goin' down than....
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posted on
09/15/2006 9:45:14 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(Follow The Brazen Rule!)
To: bigfootbob
[I don't think this list accurately reflects the beer drinking attitudes of the beer drinking market in America.]
It's supposed to reflect the "best" beer according to quality, not the most popular beer by volume consumed; and why would anyone want to read a list like 1) Budweiser 2) Miller Lite 3) Coors 4) ...
I don't see why it's snobbish to recognize beers which use higher quality ingredients and are made with more care than the mega-brewery stuff. After all, I don't think anyone would be accused of being a snob if they said that McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's was nothing more than cheap, fast food, but for a GOOD meal you had to go to "x" restaurant.
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posted on
09/15/2006 9:59:19 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(Follow The Brazen Rule!)
To: Oberon
[The more flavor you can get in the glass, the better I like it.]
Just how far does that go? I enjoyed a four pack of Sam Smith's Imperial Stout the other night jamming with my band. It's difficult trying to poke down more than three during a single evening because of just how thick it is and also all the alcohol. I'm waiting for my homebrewed imperial stout (with raspberries, cherries and 10% alcohol) to mature in the bottle so I can drink that.
I am a HUGE fan of Bigfoot Barlywine, though.
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posted on
09/15/2006 10:10:34 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(Follow The Brazen Rule!)
To: CFC__VRWC
[In my college days, good beer was whatever brand happened to be the cheapest by the case in whatever store we ended up stumbling into.]
We ended up trying a ridiculously cheap beer ($4.75 a case including deposit for bottles) with "Huber Bock" on occasional weekends when we were REALLY low on funds, and I remember us drinking so many of them that we had to pee every five minutes, but we still couldn't catch a buzz because there was so little alcohol in it. It might as well have been just brown water.
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posted on
09/15/2006 10:19:20 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(Follow The Brazen Rule!)
To: Northern Yankee; Victoria Delsoul
The magazine ranked Firestone Walker Pale Ale as the best beer in America Gee, this beer just happens to be living in my fridge right now. Imagine that!
And so is the last Deschutes.
But not for long. 
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posted on
09/15/2006 10:22:06 PM PDT
by
kstewskis
("Tolerance is what happens when one loses their principles..." Fr. A. Saenz)
To: kstewskis; Victoria Delsoul
So... when is the party?
Gee, this beer just happens to be living in my fridge right now. Imagine that!
Time for a road trip, Victoria. We'll bring the pretzels.
To: pissant
I liked it...for an IPA. I'm guessing it was a smaller establishment at one time that Portland Brewing bought out and kept the name going
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:57:30 AM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(The greener grass on the other side of the fence is artificial turf)
To: kstewskis
To: Northern Yankee
To: AnnaZ
Mmmmmmmmmmmm, send me a six pack.
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posted on
09/16/2006 5:26:26 PM PDT
by
Feiny
(Save the Whales. Collect the whole set.)
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