[Abathar]

25 BEST BEERS IN AMERICA

1 - Firestone Walker Pale Ale: Paso Robles, CA

2 - Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA: Milton, DE

3 - Stoudt's Pils: Adamstown, PA

4 - Russian River Temptation Ale: Santa Rosa, CA

5 - Avery Mephistopheles' Stout: Boulder, CO

6 - Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale: Boonville, CA

7 - Great Lakes Holy Moses White Ale: Cleveland, OH

8 - Full Sail Session Lager: Hood River, OR

9 - Rogue Brutal Bitter: Newport, OR

10 - Bell's Expedition Stout: Comstock, MI

11 - Southampton Double White: Southampton, NY

12 - Smuttynose Big A IPA: Portsmouth, NH

13 - Penn Weizen: Pittsburgh, PA

14 - Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale: Cleveland, OH

15 - Ommegang Hennepin: Cooperstown, NY

16 - Samuel Adams Black Lager: Boston, MA

17 - Sprecher Hefe Weiss: Milwaukee, WI

18 - Alaskan Amber: Juneau, AK

19 - Deschutes Broken Top Bock: Bend, OR

20 - Lost Abbey Avant Garde: San Marcos, CA

21 - Jolly Pumpkin Bam Bière: Dexter, MI

22 - Victory St. Victorious Doppelbock: Downington, PA

23 - Allagash Interlude: Portland, ME

24 - Alesmith Speedway Stout: San Diego, CA

25 - New Glarus Yokel: New Glarus, WI

Where the heck is my Killians Irish Red !?!?????

[socal_parrot]

Duff rulez.

[KarlInOhio]

14 - Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale: Cleveland, OH

You have to appreciate a city that can laugh at itself. Everyone else does.

Where's Coors Light?

[The Blitherer]

Hmmm...just give me the cheapest, crappiest keg of whatever you got and I'll be happy.

[Trampled by Lambs]

[wideawake]

Where the heck is my Killians Irish Red !?!?????

Otherwise known as "Coors Amber"?

[exile]

No Old Milwaukee?! They wuz robbed!

[Mr. Mojo]

For a (somewhat) mass produced American brew, I'll pick Anchor Steam.

[bigfootbob]

Except Samuel Adams, aren't these all micro-brews? I don't think this list accurately reflects the beer drinking attitudes of the beer drinking market in America.

Seems rather odd to me. Beer drinkers becoming snobs like wino's it appears to me.

[Always Right]

Keystone's don't make the list....

[MarineBrat]

[toddlintown]

Let me explain how this poll actually worked -- and I'm not kidding. The writer was lazy and went directly to the people at beertown.org

Without their help, the number one beer would have been Stella Artois.

[Dixie Yooper]

Why do so many of these so called great beers come from places where you would never want to drink the tap water?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Only had #7 and #14 and all of the other Great Lakes varieties while stuck in Akron-Canton airport.

I thought they were quite good...but then again I'd had quite a few.

[marinamuffy]

Yuengling Lager is the best IMHO. Less than 5 hours to go until I can indulge......

[Drango]

2 buck chuck

Whoops wrong thread.

[Polonius]

Hey, Bell's made the top 10! Nice to see some recognition for one of Michigan's best local beermakers.

[SquirrelKing]

My domestic faves:

Shiner Hefeweizen

Sammy's Octoberfest

Whoo! Make a puppy pull a freight train!

[ncountylee]

Have a kindly neighbor whose daughter attends college in San Luis Obispo and brings me a case of Firestone Walker Pale Ale when she comes home. Bless her, ale lovers should try this heavenly brew.

[doubled]

How come when I get an Alaskan Amber(18) I get it with a slice of lemon on the rim? If a beer is good it doesn't need fruit, which is one reason I don't like Corona. It tasts lousy by itself and the lime plugs up the bottle.

[steve8714]

Ale isn't beer.
Stout isn't beer.
O'Fallon Gold Lager is the BEST Beer in America. Serve it cold, this ain't no sissy "let it sit for five minutes" beer.
Hoppy with a clean finish and no aftertaste.
Some of these liquids you can still taste a day later.