CNN Best Beer towns - WTF?

It's CNN Bro. The same geniuses that brought you this.

 

It's more surprising that the recommendations aren't universally terrible -- the SF one is close, though any list including Thirsty Bear is wrong regardless.

 

Pretty much the only "top beer cities" list I've ever seen that's been worth a damn was this one. Everything else is poo.

 

Even that one is wack. It lists SF, but doesn't bring up Russian River, Lagunitas, or Bear Republic, even though he is willing to venture outside the city with Moylan's, Marin, and even the defunct New Albion.

 

SD sounds like a nice place, I think I will try this Duck Duck Gooze they recommend


seems silly to have that beer when every other beer (as far as I know) is easy to find

 

"With superstars like ... Iron Fist, Mike Hess Brewing,"

Especially sad with out explicitly mentioning the Pizza Ports.

 

Wtf. No love for Manzanita, OAW, or El Cajon Brewing?

 

It really makes you wonder how they did their research. The mix of inaccuracies and inclusion of DDG leads me to think they just randomly picked from input the final editor or author didn't understand. There are so many good writers (including bloggers) that could have helped with this.

 

Moylan's > Alipine, Lost Abbey, Green Flash, Ballast Point, Societe, and Golden Road!

 

I chose my words carefully - "worth a damn" means it has some value, not that it's perfect. I'd feel comfortable using that list as a vague starting point for a beercation, but then would do my due diligence. As compared to every other list I've seen, which have been worthless.

 

Camping out for the next keg of Alpine Ale right now. Have 3 friends double fisting empty growlers as we speak. I see they have something called Nelson, Obrien's IPA, and Pure Hoppiness? LOL, who wants those poverty beers...

 

Asheville? Might have to make a trip there one day. Asheville?

 

I'm a little tired of these lists lumping Boulder and Denver (and Ft. Collins) together as one entity. Each city can stand on its own re beer (Denver has 25 breweries in city limits; Boulder around 30; and Ft. Collins the same). Each of those places also has a dozen or more "breweries-in-waiting" that will open in the next year or two. There's a definite bias towards perceived "hipness" and coastal megalopolises (San Diego is a great place, but top of the list beer city? No. Lots of breweries do not a "beer city" make - culture is more important, and beer in Denver is a given. Even the handful of Applebees carry local beers like Renegade and Great Divide. It's part of daily life here).

Now, if a list were made to celebrate the best beer regions (a la wine), then Denver-Boulder-Ft. Collins-Longmont-Lyons-Aurora-Louisville (let's just say Front Range), would easily take the tankard. That's a case where I can understand the aforementioned cities being lumped together.

But yeah, must remind self CNN hasn't been relevant since the first Gulf War.

 

When the Applebee's and Chili's of the world sign on, you know you've made it.

 

Around 30 in Boulder and Fort Collins? Really? BA has 16 in the database for Boulder and 9 for Ft. Collins.

 

CNN doesn't know

 

LOL. Back to troll school for you.

 

Way to reconcile your statements, bro.