Beers from just 10 breweries - which do you choose?

1. Sierra nevada
2. Lagunitas
3. Stone
4. Drake's
5. Crux
6. Russian River
7. Ballast Point
8. Port/ Lost Abbey
9. Unibroue
10. My brewery

honorable mentions to Deschutes, Firestone Walker, Knee Deep and North Coast.

 

I don't know the exact parameters when it comes to distribution and availability but assuming an endless supply and endless distribution :
1) New England Brewing
2) Founders
3)Alpine
4) Drie Fonteinen
5) Jack's Abbey
6) Cantillon
7) Cascade Brewing
8) Allagash
9) Smuttynose
10) Stone

Top breweries I've never had anything from that are possibly list worthy from word of mouth: Hill Farmstead, Lawson's, Kern River.

Honestly 10 is a lot. I could probably live off 5 plus homebrewing the rest of my life.

 

In no particluar order

Hill Farmstead
Tired Hands (If brewpubs count. If not Allagash.)
Firestone Walker
Dogfish Head
Three Floyds
Russian River
Mikkeller
Boulevard
Founders
Cantillon

 

1. Lagunitas
2. Stone
3. Sweetwater
4. Sixpoint
5. New Glarus
6. Ballast Point
7. Three Floyds
8. Brouwerij Huyghe
9. Dogfish Head
10. Caledonian

 

Sad how few German breweries made it on these lists.... If you could choose TEN different breweries to drink forever, wouldn't you at least want one to provide some fantastic German lagers??

 

Hill Farmstead
New Glarus
Short's
Pizza Boy
Crooked Stave
Founders
Hair of the Dog
Bell's
Russian River
Dark Horse

 

The Alchemist
Hill Farmstead
Russian River
Cantillon
New England Brewing Co.
Firestone Walker
Founders
Stone
Bell's
Cigar City

 

Stone
Russian River
Ballast Point
Alchemist
Founders
3 Floyds
Sweetwater
Sixpoint
Boulevard
Firestone Walker

 

In no order:

Prairie Artisan
Cigar City
Russian River
Three Floyd's
Lagunitas
Hill Farmstead
Firestone Walker
Founders
Bell's
Surly

 

three floyds
kuhnhenn
cigar city
russian river
oskar blues
bells
founders
goose island
surly
new glarus
....my list can go on and on...but you only asked for ten.

 

Hill Farmstead
The Alchemist
Cantillion
Lawson's

Yea, that's all I need.

 

Ommegang - gotta have Hennepin
Weinenstaphaner - Best hefe and dunkel ever
Avery
Boston Brewing co. - variety
Beach brewing - local, great pumpkin porter

21st Amendment
North Coast
Lost Coast
Schneider
Harpoon

But I'd still want the untried on menu / chalk board / tap handle / shelf. I know I'm not the only one who draws great pleasure from just trying a new beer.

 

Sixpoint
Stone
Ballast Point
Troegs
Cigar City
Great Divide
Ommegang
Anchor
Lagunitas
Alchemist (Throwing it in there even though I've never had heady but I know ill love it)

 

St. Bernardus
Klosterbräu
Harvey's
Schlenkerla
Schneider

I don't need the other five choices.

 

I only named 5 breweries and three were German.

I must say that I find it odd that many seem to have listed breweries that all brew pretty much the same types of beer.

 

In no particular order:

1) Great Lakes
2) Anchorage
3) The Bruery
4) Cigar City
5) Russian River
6) Deschutes
7) Boulevard
8) Dogfish Head
9) Founders
10) Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen

 

1. Dogfish Head
2. Stone
3. Three Floyds
4. Southern Tier
5. Founders
6. Sixpoint
7. Sierra Nevada
8. The Alchemist
9. Lagunitas
10. Oskar Blues

 

What are some good German Breweries that are available in the states?

 

• Sun King
• Three Floyd's
• New Glarus
• Sierra Nevada
• Lagunitas
• Firestone Walker
• Victory
• Weihenstephan
• Founders
• Bells

 

1.Dogfish Head
2.BrewDog
3.Founders
4.Dark Horse
5.Mikkeller
6.People's
7.Southern Tier
8.Shmaltz
9.Three Floyds
10.Avery

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Clown Shoes, Stone, New Glarus, Shorts

I still haven't tried: Russian River, Cigar City, Green Flash