Favorite budget beers

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  1. Kooz

    Kooz Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2009 New York

    I'll agree with Yuengling.
     
    #21 Kooz, Oct 12, 2013
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  2. Mikecap

    Mikecap Pooh-Bah (2,098) May 18, 2012 Massachusetts
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    Trader Joe's Vintage Ale is superb! And a bargain at $4.99 a 750 ml...if only we had more TJs here now that I live in Louisiana....
     
    #22 Mikecap, Oct 12, 2013
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  3. ThatFatBeerGuy

    ThatFatBeerGuy Initiate (0) Oct 11, 2013 California

    If you can get your hands on some Barrel Trolley, it's $6.99 a six pack and is pretty decent. Nothing to write home about mind you, but miles better than any macro you'll pick up.
     
    #23 ThatFatBeerGuy, Oct 12, 2013
  4. beerluvr

    beerluvr Pooh-Bah (1,900) Jan 2, 2001 Canada (ON)
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    Who brews this beer for TJ?
     
    #24 beerluvr, Oct 12, 2013
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  5. EMLsd

    EMLsd Initiate (0) Sep 1, 2013 California


    Unibroue brews the Vintage Ale.
     
    #25 EMLsd, Oct 12, 2013
  6. beerluvr

    beerluvr Pooh-Bah (1,900) Jan 2, 2001 Canada (ON)
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    Sweet! That's a great deal then..there's nothing they make that isn't top-notch
     
    #26 beerluvr, Oct 12, 2013
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  7. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    My new favorite is Laurelwood Workhorse IPA, $8 for a six-pack. I did a blind side-by-side a couple days ago between Workhorse and Sculpin (almost twice the price), both almost exactly a month old, and while they were remarkably similar, I preferred the Workhorse.

    Also, anything from Sierra Nevada or Lagunitas.
     
    #27 Orca, Oct 12, 2013
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  8. Dweedlebug

    Dweedlebug Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2012 Pennsylvania

    I thought you said drinkable and not shit. :stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #28 Dweedlebug, Oct 12, 2013
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  9. atomic

    atomic Pundit (945) Sep 22, 2009 Illinois

    12pk of Tacate bottles, $8. My go to beer for entertaining large groups of guests.
     
    #29 atomic, Oct 12, 2013
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  10. foxyaardvark27

    foxyaardvark27 Initiate (0) Aug 25, 2012 Washington


    I may have to try those. I had their bock beer once and it was truly awful so that kind of scared me away.
     
    #30 foxyaardvark27, Oct 12, 2013
  11. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Different beers are brewed by different breweries, IIRC, but unless they've changed since I last had 'em over the summer, the PA and IPA are still pretty good. FWIW, I've been told that the Pale is a blend of DBA and Pale 31.
     
    #31 BBThunderbolt, Oct 12, 2013
  12. foxyaardvark27

    foxyaardvark27 Initiate (0) Aug 25, 2012 Washington


    Nice. That's good to know. I'm definitely a fan of DBA.
     
    #32 foxyaardvark27, Oct 12, 2013
  13. TheRealDBCooper

    TheRealDBCooper Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2010 Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands


    IIRC the German style ones are brewed by Gordon Biersch.
     
    #33 TheRealDBCooper, Oct 12, 2013
  14. TheRealDBCooper

    TheRealDBCooper Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2010 Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands

    Old Rasputin is one of my favorite bargain beers, though I can no longer pick up a 4 pack for $6 since moving from CA.
     
    #34 TheRealDBCooper, Oct 12, 2013
  15. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Which explains their meh-ness.
     
    #35 BBThunderbolt, Oct 12, 2013
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  16. BrandonOakes

    BrandonOakes Initiate (0) Aug 2, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Lionshead. Because of the caps. And, 12 a case.
     
    #36 BrandonOakes, Oct 12, 2013
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  17. ledzeppelin4

    ledzeppelin4 Initiate (0) May 18, 2011 Illinois

    I wish Schlitz was $4 for a sixer of tallboys around here. They go for about $6-$7 for a 4pk of tallboys. (South suburbs.)
     
    #37 ledzeppelin4, Oct 12, 2013
  18. Ljudsignal

    Ljudsignal Initiate (0) Jul 19, 2013 Massachusetts

    They don't distribute to us. Shame, all things considered.

    OT: Ipswich Dark ($12ish for a 12-pack) is solid, 'Gansett Bohemian Pilsner (~$9 for a six-pack) is solid if you haven't tried it yet, and as others have mentioned, Lagunitas and Sierra Nevada are both always reliable.
     
    #38 Ljudsignal, Oct 12, 2013
  19. RhyminBelmont

    RhyminBelmont Initiate (0) May 14, 2013 Illinois

    Pbr. Sierra Nevada.
     
    #39 RhyminBelmont, Oct 12, 2013
  20. ThrashMaster

    ThrashMaster Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2012 Massachusetts

    its coming...first quarter 2014ish
     
    #40 ThrashMaster, Oct 12, 2013
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