Favorite Local Beers and Breweries

Parish Brewing is doing some good brews. The brewery tour is good to go to as well

 

Yes sir! I love their Java Lava as well. IMO Dankenstein is more of a strong ale, not IIPA so people looking for a hopbomb will be disappointed none the less.

 

I assume you have heard of New Glarus so I will skip telling you they are a amazing brewery from Wisconsin, I have made it no secret that Moon Man is my all time favorite beer.

If you like hops Ale Asylum is really good, they like using one hop in beers which I just love, really shows all that hop has to offer, you can not go wrong with..

Hopalicious - APA brewed with only cascade.
Bedlam - Citra Belgian IPA. In season 6 months out of the year, spring through early fall.
Ballistic - Amarillo IPA, In season now until springish
Satisfaction Jackson - Centennial DIPA more limited time wise then the others, Very balanced DIPA.
Ambergeddon - a great hoppy amber, still my favorite amber.

Central Waters makes a lot of great beers, and has a awesome barrel program

Lakefront has an amazing IPA and a lot of other solid offerings.

 

Wachusett- Nut Brown Ale
Wachusett- Black Shack Porter
Wachusett- Winter Ale
I can always count on them for a good priced solid brew, not sure if they've got far out of mass but they are my go-to local brew. I also love jacks abby.

 

I can get Ommegang at my local grocery store.
The Abbey Ale and the Three Philosophers are both incredible beers.

 

To make this easier, sticking with just Fort Collins (area), CO

3 favorite breweries:
1 - Odell
2 - Funkwerks
3 - Equinox/Grimm Brothers tie

Favorite beers from Fort Collins:
Odell's Red
Odell's IPA
Odell's Cutthroat Porter
Odell's Myrcenary
Equinox's Mr. D's Oatmeal Stout
Funkwerks Saison
Funkwerks Nelson Sauvin

 

I was in Geneva a month or so ago and had an IPA sampler at Beef and Brew... Naked Dove was in the mix... they were all IPA's I had never tried before and they were all very good! We also did a sampling at the War Horse brewery. I've also had Three Head Skunk Black IPA.... Good stuff!

 

I live about an hour from each of these:

Southern Tier, which most folks on this forum are already familiar and I feel very blessed to be so close to this great brewery and have been there a few times
Ellicottville Brewing Company, which is a brewpub in Ellicottville, NY, about 45 minutes south of Buffalo
Straub from St. Mary's, PA... I don't drink a lot Straub, but I've had it a few times lately and they don't make hop bombs or stouts, but what they do make is just honest, clean, good refreshing beer

 

Well obviously Tired Hands is a personal favorite. Literally never had a bad beer from them, and they're only 30 minutes away from me. Plus they make the best damn bread and charcuterie plates EVER. A few favorites off the top of my head...
Such Unique IPA (one of my favorite IPAs of all time)
Blonde Zombie honey DIPA
Single Hop Saison - Citra

Love Victory too, who are even closer to me, maybe 15 minutes. Great place to grab a few pints, and that place really gave me a bigger appreciation of more traditional German style beers.

Iron Hill has also put out some great stuff, but they can be hit or miss. Some standouts...
Bourbon Octagon, a BBA quad that was served on nitro. Holy damn was that heavenly stuff...
West Chester Reserve, an oak-aged American wild ale.

 

My favorite local beer in Cincinnati is Rhinegeist Truth, with Madtree PsycHOPathy a very close second. Some other good breweries in the city are Listermann, Mt. Carmel, Rivertown, and of course, Christian Moerlein/Hudepohl. Moerlein has a beautiful brewpub in between the Reds and Bengals stadiums with a great view of the river. Highly recommended if you are ever in town.

 

Ommegang
Port Jeff Brewing Company

My 2 favorite here in NY followed by Blue Point.

 

Virginia / DC:

Mad Fox Orange Whip
Alewerks Bourbon Barrell Porter
Alewerks Bitter Valentine
Alewerks Cafe Royale
Three Stars Southern Belle
Three Stars Pandemic Porter
DC Brau On The Wings of Armageddon
DC Brau Alpha Domina Mellis

 

Toasted lager is sold in bottles and cans, unless you mean you personally only like it on tap. That was maybe the first craft beer ive ever tried.

 

I'll be in Santa Clara for work in January. Where can I get these beers if they don't have a pub or tap room? Thanks.

 

Illinois: Solemn Oath in Naperville. They are my favorite brewery hands down. They have such good and unique beers, and their names are off the wall. The y have a 3 serving limit, no cash, card only. You dont tip the bartender but you can buy them a drink.

Current tap list:

Style
Axe Scar Pig.- American Red Ale
ChocoTsuris- German Chocolate/Black Forest Cake Porter
Hexafoos- American Farmhouse Ale
Kidnapped by Vikings- American IPA
La Grippe- Imperial Black Saison
Nourri au Fourrage- American Milk Stout
Oubliette- Belgo-American Pale Ale
Pernicieux- Belgian Brown Rye Ale
Scareball -Imperial Pilsner

Heavy weight
Tickle fight champion - Barley wine aged in
of the world Jack Daniel barrels

 

Favorite local brewery near me is Funky Buddha Brewery. Favorite beers by them so far are usually their limited release beers they have on tap at the brewery from time to time, such as Last Snow, Key Lime Berliner, Nib Smuggler, More Moro, and a few others. For their regular "house beers", Hop Gun is a solid IPA. I still haven't tried Maple Bacon Coffee Porter because every time they tap it, I can't make it over there and it's gone quickly.

Also locally, Due South Brewing in Boynton Beach, Miami Brewing Co in Homestead, and Wynwood Brewery in Miami make some pretty good stuff as well, and have sampled on tap around town.

 

Funky Buddha is bottling, you'll be able to get some of their beers and I prefer them to Cigar City, personally. Also, Due South is canning and they're rolling out now. Their stuff has been decent but not great, but their new brewer, Kevin, is really talented. He can do great things there.

 

Knee Deep Brewery is my favorite, hence the user name. 40 minute drive, bonus.
Sierra Nevada isn't far away either and I like a lot of their products. Too much actually...

 

I went ahead and listed my favorite offering from all of the good local area breweries -- in order of best to least. They are not ordered by favorite brewery however (but pretty close!).

Three Floyds: Zombie Dust
Pipeworks: Citra
Goose Island: BCBS Coffee
Revolution: Anti-Hero
Local Option: Barrel-Aged La Petite Mort
Two Brothers: SideKick
Haymarket (brewpub): Mathias
Begyle: Hophazardly (havent tried many offerings yet)
Spiteful: Burning Bridges
Dryhop (brewpub): Shark Meets Hipster
Half Acre: Akari Shogun
Piece (brewpub): Dark 'N Curvy
Metropolitan: Flywheel
Off Color: Troublesome (havent tried many offerings yet)
5 Rabbit: 5 Vulture

If I left any local breweries off I either haven't had anything yet (e.g. ?) or I just haven't liked anything they've put out (e.g. Finch's, Flossmoor Station, Hopothesis).