Broaden Your Horizon

Barleywine- §ucaba
Belgian Strong Pale Ale- Duvel
American IPA- toss up between FW Union Jack and Victory HopDevil
Pilsner- North Coast Scrimshaw, SN Summer fest or Weihenstephaner OG (that's a tough one)
Stout- probably either North Coast Old Rasputin or Deschutes Obsidian Stout

Nice avatar BTW op

 

Bitter- Ivanhoe from Ridgeway, though I can't remember the names of many I had in the UK
Pilsner- Pinkus or Weihenstephaner
Geueze-Tilquin
Imperial Stout- Founders or Samuel Smith
Munich Helles- Mahrs

 

Imperial Stout - Founders Imperial Stout
Hefeweizen - Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen
Baltic Porter - Victory at Sea Coffee Vanilla Baltic Porter
Belgian Quad - St Bernadus ABT 12
Belgian Tripel - Unibroue La Fin Du Monde

 

American Adjunct Lager - Coors Banquet
American Light Adjunct Lager - Coors Light
Foreign Adjunct Lager - Heinekin
Foreign Adjunct Light Lager - Heinekin Light
Double IPA - Firestone Walker Double Jack

 

1. American IPA - Zombie Dust (all those about to say "It's a pale ale" can suck it, it's an IPA)
2. American Double/Imperial IPA - Heady Topper (just barely beats out Stone RuinTen)
3. Belgian IPA - Stillwater Why Can't IBU? (Has recently dethroned Le Freak from that title)
4. Saison/Farmhouse Ale - Prairie 'Merica (tough decision here but I had to go with a Brett beer)
5. American Double/Imperial Stout - BCBS

I would also like to note that "Coffee Beers," while not having their own style category, are very near and dear to me and, in a way, I like Funky Buddha's MBCP better than a couple of the beers listed above. But, since it's tied to the style of American Porter which is not one of my favorite styles, it does not make the cut.

 

APA/IPA - Zombie Dust
DIPA - Heady Topper
Baltic Porter - BA Framinghammer
American Imperial Stout - BCBS Coffee
Berliner Weisse - New Glarus

 

Helles: Augustiner Helles Lagerbier
ESB: Bull & Bush The Tower ESB
Doppelbock: Kloster Andechs Doppelbock Dunkel
Pale Ale: Backcountry Pale Ale (formerly Telemark IPA)
"Specialty Sour": New Belgium La Terroir

 

1. Belgian Quad - St. Bernardus Abt 12
2. Belgian Dubbel - Westmalle Dubbel
3. American Double/Imperial Stout - FBS
4. Belgian Strong Dark Ale - Uniibroue Trois Pistoles
5. American Double/Imperial IPA - Victory DirtWolf

 

American IPA: Ballast Point Sculpin
American DIPA: Stone Enjoy By
American Pale Ale: Three Floyds Zombie Dust
Saison: Ommegang Hennepin
American Amber: Bruery Loakal Red

 

1. American IPA - Cigar City Jai Alai
2. American DIPA - Helltown Idle Hands
3. German Pilsner - Victory Prima Pils
4. American Pale Ale - Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
5. Marzen Lager - Sam Adams Oktoberfest

 

Both Heineken and Heineken Light (the latter of which is primarily marketed only the US) are all-malt. The Heineken recipe (for the US export version, at least) changed to all-malt back in the 1990s IIRC.

 

American IPA: Green, Tree House Brewing
American DIPA: Heady Topper, The Alchemist
Dubbel: Abbey Ale, Ommegang
Quad: Three Philosophers, Ommegang
Hefeweizen: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier

 

Dopplebock - Korbinian
Hefeweizen - Weihenstephaner
Belgian Quad - St. Bernardus Abt 12
Tripel - La Fin Du Monde
Stout - Old Rasputin

 

Gosh, favorites in five styles? So many choices, but right now I'll say:

Russian Imperial Stout: Stone Espresso IRS
Imperial IPA: Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
Belgian Strong Dark Ale: Midnight Sun Monk's Mistress
Barleywine (among American and English): Midnight Sun Arctic Devil
American Strong Ale: Double Bastard

Now I DO like me some golden-hued Belgians, but the darker styles have seduced me. The hilarious thing is that back when I when I was a burgeoning, beginning beer drinker, I claimed to prefer "light beer." Hahahaha. Now I love the darkest, most viscous, rich and robust ales out there.

 

RIS - Thirsty Dog Siberian Night
American Porter - GLBC Edmund Fitzgerald
DIPA - Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster
Hefeweizen - Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen
American IPA - NoDa Hop Drop n Roll

Honorable mentions to Dunkelweizen - Mash House Dunkelweizen and English ESB/Session/Pale - Fortnight English Ale/Bull City Burger Clay Street on hand pump (that shit is addictive).

not saying this whole list is the best in its respective category, but its all stuff that is decently accessible, yet tastes amazing.

 

huh

 

All-Malt = No Adjuncts

 

My list was not meant to be taken seriously. I was "jess kidden". I could care less how Heineken is made!