What are your 2 favorite breweries?

1. Schell's
2. Straub / Evil Genius

 

Honorable mention goes to DuClaw

 

I would say overall top two would be:

Founders
Oskar Blues

Worthy of mention, because it is somewhat local to me is Sixpoint.

 

Not a big fan of Victory by any means, but I love their Throwback Lager . Next Summer they are scheduled to open a brewpub directly across the street from my office!That could cause trouble!

 

If Victory had a brewpub across the street from my place of business, I think my bloodtype would become Uncle Teddy's Bitter. I think my productivity would be greatly increased though...gives me a reason to want to make it to work.

 

Fremont- it's my first and last stop when I'm in seattle.

Deschutes- great year rounds, great seasonals, never really had a bad beer I didn't enjoy.

 

I like this thread. My favorites that I frequent, hands down, Russian River (my love for Pliny is well known) and Beachwood Brewing here in Long Beach, CA.

Now my favorites that I've only tasted and have yet to visit, Hill Farmstead and The Kernal in London.

 

Kuhnhenn and Firestone

 

Hill Farmstead and Prairie

 

I second Sam Smith for consideration. Nearly every beer is Very Good to Great. It still baffles me why the US population seems to love their beers and the UK home-crowd doesn't think much for them.

 

New Glarus & Karben4

Toppling Goliath holds a special place in my heart because it got me into craft beer, but I'm a homer.

 

Fremont
Cantillon

 

Impossible to pick just two. I have maybe like a to 10, and each one for different reasons. Great to see everyone's response though.

 

Maine Beer Company: Haven't had anything from them that I dislike!
Free Will Brewing: Gotta go with my old hometown's brewery! Constantly brewing as many different beers as possible, constantly! Everytime I visit they have something else going on the tap and 9/10 it's delicious!

 

by virtue of volume of new and exotic beers i would give a nod to mikkeller, although im aware this isnt really a brewery in the conventional sense and a lot of people arent into it given the prices and occasional misses. i would also have to consider crooked stave, everything they touch turns to gold, and its only getting better, the cellar reserve beers have been nothing short of spectacular. my two cents

 

Being from the Cincinnati area I'm going to say Rhinegeist and Madtree. Both of these breweries make several above average beers, have nice places to enjoy their beer and are getting much easier to find. I would also suggest that their success is causing local breweries like Christian Moerlein and Mt. Carmel to pick up the pace on making good beers.

 

When at home in Philly it appears by volume I'm a big fan of Evil Twin and Cigar City.

While traveling for work I always make it a point go out of my way to pick up Pipeworks/New Glarus in the MidWest and Hill Farmstead in New England.

 

My favorites change often but right now I am really in to Troegs and Great Lakes. Next week, who knows.

 

Lagunitas for price
founder's because they never disapoint
and I'll throw in victory because they do both

 

Short's for #1, and it's a toss-up for #2 between Bell's, Founders or Fat Heads, but I think I'll go with Fat Heads.