5 Favorite Beers from Your State

Arizona Wilderness is THE best brewery in AZ. Great, unique beers brewed with local ingredients, great and friendly staff. Still trying to get a taste of Fate's Candy Bar Stout.

 

Virginia - in no particular order

Lickinghole Creek - Enlightened Despot
Blue Mountain - Dark Hollow
Ardent - IPA Batch #5 (Citra-Mosaic-Columbus)
Beach Brewing - Hoptopus
Triple Crossing - Nectar and Knife

But I really think we ought to restart this thread on a per-style basis. Left out so many good ones - I just happen to like stouts and IPAs best, and this is highly skewed toward Richmond breweries, 'cause I'm more familiar with them.

 

Yard's-Love stout
Troeg's-Jovial
Otto's-dry Irish Stout
Penn Brewery- St. Nicholas Bock
Straub's-Alt Beer

 

Connecticut has several great breweries, but the top 7 beers in the Nutmeg State all come from New England Brewing Company. That being said, here is MY list of the top 5.

1. Baby Fuzzy Ducks - NEBCo
2. Locust Reign - NEBCo
3. Gandhi-bot - NEBCo
4. Coriolis - NEBCo
5. Willi Whammer - Willimantic Brewing Company

 

I'm more concerned that you left off King Sue.

I have no problem characterizing Bauhaus or Summit as values, but Hotbox and Dark Fatha cost more per ounce than *any* Surly canned beer, including Wet and Abrasive. Chocolate Milk Stout is more expensive than Furious, Coffee Bender, etc., while managing to be less interesting.

As for Surly's large-format stuff, I am inclined to agree that $20 for 750ml is way too much for Syx, Seviin, Eight, Smoke, and Pentagram, but waver on BA Darkness.

 

3F's-Permanent Funeral, ZDust, and AlphaKing.
Southshore-SamJackson Black IPA, and Lost Sailor.

 

If it's purely just favorites from within the state, regardless of availability and ease of access:
Central Waters anniversary release
New Glarus annual sour release for great taste weekend
New Glarus scream IIPA
O'so convenient distraction
Tyranena carnal knowledge in the wood

Now if we're talking beers that you don't have to wait in line for or go out of your way to get:
New Glarus scream IIPA
O'so convenient distraction
Central Waters brewers reserve bourbon barrel stout
Central Waters bourbon barrel barley wine
Capital autumnal fire

 

In no order;
RJ Rockers Day Drinker (which by the way they no longer brew) : (
RJ Rockers Good Boy Stout
Westbrook One Claw
Thomas Creek/Community Tap Trifecta
Quest Hoppy Brunette

 

Bale Breaker Piled High
Holy Mountain King's Head
Fremont Kentucky Dark Star
Valholl Mother in Law
Fremont B-Bomb

 

NEBCO - Gandhi-bot
NEBCO - Fuzzy Baby Ducks
NEBCO - Supernaut
NEBCO - Galaxy
*saving a spot for NEBCO Locust Reign

 

1)4 Hands Divided Sky Rye IPA
2)Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
3)Schlafly Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
4)Perennial 17 Mint Chocolate Ale
5)Boulevard Love Child 4

I have Perennial Abraxas,but haven't rated it yet. I think there's a chance it could crack the top 5!

 

CCB Zhukov
CCB Huna
FB Last Snow
FB MPCP
CCB Maduro

 

Grey Sail - Captain's Daughter
Grey Sail - Flying Jenny
Grey Sail - Pour Judgement IPA
Proclamation - Derivative
Tilted Barn - Harvest Pale Ale

 

BCBS
Daisy Cutter
Eugene
Sidekick
Any Pipe Works Ninja

 

It's funny to look back on this and see how my tastes have changed now I'd probably do it as follows
No order
1.Fate Candy Bar Milk Stout
2. Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co Barrel Aged Presidential Stout
3.Wanderlust Pan American
4.Mother Road Brewing Lost Highway
5AzWBC Bear Wallow Berliner/or Ten 55's Julia Wine Barrel Brett Saison
So yeah that's my update on what I feel is special over here not able to get around to the top IPAs in these parts because they are only on tap and I don't get to the breweries enough at times But mad Respect to AZWBC DC Mountain IPA, San Tan's Kilo Hop and Dragoon's Sarcosuchus Double IPA

 

Texas
1. Karbach - Hop Delusion
2. Freetail - Hopothesis H
3. Lone Pint - Yellow Rose
4. Saint Arnold - Endeavour
5. Ranger Creek - OPA

Secondary top 5:
Busted Sandal Slippery Rock
Karbach Hopadillo
(512) IPA
Saint Arnold Sailing Santa
Freetail Velocihopter

The craft beer industry in this state is rapidly growing … finally. I'm leaving out some very good beers, especially in other styles that I don't drink often, but I'm excited about the ever-expanding selection of quality craft beer available here. We're not on the level of California, Colorado or Oregon, but we're making great progress.

 

From the state of Virginia:
AleWerks Pumpkin Ale
Hardywood Gingerbread Stout
AleWerks Bitter Valentine
Hardywood Bourbon Barrel Gingerbread Stout....
and now I'm stuck.
I could put almost anything else from either AleWerks or Hardywood for the 5th slot, so for the sake of a top 5, I'll say Christmas Morning from Hardywood because I've had it recently and is a fantastic variation of GBS. But once again, that 5th slot is interchangeable with a lot of other noteworthy beers, likely depending on how recently I've had it.

 

Side Project- Black and Wild
Civil Life- Oatmeal Stout
4 Hands- Cuvee Diable
Perennial- BA Sump Kyoto
2nd Shift- Katy

 

Revolution Anti-Hero
Revolution Deth's Tar
Revolution Bean Gene
Goose Island BCBS
Half Acre Daisy Cutter

 

Real Ale Sisyphus
Jester King Nocturne Chrysalis
Karbach Bourbon Barrel Hellfighter
Guadalupe Scotch Ale
Southern Star Black Crack