Who Do You Feel Is The Most Versatile Brewery?

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  1. hophugger

    hophugger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,434) Mar 5, 2014 Virginia
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    Certain breweries do certain things better than others. Green Flash and Stone do great hoppy beers and other breweries have their own niche or style that they are better at or brew more than others. QUESTION is, of the breweries that you have sampled, which one do you think is the most varied, brewing good IPAS, stouts, old ales, etc. Of the breweries I have had, mine would be Dogfish Head. What a great variety to be had!!!!!
     
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  2. BalancingBrooms

    BalancingBrooms Pooh-Bah (2,894) Aug 22, 2013 California
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    Sierra Nevada
    Boulevard
    GI
     
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  3. wordemupg

    wordemupg Grand Pooh-Bah (3,187) Feb 11, 2009 Canada (AB)
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    Dieu De Ciel has a well rounded portfolio
     
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  4. algebeeric_topology

    algebeeric_topology Pooh-Bah (2,052) Dec 30, 2014 Florida
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    HF (no surprise)
    CCB
    Grimm
     
    #4 algebeeric_topology, Oct 29, 2015
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  5. yemenmocha

    yemenmocha Grand Pooh-Bah (4,116) Jun 18, 2002 Arizona
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  6. PsilohsaiBiN

    PsilohsaiBiN Maven (1,473) Aug 10, 2010 New York

    No mention of Cigar City yet? Ppphhhh.
     
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  7. GSS

    GSS Initiate (0) Sep 30, 2015 China

    I will second this. DDC has brewed across a very wide variety of styles and the results among their 15-20 most well known beers are excellent IMO.
     
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  8. chipawayboy

    chipawayboy Pooh-Bah (2,181) Oct 26, 2007 Massachusetts
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    So many. Dozens I can think of. Most good breweries have a several stretch across a few or multiple styles. I favor the Brewers that have strong IPA and farms house lineups-- and augment w an occasional stout or two. RR was the original, HF , Trillium -- those are my faves.
     
    #8 chipawayboy, Oct 29, 2015
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  9. KentCstrait

    KentCstrait Initiate (0) May 7, 2014 Canada (AB)

    Phillips (Canada) and Lagunitas
     
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  10. hillind

    hillind Savant (1,007) Apr 24, 2010 Pennsylvania

    Victory, Sixpoint, Sierra Nevada
     
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  11. THANAT0PSIS

    THANAT0PSIS Pooh-Bah (2,275) Aug 3, 2010 Wisconsin
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    Sierra Nevada
    Victory
    New Glarus
    Hill Farmstead
    Grimm
    Trillium
    Cellarmaker
    Great Lakes
    Fair State
    Boulevard
    Cigar City
     
    #11 THANAT0PSIS, Oct 29, 2015
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  12. ONovoMexicano

    ONovoMexicano Initiate (0) Jun 14, 2012 New Mexico

     
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  13. PsilohsaiBiN

    PsilohsaiBiN Maven (1,473) Aug 10, 2010 New York

    So...beer.
     
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  14. ubenumber2

    ubenumber2 Maven (1,457) Sep 1, 2012 Arkansas

    Stone for me
     
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  15. stealth

    stealth Pooh-Bah (2,023) Dec 16, 2011 Minnesota
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    Bruery and RR
     
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  16. MerryTapster

    MerryTapster Initiate (0) Mar 6, 2010 Pennsylvania

    Founders def. Wish they would jump into Belgians a little more, but their stouts, ipas, old ales, porter, everything is exceptional.
     
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  17. analcest

    analcest Initiate (0) Jan 6, 2015 Texas

    Real Ale Brewing Company

    We are truly lucky down here in Texas.
     
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  18. WillemHC

    WillemHC Zealot (604) Jun 21, 2013 Utah

    FW does a great job across many styles!
     
    #18 WillemHC, Oct 29, 2015
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  19. mabermud

    mabermud Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2006 Washington

    Fremont Brewing Co.
     
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  20. MadeInTheMitten

    MadeInTheMitten Initiate (0) Mar 3, 2015 Michigan

    I would say Short's, but they are(and have been, for a while) riding the IPA train wayyy too hard, and any sour or anything other than pale-something seems to be only released at the brewery. I hate IPA's and waiting in lines, so take that for what it's worth.

    So, in closing, I'll go with New Holland. I like that they age thier own beers in thier own barrels(I'm sure many other breweries/distilleries do this) It also doesn't hurt that they're local :slight_smile:

    I would like to say Stone, but absolutely no one buys it out here. You can't find anything but their dust collecting turds.
     
    #20 MadeInTheMitten, Oct 29, 2015
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