Top U.S. Cities for Beer Lovers

Nice list, but definitely more could be added.

Cheers!

 

So, an assumption is made. Thanks for that input.

Cheers!

 

That was a poor choice of words on my part. The fact is, they actually know a lot about you, and they can "assume" quite a bit more based on that.

 

Having known a few people that make lists of various kinds for publications like this, a lot of times the person making the list isn't necessarily an expert but reaches out to people who they think might have knowledge in an area. I've provided input on a few "best of" lists for area hiking- while I know more than the average person on the topic I also know that the real experts probably roll their eyes at some of my contributions!

Also- you're all welcome. Despite my strong inclination to do so, I spared you all my homer/philly pride defense of why Philly does belong on a list like this!

 

My post had 3 sentences in it. You couldn't be bothered to read all 3 of them?

For the record: Crime and Punishment > Monks

 

Yeah, the amazing beer distributed to Philly is part of what puts them on the list. What US city can you find taps with Hill Farmstead and Russian River being poured? Answer: only Philadelphia. And that's just the tip of the iceberg of great beer from all over the world to discover on Philly taps and shelves. I also think Philly's amazing distribution keeps our local brewers on their toes and making better products too. The distributed beer in the Philly area is of such high caliber that local brewers can't rest on their local laurels and assume people will buy an inferior beer just because it's local. [/homer talk]

 

I have bar crawled a couple of times in Philly.

 

The only people allowed to speak ill of Philly are Philadelphians. Everyone else must recognize our greatness or feel our wrath.
I am confused as to whether you are you trying to say that it is dangerous to walk from great beer bar to great beer bar in affluent center city Philly? or do you just think that it is absurd to suggest that seniors go bar hopping?

 

Being from NY...San Diego is on my top Beercation list, combo of beautiful weather and good variety of spots to visit. Very surprised no NE representation on the list. But the cities that were listed are very legit so I guess they did have to pick and choose. I hate to be that guy but this was AARP magazine, the list makers did a good job but they might be a little out of touch.

 

Minneapolis too. Lots of great beer, like Asheville, in a small area.

 

I'm not saying Philly's a bad beer city or bad choice for the list. Rather, it's in contrast with other cities on the list like Portland or San Diego, which are better known for the breweries in the cities.

 

They definitely tried to zero in on their key market (Midwesterners) while keeping their list legit. No real complaints. I'd add Asheville and Los Angeles/Orange County ahead of a place like Cleveland, but they already have two California destinations.

Just the fact that organizations like AARP are making these lists for their members speaks volumes.

 

Please don't throw batteries at me.

 

He won't if you answer his question, otherwise.... (The rest of us can't be held responsible. :-))

 

I'm sure there's plenty of folks that know more than me when it comes to all that internets stuff, but I have a feeling that there are diabolical cookie bots that talk to other cookies that a clicker has on their machine in order to come up with a logical age assumption. Figure AARP would see BA (and any craft beer audience really) as being minimally a skosh younger than the average AARP member. Maybe all that hipster = craft beer talk could actually make marketing folks make those assumptions?

Wow, looks like I've sucked the fun out of all this...... If I weren't at work, I'd make myself have a beer and chill out!

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Just noticed that I can take another run / angle at this list. Assuming nefarious marketing practices are not a part of this, I would suggest that they are looking at best beer cities for seniors. While I am not sure what all a senior could need (50+) in terms of accommodations, entertainment, shopping, etc., maybe these cities represent a better rounded out experience than say Asheville, Burlington and such. Like say of the top 24 (staying with random numbers, like 9) favorite senior towns, these 9 are the best beer-centric choices.

 

Their target demongraphic would be 50+ folks who have taken out a membership in AARP. Everyone else would be gravy.

 

Well its pretty simple really since you have given the web site owners a lot of that information by just visiting their website. Once there the owners of any site can identify your machine, its approximate age and your approximate geographical location. In addition, depending on what software you have installed or not installed on your machine they can often learn something about your web site visiting habits and your approximate age can inferred from such things as other sites visited (e.g., facebook, etc. etc.), ads viewed, etc. Do they know your exact age? Are they 100% correct? Probably not but they only need to be able to group you into an approximate age range with a reasonable and useful degree of accuracy. Can be done and is done by lots of websites.

So even if you don't click through a slide show the owners of any website have the ability to learn a lot of generally useful stuff about the demographics of their user group.

 

Yeah, they are sort of like websites in general that way. Except they don't really need you to click through the list after visiting, they know you visited them and some of the other sites you visit so they can still learn something about your interests in beer, etc.

 

I personally find NYC disappointing, given the size of the city. And the Blind Tiger should be told that you can't just plonk a firkin on the bar and immediately start pouring.

NYC would probably struggle to get into my top 20 of US cities.

For the record, I used to live in NYC.

 

Well NYC is huge, people love it! We should build a wall along The Hudson and get NJ to pay for it! If you can't find it in NYC, it doesn't exist. Truth is.... I love NYC (book stores, restaurants), but a few days every few years makes me love home even more.