Favorite lesser seen style?

distilling less than the 0.5% max allowable limit, I would guess

 

You always seem to champion for European styles. I dig it!

 

Big fan of a good alt. Luckily, one of the locals, Union Craft makes a real good one. Just would like to see more.

 

Odds are always going to be for this because most beer styles are from Europe.
(I'm not really into the endless splitting of types.)

 

If you are a beer trader I would highly recommend that you trade for some Olde Mecklenburg Altbier: http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/new-beer-sunday-week-574.388204/#post-4532126

Cheers!

 

Milds, schwarzbier/black lagers, and rauchbiers

I'd like to see a few more commercial examples of gruit, because there are so few that I'm not even sure what I think about the style.

 

I only have a loose understanding of the issue, but from what I remember reading the problem stems mostly from the fact that freeze concentrating is considered distilling and would be federally regulated that way. Correct? If so, I wonder if breweries that also have licenses to distill (Ballast Point, New Holland, etc) would be able to make an eisbock and release it not as a beer, but as a distilled product. Maybe that would be prohibitively expensive though?

 

Rauchbiers and smoked beers.

 

After trying and loving Calm Before the Storm,
I want to see more cream ales.

 

Rauchbiers and Dortmunders. Hard to find but always worth it.

 

Yeah- smoked porters are one of my favorites, and just when I have a regular one it seems to go by the wayside- either by the store or by the brewery. I need some regular choices!

As to Rauchbiers, well, as long as I have Schlenkerla I'm more than happy.

 

OK, I will bite. Are you having difficulties locating 'world-class' IPAs to buy?

Cheers!

 

In broad, philosophical terms, you may just need to embrace the fact that not everybody agrees on what is bullshit and what is not.

 

Do you have access to O'Fallon smoke? Such a great go-to

 

Yeah, I just came upon that one in the last 6 months or so. Great price to quality ratio too.

 

Here in New Mexico, saisons.

In general (from my experience), munich dunkels and helles lagers.

 

IPAs. Can't find them anywhere.

@denver10: Make your own! I get 'em here, but I also make kickass ones.

 

Anchor brews THE California Common. You don't need any others.