Style-defining beers?

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  1. coocookuhchoo

    coocookuhchoo Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2011 Maryland

    What beers do you think of as setting the standard for their style? It doesn't need to be your favorite of the style, but rather the one that most purely represents the style. Clearly this is pretty subjective, so it can just be for your own personal style barometer.

    I'll start by saying that I think of Stone IPA as the definition of a West coast IPA
     
    #1 coocookuhchoo, Oct 6, 2012
  2. CommanderOfAwesome

    CommanderOfAwesome Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2012 California

    Old Rasputin as a Russian Imperial Stout would be mine.
     
    #2 CommanderOfAwesome, Oct 6, 2012
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  3. gtermi

    gtermi Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2010 Texas

    Zombie Dust Pale Ale. This to me is second to none in its style.
     
    #3 gtermi, Oct 6, 2012
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  4. JeffTheJuice

    JeffTheJuice Pundit (921) Jan 27, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Westmalle Tripel
     
    #4 JeffTheJuice, Oct 6, 2012
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  5. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    Weihenstephaner Hefeweisbier, best Hefe ever.
     
    #5 aasher, Oct 6, 2012
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  6. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    But by BJCP guidelines not really a true pale, am I correct? Or am I confusing that with Apha King?
     
    #6 aasher, Oct 6, 2012
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  7. gtermi

    gtermi Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2010 Texas

    I have never really checked that out, but it does not seem to fall under the pale ale criteria I have learned from home brewing. They call it a pale ale, but I have always thought of it more as an IPA. I will still call it a Pale Ale till they change it though.
     
    #7 gtermi, Oct 6, 2012
  8. WYVYRN527

    WYVYRN527 Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2007 Minnesota

    Aecht Schlenkerla Ur Bock for a Rauchbier.
     
    #8 WYVYRN527, Oct 6, 2012
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  9. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    Fantome Saison, it's their best beer IMO and the original! It ruins all other Saisons.
     
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  10. Halcyondays

    Halcyondays Initiate (0) Jun 27, 2007 California

    Duvel - BSPA
    Chimay Blue - BSDA
    Saison Dupont - Saison
    Pliny the Elder - DIPA
    Bigfoot - American Barleywine
    Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - American Pale Ale
    Westmalle Tripel -Tripel
    Hoegaarden - Witbier
    Fuller's ESB - ESB
    JW Lee's Harvest Ale - English Barleywine
    Paulaner Salvator - Dopplebock
    Anchor Steam - Steam Beer
    Deschutes Obsidian - American Stout
     
    #10 Halcyondays, Oct 6, 2012
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  11. yeahnatenelson

    yeahnatenelson Pooh-Bah (1,952) Feb 8, 2010 Illinois
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    Off the top of my head...

    Leipziger Gose
    Saison Dupont
    Weihenstephaner Hefe
    J.W. Lee's Vintage Harvest Ale
    Rodenbach
    Goudenband
    Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
    Schneider Aventinus
    Rochefort (all of them)
    Samuel Smith's Nut Brown
    Traquair House Ale
    New Glarus Raspberry Tart
     
    #11 yeahnatenelson, Oct 6, 2012
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  12. gtermi

    gtermi Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2010 Texas

    There are a few beers I would change, but most are dead on!
     
    #12 gtermi, Oct 6, 2012
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  13. yeahnatenelson

    yeahnatenelson Pooh-Bah (1,952) Feb 8, 2010 Illinois
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    Yes. And even though SNPA is dull compared to, say, Zombie Dust, but it defined the style and was the starting point from all of the modern, hop-assertive IPAs.
     
    #13 yeahnatenelson, Oct 6, 2012
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  14. matthaslaservision

    matthaslaservision Initiate (0) Aug 18, 2012 Canada (BC)

    try upright seven before you make such claims :stuck_out_tongue: it's godtier.
     
    #14 matthaslaservision, Oct 6, 2012
  15. DanK4

    DanK4 Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2012 Maine

    Maybe Hoegaarden back before I had started drinking wits (which wasn't that long ago), but I feel like its extremely sub-par to Allagash White, St. Bernardus Wit, Bell's Winter White, etc. Maybe I'm missing something but the last few times I had it, Hoegaarden just tasted... crappy. Anyone else feel the same way?
     
    #15 DanK4, Oct 6, 2012
  16. matthaslaservision

    matthaslaservision Initiate (0) Aug 18, 2012 Canada (BC)

    best belgian strong - delirium tremens
     
    #16 matthaslaservision, Oct 6, 2012
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  17. HopsintheSack

    HopsintheSack Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2012 California

    Any category Alesmith brews in. Every beer they brew is an excellent representation of that class.
     
    #17 HopsintheSack, Oct 6, 2012
  18. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    I've had it, good, but definitely no Fantome Saison
     
    #18 aasher, Oct 6, 2012
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  19. NoLeafClover44

    NoLeafClover44 Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 Delaware

    I love Black IPAs and Sublimely Self Righteous defines the style to me.
     
    #19 NoLeafClover44, Oct 6, 2012
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  20. GardenWaters

    GardenWaters Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 Illinois

    Green Flash West Coast IPA, just can't remember the style.........
     
    #20 GardenWaters, Oct 6, 2012
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