America's 40 Most Delicious Beers

Pretty much they just hand picked from the top of the BA top 250 and then decided to toss in the Allagash River Trip session beer and Bells Two Hearted because they wanted to and not based on anything else. Article wasn’t required at all.

 

The article also links to this article:

But the link goes to article entitled The 35 Most Popular Craft Breweries in America (which is quite a different topic) and appears to base "popular" on something other than actual sales, using a blog https://housemethod.com/blog/most-popular-breweries/

Gimme a fuckin' break. They're basing "popularity" on social media mentions? WTF.

The same author also screws up the corporate owner of Dos Equis in another article linked in the OP- 31 Biggest Beer Brands in America

Grupo Modelo is owned by AB-InBev internationally, with Constellation owning the US rights and brewing them in Mexico for the US market.

Dos Equis is brewed by Heineken-owned Cervecería Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma.

 

Now that the list is posted here we all can see how right you are.

 

I will say that Allagash River Trip is a very tasty brew and one that I love to have available in the hot summer weather. I was surprised to see this on the list.

 

Or maybe "based on something else":
River Trip was number one on Vinepair's 50 Best Beers of 2019,
and Two Hearted was number one on Zymurgy’s 2019 Best Beers in America.

 

So? Under beers it lists the abyss as brewed by deschutes brewing company in Colorado. Fake news.

 

Interesting...so Beer Advocate user reviews for all but editors article opinions for 2 others. I guess there is some basis then, thanks for digging that up.

 

I was just giving other examples, on top of the one you cited, of sloppy work and misinformation by that writer and website.

 

IMO that is indeed a real 'challenge'. In the past I was traveling to Great Britain frequently for business and a pub near my hotel would always have Bass on cask and when that beer was in its 'sweet spot' (1-2 days after being tapped) that beer was excellent. Needless to say but when it got 'old' (3+ days from tapping) that beer was not so excellent. The bottles of Bass were consistent but not at the same level of that beer on cask and fresh.

Are conditioned cans (or even bottles) commonly available? Do you happen to know if any of these are exported to the US? Some examples of brands would be very helpful here.

Cheers!

 

My apologies. I misread and thought you were being contrarian.

 

I've had 31 from that list. It honestly looks like he just picked through the top 250, with a few exceptions.

 

Yeah, there's more to life than Imperial stouts. Even though I love them. Also, they put Zombie Dust on here but no Alpha King, which is far superior to ZD in my book.

 

Well, he did admit as much:

 

This list looks like it was the best of from 2015....

 

I think that Vinepair article is the best thing to come out of this thread. Thanks for posting it!

 

It's very difficult to find a good US-brewed tripel or quad.

 

I guess that is because Quads and Tripels don’t lend themselves to over hopping or adding flavors.

 

You won't find a more accurate list that the ratings her eon BA...which are also bloated with BA stouts and DIPAs, and little else