Favorite Beer, from your favorite brewery

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  1. mikecharley

    mikecharley Savant (1,214) Nov 6, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Not a one part question here, not "what is your all time favorite beer". Rather, think of it in two parts.

    First: What is your favorite brewery. Mine is probably Founders. They (for the most part) don't make a bad beer. They have a great barrel program, and aren't all that hard to track down. I love their limited stuff, and their everyday stuff is just as good (or better)

    Second: What is your favorite beer that said brewery makes (or made)? For me it is Founders Porter. Definitly the benchmark for the style (robust porter, actually). Amazing cocoa notes. Some nice levels of roast. Can drink this one all fall and winter long.

    Not my overall favorite beer, but Founder's Porter is definitly my favorite beer, from my favorite brewery.

    What is yours?
     
    #1 mikecharley, Dec 18, 2012
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  2. Porkhustle

    Porkhustle Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2012

    people love to say "barrel program"
     
    #2 Porkhustle, Dec 18, 2012
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  3. Porkhustle

    Porkhustle Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2012

    I have this allegiance to Victory, and their St. Boisterous Maibock is my fave
     
    #3 Porkhustle, Dec 18, 2012
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  4. Brestel

    Brestel Aspirant (285) Mar 15, 2006 Nebraska

    FFF favorite brewery, just a fun place to go, great beers all around. Robert the Bruce, favorite brew, nothing better.
     
    #4 Brestel, Dec 18, 2012
  5. phishphorce

    phishphorce Savant (1,023) Aug 4, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    No Barrel Program needed to make Abner.
     
    #5 phishphorce, Dec 18, 2012
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  6. jl28r1

    jl28r1 Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2011 Texas

    Freetail Peche'cus please, please bottle it!
     
    #6 jl28r1, Dec 18, 2012
  7. mikecharley

    mikecharley Savant (1,214) Nov 6, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Doesn't HF have a bunch of barrel aged beer??
     
    #7 mikecharley, Dec 18, 2012
  8. WYVYRN527

    WYVYRN527 Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2007 Minnesota

    I'm also on the Founders wagon. Favorite brew? Either Backwoods Bastard or Imperial Stout.
     
    #8 WYVYRN527, Dec 18, 2012
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  9. RichD

    RichD Pooh-Bah (2,368) Mar 18, 2012 Rhode Island
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    Definitely Founders and definitely Breakfast Stout for me. Haven't had the Imperial Stout yet but the Porter and Backwoods Bastard are also great.
     
    #9 RichD, Dec 18, 2012
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  10. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
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    Goose Island and Bourbon County Coffee. Barrel Aged Stouts, Barrel Aged sours, increasing distribution...yes please!
     
    #10 aasher, Dec 18, 2012
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  11. Porkhustle

    Porkhustle Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2012

    Love their Christmas Ale and Winter Mild too, as far as their regulars are concerned
     
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  12. mikecharley

    mikecharley Savant (1,214) Nov 6, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Just got two bcbcs in the mail today... Can't wait!
     
    #12 mikecharley, Dec 18, 2012
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  13. scootsmal

    scootsmal Initiate (0) Aug 15, 2012 New York

    Stone Brewing, Stone IPA. Could drink it all day everyday, incredible.
     
    #13 scootsmal, Dec 18, 2012
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  14. spitshaded

    spitshaded Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2012 Virginia

    Founders: Breakfast Stout or Centennial IPA
     
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  15. CurtFromHershey

    CurtFromHershey Initiate (0) Oct 4, 2012 Minnesota

    Victory, Victory Hopdevil.

    Me too, they catered my wedding and my older sister's. Some family and friend connections too. Do you know if they're bottling the saints this spring?
     
    #15 CurtFromHershey, Dec 18, 2012
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  16. Porkhustle

    Porkhustle Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2012

    They are not. Their seasonal offerings have been cut back to pave way for Headwaters production. Rrrgghh
     
    #16 Porkhustle, Dec 18, 2012
  17. CurtFromHershey

    CurtFromHershey Initiate (0) Oct 4, 2012 Minnesota

    Major letdown...

    They should have seasonals coming out of their asses in 2014 though once their expansion is fully up and running. Definitely looking forward to that. I'll just have to make the trek out to Dtown a bit more often in the mean time.
     
    #17 CurtFromHershey, Dec 18, 2012
  18. BigCheese

    BigCheese Initiate (0) Jul 4, 2009 Massachusetts

    Smuttynose Baltic Porter.

    with a few more purchases I sense that it soon will be Jack Abbys and Hoponious Union.
     
    #18 BigCheese, Dec 18, 2012
  19. marquis

    marquis Pooh-Bah (2,313) Nov 20, 2005 England
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    Of all? On the whole I don't have a favourite on the basis that somewhere out there lies something better. But we have a splendid small local brewery which make a pretty close replica of what I drank in my early years of beerdom half a century ago. Which we used to sneak out and drink at lunchtime in the pub down the road from school.The teachers drank in the other room! No problems there.
    It's Belvoir Brewery's Dark Horse , a 3.4% dark mild with incredible taste for the gravity , a beer which you could drink all day long without getting tired of.I know this because I've often done it :slight_smile:
    The same brewery's Star Bitter comes a very close second. Both these are replicas of Shipstone's Mild and Bitter , the brewer at Belvoir was a brewer there back in the days and knows his stuff.
     
    #19 marquis, Dec 18, 2012
  20. mpyoung215

    mpyoung215 Initiate (0) Dec 28, 2010 Massachusetts

    Love all the beers Maine Beer Co is putting out and of those, the Peeper is just phenomenal. Not too complex, but soooo tasty
     
    #20 mpyoung215, Dec 18, 2012
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