What beers do you wish would return?

Stone IRS
Stone Levitation
Stone Double Bastard
Smuttynose Really Old Brown Dog Ale
Green Flash Saison Diego
Green Flash Rayon Vert
Fullers 1845
SN Tumbler
SA Noble Pils
DFH Indian Brown Ale
DFH Bitches Brew
Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball
Lagunitas Imperial Stout
Horseheads Pumpkin Ale
Okocim porter
Affligem Blond
Southern Tier Oat
Anchor Bock

 

Do you think that Firestone Walker wouldn’t be subjected to the market forces impacting all comparable brewers if they weren’t purchased by Duvel Moortgat?

 

Deschutes Hop in The Dark

 

Smuttynose beers are unrecognizable now since they were bought out. I’m not sure what to make of chocolate banana sundae stouts

 

Of course they would. But I need to direct my rage at somebody. I never claimed to be rational.

 

I was hoping for such a response from you and you have not let me down.

 

De Molen in the US.

 

I need to cut and paste a running list for these threads. So many beers to begin with and even worse when they are retired or distro ceases in an area.
Great Lakes Glockenspiel
Great Lakes Rye of the Tiger
Great Lakes Big Black Smoke
Dogfish Head Chicory Stout (not seen in NE Ohio in years)
Dogfish Head Bitches Brew
Old Tankard
Young's Brewing Pre-Wells acquisition
Young's Oatmeal Stout
Young's Ram Rod
Young's Old Nick

I could add many of those listed above but these always come to mind.

 

Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter. Could taste the soot!

And this

 

I am a little embarrassed to ask this but: how is Smuttynose doing these days?

After the whole auction/purchase thing in 2018 I personally have 'lost track' with Smuttynose. Do the folks in New Hampshire (and other New England states) support/purchase Smuttynose beers?

Cheers!

 

Well, as much as I'd like to speak for the entire state's populous - being it's finest representative and all haha - I have no idea. They still exist and have a presence, mostly I see the Smuttlabs stuff - drank a gifted one last night by coincidence. Old Brown Dog and Finestkind still on grocery store shelves. But, I really can't speak to their specific popularity. Don't know the last time I heard them mentioned by anyone. I'm also not above holding a grudge, so once Shoals disappeared, so did I from their coffer.

 

I once read an interview with Larry Bell's daughter who was running Bells at the time. The interviewer asked her what her goto beer was. She said "Oarsman Ale". I thought to myself, if the CEO says that's her goto, there has to be something to that. So I found it. And it was my favorite summer beer while it was still around. And then one day, it was retired. I would love for that beer to come back.

 

The best

 

FIS.

 

Besides a number of those mentioned above:

The Bruery - Humulus Lager
Portsmouth - Kate the Great
Grand Teton - Persephone Pils; Howling Wolf Weizenbock
Stone - DDH Sublimely Self Righteous Black IPA
Jolly Pumpkin - Baudelaire IO
Loterbol - Bruin
Baird - Natsumikan; The Carpenters Mikan

Was going to say Sam Adam's Noble Pils, but I see that isn't retired after all (these days I just keep buying Bitburger)!

 

Weyerbacher Rapture

 

I'll wish for Stegmaier Summer Stock Lager. If I remember correctly it was brewed for one year, 2005. I went through a case in several days while vacationing at the shore.

Interestingly, back in the 1990s there was a local brew called Chickies Cream Ale, which disappeared after a few years. Several months ago the brewer finally opened a brewpub and has that beer back on tap, now called Chiques Rock Cream Ale. It was great drinking that one again, after maybe 25 years!

 

I do realize this was just a one-off, but I would be ecstatic if this ever returned

 

Sad.

 

Stone Levitation was a favorite that I still think about.