What US state has the best breweries?

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  1. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
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    It's between these 3 for sure.
     
    #141 Prospero, Jan 9, 2013
  2. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
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    Best breweries per capita? Vermont has the quantity per capita, but that wasn't the question.

    As of last month the state only had 23, Denver has that within city limits, which has a smaller population.

    How anybody can omit Colorado from at least the top 3 is beyond me, even my bias opinion aside.
     
    #142 Prospero, Jan 9, 2013
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  3. Groenebeor

    Groenebeor Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2009 California

    Don't be so stupid.
     
    #143 Groenebeor, Jan 9, 2013
  4. duchessedubourg

    duchessedubourg Savant (1,181) Nov 2, 2007 Vermont

    I believe he was referring to Greg Noonan's series of brewing-by-style manuals that were first published in the 80's - he was the (late) owner of VT Pub & Brewery in Burlington, VT.
     
    #144 duchessedubourg, Jan 9, 2013
  5. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado

    What's the matter...can't take a joke?
     
    #145 otispdriftwood, Jan 9, 2013
  6. miketd

    miketd Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2006 Ohio

    It's already there and I don't care if anybody but us Buckeyes realize it.
     
    #146 miketd, Jan 9, 2013
  7. SaCkErZ9

    SaCkErZ9 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,057) Feb 27, 2005 South Carolina
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    Raise up, take your shirt off, twist it 'round your head like a helicopter!
     
    #147 SaCkErZ9, Jan 9, 2013
  8. Flashy

    Flashy Pooh-Bah (1,767) Oct 22, 2003 Vermont
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    Vermont is middle of the road. Three good beers you can't find anywhere and Otter Creek and Long Trail. McNeills is tiny and the bottles are undrinkable. Rock Art is not good, Magic Hat is awful- Harpoon is mainstream, Trapp is nice but would never dream of buying it in a bottle, Bobcat- never been to or seen, from what heard the Vermont Pub and Brewery has been long passed by (has McNeills has) and I don't even know what Zero Gravity is.
     
    #148 Flashy, Jan 9, 2013
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  9. sirsteve42

    sirsteve42 Maven (1,299) Jan 15, 2009 New York

    Agreed Vermont wins hands down per capita
    Hill Farmstead
    The Alchemist
    Lawsons Finest Liquids
    Long trail
    Harpoon
    McNeills
    Magic Hat
    Otter creek
    Rock Art
    Bobcat
    Trapp
    Zero Gravity
    Vermont pub and brewery
     
    #149 sirsteve42, Jan 9, 2013
  10. Flashy

    Flashy Pooh-Bah (1,767) Oct 22, 2003 Vermont
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    Vermont has three breweries that you can't find and Otter Creek and Long Trail.
     
    #150 Flashy, Jan 9, 2013
  11. gtermi

    gtermi Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2010 Texas

    California
    Michigan
    Colorado
     
    #151 gtermi, Jan 9, 2013
  12. wafels_and_schnapps

    wafels_and_schnapps Initiate (0) Jan 6, 2013 Massachusetts

    MICHIGAN
    Colorado
    Massachusetts
     
    #152 wafels_and_schnapps, Jan 9, 2013
  13. duchessedubourg

    duchessedubourg Savant (1,181) Nov 2, 2007 Vermont

    Hold that thought - three more VT brewerys coming online in the next year - yowza!
     
    #153 duchessedubourg, Jan 10, 2013
  14. Westuh

    Westuh Initiate (0) Oct 9, 2012 Wisconsin

    Wisconsin really wasn't on this topic very much, sure they arent all AWESOME, but they are pretty good breweries.

    New Glarus
    Lakefront
    Central Waters
    Osos
    Sprecher (i only like their trippel abbey)
    Capital
    Ale Asylum
    Futhermore
    Lake Louie
    MKE Brewing
    Tyranena

    and about 15 other breweries that I hate.
     
    #154 Westuh, Jan 10, 2013
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  15. shamrock1343

    shamrock1343 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2010 New Jersey

    Pa (cont)

    Church Brewing
    Forest & Main
    Stoudts
    Shawnee
     
    #155 shamrock1343, Jan 10, 2013
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  16. jRocco2021

    jRocco2021 Savant (1,083) Mar 13, 2010 Wisconsin

    Totally agree we have awesome brewery's but a lot of them are either local or regional distro so we don't get nearly as much love as some other states/brewerys.
     
    #156 jRocco2021, Jan 10, 2013
  17. SatlyMalty

    SatlyMalty Initiate (0) Sep 12, 2012 Washington

    Yes, they are still around and they are still making great beers.
     
    #157 SatlyMalty, Jan 10, 2013
  18. turfy

    turfy Pooh-Bah (1,872) Mar 17, 2010 Texas
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    Having just seen this thread, and without scrolling through the previous 3 pages of responses, and withstanding the pressure of Texas pride, there is only one answer....California.
     
    #158 turfy, Jan 11, 2013
  19. deleted_user_373835

    deleted_user_373835 Initiate (0) Sep 24, 2009

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    St Louis, Missouri
    Golden, Colorado
    :wink:
     
    #159 deleted_user_373835, Jan 11, 2013
  20. SunDevilBeer

    SunDevilBeer Pooh-Bah (1,945) May 9, 2003 Massachusetts
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    In 2 years or so - North Carolina.
     
    #160 SunDevilBeer, Jan 11, 2013
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