Favorite Brewery to visit

ME and the Mrs just got back from a beercation in Vermont and we would highly recommend it. Beautiful scenery, INCREDIBLE beer. Hill Farmstead. enough said.

 

I have always enjoyed dogfish head. I'm not a homer or anything.

 

There are so many good breweries out there that I'd plan my VC based on other factors and then locate the target beer goodies.

But to give you an answer, The Bruery has many excelent beers on tap that never make it to bottle. The rest of SoCal ain't too bad to look at either. Lots of other great breweries between LA and San Diego.

 

If you want to go somewhere close, hit Asheville - I love Wicked Weed and its a great place to spend time, particularly the space downstairs. Great town to spend a few days in, and there are tons of other beer options.

 

A friend of mine just got back from Ft. Collins Co. They said it was awesome...rode their bikes to all of them.

 

Another vote for Asheville, Wicked Weed, Wedge, Green Man, Highland and others...not far from Oskar Blues, New Belgium and Sierra Nevada, great scenery and Ashville is one of those places that are great to visit

 

Straub and Yuengling are amazing breweries despite maybe not being in the top 250 on BA. Both breweries have extremely nice and friendly workers and rich history. On the other end of the spectrum, Hill Farmstead is also a cool place if you enjoy the whole soup **** style place.

 

just got back from Asheville, Wicked Weed was actually my first brewery (besides Smokey Mountain I guess) and we loved it. Need to go back for the purpose of exploring even more of Asheville, cool town.

 

Odell

 

Yards

 

East Coast, Hit up the New England area there are awesome Breweries for days, highlight would be Hill Farmstead.

 

Another vote for Hill Farmstead (as long as you like being somewhere pretty remote, and you both enjoy the outdoors)

 

TommyKnocker in Idaho Springs, Colorado.

 

Lost Abbey.

Always have had great experiences every time I've gone.

 

I like STONE & the bistro there.

Odell and others in Ft. Collins is nice, too.

 

Lagunitas, Deschutes and Sierra Nevada - Always enjoyed going to those.

 

Founders is amazing, great food and atmosphere. Bells is nearby as well as a bonus

 

You could spend a long time trying to hit all the great Breweries in Michigan.
Founders
Bells
Odd Side
Dark Horse
Jolly Pumpkin
Right Brain
Round Barn
Shorts
And many more. And that is just the west side of the state.

 

The Bruery in Orange County is a great visit and the wife and I also love Ballast Point in Little Italy, San Diego. Great Food and beer and so close to the Pacific Ocean. Stone is between these two, also a very nice atmosphere. Just to the east of downtown SD is my personal favorite: Alpine Beer Company. A great pub for food and some of the best hoppy beers in existence you can take with you. The quality of the beers of these 4 breweries is widely documented, they just offer a little extra something on top of that. Hoppy Travels