Best All Around Brewery?

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Best All Around Brewery? (Bottles, cans, styles, releases, consistency)

  1. Cigar City Brewing

    16 vote(s)
    6.2%

  2. Toppling Goliath

    10 vote(s)
    3.8%

  3. The Bruery

    14 vote(s)
    5.4%

  4. Stone

    39 vote(s)
    15.0%

  5. Dogfish Head

    12 vote(s)
    4.6%

  6. Firestone Walker

    69 vote(s)
    26.5%

  7. Mikkeller

    2 vote(s)
    0.8%

  8. Founders

    90 vote(s)
    34.6%

  9. Clown Shoes

    7 vote(s)
    2.7%

  10. Prairie

    1 vote(s)
    0.4%
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  1. floridadrift

    floridadrift Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2014 Florida

    Considering scheduled releases, bottling, canning, various drinking styles, bottle releases and consistency with quality. Price is not a factor. Choose from the selections posted, if someone is missing who you think should be there, feel free to add it but be rational, save the super-supportive localness. I tried to grab breweries from all the regions.
     
    #1 floridadrift, Mar 30, 2015
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  2. BH712

    BH712 Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2014 District of Columbia

    Bells
     
    #2 BH712, Mar 30, 2015
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  3. BH712

    BH712 Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2014 District of Columbia

    Or Victory, since MI is represented and PA isn't.
     
    #3 BH712, Mar 30, 2015
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  4. floridadrift

    floridadrift Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2014 Florida

    Victory would not make the cut. Bells and Founders were a toss up. Sorry it wouldn't let me put more.
     
    #4 floridadrift, Mar 30, 2015
  5. Carb-Overlord

    Carb-Overlord Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2014 Wisconsin

    Pretty darn nice list, you're missing New Glarus though.
     
    #5 Carb-Overlord, Mar 30, 2015
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  6. Nate3686

    Nate3686 Initiate (0) Mar 27, 2014 Wisconsin

    Lagunitas - I'd say they rank high in pretty much every metric.
     
    #6 Nate3686, Mar 30, 2015
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  7. BH712

    BH712 Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2014 District of Columbia

    The Bruery has QC issues and is crazy overpriced. Toppling Goliath and Prairie are known for one or two great beers. Mikkeller is way too weird to be a consistently great all around brewery, and Cigar City had such a disaster with Hunahpu day that their reputation is a little tarnished.
     
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  8. TonyLema1

    TonyLema1 Pooh-Bah (2,890) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah

    Founders has one of my favorite IPA, Stouts and Porters, and I like a lot of the seasonals and special releases....but most importantly, it's available in my area
     
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  9. floridadrift

    floridadrift Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2014 Florida

    LOL. You know so much, you're so smart. Its crazy. You're everywhere, all the time.
     
    #9 floridadrift, Mar 30, 2015
  10. floridadrift

    floridadrift Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2014 Florida

    They are missed, I should of put them on there. All in all, we're going to have to pick from the selection! It's so hard to narrow down 10 choices. I was trying to get a brewery from every region but after examining, it was hard to do. There are more than one, killing it in one state, like California.
     
    #10 floridadrift, Mar 30, 2015
  11. Brolo75

    Brolo75 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,134) Aug 10, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah

    Sierra Nevada? I would have chosen SN but FW is my second favorite.
     
    #11 Brolo75, Mar 30, 2015
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  12. Carb-Overlord

    Carb-Overlord Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2014 Wisconsin

    It's really a fun list. My vote from the list would be founders as well. Off list, New Glarus. Incredible consistency and quality with regular stock and impressively creative throughout the year with thumbprint series. They're frustrating for other beer geeks regarding distribution.
     
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  13. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
    Pooh-Bah

    Bells does the Ales, Lagers, Sours (limited I know) and some other interesting things, so they get my vote.

    Sierra Nevada for the same reasons.
     
    #13 hopfenunmaltz, Mar 30, 2015
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  14. Bosoxfan20

    Bosoxfan20 Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2013 Missouri

    I chose FW because there really isn't a style that they can't do at a world class level. Just not a lot of flaws in that brewery and never have to worry about quality.
     
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  15. Tylertut

    Tylertut Initiate (0) Oct 20, 2014 Ohio

    I almost picked Founders but they really don't put out anything in the realms of sours or saisons. I feel a great lack of all around breweries though, most tend to produce a lot of the same styles and completely leave out really good styles. Just my opinion though.
     
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  16. Nietzsches_Horse

    Nietzsches_Horse Initiate (0) May 2, 2014 Washington

    Given your arbitrary, and yet stringent, criteria, it's hard to argue against any other choice but Firestone Walker, of those you listed. They are in a league of their own when it comes down to only "bottles, cans, styles, releases, consistency." If you factor in price, bottles-but-not-cans, wide national distribution, and other criteria, I could, however, point to one or two that strike me as better. Lagunitas, for example. Even Sierra Nevada.
     
    #16 Nietzsches_Horse, Mar 30, 2015
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  17. RobertColianni

    RobertColianni Pooh-Bah (1,789) Nov 4, 2008 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    This list blows.
     
    #17 RobertColianni, Mar 30, 2015
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  18. jakecattleco

    jakecattleco Grand Pooh-Bah (3,749) Sep 3, 2008 California
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Where's Deschutes? Granted they don't can, but this poll without them and Sierra Nevada is a joke!
     
    #18 jakecattleco, Mar 30, 2015
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  19. Carb-Overlord

    Carb-Overlord Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2014 Wisconsin

    Deschutes? Damn are their labels tough to get off when I need bottles for my home brews. They will never get my vote. :-)

    I soak that sh/t in oxi-clean for days and I have to scrape scrape scrape. Say no to the superglue kings.
     
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  20. WesMantooth

    WesMantooth Grand Pooh-Bah (4,844) Jan 8, 2014 Ohio
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Based on the 5 parameters listed, I went with Founders. I would probably say Sierra Nevada over all of them though considering all aspects.
     
    #20 WesMantooth, Mar 30, 2015
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