What was your "revelation" beer?

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  1. JackRWatkins

    JackRWatkins Maven (1,472) Nov 3, 2014 Georgia
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    What was your "revelation" beer? the beer that sold you on craft or that beer could be more that cheap swill.
    personally mine was gulden draak but I'd like to hear what it was for others
     
  2. costanzo_mike

    costanzo_mike Pooh-Bah (2,848) Jul 17, 2014 Massachusetts
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    I'd had a good deal of craft brews over the years but I have to say FW PNC Imperial Buckwheat Stout was THE beer that tossed me into the craft world head first. Was visiting San Fran and a friend of a friend recommended going to this beer bar called Toronado (you may have heard of it :wink:) specifically to try that beer. I did as he instructed and never looked back. I owe him big time haha.
     
  3. JackRWatkins

    JackRWatkins Maven (1,472) Nov 3, 2014 Georgia
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    that's a cool one, sadly we don't get firestone walker in the south but i have had wookey jack and i loved it
     
  4. MUTINY

    MUTINY Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2015 Virginia

    Red Hook IPA. Years & years ago...
     
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  5. JackRWatkins

    JackRWatkins Maven (1,472) Nov 3, 2014 Georgia
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    haven't had it, is it a west coast, east or english
     
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  6. elektrikjester

    elektrikjester Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2008 Georgia

    Guinness. No, it's not a craft beer. But 20 years ago, it stood out from the pack. Way out.
     
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  7. MUTINY

    MUTINY Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2015 Virginia

    Can't recall, it's been so long...
    :slight_smile:

    Edit: Actually I seem to remember it being pretty thick & piney.
     
  8. JackRWatkins

    JackRWatkins Maven (1,472) Nov 3, 2014 Georgia
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    no guinness is still a distinctive beer, a good one too, it's definitely different in the macro world
     
  9. Premo88

    Premo88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,670) Jun 6, 2010 Texas
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    Samuel Smith's Ole Brewery Pale Ale

    First had it in the early 1990s, and while I didn't really get into "craft" beer until 2012, SSOBPA still deserves the credit for teaching me that the beer isn't just beer.
     
  10. costanzo_mike

    costanzo_mike Pooh-Bah (2,848) Jul 17, 2014 Massachusetts
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    Would be happy to send you a nice little mix of Firestone stuff (Pivo Pils, 319, Union Jack, Double Jack, Easy Jack other shelf FW) if you can help me cross off Alabama or some other southern states on my quest to try the 50 states!
     
  11. JackRWatkins

    JackRWatkins Maven (1,472) Nov 3, 2014 Georgia
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    sure man i'd be happy to, we have some good stuff here for sure, do you have some from this state you'd be interested in or do you not really know of any in the area?
     
  12. costanzo_mike

    costanzo_mike Pooh-Bah (2,848) Jul 17, 2014 Massachusetts
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    Don't know the lay of the beer landscape all too well so I'd be happy to take your suggestions. I'll PM you
     
  13. JackRWatkins

    JackRWatkins Maven (1,472) Nov 3, 2014 Georgia
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    okay sounds good
     
  14. Phigg1102

    Phigg1102 Initiate (0) Sep 29, 2013 New York

    Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Harpoon IPA were two of the early ones to get me swaying away from macro, HF Edward was like an absolute epiphany for me though, everything changed after that.
     
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  15. JackRWatkins

    JackRWatkins Maven (1,472) Nov 3, 2014 Georgia
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    I love sierra nevada pale ale, it is a straight up classic
     
  16. StrappingYoungLad

    StrappingYoungLad Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2013 Indiana

    I had had a few craft beers in college, and was initially introduced to loving beer via Guinness and a trip to Germany...but one night a buddy of mine snuck in a bomber of Arrogant Bastard to my dorm room, and I could not believe it. So different...I didn't even necessarily LIKE it at the time, it was just such a leap that I realized I HAD to find out more about this stuff. Five years and over 1,000 beers later...I still far prefer Double Bastard by far and I for one loved the Southern Charred/Crime/Punishment run...but every time I have straight-up Arrogant, nice and fresh, it just feels like discovering crazy flavorful beer all over again.
     
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  17. h4ger

    h4ger Maven (1,280) Feb 5, 2011 Connecticut
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    I used to think Sam Adams was the KING ...of the grocery store I learned! I am not exactly sure of "The One" but I found Sierra Nevada and Brooklyn and I was off. I then found Stone and North Coast and the quest began. My local store started a "Mix-a-Six" program and Victory appeared....I have tried so many beers from that program it is amazing. (Many are diamonds in the rough(Clown Shoes, Jacks Abby, Ithaca, Narragansett Autocrat)...Many i am glad I got only one for a buck! (No names) Would I have bought a whole six of Festina Peche or King Midas? Probably not...After the single sample though...YES. With the costs these days, mix a six programs are great...sucks losing $10 or more on a bad beer.
    As with women, there are so many it is mind boggling and I want to sample them all....but there is always an old favorite to come home to.
     
  18. Kappakoosh

    Kappakoosh Initiate (0) Dec 26, 2013 Texas

    Arrogant Bastard was my epiphany.
     
  19. VTMLB

    VTMLB Initiate (0) Jul 2, 2015 Vermont

    Pete's Wicked Ale. Wondering if people will remember it. Anywho....I also have to add Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and the Sammy Smiths Nut Brown and Oatmeal Stout. Earlier 90's....lol
     
  20. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    While not my first "craft" beers by any stretch, Darkness and Even More Jesus were probably the ones that opened my eyes to the fact that there was a whole other dimension to be explored.
     
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