Most Creative Minds in Craft Brewing

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  1. AdemT

    AdemT Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2008 Washington

    OK, discounting that whole "beard beer" thing, who are the brewers that are consistently doing creative things with water, barley, yeast, hops, etc.? Sam Calagione is obviously a no-brainer, but I'm suffering from a Left Coast bias and most of the names I came up with were from Mountain/West Coast time zones. Need some other perspectives.
     
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  2. Thickfreakness

    Thickfreakness Initiate (0) Oct 2, 2010 New York

    DFH (as stated)
    Cigar City
    Founders
    Shorts
    Southern Tier
    Green Flash
    Troeggs
    Jester King
    Weyerbacher
    Ommegang... I could do this all day
     
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  3. hopsbreath

    hopsbreath Savant (1,157) Aug 28, 2009 Florida

    Alex Ganum at Upright.
     
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  4. Thickfreakness

    Thickfreakness Initiate (0) Oct 2, 2010 New York

    Goose Island
    Shmaltz
    Surly
    FFF
     
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  5. rubicat

    rubicat Initiate (0) Nov 22, 2012 Ohio
    Trader

    Matt Cole - Fat Head's
     
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  6. Mbennett

    Mbennett Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2011 New York

    Kuhnhenn would be the first brewery that comes to mind.
     
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  7. weltywm

    weltywm Zealot (590) Jul 27, 2012 Pennsylvania

    They aren't always as good as the hype, but I have had some great beers from the "gypsy" brewers: Mikkelller, Evil Twin, Pretty Things, Stillwater. (I apologize if that's what you meant by "beard beers." I'm not familiar with that term.)
     
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  8. Daemose

    Daemose Maven (1,407) Oct 3, 2011 Texas

    Jester King.
     
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  9. ShogoKawada

    ShogoKawada Initiate (0) May 31, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
     
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  10. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
    In Memoriam

    Lots of info here:

    http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/who-are-the-creative-brewers.27836/
     
    #10 drtth, Nov 27, 2012
  11. VncentLIFE

    VncentLIFE Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2011 North Carolina

    Look up the guys at Fullsteam Brewery in Durham, NC. Ive only been here a year, but Ive seen a sweet potato lager, Belgian using Cheerwine soda syrup, PawPaw fruits, foraged figs, corn grits, and local pepper (in a Wit), Lemon Verbena, and Sage.

    cc: peetoteeto
     
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  12. tjensen3618

    tjensen3618 Maven (1,391) Mar 23, 2008 California

    Throwing a bunch of random fruit, spice, vegetables into a brew isn't really creative to me. It's the trendy thing to do.

    As a homebrewer it's kind of the way you think when you see any interesting ingredients at the grocery store, "I wonder what that tastes like and what type of beer i could brew with it?"
     
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  13. AdemT

    AdemT Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2008 Washington

    Yeah, Jester King is doing some pretty interesting stuff. I've only had a few of their beers, but just looking at their website I was impressed by the kinds of things they are doing.
     
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  14. AdemT

    AdemT Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2008 Washington

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  15. fuzzylogic

    fuzzylogic Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2008 Pennsylvania

    Yes Riff Raff, that is the correct answer. Actually getting ready to crack a Soft Parade.
     
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  16. bierman2000

    bierman2000 Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2003 Pennsylvania

    far too many to name here.. Weyebacher and Victory have invented some new 1 offs
     
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  17. Ri0

    Ri0 Initiate (0) Jul 1, 2012 Wisconsin

    Dan Carey - New Glarus
     
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  18. lurpy1

    lurpy1 Savant (1,077) Jan 15, 2010 Minnesota

    Farmer Dave Anderson at Dave's Brewfarm in little Wilson, Wisconsin.
     
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  19. spoony

    spoony Pooh-Bah (2,591) Aug 1, 2012 Colorado
    Pooh-Bah

    I too have the Mountain/Western bias, so I cannot really comment on the Midwest and Eastern people, but have to give credit to Crooked Stave. I feel like their beers are creative without being gimmicky.
     
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  20. Gannon81

    Gannon81 Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2012 Oregon

    Trevor Rogers. From Bier De Garde. Out of Pacific City, OR. You'll hear of him in a couple years.
     
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