Favorite “core” beers

The Kolsch seems much improved from last year. Crisper, but keeps some fruitiness.

 

You're right - it was the Witte I was thinking of - similar to a tripel, but lighter.

 

Oh yeah, good beer.

As a side, it's weird Ommegang doesn't make a tripel widely available. It's not like another US brewer has the market cornered on it...and it makes sense for the brand.

 

I'll have to recalibrate and add to this list but:

Oxbow Luppolo
Allagash White
Allagash Rivertrip
Bissell Substance
Notch The Standard
Tree House Julius
The Alchemist Heady Topper
Honest Weight Branch Bridge

I'm sure there are others. What would we say are Fox Farm's "core" beers? The Cabin would certainly join the list for me.

 

Oxbow Luppolo
JA House Lager
Fiddlehead Second Fiddle
Maine Beer Co MO

 

Agreed, seeing how most of their other core beers are Belgian-based. Still, I like everything they've done. |Barring one or two that weren't to my taste, but they're still well done for the style. I'm glad that if they were sold, at least it was to Duvel-Moortgart, instead of one of the other mega-corporations.

 

"The ones that get less hype but are probably a brewery’s best option."

Heady Topper doesn't get much hype? haha

 

I think a bit of the Heady hype has died out a bit, since guys like Hill Farmstead and TreeHouse are cranking things out.
|It's still a great beer, and I won't ever pass it up, but between you, me and the lamppost, I do like Focal Banger a bit more than Heady.

 

Hopefully you will find it (soon). I have purchased three six-pack of Von Trapp Kolsch so far (2021) and I hope to buy more before the year is out. An excellent Kolsch IMO.

Cheers!

 

Mast Landing-Gunner's Daughter
Von Trapp-Pilsner
Equilibrium-Photon
Carton-Boat
Lawson's- Super Session
Grimm-Lite

 

Last I heard, the Pale Ale was their best selling. But I agree, those two are my favorite of theirs.

 

There are some beers they repeat, but anymore there aren't any beers that they always have. I loved that prior to the brewpub closing for COVID, they typically always had a Dark Mild on cask, but each one would be a little different.

During COVID they released cans of some of their old school regular beers: Tiny Tim, Queen Anne, Kinch

 

Tonewood Fuego
Kane Head High
Carton Boat
IA Wrench
IA Metric
Conclave G Waves
Threes Vliet

 

Sloop - Juice Bomb
Suarez - Palatine/Qualify
District 96 - Photo Op

I almost always have the first 2 in my fridge and usually stock up on the third when it is available. I was also a big fan of Boat back when it was readily available to me.

Tree House - Green
Fox Farm - Burst
Other Half - All Citra Everything

I don't make it to these 3 breweries that often, but I always stock up on these 3 when I can.

 

@mrmattosgood is this what you had planned for the thread?

That aside, I honestly don't think I can mention anything that hasn't been mentioned already.

 

Zero Gravity - Green State & Little Wolf. Always reliable and relatively easy to find fresh
Whaler's - Rise. Flies off the shelves here in RI/MA. Solid/consistent. Traditional American Pale Ale
Grey Sail - Captain's Daughter. Best beer in RI.

 

It will be quite interesting to see how Sierra Nevada Brewing ‘evolves’ once Ken Grossman Sr. transitions from semi-retirement to being fully retired. At the moment it appears that the CEO of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (Jeff White) is calling the shots as regards business strategy whereby hoppy beers (e.g., Juicy/Hazy IPAs) very much dominate the year-round portfolio of products. I have read where some folks have opined that Ken Grossman Jr. will eventually take over Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. It will be interesting to see if this actually transpires and if indeed Ken Grossman Jr. is in charge whether he will just further continue in making SN an IPA business.

FWIW I was a fan of the ‘old’ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company where they produced a broader range of products but…

Cheers!

 

They nearly always have Solaire Reserve available, don't they? You're right though, they don't tend to have many "core" beers.

 

I agree with all of these. I’d also add
Kane Overhead
Carton 0XX07
DFH 60
DFH 90
Bells Two Hearted

probably forgetting some