BEST "readily available" beers by region thread

Ithaca flower power and naked dove porter in central new york

 

Anything from Deschutes, Imperial Nelson from Widmer, Pacific City stuff is available everywhere. Rogue has backyard sales on holidays (smokin deals) Alaska Smoked Porter, Full Sail Session lagers. The PNW swims in great beer.

 

Albany NY would have to be Flower Power. I also really enjoy Brown's Whiskey Porter.

 

Cape Foulweather, Oregon

 

Serendipity. Yep.

 

not from my state but readily available in MN a favorite and a great brewery is
Odells oh Yeah and Surly

 

Sierra Nevada, said everyone from everywhere

 

Arizona doesn't have great breweries but I really liked Santan Brewery Hefeweizen

 

Mayflower Porter and Jack D'or are available in most bottle shops I go to (Providence, Northern RI, Southern Mass.). I would classify both of those towards the top of their respective styles (In fact, Mayflower Porter I'd put at #1).

Also, it's great that I can get a six pack of cans of Grey Sail Ale (Cream Ale) just about anywhere these days.

 

Most definitely. Sierra Nevada is a card alway in my back pocket that I am all too happy to play. I was at a bottle shop a bit ago trying to figure out what to buy, nothing was speaking to me, but I really wanted a brew and there it was: Sierra Nevada Kellerweis. Decision made.

 

Head Hunter, White Rajah, Columbus IPA (and very soon CBUS BODHI), GLBC Commodore Perry and Eddy Fitz, Founders Porter, Ommegang Abbey Ale....and so on and so on....CLE, OH

 

Choose the beer style of preference and then grab Odell's offering of that style.

 

Great lakes region(MI):

Founders-Reds Rye, Porter, All Day, and all the seasonal specialties(FIS,BS,KBS, Backwoods)
Bells-Two Hearted
Great lakes- Edmund fitzgerald, Dortmunder gold
Perrin-some solid offerings, soon to make it into bottles and cans in regional distro
Dark Horse- Crooked tree, thirsty trout porter, seasonal stouts

 

Odell ipa, ska modus hoperandi, left hand milk stout, YETI, crabtree peach tree cezanne saison, funkwerks saison, odell cut throat porter, funkwers white, I could go on for days.

 

In NNJ (...and trying to keep this regional here)-
Ithaca Flower Power
Captain Lawrence Smoked Porter
Captain Lawrence Captain's Kolsch
Rammstein Blonde
Victory Headwaters
Yards Brawler
Sly Fox Pikeland Pils
Troegs Dead Reckoning Porter
Weyerbacher Verbotten

(also- imports around the NYC area are pretty fresh and varied- lots of great selections available off the shelf).

 

I'm from Portland, Oregon and here are some of my favorites that are readily available in Oregon and some parts of Washington and California:

Ninkasi Tricerahops IPA
Boneyard Hop Venom IPA
Boneyard RPM IPA
Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Deschutes Obsidian Stout
10 Barrel DUB IPA

In my opinion these are must-haves if you're ever in the Pacific Northwest.

 

In southern RI
Ipswich Oatmeal Stout - Really Solid stout that has become my "go-to"
Ithaca Flower Power - Great IPA that is easily found fresh
Founders Porter - Easily the best Porter available around