5 Favorite Beers from Your State

Dark Horse - Crooked Tree
Bells - Hopslam
Founders - Breakfast Stout
Bells - Wheat Love
Shorts - Good Humans

 

Thomas Creek is my favorite South Carolina brewery. In no particular order:

Thomas Creek Red River Ale
Thomas Creek Chocolate Orange IPA
Thomas Creek Pump House Porter
Conquest Sacred Heart IPA
COAST 32/50 Kolsch

 

MA:
Trillium -Fort Point
Tree House - Julius
Jack's Abbey- Barrel Aged Framinghamer
Wormtown - Norm
Trillium - Pot & Kettle

 

Black Sheep Best Bitter
Ilkley Lotus
Leeds Pale
Timothy Taylor's Dark Mild
Timothy Taylor's Landlord

 

Texas!
Jester King Funk Metal
Lone Pint Yellow Rose
Jester King RU-55
Karbach BBA Hellfighter
Real Ale Kraken

Really tough to leave off other favorites by JK, Southern Star, and Saint Arnold's. In other words, we're pretty lucky in Texas in some ways.

 

Ohio!

Great Lakes Blackout Stout
Columbus IPA
Fat Head's Head Hunter
Thirsty Dog Siberian Night
Columbus Bodhi

Not necessarily in that order....

 

Toppling Goliath X 5

 

Apocalypse Brew Works - Butchertown Brown (they made it when they first open and refuse to make it now)
Country Boy - Forkin Gourd and Amos Moses
West Sixth - Amber
Bluegrass Brewing Company - Organic Altbier (Haven't made it since like 2008)
Against the Grain - 70K
(theres more but its hard to pick them all, Blue stallion makes some good traditional german style beers and Lore makes one or 2 beers I like but I won't consider them since they only bottle their beer and do not sell it at their shop or on draft. And yes I picked 6 beers)

 

Southern Tier - Choklat
Sixpoint - 3Beans
Sixpoint - Hi-Res
Captain Lawrence - Hops N' Roses
Ommegang - Three Philosophers

 

For me Michigan:

Bells Black Note (still may fav BBA but Batch 9000 is a close second)
Founders Porter (had one last night for the first time in a long time an forgot how amazing this was)
Bells Two Hearted
Atwater Dirty Blonde
Zaison from Brewery Vivant-Which if you haven't had this and are a fan of Saisons...you're missing out big time.

Good mix here...covers all seasons for me!

 

I got a four pack of the next batch. Thinking that they would do their due diligence and they didn't disappoint

 

Looking at my reviews...

Darkness
Wet
Abrasive
Czar Jack
Rum King

 

Three Floyd's Dark Lord
Three Floyd's Zombie Dust
Flat 12 Walk About IPA
Sun King Wee Mac
Brugge Tripel De Ripple

 

This is an always changing list but right now at this exact second...

 

CCB Life is Like...
Funky Buddha Wide Awake It's Morning
Brew Bus Last Stop
Funky Buddha No Crusts
CCB White Oak Jai Alai

 

NEBCO: Fuzzy Baby Ducks
NEBCO: Coriolis
NEBCO: Gandhi Bot
NEBCO: Imperial Stout Trooper
Two Roads: Igor's Dream

 

State: Michigan

In no particular order:

Mitten Brewing Co. - Peanut And Crackerjack Porter: Probably my favorite peanut/peanut butter infused porter. It's brewed with real peanut butter, which just complements the nice, bitter roasted quality from the beer itself. Rather sessionable for a Porter too. (Tap room only)

Founders - KBS: Obligatory Michigander beer of choice. 2011 was the best year for this, I hope all of you BAs out there managed to score some bottles! (limited tap/bottle release)

Brewery Vivant - Wine Hand: Wine Hand was from this years Wood Aged Beer Fest, it was the standard Farm Hand that had been aged in white wine barrels for upwards of 12 months. The oak wood and white wine really took and added to what is a typically boring beer in my opinion. It was almost like drinking a sour with a white grape finish! e (only available on tap/during festival)

OddSide Ales - Citra Pale Ale: My go to Pale Ale, the grapefruit, lemon and orange notes are strong enough to complement the hoppy finish on this guy, not overpower it. Perfect for hanging out in summer, lounging on the beach or just for any occasion. I'd love to see this come out in cans! My contender for "Oberon Killer". (available in bottle)

Harmony Brewing Co. - Fiddlestix IPA: To tie up my list, I have to go with the brewery right around the corner from my house. Fiddlestix is honestly one of my favorite IPAs I've had in quite some time, 7.0% ABV leads me to only have a few at a time, but I could drink it all day if I felt like being useless. Strong bitterness on the front leads to a grassy, floral hop finish.

HONORABLE MENTION
Harmony Brewing Co. - Grapefruit Moon: The word shandy can be a dirty word around here I know, but in summer, I love to smash growler's full of Harmony's Grapefuit/IPA Shandy. Made with hand squeezed grapefruit juice and the aformentioned Fiddlestix, I can't get enough of the stuff.

 

Four of my top five would probably be from Jester King, so I'll try to spread the love.

Jester King Atrial Rubicite
Jester King Boxer's Revenge
Real Ale Four Squared
Saint Arnold Endeavour
Freetail Yo Soy Ün Berliñer

I know I have barely scratched the surface of the TX offerings, because I live so far south.

 

Hmm, I did post in here before, but I'll just post again since I think my list is a bit different this time:

1.) Kuhnhenn DRIPA (this beer fresh on tap is surreal)
2.) Founder's Porter
3.) Short's Publican Porter (one of the best Porter's out there imo)
4.) Bell's Hopslam
5.) Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout (had an older one for the first time and loved it, very much so hoping to score KBS day tix this year!)

 

Massachusetts
In no particular order......

Ipswich- Oatmeal Stout
Jack's Abby- Kiwi Rising
Berkshire Brewing- Coffehouse Porter
Mayflower- Winter Oatmeal Stout
Slumbrew- Yankee Swap