Are your beer preferences based on your location?

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by Quantum_Dong, Apr 29, 2013.

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  1. Quantum_Dong

    Quantum_Dong Initiate (0) Apr 18, 2013 Wisconsin

    Being from Wisconsin, I have a slight bias towards New Glarus, Ale Asylum, Surly, etc. I'm just curious if y'all tend to favor beer from locations close to where you reside? Please provide examples.
     
    #1 Quantum_Dong, Apr 29, 2013
  2. yemenmocha

    yemenmocha Grand Pooh-Bah (4,116) Jun 18, 2002 Arizona
    Pooh-Bah

    Yes, I'm in Arizona. I vastly prefer beers from nearby states as well as Germany & Belgium. Love my bottle retailers here and beer bars.
     
    #2 yemenmocha, Apr 29, 2013
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  3. CMUbrew

    CMUbrew Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 Michigan

    I definitely prefer to buy beers from Michigan - Founders, Bell's, and Short's and from nearby breweries like Great Lakes.
     
    #3 CMUbrew, Apr 29, 2013
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  4. Quantum_Dong

    Quantum_Dong Initiate (0) Apr 18, 2013 Wisconsin

    ok, Germany, Belgium and Arizona are crap examples. I need examples strictly from Wisconsin.
     
    #4 Quantum_Dong, Apr 29, 2013
  5. Quantum_Dong

    Quantum_Dong Initiate (0) Apr 18, 2013 Wisconsin

    I'm just saying that when I'm buying beer, I am biased toward beer that is produced in the midwest. For example, I'll buy Surly Cynic before I'll buy any other saison just because it's made in the area. I'm just curious as to the degree at which other BA's are biased.
     
    #5 Quantum_Dong, Apr 29, 2013
  6. yemenmocha

    yemenmocha Grand Pooh-Bah (4,116) Jun 18, 2002 Arizona
    Pooh-Bah

    Please help me understand. And why just Wisconsin? Don't remember reading that request. :confused:
     
    #6 yemenmocha, Apr 29, 2013
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  7. Quantum_Dong

    Quantum_Dong Initiate (0) Apr 18, 2013 Wisconsin

    I was just being a douche. Trying to be funny and it didn't work...:astonished:
     
    #7 Quantum_Dong, Apr 29, 2013
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  8. CasanovaCummins

    CasanovaCummins Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2012 Nevada

    Having had a few beers made in Nevada ie. Big Dogs & Tenaya Creek. I can attest to the fact that I'll try a beer from anywhere else before turning to a local. Surprisingly, Utah kicks Nevada's ass when it comes to making brews. And it goes without saying California does!

    So I have one vote AGAINST favoring local.
     
    #8 CasanovaCummins, Apr 29, 2013
  9. Jacobier10

    Jacobier10 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,102) Feb 23, 2004 New Jersey
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    I definitely favor beers from the Northeast or New England. Nothing about the beers from there are necessarily better than beer from other locations, I just enjoy supporting local businesses so I try to drink local whenever possible. If I go to a bar and see an NJ beer like Flying Fish, Carton, Kane, NJ Beer Co., Ramstein, I will usually order at least one.
     
    #9 Jacobier10, Apr 29, 2013
  10. GuzzLah

    GuzzLah Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2013 Illinois

    No, not at all.
     
    #10 GuzzLah, Apr 29, 2013
  11. WassailWilly

    WassailWilly Initiate (0) Sep 8, 2007 New York

    I buy Ommegang and Southern Tier along with Ithaca and 3HB.
    However I buy a shit ton of Sierra Nevada also.
    Would buy more from MBC if they keep sending it here !!!
     
    #11 WassailWilly, Apr 29, 2013
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  12. BobaFret

    BobaFret Initiate (0) Apr 8, 2013 Pennsylvania

    I favored "local" beers for awhile; that is, anything from PA or DE. Thankfully with quality breweries like Troegs, Yards, Weyerbacher, and Dogfish Head I didn't have to force myself to support them.

    However, there's way too many great beers for me to stick to regional breweries.
     
    #12 BobaFret, Apr 29, 2013
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  13. loafinaround

    loafinaround Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2011 New York

    don't drink too many ny beers actually... well, except for resin and 3 bean (me likey 6 points!) Oh, and choklat / creme brulee.

    Compare that to what I gurgle down from chicago and CA, and it seems quite modest!
     
    #13 loafinaround, Apr 29, 2013
  14. loafinaround

    loafinaround Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2011 New York

    OK, I'm ignorant on the Utah front... which breweries are your favorites?
     
    #14 loafinaround, Apr 29, 2013
  15. brewtaster

    brewtaster Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2008 Indiana

    My answer to the question in this forum is NO
     
    #15 brewtaster, Apr 29, 2013
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  16. RaulMondesi

    RaulMondesi Grand Pooh-Bah (5,343) Dec 11, 2006 California
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    I wouldn't know. The Midwest and East Coast don't send anything good out here.
     
    #16 RaulMondesi, Apr 29, 2013
  17. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    Squatter's makes some good beers. Get their Hop Rising DIPA if you ever see it.

    https://www.squatters.com/
     
    #17 BottleCaps80, Apr 29, 2013
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  18. SSEngelbrecht

    SSEngelbrecht Initiate (0) Jan 25, 2010 Louisiana

    I buy local craft beer to support the breweries, and because I like them. They have some solid offerings, but the beers I love all come from other places.
     
    #18 SSEngelbrecht, Apr 29, 2013
  19. kingofhop

    kingofhop Initiate (0) May 9, 2010 Oklahoma
    In Memoriam

    Sometimes the homies make good beer, sometimes they don't.
     
    #19 kingofhop, Apr 29, 2013
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  20. litheum94

    litheum94 Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2008 California

    I think most people do. I think that the easy availability of local beers is what leads to this, in part.
     
    #20 litheum94, Apr 29, 2013
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