My wife will be in Manchester NH all week. I would like to have her pick me up some Beers form the area that we would normally have a difficult time getting a hold of in Michigan. What would you guys suggest I have her look for. I love IPAs, but I like just about everything.
Stoneface - Solid lineup top to bottom. Their hoppy beers are very good and their RIS is fantastic (not sure it's available now). From The Barrel - They make some nice hoppy beers. Banded Horn (ME) - Daijaiku is my favorite DIPA right this minute. Jolly Woodsman is a very good coffee stout. Kelsen - Makes some nice darker beers. Vinnata is out right now, very good RIS. Number one beer in NH according to BA. Garrison City - Makes some very good hoppy beers. They package in crowlers, 32 ounce cans. White Birch - they're hit or miss but if you like Berliners, I really enjoy their Berliner Weisse.
+1 for Stoneface & Kelsen. Both great shops. Deciduous is bottling & distributing. Maple fig porter ftw. ...and, because someone is BOUND to say it...Manchester is 30 minutes from the MA border. Since Trillium distributes nowadays, a short drive could snag her (you) a world class beer. That said, anyone who says "Vermont" or "Tree House" hates your wife.
I started writing that your wife should drive to Decidous but realized it's kind of far (40 minutes or so) but RedEcho is right. I forgot they started to distro and agree that their maple fig porter is very tasty. I preferred it to the coconut tayberry variant.
