Sierra Nevada Celebration January through October, but I probably wouldn't like it so much if I could get it all year. I was legit sad when I could not find it anymore this year, but I did find one hiding in my beer fridge so I could say goodbye.....some might say I have a problem.
Great Lakes Brewery in Cleveland, my favorite brewery, used to put out some solid pilsners (Turntable Pils and the Wright Pils) that I loved. Pilsners must not sell very well in the market
I'd settle for Dortmunder Gold and Edmund Fitzgerald if they showed up near me. Around here (Long Island) we mostly see their non-traditional efforts.
OG Flower Power Victory Headwaters Victory Hop Wallop Sierra Nevada Stout Sierra Nevada Dankful Troegs Hopback Amber
Dogfish used to have a lot of interesting beers. I visited last year and was disappointed. I ended up with 120min and WW stout, but nothing else.
I'm surprised. Was this at the pub in Rehoboth or the brewery in Milton? (I'm assuming this was likely at the brewery in Milton).
I used to frequent Taps in a past life and miss a number of their beers. The Irish Red was quite good, along with Thomas Jefferson, their Roggenbier, Remy, and Cali Gold. Sad to hear that they were no more as of a couple years ago, but they turned out a couple really good brewers in Victor and Evan.
Right there with ya- I miss Lucky 13 and Hairy Eyeball as well. Super Cluster was solid too. In fact, so many great Lagunitas beers years ago (Olde Gnarlywine, Cappuccino Stout, Sucks, Undercover Investigation Shutdown, the list goes on..) And bombers often under $4!
Your post is making me wax nostalgic this evening. Back in the early 90s, whenever the GF and I were up in Sonoma (usually for some wine related reason), we'd stop at this Safeway just as we were coming into Santa Rosa on hiway 12. For some reason this particular safeway always had an interesting selection of Lagunitas bombers, and invariably I'd be able to grab something I hadn't seen before (was living in Sacto at the time). Loved all the weird names (pretty sure they also made an eye of the hairball, in addition to the regular hairy eyeball), as well as some of the hilarious prose on the label (most of which had to have been created after at least a couple of joints/doobies.). Frankly, I can't ever recall drinking something that I didn't enjoy. In those days, if Lagunitas made it, excellence was a certainty.
Victory Hop Ranch IPA. It was probably half Mosaic, half Azacca hops but I wonder if the 9% ABV scared people away. It didn't taste like 9%.
Pretty Things closed pretty early in my craft beer drinking career, but I still long for Jack D'or, Barbapapa, Baby Tree and Our Finest Regards. When I was over in the UK back in 2020 my buddy brought me some St. Mars beers, which is their new brewery in England, and it was just as good as Pretty Things. I miss Springdale too. The first batch of Maple Barrel Brigadeiro was insane, I bought the max bottles (2) when they released it, and I was first in line for them. Their sours were of course delicious too, they definitely had a house culture flavor that permeated all of the beers, but I liked it. Never really loved the IPAs though.
One we miss from Pretty Things is Grampus. It's listed here as an American Strong Ale. We tried it at a tasting Dann and Marth put on and we bought every bottle they'd let us take - quite a few as nobody was buying it. Dann told us it was never bring made again - the grain bill alone was insane, but we got the feeling that he loved it. I've got a couple bottles of Babayaga and Baby Tree, and I think one more Jack D'Or. The Jack has fallen off some.
Lucky 13 is in a mix pack at my local Safeway (SF Bat Area), along with Maximus and Beast from the East. Funny thing is I don’t see it on their website.
I really miss Anchor Liberty Ale. Before the current hop wars, it was a refeshing clean expression of hop bitterness that didn't cudgle you.
