Best Year Round Line-up brewer

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  1. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Only caviats are
    1) 4+ beers by a brewer sold in year around format...seasonals don't count.
    2) Must be distributed and at least on a full state or on a regional level.

    Who makes the best overall year around lineup? American or Foreign..Doesn't matter to me.

    If I had the time I'd do the research and analysis on BA but I'll just take guess and opinions (unless someone has free time and wants to crunch the weighted reviews/rankings on BA)
     
    #1 bubseymour, May 9, 2014
  2. mudbug

    mudbug Pooh-Bah (1,762) Mar 27, 2009 Oregon
    Pooh-Bah

    Change the "state" requirement to regional. Too many tiny eastern states.
     
    #2 mudbug, May 9, 2014
  3. tdmccarthy

    tdmccarthy Initiate (0) May 6, 2010 Illinois

    Founders. Porter, Centennial, Dirty Bastard and All Day IPA.
     
    #3 tdmccarthy, May 9, 2014
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  4. utopiajane

    utopiajane Grand Pooh-Bah (3,982) Jun 11, 2013 New York
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    My locals/regionals have that covered. Ithaca Beer is local. For variety I have regionals like southern tier, ommegang, sixpoint, captain lawrence, and brooklyn. I got beer all year!
     
    #4 utopiajane, May 9, 2014
  5. smogfood

    smogfood Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2010 Wisconsin

    Yup. Except I'd say Pale Ale instead of All Day (I'm not a session IPA fan).
     
    #5 smogfood, May 9, 2014
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  6. moshea

    moshea Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2007 Michigan

    Even if you did the analysis, you are just analyzing opinions.

    That being said, Founders FTW
     
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  7. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    For me, it's Tallgrass Brewing Co:
    • Ethos (IPA)
    • Buffalo Sweat (Oatmeal Stout)
    • 8 Bit (Pale Ale)
    • Pub Ale (English Mild)
    • Runner up: Velvet Rooster (Belgian Tripel)
     
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  8. jayrutgers

    jayrutgers Zealot (723) Oct 29, 2011 New Jersey

    Love Founders, also quite partial to Dogfish Head's variety in their year round list:

    60 Minute
    90 Minute
    Sixty-One
    Namaste
    Burton Baton
    Indian Brown Ale
    Midas Touch
    Tweasonale
    Palo Santo Marron

    A lot of variety in there and 60,90, Palo Santo, IBA, and Namaste are all tasty brews.
     
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  9. HeislerGold

    HeislerGold Zealot (577) Oct 19, 2013 Michigan

    Bells, Great Lakes Brewing, and Deschutes all have a good variety of year-round beers. Although, I wish Deschutes was still bottling Bachelor ESB.
     
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  10. THANAT0PSIS

    THANAT0PSIS Pooh-Bah (2,275) Aug 3, 2010 Wisconsin
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    Great Lakes for me. Great lagers in Dortmunder Gold and Edmund Fitzgerald, solid pale and IPA in Burning River and Commodore Perry (respectively), and the best porter in the country that isn't Everett in Eddy Fitz.

    I will say that Deschutes and Sierra Nevada are up there, and a case for Victory could be made, too.
     
    #10 THANAT0PSIS, May 9, 2014
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  11. Shroud0fdoom

    Shroud0fdoom Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2013 Maryland

    Toss up from Unibroue and Victory.
     
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  12. Fender616

    Fender616 Initiate (0) Sep 17, 2013 Georgia

    Founders is tough to beat. I'd also throw Green Flash (Le Freak. All the time.) and Lagunitas into the ring.
     
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  13. patto1ro

    patto1ro Pooh-Bah (2,084) Apr 26, 2004 Netherlands
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    Harvey's.
     
    #13 patto1ro, May 9, 2014
  14. dennis3951

    dennis3951 Initiate (0) Mar 6, 2008 New Jersey

    Sierra Nevada
    Brooklyn
    Great Lakes
    Anchor
     
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  15. Rollzroyce21

    Rollzroyce21 Pooh-Bah (2,211) Oct 24, 2009 California
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    Alpine
     
    #15 Rollzroyce21, May 9, 2014
  16. Rollzroyce21

    Rollzroyce21 Pooh-Bah (2,211) Oct 24, 2009 California
    Pooh-Bah

    nvm, can't think of 4 year-round beers they have that's worthy
     
    #16 Rollzroyce21, May 9, 2014
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  17. ndepriest

    ndepriest Zealot (714) Feb 21, 2012 Georgia
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    Three Floyds is one of the few breweries I can think of whose year-round beers outshine their special releases.

    Zombie Dust
    Gumballhead
    Dreadnaught
    Alpha King
     
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  18. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    Boulevard is also a contender with these four:
    • 80 Acre
    • KC Pils
    • Bully Porter
    • Pop Up IPA
    Beyond that, their full lineup spans almost every style imaginable and they are all done very, very well.

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  19. MLeicht

    MLeicht Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2012 New Jersey

    Stone.

    Stone Ipa
    Stone Go to IPA
    Stone Levitation
    Stone SSR
    Stone Smoked Porter
    Stone Arrogant Bastard
     
    #19 MLeicht, May 9, 2014
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  20. jcos

    jcos Pundit (802) Nov 23, 2009 Maryland

    Great Lakes if I could only have one, with variety of lager and ale choices.

    Dogfish would be second probably.
     
    #20 jcos, May 9, 2014
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