Breweries you'll buy anything from

Founders for sure. I don't think they've ever made a bad beer. I even liked that hoppy barleywine that everyone hated and got another to cellar!

Dope

 

Out of breweries I can actually get nearby (though some are hard to come by), that I will buy literally every time I see a new release (even if it's not right away): Sierra Nevada, Jack's Abby, Founder's, Almanac (sours only), Cantillon, Fantome, The Bruery, Cigar City, Other Half, Finback, Hill Farmstead, Maine Brewing Co., Threes, Transmitter, Westbrook.

 

Price may give me pause...if it's a 30 dollar bottle I will definitely do some research before. But there are tons of breweries who I trust enough where I'm not worried about what I'm buying. I know there will be a few I don't love but the ones I do love will heavily outweigh those I don't:

Hill Farmstead
Lawson's
Alchemist
Cantillon
deGarde
Tired Hands
Grimm
Hair of the Dog (non carbonated bottles notwithstanding)
Tree House
Nebco
OEC
Russian River

Off the top of my head, sure there are others.

 

the only two where i really try new beer without looking into it at all because i know it will be good are boulevard and jolly pumpkin

 

Stone, Samuel Smith, and the Smokestack Series by Boulevard are instant. Any special beer by Flat 12 must go in my mouth. Anchorage too; expensive but always a thriller.

 

New Belgium, Sixpoint, Ballast Point, Surly

 

Jester King
The Bruery
Dogfish Head (At one point I would have put them at the top of my list, but their creativity doesn't seem to be what it once was.)

 

Firestone Walker is consistently good. I don't know if I would buy anything from The Bruery just because their bottles are lofty, but I always get a flight of things I haven't had when I'm at their tasting room. Sierra Nevada I'll usually try anything they put out and love getting flights of new things at their Torpedo Room. Same with Lagunitas. I really enjoy Oskar Blues too. And usually make the rounds for any of my local micro or nanobreweries; Bike Dog, Track 7, Device, Knee Deep…

 

I will buy anything Russian River or any Firestone Walker limited release. I have yet to have a bad beer from either brewery. Heck, Consecration and Parabola blow me away every time I pop that cork.

Honorable mentions. Pizza Port, Fat Heads and Cigar City.

 

Tree House and TG

 

for me it's Great Lakes, River Horse, Sierra Nevada, and Stone. if i lived in California I don't think i could stop visiting Stone and Sierra Nevada to drink on draft and/or fill a growler.

 

I would never guarantee buying anything a brewery makes - even my very favorite brewers make some beers that I'm not at all interested in.

 

Founders.... Clown Shoes, Fullers

 

odells
half acre
pipeworks

 

Unibroue
Ommegang
Alchemist
St Bernardus

 

Hill Farmstead
Alchemist
Fiddlehead
Singlecut
Tree House

 

Add New Glarus to that list and you pretty much have the northern plains locked down.

 

Founders, Blvd, Maine Beer Co., Trillium, Lagunitas, Stone, Sierra Nevada, Stoneface

 

iv never bought everything from a brewer but it will be tested saturday when jwb realeases a bourbon barrel aged vermont maple syrup.