Favorite lesser seen style?

I wish more places did English style Real Ales (casks)

 

Pils don't get enough love IMO.

Edit: from craft, that is.

 

I would have said bitter but I have had a regional that knocked my socks off. Hmmmm I also could have said maibock but again a regional has a helles lager out now . . . I could say saison, (how come I had to buy a saison form utah?) but I won't. Instead I will say premium lager. Lets call that macro stuff premium lagers gone this way from that and bring it back please craft would you? And the classic american pilsner too and you might as well because both can use adjunct. I know that some folks feel that corn cheapens beer but not so much as corn syrup yes? and who doesn't like cheap lager beer?

 

Trapp Brewing Company makes some very good German style beers, including a dunkel, are they down in your area?
I am surprised that Ramstein does not brew a Munich Dunkel.

 

Bottling, not that I know of. However, I have had them on tap at a number of breweries in Denver.

 

Yes.

https://untappd.com/b/somerville-brewing-company-slumbrew-rising-sun/174086

 

Which one?

 

Middle Ages Beast Bitter . It's outstanding. Same brewer as the barleywine Druid Fluid.

 

Yeah, lucky enough to have that one twice. It was great.

 

After trying Weihenstephan's 1516 Kellerbier, I would really love to see move versions of this style on the shelf.

 

Sour IPA

 

It is indeed an awesome style. The reason why you don't see (hardly) any of them in the United States is the TTB made them illegal a few years ago.

@JackHorzempa @drtth

 

I heard that. That's why I was wondering if it was even possible. Is there a legal issue with imports being sold or is it just an issue of US brewers producing them?

 

That's why its discriminatory IMHO.

You can import them as "beer" without a problem. But you can't brew them here domestically. Very hypocritical.

 

English Barleywines. I wish there was an "Old Raputin equivalent" for a good, cheap and readily available English Barleywine in four-packs.

 

Yes. Local Option has: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16773/75680/

I'm pretty sure I see bottles of it every time I'm in NYC.

 

Kuhnhenn has a couple of esibocks I'd love to try. Any idea how they get away with it?

 

gruit

 

First off, there are some styles I'd like American brewers to brew, just so I can try the style (and get the tick): roggenbier, happoshu and English pale mild.

Then there styles I've only had on a few occasions from American brewers but they've left me intrigued. At the top of the list:

English Dark Mild (Dragoon in Tucson makes one and I love it, want to see more)
Biere de champagne (Enlightenment Ales was the first I'd tried, very nice)
Braggot (I've yet to have a good one, but holding out hope)

On top of that, I will say we need more rauchbiers, weizenbocks, hefe and dunkelweizens, and yes, great American saisons.

Also, more breweries need to do what Baladin has done and brew still English barleywines and age them in different spirit barrels. Those barleywines are in a league of their own with a few exceptions.

 

Oh yeah. Good thinking - thanks! Local Option beers tend to fall into the "one and done" category for me, but that one was easily my favorite beer from them.