Finally a good Top 10 Cities list

What really keeps me out of these discussions is that I have not been to most of these cities since becoming of legal drinking age. It amuses me how people will argue their favorite to death having never been to many of the others.

For all I know, Kalamazoo is the greatest beer city since beer and cities were a thing. Haven't been there. Can't comment.

What I can say: Portland is awesome, Bend is awesome, Seattle is awesome, Denver (area) is awesome, San Francisco is awesome.

Of those, Portland is probably my favorite based on quality of beer alone. I enjoy the overall vibe in Seattle much more though.

Edit: Also, how many of you have been to Madison? I like that place a lot, and I really don't like Wisconsin that much.

Edit 2: P.S. Steve Body is a douchebag.

 

Hwat, no Bamberg or Brussels?

 

Looks like the #1 and #2 cities are swapped. Must be a typo.

 

To paraphrase Longshanks of Braveheart fame, the problem with Philadelphia is that it is full of Philadelphians.

 

I have been to both so I will bash them. The best thing I can say is that both are within a block of GLBC.

 

This is the funniest thing I've read on BA in a while.

 

I love living in colorado. Five cities listed from my state? I'll take it all day long...

 

Agree. I'd say they should have just put "CO Front Range" as number one.

 

While this list isn't bad, you can tell that the writer is from Seattle and phoned in his research. The criteria listed B) Outstanding, nationally recognized breweries and then raked Seattle 3 listing off a bunch of breweries that are NOT nationally know (regionally at best) and then Pyramid and Redhook. I highly doubt many on this site will tout the virtues of Pyramid and Redhook?

And then when he describes Chicago he lists off Hopotheisis who has one beer that is contract brewed AND "the stunning" Local Option (a bar that colaboration brews and has some stuff brewed for them out of state). Then on top of that neglects to include Three Floyds with Chicago (which is closer than Boulder is to Denver). Let alone Two Brothers, Solemn Oath, 5 Rabbit, Spiteful, Begyle, etc.

So, yeah the list is ok but was written by a lazy homer.

 

Secession!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vermont_Republic

This is the key to solving the Vermont city/state argument going on here. The answer: Vermont can be its own COUNTRY again! Then we can charge all ya flatlanders a heavy tax for traveling in to buy all of our Heady Topper.

Step 3: Profit.

 

I thought Vermont was a Canadian province. You learn something new every day.

 

Canada, eh? Almost made it

 

Yeah, sure

 

Yes, sir?

Oh man, I could go on for days.

 

But then the east coast would lose their one good IPA. It'd be an import. Like Moosehead.

 

WHen I was in Portland I didn't seen BMC anywhere. Not in movie theaters, fancy Italian restaurants, Turkish restaurants etc. It was very impressive and nothing I've seen on the east coast is like that.

 

VT needs to be on it as well as Chicago should be...Boston? maybe in top 20 but not 10...
Boston= zero beer specials, not as many good bars as Chicago that always has great micro tabs...even at a hotel bar

 

BeerCity USA winner of the last 3 years is honorable mention with Sierra Nevada and New Belgium coming to town? lol...

 

Probably wishing you mentioned this in the thread title, huh? Lol. If it's a top ten cities based on breweries, then yeah, I get it. The Philly AREA has some amazing breweries (Weyerbacher, Troegs), but most of them are outside the city. There are some very good breweries in the city (Yards, PBC, Triumph, etc), but I'll be the first to admit they're not "world class".

And to all the people smack talking on Philly, we love it. We love it because we (in all likelihood) have way more access to way more crafts than you do, have an amazing beer scene, and your ill-informed trash-talk is probably based on nothing more than common stereotypes and stupidity. No one is "whining" about Philly...we're proud of our beer scene, and we should be. It's one of the best in the country (debate-ably the best, but that's a discussion for a different thread). In short, quit your bitching. Thanks.