Five best breweries in your region

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  1. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    Using the regions as defined by BA (Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, etc.), and based on whatever criteria you choose to define "best," name the five best breweries in your region. For non-U.S. BAs, name the five best breweries in your country. Go!

    Here's my list for the Northwest (in no order, and based partially on the fact that I haven't had much of or anything (often draft only) from a number of other highly regarded Oregon and Alaska breweries):

    Anchorage
    Fremont
    de Garde
    Logsdon
    Boneyard
     
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  2. ConradKenney

    ConradKenney Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Maryland

    1. Union Craft
    2. DC Brau
    3. Carton
    4. Weyerbacher
    5. Dogfish

    Honorable mention to Brewer's Art. There are a few I need to get ahold of - Other Half & Neshaminy. Getting some OH in a trade very soon, and going to Neshaminy later this summer.

    As with a bunch of other "top beers in your area" threads, I'm not including Stillwater, as those beers are brewed all over the place. Love them all though!
     
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  3. BeerNDoggerel

    BeerNDoggerel Initiate (0) Mar 13, 2011 Illinois

    3Floyds
    New Glarus
    Pipeworks
    Revolution
    Two Brothers

    That's keeping the radius shorter than the "region" you defined--if I have to sort out all of Wisconsin and Michigan, getting down to five will give me a migraine.
     
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  4. WillieThreebiers

    WillieThreebiers Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,203) Apr 26, 2012 Connecticut
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    OEC
    New England
    Plan Bee
    Kent Falls
    Peekskill
     
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  5. surfcaster

    surfcaster Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 North Carolina
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    Wicked Weed
    NoDa
    Foothills
    Olde Hickory
    Olde Mecklenburg--no one in the USA brews German Marzens like these guys do.
     
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  6. Chcshammonde

    Chcshammonde Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2014 California

    This is really tough.

    1. Stone. (Entire portfolio strength)
    2. Alesmith
    3. Firestone Walker
    4. Sierra Nevada
    5. North Coast

    Any of the above could be #1, we are spoiled here in CA! Have to shout out Honorable Mentions though: Knee Deep, Lagunitas, Russian River (yeah, yeah. Pliny is awesome, yada yada.), FiftyFifty, Port Brewing
     
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  7. chrisjws

    chrisjws Grand Pooh-Bah (3,302) Dec 3, 2014 California
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    This is like asking a parent to choose their favorite child

    Pacific (California/Hawaii)

    Russian River
    The Bruery
    Firestone Walker
    Lagunitas
    Stone

    Just missed the cut: Lost Abbey, Alpine, Alesmith, Sante Adairius, Sierra Nevada
     
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  8. Monkeyknife

    Monkeyknife Grand Pooh-Bah (5,873) Jan 8, 2007 Missouri
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Toppling Goliath
    Side Project
    Surly
    Perennial
    4 Hands
     
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  9. yemenmocha

    yemenmocha Grand Pooh-Bah (4,116) Jun 18, 2002 Arizona
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  10. PVMT

    PVMT Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2014 New York

    Other Half
    SingleCut
    Sixpoint
    Barrier
    Evil Twin
     
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  11. Toddwildcat

    Toddwildcat Aspirant (245) May 21, 2014 New Hampshire

    Hill - Farmstead
    The Alchemist
    Lawson's
    Maine Beer Company
    Trillium
    *Honorable Mention:
    Jacks's Abby
    New England Brewing Company
    Tree House
    Stoneface
     
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  12. TreeBear

    TreeBear Initiate (0) May 29, 2014 Oregon

    Northwest. In no particular order

    Fremont
    De garde
    Ale apothecary
    Boneyard
    Block 15
     
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  13. Boverhof3

    Boverhof3 Initiate (0) Dec 25, 2006 Michigan

    Great Lake Region:

    Founders
    Bell's
    Shorts
    Great Lakes
    Oddside
     
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  14. analcest

    analcest Initiate (0) Jan 6, 2015 Texas

    Real Ale Brewing Company
    Community Beer Company
    Middleton Brewing
    Hops and Grain Brewing
    Jester King
     
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  15. floridadrift

    floridadrift Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2014 Florida

    Cigar City
    Cycle
    Angry Chair
    Three Palms
    Green Bench
     
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  16. DerekCarruth

    DerekCarruth Savant (1,086) Aug 17, 2012 Georgia

    Creature Comforts
    Sweetwater
    Orpheus
    Terrapin
    Burnt Hickory
     
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  17. semibaked

    semibaked Pooh-Bah (1,897) Mar 27, 2007 Minnesota
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    US South, in no particular order:

    Straight to Ale
    Yazoo
    Abita
    Cool Springs
    Fat Bottom
     
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  18. rab53

    rab53 Initiate (0) May 1, 2005 Washington
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    Fremont
    Boneyard
    Logsdon
    Deschutes
    Anchorage
     
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  19. CityofWind_brew

    CityofWind_brew Maven (1,338) Jan 15, 2014 Illinois
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    Pipeworks
    TG
    Surly
    FFF
    Half Acre
     
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  20. PGD120

    PGD120 Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 New Jersey

    Mid-atlantic, this is tough and my honorable mentions are pretty much just as good as the 5, but i tried to limit it

    In no particular order...

    - Kane
    - Other Half
    - Weyerbacher
    - Carton
    - DC Brau

    Honorable mention: Dogfish head, Sixpoint, Tired Hands, Ommegang, evil twin, brooklyn
     
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