How would YOU rank these 16 breweries?

1. Sam Adams
2. Troegs
3. Bell's
4. Goose Island
5. Anchor
6. Lagunitas
7. Flying Dog
8. Founders
9. Sierra Nevada
10. DuClaw
11. Sprecher
12. Yuengling
13. Chimay
14. Sweetwater
15. Wychwood
Never had a beer from Nimbus.

 

Founders (Grand Rapids, MI)
Bell's (Kalamazoo, MI)
Goose Island (Chicago, IL)
Chimay (Belgium)
Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA)
Sam Adams (Boston, MA)
Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA)
Troegs (Hershey, PA)
Anchor (San Francisco, CA)
Nimbus (Tuscon, AZ)
DuClaw (Abingdon, MD)
Flying Dog (Frederick, MD)
Sweetwater (Atlanta, GA)
Yuengling (Pottsville, PA)
Wychwood - Hobgoblin (England)
Sprecher (Glendale, WI)

 

Sierra Nevada has to be the number one seed. There is so no way any of those other brewers provide the quality, quantity (spectrum of style) and consistency that they do.

sorry, not sorry.

 

With no southern tier here I have nothing to place in my number one spot

 

Since BCBS is my favorite beer of all time, I gotta give GI the #1 spot.

Closely followed by:
SN
Lagunitas
Founders
Bell's

then,

Sweetwater
Chimay
Troegs
Anchor

 

Goose-Brew my favorite beer (BCS)

Flying Dog- Brew my second favorite beer (GONZO)

Founders- They brew great beer n have given me some of the best times in my life at their taproom (Black Party)

Lagunitas- They have fun with what they do n it shows in their beer. (BA CAP STOUT) Good times at their taproom as well

Bells- Neat tap house n good beer. (Mmm Expo) Great porter

Sweetwater-Only had the wake n bake but it was grrreat. Sweet labels to boot

SierraN- Set a good standard for what beer should taste like. Also grow their own

Anchor- They do a good porter too n a mean whisky

Sprecher- makes good root beer, thats all I've had

Sam Adams-Utopias

Chimay-i don't like banana bubble gum, champagney beers

I haven't had Troegs, Nimbus, Duclaw, Yuengling, n Wychwood.

 

Um...You are thinking of Terrapin

 

Three Floyds, Russian River, Moylans, Alpine, Stone, Firestone Walker, Odell, Great Divide, Ithaca, Green Flash, and Deschutes easily replaces the bottom 11 for me.

 

1. Founders (Grand Rapids, MI)
2. Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA)
3. Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA)
4. Troegs (Hershey, PA)
5. Flying Dog (Frederick, MD)
6. Bell's (Kalamazoo, MI)
7. Sweetwater (Atlanta, GA)
8. Sam Adams (Boston, MA)
9. Chimay (Belgium)
10. Goose Island (Chicago, IL)
11. Anchor (San Francisco, CA)
12. DuClaw (Abingdon, MD)
13. Sprecher (Glendale, WI)
14. Nimbus (Tuscon, AZ)
15. Wychwood - Hobgoblin (England)
16. Yuengling (Pottsville, PA)

 

3 Florida schools in the real sweet 16, and you fail to list Cigar City Brewery?

 

Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA)
Founders (Grand Rapids, MI)
Troegs (Hershey, PA)
Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA)
Bell's (Kalamazoo, MI)
Sam Adams (Boston, MA)
Anchor (San Francisco, CA)
Sweetwater (Atlanta, GA)
Chimay (Belgium)
Yuengling (Pottsville, PA)
Flying Dog (Frederick, MD)
Goose Island (Chicago, IL)

N/A (haven't tried)
Wychwood - Hobgoblin (England)
Nimbus (Tuscon, AZ)
DuClaw (Abingdon, MD)
Sprecher (Glendale, WI)

 

1 Bell's (Kalamazoo, MI)
2 Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA)
3 Founders (Grand Rapids, MI)
4 Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA)
5 Goose Island (Chicago, IL)
6 Troegs (Hershey, PA)
7 Sam Adams (Boston, MA)
8 Flying Dog (Frederick, MD)
9 Chimay (Belgium)
10 Anchor (San Francisco, CA)
11 Yuengling (Pottsville, PA)
12 Wychwood - Hobgoblin (England)

Never Had:

Nimbus (Tuscon, AZ)
DuClaw (Abingdon, MD)
Sprecher (Glendale, WI)
Sweetwater (Atlanta, GA)

 

I'd wanna know how NEBCO suffered such an upset

 

If these breweries were actual teams in the Sweet 16, here's how I would seed them-

1. Founders (Louisville) - Overall #1 seed. Exciting to watch and no reason to think they're slowing anytime soon.
1. Sierra (Kansas)- Been doing this a long time. Easily a 1 seed.
1. Bells: (Indiana) - Going strong, but probably not as strong as the other 1 seeds.
2. Goose Island (Miami) - Program went through some issues (sold to AB vs. NCAA Sanctions), still looking good.
2. Flying Dog (Ohio St.) - Doesn't always look pretty, but they get it done.
2. Lagunitas (Duke) - I'm not going to lie, I've never been a fan of these guys. That said, they always put out good product and have a lot of fans.
3. Troegs (Marquette) -Fun to drink (watch), but I don't see them as much as I'd like.
3. Anchor (Michigan St.) -Always in the conversation for best beer (team).
3. Sweetwater (Florida) - From the south and put on a great show.
4. Chimay (Syracuse) - A long history of great beer (basketball). Could be sneaky title contenders.
4. Sam Adams (Michigan) - Thought they were way overseeded, but they're still around.
6. Yuengling (Arizona) - Everyone's kind of wondering why they're still here.
9. Wychwood (Wichita State) - Somehow knocked off an overseeded Stone (Gonzaga) in the last round.
12. Sprecher (Oregon) - Sneaky (I actually have nothing to connect these two, but I didn't want to put Sprecher any higher than this and I wanted to say "sneaky").
13. Du Claw (La Salle) - I'm admittedly stretching my analogies at this point. Um....they both have two words in their name?
15. Nimbus (Florida Gulf Coast) - I had never heard of them before this thread (before the tournament).

P.S. Don't ask how long this took.

 

Founders (Grand Rapids, MI)
Bell's (Kalamazoo, MI)
Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA)
Sweetwater (Atlanta, GA)
Goose Island (Chicago, IL)
Flying Dog (Frederick, MD)
Troegs (Hershey, PA)
Sam Adams (Boston, MA)
Chimay (Belgium)
Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA)
Anchor (San Francisco, CA)
Nimbus (Tuscon, AZ)
DuClaw (Abingdon, MD)
Sprecher (Glendale, WI)
Yuengling (Pottsville, PA)
Wychwood - Hobgoblin (England)

 

1. Founders (Grand Rapids, MI)
2. Bell's (Kalamazoo, MI)
3. Goose Island (Chicago, IL)
4. Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA)
5. Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA)
6. Chimay (Belgium)
7. Anchor (San Francisco, CA)
8. Sam Adams (Boston, MA)
9. Flying Dog (Frederick, MD)
9. Troegs (Hershey, PA)
9. Wychwood - Hobgoblin (England)
9. Nimbus (Tuscon, AZ)
9. Yuengling (Pottsville, PA)
9. DuClaw (Abingdon, MD)
9. Sprecher (Glendale, WI)
9. Sweetwater (Atlanta, GA)

Founders is always #1 for me. Haven't had any beers from Flying Dog on down.

 

I'm taking my ball and going home too!

 

That was fun to read thanks, kudos

 

1. Nimbus(Drink Local)
2. Lagunitas, best Value... price, quality
Then the rest are close and great breweries, I suppose Bell's, Founders, Flying Dog are up there.