How would YOU rank these 16 breweries?

Of what I've had:

Founders (Grand Rapids, MI) - Great beers, haven't had anything bad by them, one offs are amazing
Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA) - great quality for the price, Sucks is really great, great attitiude
Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA) - a staple in craft beer
Bell's (Kalamazoo, MI) - love their stouts, but find Two Hearted to be overrated
Troegs (Hershey, PA) - Nugget Nectar alone makes this a star
Chimay (Belgium) - Craft beer before craft beer (and big market beer existed)
Goose Island (Chicago, IL) - One offs and Belgians are good, but staples are so so
Flying Dog (Frederick, MD)
Wychwood - Hobgoblin (England)
Sweetwater (Atlanta, GA) - Really like their IPA, but haven't had much else from them.
Anchor (San Francisco, CA)
Sam Adams (Boston, MA) - nice entry beers to craft beer
Yuengling (Pottsville, PA) - ehhh

 

Sorry to all the Goose Island fans out there, but I have to put them at 16 because they are owned by AB-Inbev, otherwise they would be in the top 5.

 

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

Keep in mind this is just my personal opinion (so no one get butthurt) and I had to remove the breweries I have never tried before. Fun topic!

 

We should setup a brewery bracket but 32 breweries

 

Sprecher made it past all those others....

I give up.

 

i believe i have. didn't they make the broom Harry Potter rode?

 

1. Troegs
2. Bell's
3. Goose Island
4. Lagunitas
5. Founders
6. Chimay
7. Sweetwater
8. Sierra Nevada
9. DuClaw
10. Sam Adams
11. Anchor
12. Wychwood
13. Flying Dog
14. Yuengling

Never had:

Nimbus
Sprecher

 

1 Lagunitas
2 Sierra Nevada
3 Sam Adams
4 Chimay
5 Troegs
6 Flying Dog
7 Bell's
8 Wychwood
9 Yuengling

Haven't had the rest

 

Lagunitas, Bells, Founders in any order with GI in 4th.

Decent bracket, its all subjective. But gotta give love for the other gems too. Even the small guys like Kern, Alpine, Cascade, etc.

 

Oops, well just throw Sweetwater at the bottom too then with the ones I've never had.

 

#1 Sierra Nevada #2 Founders #3 Lagunitas #4 Bell's #5 Goose Island #6 Troegs #7 Sweetwater #8 Anchor