Local beer that spoils you

The few months I live in nj I can't get enough Carton Boat and 077xx...when I'm in San Diego I live a few blocks away from ballast point...and Modern Times is definantly creeping up in my gotos..

 

Fat Bottom's Ruby Red. When I'm in my hometown of Little Rock, Ar, anything from Diamond Bear.

 

I live in Chicagoland ... what can I say? Solemn Oath, Pig Minds, Destihl all making great beers. And that's not even mentioning the usual suspects. I've got it good.

 

Fat Head's,and JABF are pretty much all I need. And when I can get Jackie O's, that's just the perfect trifecta.

 

Wow. I don't have one o' those. NY gets great distro (IMO), but I don't know of a NY beer that has everyone else in the country scrambling to get it. Other Half and SingleCut seem to be getting a lot of attention here, but neither is "spoiling" other beers for me. FWIW, most of the beers I enjoy most seem to come from out of state.

 

Westbrook gose!

 

When do you wanna do a trade for those?? Lol

 

Proclamation is nice to have around that is for sure

 

Ever since I was introduced to Other Half in March, it is what I have had most of the time. Unless something major pops up in my area or I get a true craving to hunt for Carton Boat or Odub, I just save for the next OH release.

With that said, I've been fortunate to take some trips the past 3 months to get some fantastic beers from MA, Maine and Vermont!

 

Where are you getting it? Is it only sold at the brewery?
I live on LI, but have never seen any of their products on the shelves of any store.

 

Not much

 

I am spoiled by quite a few. If i want a fresh IPA it doesn't get better than being able to get Alpine from the source, not that GF stuff. Also Enjoy By... by Stone is available fresh whenever its released. And for my stout fixing, its really hard to beat Speedway stout by Alesmith, or Modern Times' Stouts.

 

515 in Des Moines is making beer that will make some serious waves if/when they start bottling/canning. Serious next level pale ales. @515BrewingDave

 

I get my cans at the brewery. I consider them local since I'm about 20 miles from them. Easier to head there for cans than to drive an hour to Carton (which I wouldn't do in the summer).

Their beers have kept me mostly out of my local bottle shops. I'd much rather put my effort into getting out there for a release and spending my money on all their fantastic beers. I've never walked out of there with 2 cases. I usually get a
mixed case, a growler and enjoy a draft or two. More than enough to last me to the next release, which thankfully is getting shorter (2 weeks).

 

Now that Against the Grain has their production brewery opened, I can safely say that the Citra Ass Down in pint cans is certainly spoiling me. Fantastic IIPA that has been very consistent across batches since canning began. Only issue is that it sells out FAST, so I will grab it whenever I see it.

 

Other Half and Grimm

 

Fairhope take the causeway IPA. Champion of a beer. Claim it's only a IPA even though it drinks like a DIPA and comes in a 4 pack

 

Trillium is great but doesn't need to mentioned in ever thread on the forum. I'll go in a different direction: Ipswich Route 101. It's a very good IPA and for 12.99/12 pack of cans the value to taste ratio can't be beat. It's always in my fridge.

Also the Cambridge brewing company. While I'm not huge on their hoppy stuff everything else they do is amazing and really no one talk about it...yet.

 

Pseudosue is better.
Mine would be all TG. I can almost always get something from them. Pseudosue has become fairly easy to get and I'm loving it.

 

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