Most Varied Brewery

I wish Victory would bottle more of the stuff they have on tap...especially all of those pilsners I keep hearing about.

 

Bells
Victory
Sierra Nevada
Russian River

 

Bells may have a lot of variety, but I personally think the quality (in terms of what I like, not their quality controls), it's just so-so. I'll repeat-buy Two Hearted, Smitten and Expedition, but that's it. I couldn't stand their Midwestern Pale Ale, for example.

This is a pretty homer answer too, but I think Boulevard could make a claim to be in the conversation. Average rating of 3.86 (0.01 higher than Bell's average beer rating) and the vast majority of their beers (pretty much everything except the tasting room and one-offs like Coffee Ale or Chocolate Ale) are available on a regular or seasonal basis:

Quad
BA Quad
Imperial Stout
BA Imperial Stout
IPA
Session IPA
Imperial IPA
Black IPA
Wheatwine
Tripel
Wild Ale
Dubbel
Pale Lager
Imperial Pils
"Imperial" BA Rye
Saison
Saison w/ brett
Wheat
"Hoppy" Wheat
Amber Ale
Oktoberfest
Maibock
Porter
Irish Red Ale
Pale Ale
Irish Dry Stout
Winter Warmer
Witbier

 

Cigar City

 

First brewery that came to mind was Weyerbacher but Bell's and Cigar City definitely take the cake.

 

That's where Sam Adams fails.

 

Hill Farmstead, even though Im not a fan of their operation. Every beer they put out is close to amazing, no matter the style. All the regular beers offered on draft, and the bottle releases.

 

Short's makes a ton of different beer.

 

I agree. In terms of styles brewed, they are the most varied and diverse.

Some of what they brew is fantastic, some middle of the road, and some garbage. In a way, this just adds to how varied the brewery is.

 

Perhaps Sam has done some mediocre and even lame stuff, but they have hit some really winners in my eyes. Their Holiday Porter covers the porter category fairly well in my eyes. Noble Pils knocks it out of the park in the Czech Pils category. Utopias is a much sought after, out of the box, strong beer. They have a solid flagship. Their Double Agent does right by hop heads, etc. Again, they have their fare share of misses, but I do think their bright spots are in a varied amount of categories.

 

RR are idd incredible with a lot of styles.
Their Belgians are on par with the best in Belgium.
Their Sours rival 3F & Cantillon.
Not to mention that their pale ales & IIPA’s are up there with the best.

Don't think that anyone beats Mikkeller in shear amounts of styles.

 

Agree with you on the noble pils and double agent. I'm in the minority of people who just can't stand Utopias though and I've never had the holiday porter.

 

I should have hated Utopias. It combines the two things I dislike most in beer, high abv and hype. Nevertheless, it was enjoyable. I mean, it's really beer flavored schnapps, but it's tasty.

I forgot to mention Sam's Cream Stout which is a solid brew.

 

Actually, if you count active beers, Sam Adams blows Mikkeller out of the water. Mikkeller has only 38 different styles while, as I'm counting SA's beers, they exceed 38 styles before I get halfway down the list. Now, if you're talking retired and active beers, Mikkeller might win but it's probably still very close.

 

From Zymurgy's 2013 'Best Portfolio':
1. The Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams) (40 beers)
2. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (38 beers)
3. Avery Brewing Company (35 beers)
4. Cigar City Brewing (30 beers)
5. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (29 beers)
6. Bell's Brewery (28 beers)
7. New Belgium Brewing (27 beers)
T8. Stone Brewing Co. (26 beers)
T8. Goose Island Beer Company (26 beers)
9. Boulevard Brewing Company (25 beers)
10. Deschutes Brewery (24 beers)
T11. Founders Brewing Company (23 beers)
T11. New Glarus Brewing Company (23 beers)
T11. The Bruery (23 beers)
T11. The Saint Louis Brewery (23 beers)
T15. Rogue Ales (21 beers)
T15. Lagunitas Brewing Company (21 beers)
T15. Odell Brewing Company (21 beers)
T15. Great Divide Brewing Company (21 beers)
T19. Firestone Walker Brewing Company (20 beers)
T19. Three Floyds Brewing Company (20 beers)
T19. Manayunk Brewing Company (19 beers)
22. Papago Brewing Company (19 beers)
T23. Great Lakes Brewing Company (18 beers)
T23. Southern Tier Brewing Company (18 beers)
T23. Victory Brewing Company (18 beers)
T23. Russian River Brewing Company (18 beers)

Here are some other lists they have for 2013: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/news/show?title=zymurgys-2013-best-beers-in-america&cid=7ASjFa4tsqH0VuPokWo0kA%3d%3d&redirect=http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/news/show?title=zymurgys-2013-best-beers-in-America

 

Beachwood BBQ and Brewing. It just gets more extensive every month. Usually 15-20 house brews and something new coming every week. If they bottled more frequently, which I believe is their goal, these guys will crush it.

Cheers......

 

Mikkeller
De Molen

 

Funny, you may have been joking, but take a look at how many styles Mr. Kimmich is actually world class in brewing, and that used to be served at the Pub before Irene.
http://beeradvocate.com/search?q=The Alchemist Pub & Brewery &qt=beer

 

Founders is great but they really need to stop coming up in this thread.... Have they ever brewed a lager?

 

Yeah, I was joking. I'm aware of what happened during Irene, and what he was up to prior to that.