Pick 2 States

Being from Ohio, I'd say Great Lakes is my favorite brewery. Living in Mass now, I can say Maine is a great beer state. But in my exploration, Michigan and California without question. Cali has a plethora of great breweries, Michigan has founders and bells, need I say more

 

VT and CA

 

CA and OR.

 

The State of Belgium & New Zealand!
Cheers
Mike

 

California is an obvious choice... but after that I'd struggle to pick between Colorado, Vermont, Florida and Belgium.

 

New Zealand is one of my favorite places on earth but it would never, ever find a spot on my beer radar. You must know something I don't know.

 

California for obvious reasons and New York with Brooklyn, Ommegang, & Southern Tier...... done.

 

CA and OR. Just missing the cut: CO

 

Colorado and California. Didn't even need to deliberate on this one.

 

California and Colorado would be my to states: Avert, Stone, Alpine, Alesmith, Odell, Oskar Blues, and Sierra Nevada, Firestone Walker, and Great Divide are just a few of the reasons why I'd pick these two states. Oregon and Washington would miss the cut.

 

California and Oregon. I would sorely miss some of my favorite local Washington beers, but to be completely honest I probably buy more beer from those other two states. I think I could be pretty content, and not feel like I was missing very much at all, drinking beers only from California, Oregon, and Washington—plus Belgium of course.

 

PA and CA.


PA is due to a bit of bias of course. CA because I want a good West Coast balance to my East Coast selection. I really enjoy the German influences in PA brewing, with companies like Troegs and Victory.

 

Rhode Island: Narragansett's year-round/seasonal brews are both diverse and satisfying.

Connecticut: I would be perfectly content with nothing but Gandhi-Bot, Imperial Stout Trooper, and Premeditated Murder (NEBCO, FTW).

 

Michigan and Colorado.

California makes great beer but it all seems a bit too hop-centric and beyond that it is rather large and populous for a state. It's much more reasonable to divide it into at least two regions, south/north.

I'd like to say Vermont but all I have is word of mouth to go by.

 

CA & MI first that came to mind...final answer.

 

You do not see much of NZ brews here is the USA, but they do grow some great hops there.
Some of the good stuff I've had and enjoyed from NZ have been from
Three Boys Brewery
Epic
8 Wired
Yeastie Boys
Renaissance
Garage Project Look at some the interesteing stuff they are making http://thegarargeproject.tumblr.com/
Parrotdog

Plus there is much much more, their craft beer scene is growing almost as fast as ours, at least proportional to the size, as here in the states
Cheers
Mike

 

vermont and cali for sure, cali has insane stuff all the time and after taking a trip to vermont yeah thats a no brainer, hill farmstead is so choice...worth the trip

 

Since California is roughly the same size as the entire East coast It gets the nod then Oregon for the homer in me (and Deshutes, Boneyard, Block 15 etc.etc.)