Under appreciated/under produced beer styles

I'd love to see American breweries tackle, and get right, Hefes and Dunkelweizens. Sierra Nevada did right with the Kellerweis, I'd love to see them mass market a dunkel based off that recipe.

 

I would say Stillwater (absolutely love Premium, Table Beer, and Brian's BA stuff), but Funkwerks hasn't wowed me with anything as of yet. I didn't have an exhaustive list, just mentioning some of my favorites. On the funky side, of course Jolly Pumpkin gets a big mention as well. And, as Eric mentions below, I was reckless in leaving out Logsdon, one of the best. I'm also a huge Oxbow fan.

Yes, absolutely Logsdon. Thank you.

 

gose.

 

India Brown Ale

 

Mild and other session beers.

 

prob IPA, Double IPA, imperial stout....

ok seriously though - +1 on milds/sessions and German style beers.

 

The other day I saw Brooklyn irish Dry Stout for sale and I was going to pounce on it but I ultimately passed.

 

Munich Helles
Maibock
Zwickl
Mild
Munich Dunkel

more top quality versions on draught, please!

 

Don't let them get you too excited. Most of those breweries either don't distribute or have very limited distribution, Stillwater being the exception.

I'd say I wanted more Biere de Garde, but I've never had a domestic BdG that was any good. I'd really like to see a good biere de mars, too. With saisons finally gaining well deserved popularity amongst drinkers and brewers alike, hopefully more breweries will realize they have yet to explore the malty side of farmhouse ales.

 

Berliner Weiss

 

Doppelbocks

 

As has been mentioned, I'd like to try and become familiar with more of the German styles.

I'd also like to try a wider array of lagers. I know Jacks Abby, and perhaps a few others, specialize in lager varieties. I'd like to try more of it. As with many craft drinkers, I'm an ale drinker 99% of the time. But I'm still confident that lagers can be just as exciting, there just aren't that many exciting ones out there. So, while perhaps they're not very traditional styles, I'd like to see more breweries experiment with beers like India Pale Lagers, smoked lagers, black lagers, etc.

 

ESB

 

Maybe not under-produced but I wish there were more saisons, or at least more saisons available in my area.

Generally it seems German styles are under-produced. Sure, there are lots of hefes and pilsners but fewer dunkelweizens, alts, bocks, etc. out there.

 

Move to Madison WI. Every brewery seems to make a Maibock here.

 

Capital Brewery in Madison WI. That is all.

 

Black IPA's and Rye Beers, but I think these are catching on more.

 

Send me some in PA.

 

Kolsch

 

The really true smoked beers like the master Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier

It's been years since I've had it, but maybe Alaskan Smoked Porter makes the grade.