Under appreciated/under produced beer styles

English-style brown ales are horribly underrepresented. I've never understood why American breweries see fit to ruin a perfectly good brown ale by adding too much hops to it. Smuttynose Old Brown Dog comes close to scratching my itch, but this is one style I've resorted to making myself, since no commercial brewery seems to produce the beer I want.

 

(This is somewhat contrary to my "I hate gimmicky beers" thread)...

I'd also like to see some more play on traditional styles that don't get as much love. We see a lot of Imperial/Double IPAs, lots of Imperial and barrel-aged stouts, even a fair amount of Imperial Reds and such. I'd like to see more styles get that kind of attention. Stouts and IPAs have, by definition, strong bold flavors, so it's easier to just amplify that. A brown or a wheat or something are characterized by a more mellow balanced profile. It might be trickier to make the flavor bolder while still maintaining the balance of the styles.

There are af few examples...Nugget Nectar is an Imperial Amber if I'm not mistaken? I had an Imperial oak-aged Belgian wit from River North which I thought was awesome. It can definitely be done.

 

also try Dragons Milk

 

God I miss roggenbier.

 

Esb, saison, Brett ipa

 

Steam/California Common
Bier de Garde
Dunkel
in addition to many others I liked above

 

I'll add it to my list! I live in Alabama so we're kind of new to this whole good beer thing...!
I'd really like to get some Great Lakes "Edmund Fitzgerald" but can't justify driving 450 miles round trip for a six pack!!!

 

Adding to my list!

 

Yup. I'm amazed they're not more popular here. They're complex and very refreshing.

 

Wheat wines. Only ever seen one or two.

 

I feel like I can't find enough of them..

Indirectly agree, in that I wish there were fewer bullshit saisons. Seems like the "in" style for American brewers of the past couple years. Just based on perception in N.E. area at least...

 

Schwarzbier

 

KK, Broyhan, 160/-, Boys Bitter, AK, Mumme, Danziger Joppenbier, XXXX, to name a few.

 

Bière........de........Gardes........

 

Professor Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse ftw!

 

I'd like to see less American Pale Ales and American IPAs being offered and some downsizing to occer by brewers. Several I love, but just too many saturating the market in US and honestly I don't think the flavor profiles of these 2 styles really are the easiest on the pallet for the masses and other styles would sell better if more readily available and easy to gain access. Agree with most, need more English and German styles to be attempted by American craft makers.

 

Attempt not. Do, or do not! There is no attempt.

The last thing we need are more lame attempts at these styles along the lines of what we usually get from domestic 'O'fests'.

 

Any lager except AAL

 

Faro

There's only 15 listed on Beer Advocate...
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/style/15

 

I have yet to have a proper American version of a German kolsch or Czech pilsner. Hopheads don't really seem to care for them, but I just love their crisp drinkability. They have a refreshing pop and just the perfect beer for summer meals sitting outdoors.