Your State's Up & Comer

The word is out people Carton Boat beer is world class I second that statement

 

Florida:

Rapp Brewing http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28018 :
Rapp brews some amazing English and German style beers. They do great American style beers. They've done some barrel aging, and also have a rare brewery only release: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28018/92904

Cycle Brewing (also known as Peg's Cantina).

 

I am not telling!

 

Going to drink a lot of their sours at Great Taste!

 

PA Full Pint

 

Top notch indeed.

 

I definitely get your point but I see Two Roads as a blessing to CT craft beer. Everyone else in CT is practically Nano status and these guys came in and renovated an old factory into a world class brewery. Two Roads is able to contract brew for smaller breweries and even previously export breweries and that is very exciting. They have a solid offering of staple beers and the others I have tried I really enjoyed. I don't see them going away or anywhere but up. I think Two Roads may be one of the best things that's happened to craft beer in CT.

 

Did not see any posts yet for NM, so I'll throw in La Cumbre Brewing Company. As many already know, their Elevated IPA is one of the country's best, but I think you'll see some other offerings climbing the charts soon.

 

I get it, and I don't plan to hate on them any more than they deserve if they start pedaling crap, which there currently is no evidence to support. It's just that my Spidey sense goes off as I read their resumes (PBR, Heineken, Rolling Rock, marketing). But if they brew good beer and can use their facility to help bolster lesser-funded but highly skilled craft brewers then it is win-win-win: for their brewery, for other brewers, and for the consumer.

Now only if we could unfuck the distribution laws...

 

For the state of Michigan there are two breweries that I feel that are strong up and comers.

1.) Short's Brewing company- they are huge in Michigan and have great seasonal's and their year round line up is pretty solid. However, they do not distribute out of state yet to the best of my knowledge so they still have room to grow.

2.) Oddside Ales- I believe they are a true up and comer IMO. I've had three of their beers so far and all of them were great. They just started bottling beer this year and their Citra Pale Ale is the closest thing to Jai Ali that I have been able to get in Michigan.

 

I think I can safely say Toppling Gollath

 

Couldn't agree with you more my friend.

 

I think Black Raven is about to blow up. They're getting ready to expand into a production facility and increase their capacity to about the same as Russian River. They have a sour program that if expanded could bring them a lot of attention. Skookum is also making some pretty tasty IPAs.

 

Michigan has so many! West Side of the State with Perrin, Eastside of the state Atwater (wayyyyy to slept on, and beer is fantastic!)

 

Daredevil in Shelbyville Indiana. Lift Off IPA matched up with any other IPA I have had on tap.

 

I dig Kane more overall but Carton Boat beer is amazingly tasty and easy to drink!

 

Pale Ale is very solid too, looking forward to trying Greenhead IPA.

 

10 pages is too much to read through, so I'll risk being redundant and say:

1. Sante Adairius
2. Almanac

Amazing, amazing beers coming out of both those breweries. Sante's saisons and sours seriously stand up to anyone's in the US.

 

Monkey Paw Brewing (San diego, CA.)...............pulling amazing shit out of a sub-par brewing setup. Continuously blown away by these guys!

A few of my faves:

Cornelius IIPA
Anzak Pale Ale
Sweet Georgia Brown