Dobber Top 10!!! Week 5 - Beer/Alcoholic Drinks

[ross10019]

some more American I've thought of because I love beer too much:

Schilling
Burlington Beer Co.
Ommegang
Thin Man
Trillium
Russian River
Maine Beer Co.

Just had several Maine Lunches in Salem, MA earlier this week!

[LuigiC173]

Just had several Maine Lunches in Salem, MA earlier this week!

gotta respect an operation that only does glass bottles.

[ross10019]

If ever you are in Montreal or Quebec, shout out to an amazing brewery - Quatre Origines.

https://4origines.com/collections/beers

[StuntMan12]

Twin Sails - Orange slices. 8.2% alcohol. My favorite drink to sip on.

[LuigiC173]

If ever you are in Montreal or Quebec, shout out to an amazing brewery - Quatre Origines.

https://4origines.com/collections/beers

def keep it in mind for Rangers Habs in early January.

[random-d]

OK, I read through this entire thread and I have to say, I feel like way more of a beer snob than I thought I was after reading it. Let me preface this post by saying that I have some strong opinions on what/who makes good beer. That doesn't mean I'm right but I've been through several hundred beers and I like to think that my taste for the beers I preference is pretty well refined. Having said that let me share something that I think is leading alot of beer drinkers astray:

IPAs. Holy crap.... some college kids in the NW US figured out how easy they are to make and how virtually impossible they are to eff up and the marketing machine took over. Does that mean they're bad? Absolutely not! There are some phenomenal IPA's that have come about during the revolution, but the source of their popularity is cost effectiveness NOT superior taste and characteristics. You can literally turn any beer that you've screwed up into an IPA by shoveling hops and citrus into it and hiding the mistakes. Sometimes this results in happy accidents and sometimes it results in just another brick in the wall. All this is to say that I can't wait for the beer world to get over IPA's and realize that bitter does not equal good.

Now that that is out of the way let me get to the beers I actually enjoy the most. My list is primarily characterized by malty euro-style stouts and ales and alot of my availability/experience is based in the Colorado region of the US. So if you like beers with some personality, a little body and depth, and a rich/thick malty feel than this is the list for you, otherwise you may safely move along as this is not the list for you:

All of these will be listed as brewery/name/type

1. Ayinger/Altbairisch/Dunkel
2. New Belgium/Atomic Pumpkin/ Spiced Ale
3. Black Mesa/Endless Skyway/ ESB
4. Ayinger/Celebrator/ Dopplebock
5. Angry Scotsman/Rusty Kiltpin/ Scottish Ale
6. Rahr & Sons/ Iron Thistle/ Scottish Ale
7. Sam Smiths/ Oatmeal Stout/ Stout
8. Left Hand/ Peanut Butter/ Milk Stout
9. Fullers/ ESB/ ESB
10. Roughtail/ Everything Rhymes with Orange (ERWO)/ Citrus IPA

Honorable mention to a California brewery called Green Flash that makes/made an IPA called Le Freak. I'm not sure if they're still business as I haven't seen it in awhile but it definitely stood out in the crowd. Also Stonecloud Brewing in Oklahoma City for Chug Norris/Citrus IPA.

That's it, hope I've provided someone with a reason to relax by a body of water for an afternoon.

[GinFizz]

some more American I've thought of because I love beer too much:

Schilling
Burlington Beer Co.
Ommegang
Thin Man
Trillium
Russian River
Maine Beer Co.

You really need to try Fidens out of Albany.. lights out..

[tweetdrivr]

I don’t have a top 10. I do like the already mentioned Bells Two Hearted Ale. Real nice. The Russian River stuff is also great. Particularly fond of Pliny the Elder and the rare Pliny the Younger. But 99 times out of 10 I’m drinking a Sierra Nevada. Pale Ale is about as good as it gets. I do also like the Hazy Little Thing. I grew up in Chico, the home of Sierra Nevada, and Pale Ale tastes like home.

[LuigiC173]

You really need to try Fidens out of Albany.. lights out..

im fifty miles north so ill def give a go next time down.

[2014olympicgold]

Collective Arts might no longer be a thing soon.

In 2021 they collaborated with Steam Whistle (brewery in Toronto) to brew a larger. However, due to this and the taxation rules around "microbreweries", they might have pushed themselves out of the microbrewery tax bracket. Ontario wants them to pay $489,000 in taxes now.

Microbreweries in Ontario can't brew more than 4.9m liters of beer annually. Collective Arts brewed 3.9m, however Steam Whistle brews over that 4.9m liters mark and collaborating with other breweries puts you into the whatever the higher of the 2 tax bracket is.

Raising interest rates and production costs, coupled with this bill might put Collective Arts under. God I hope this isn't it and Ontario can work something out. CA is about to celebrate their 10yr anniversary, and they've been expanding so well while keeping under that 3.9m Liter mark.

[beyondthewall19]

Bell's Hopslam. Tullamore Dew. I'll drink anything, really. What is best in life?

[Feenom]

What is best in life?

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the lamentations of their women!!

[ross10019]

Collective Arts might no longer be a thing soon.

In 2021 they collaborated with Steam Whistle (brewery in Toronto) to brew a larger. However, due to this and the taxation rules around "microbreweries", they might have pushed themselves out of the microbrewery tax bracket. Ontario wants them to pay $489,000 in taxes now.

Microbreweries in Ontario can't brew more than 4.9m liters of beer annually. Collective Arts brewed 3.9m, however Steam Whistle brews over that 4.9m liters mark and collaborating with other breweries puts you into the whatever the higher of the 2 tax bracket is.

Raising interest rates and production costs, coupled with this bill might put Collective Arts under. God I hope this isn't it and Ontario can work something out. CA is about to celebrate their 10yr anniversary, and they've been expanding so well while keeping under that 3.9m Liter mark.

Oh man that sucks!!!

[LuigiC173]

You really need to try Fidens out of Albany.. lights out..

Fidens was at an Oktoberfest event in my area this past weekend. I only had one of their brews which was a West Coast IPA but it was top notch and I found myself returning to their booth quite often for it. Guy even gave me a couple cans to take home.