Local Beers you've stumbled upon..........

[schro]

OK, a topic near & dear to all (or most) of our hearts....BEER. 

Last week, I was down in San Diego (love the city, hate the football team) and was killing time at the airport bar before my flight to come home. I decided to try a local beer from the Karl Strauss Brewing Company http://www.karlstrauss.com/index.html .

I had their Red Trolley Ale and I have to admit, it was one of the best tasting beers I've ever had (must have been a Raider fan that came up with the ingredient mix). I know we all have breweries we've stumbled upon that we've really liked in all our travels, so why don't y'all share a few.

[RyanJP]

Karl Strauss is good stuff. California is great for micronized breweries, Gordon Biersch started right down the street from my house and I love there blond bach and Czech lager , Tied house in Mtn View, lost coast brewery up in Humboldt they make "Great White" which is awesome.

[Tyler]

Some of my favorites are:

Left-hand Brewing's Milk Stout
Deschuttes  Black Butte Porter
Lost Cost Brewery's Downtown Brown

[schro]

Karl Strauss is good stuff. California is great for micronized breweries, Gordon Biersch started right down the street from my house and I love there blond bach and Czech lager , Tied house in Mtn View, lost coast brewery up in Humboldt they make "Great White" which is awesome.

There used to be a Tied House in my hometown (Alameda) and I went there often while I lived there. They do have excellent beer also.
When the SBG's got together here in the Bay Area, we assembled at the Triple Rock Brewery (Berkeley) and Buffalo Bills (Hayward). Both places have great beer.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Of course Abita, for me either Amber or TurboDog, but they are now distributing fairly widely.  NOLA Brew is another.  I think our old standby, Dixie, now being brewed by contract since Katrina and vandals ruined their brewery, may not have long--it's a shame.  We have a couple of micro-brewery restaurants too, and they can have some interesting stuff--and it's totally fresh, a big plus.
Unless I can get one of the locals, I have moved away from beer.  By local, I mean a local brewery anywhere I'm at.  The national brands really leave me cold--by trying to please everyone, it's developed into a rush to the bottom of the barrel, taste wise.  Maybe I'm a beer snob, but for me to accept the calories and salt content inherent in beer, I want some real flavor to make it worth while. 

[Mikekoz13]

Living in Pa. I'm a little partial to the Yuengling Brand... they have some nice beers. Rolling Rock is still pretty good for a hot Summer day cool down.

Fo rme though, when I want to TRULY enjoy a beer, a go to my favorite Irish Pub in Gettysburg and have a couple of pints of Guinness. They serve it at exactly the right temperature and know how to draw it from the tap perfectly.

MMMMMMMMM.

[schro]

Living in Pa. I'm a little partial to the Yuengling Brand... they have some nice beers. Rolling Rock is still pretty good for a hot Summer day cool down.

Fo rme though, when I want to TRULY enjoy a beer, a go to my favorite Irish Pub in Gettysburg and have a couple of pints of Guinness. They serve it at exactly the right temperature and know how to draw it from the tap perfectly.

MMMMMMMMM.

I didn't know Guinness was local to Gettysburg.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Living in Pa. I'm a little partial to the Yuengling Brand... they have some nice beers. Rolling Rock is still pretty good for a hot Summer day cool down.

Fo rme though, when I want to TRULY enjoy a beer, a go to my favorite Irish Pub in Gettysburg and have a couple of pints of Guinness. They serve it at exactly the right temperature and know how to draw it from the tap perfectly.

MMMMMMMMM.

I didn't know Guinness was local to Gettysburg.

I didn't know it was in Ireland!

[Dome of Steele]

In and around Austin there are several good regional breweries.   There is the Real Ale brewery in Blanco, TX that makes probably the most popular local beer, Fireman's #4.  Fireman's is a smooth blond style beer.  There are also the Live Oak and "512" Breweries which both make many and good beers.  

There are also countless brewpubs which have four or five of their own beers on tap, the two of which I go to the most are NXNW and Draughthouse Pub.  

It ain't Belgium or Colorado, but it's a good place for beer.  

[Alexander215]

When in Nova Scotia, one drinks Keith's. "Those who like it, like it a lot" 

[tomgallagher]

Living in Pa. I'm a little partial to the Yuengling Brand... they have some nice beers. Rolling Rock is still pretty good for a hot Summer day cool down.

Fo rme though, when I want to TRULY enjoy a beer, a go to my favorite Irish Pub in Gettysburg and have a couple of pints of Guinness. They serve it at exactly the right temperature and know how to draw it from the tap perfectly.

MMMMMMMMM.

I didn't know Guinness was local to Gettysburg.

I didn't know it was in Ireland!

I think they have been making it in Ireland for 2 or 3 hundred years. Definitely an acquired taste.

[buddha]

In Minocqua, WI there is a place called The Minocqua Brewing Company. Basically a restaurant that has a pretty sophisticated looking brewery on the premises. All their beers are pretty good but two that I am particularly fond of are Road Kill Red and Pudgy Possum Porter. The porter is a really nice smooth dark brew. The best thing about these two is the alcohol content: somewhere in the neighborhood of 10%.
A buddy of mine and his wife took a trip to Arizona a couple of years ago and he brought me back a six pack of something called Chili Beer. There is a whole hot pepper in each bottle. The funny thing is that you can eat the pepper and apparently the process of soaking in beer somewhat cuts the fire but, and this is a BIG BUT, when you drink the beer you get the full force of the oleoresin capsicum. The beer itself caused my forehead to start sweating. In spite of that it is the most inventive and one of the most delicious beers it has ever been my pleasure to throw up from. Even tastes good on the way out.

[Mikekoz13]

Living in Pa. I'm a little partial to the Yuengling Brand... they have some nice beers. Rolling Rock is still pretty good for a hot Summer day cool down.

Fo rme though, when I want to TRULY enjoy a beer, a go to my favorite Irish Pub in Gettysburg and have a couple of pints of Guinness. They serve it at exactly the right temperature and know how to draw it from the tap perfectly.

MMMMMMMMM.

I didn't know Guinness was local to Gettysburg.

I didn't know it was in Ireland!

OK you two PeenyHeads!!!...... I gave you some local favorites and then just reiterated what I like best...evn though it's not local.

One more thing...........BITE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[schro]

Peenyheads?   

[Mikekoz13]

Peenyheads?   

Oh put your bat away.... I meant it in a nice way!!!!