30 June 2011, 23:28
GatogordoBest American Beers List.......
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American Homebrewers Association Names Top 50 Beers In America; Russian River Wins Again
Zymurgy magazine, the official publication of the American Homebrewers Association, has released its ninth-annual list of the 50 best beers in America. To assemble the list, its editors ask readers to submit lists of their top 20 favorite beers.
Russian River's acclaimed Pliny the Elder beer won the top slot for the third year in a row. But if you want to try it yourself, you might have a hard time. Russian River is fairly widely distributed in California, but the only state in the East Coast where you can get Pliny the Elder is Pennsylvania. (And it's scarce even there.) At least many of the others on the list (like Sierra Nevada) have strong national distribution. The top-ranked brewery, as measured by total votes for its beers, was Delaware's Dogfish Head. The brewery's highest-ranking entrant was the hop-heavy Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, which tied for third.
Here's this year's full list:
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
3 (tie). Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
3 (tie). Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout
5. Bell’s Hopslam
6. Stone Arrogant Bastard
7. Sierra Nevada Celebration
8 (tie). Sierra Nevada Torpedo
8 (tie). Stone Ruination
10. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
11. Stone Sublimely Self Righteous
12. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine
13. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
14 (tie). Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
14 (tie). Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
16 (tie). Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
16 (tie). New Glarus Belgian Red
18. North Coast Old Rasputin
19. Bell’s Expedition Stout
20 (tie). Deschutes The Abyss
20 (tie). Left Hand Milk Stout
20 (tie). Odell IPA
20 (tie). Samuel Adams Noble Pils
20 (tie). Surly Furious
20 (tie). Troegs Nugget Nectar
26 (tie). Rogue Dead Guy Ale
26 (tie). Samuel Adams Boston Lager
28. Anchor Steam
29 (tie). Bear Republic Racer 5
29 (tie). Ommegang Three Philosophers
29 (tie). Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
29 (tie). Three Floyds Alpha King
29 (tie). Three Floyds Dark Lord
34 (tie). Avery Maharaja
34 (tie). Dogfish Head Indian Brown
34 (tie). Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
34 (tie). Three Floyds Gumballhead
38 (tie). Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
38 (tie). Lost Abbey Angel’s Share
38 (tie). New Belgium La Folie
38 (tie). New Belgium Ranger
38 (tie). Oskar Blues Old Chub
43 (tie). Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
43 (tie). Great Divide Yeti
43 (tie). New Belgium 1554
43 (tie). Russian River Blind Pig
43 (tie). Ska Modus Hoperandi
48 (tie). Alesmith Speedway Stout
48 (tie). Dark Horse Crooked Tree
48 (tie). Green Flash West Coast IPA
48 (tie). Summit EPA
48 (tie). Victory Prima Pils
01 July 2011, 00:00
GeorgeSwhat? No Ommegang Three Philosphers?
Phooey!
George
01 July 2011, 01:28
larrys01Gat
What's the best Beer in Texas?
01 July 2011, 01:49
Gatogordoquote:
Originally posted by larrys01:
Gat
What's the best Beer in Texas?
Damn, even if you are a friend, you must be a Yankee.....anyone knows the best beer is a) a free beer or b) someone else's beer.
I've drank quite a few of the locally brewed micro beers and none of them have really blown my skirt up. I spend a fair amount of time and money in Buffalo Wild Wings in Texarkana drinking Sam Adam's Lager (#26) on draught while playing free poker which is kind of like kissing your sister but that's better than kissing your brother.
Personally I like SA Lager slightly better than their Noble Pils (#20) but to each his own. I've only had maybe 20% of the above list, including all of the Sierra Nevadas, so can't really comment on most of them. Shiner Bock, a true Texas product is a very decent beer, but not top tier IMO.
I like most Pale Ales, some more than others. Some take the hops way too far. I've recently started drinking some Heineken for the first time since I was diving in the Caymans 40 years ago and it's a very good commercial beer IMO with a slightly different accent. With the exception of most porters, stouts, Belgium Ales, (personally I don't like drinking dinner but that's just me), hefeweizens, and various weird fruit flavored beers, I like most beers, just some more than others, kind of like girls except the beers don't get prettier the more you drink.
01 July 2011, 03:56
scojacquote:
Originally posted by GeorgeS:
what? No Ommegang Three Philosphers?
Phooey!
George
It's tied for 29th place.
01 July 2011, 06:31
DoublessAnd no Leinenkugel Big Butt Doppelbock?
01 July 2011, 19:05
GatogordoWhile waiting for a stock to cook, I decided to order them alphabetically so as to make it easier to search your local purveyor of grain based beverage's site. Just for the fun of it, I placed the top ten in bold.
48 (tie). Alesmith Speedway Stout
28. Anchor Steam
34 (tie). Avery Maharaja
43 (tie). Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
29 (tie). Bear Republic Racer
5. Bell’s Hopslam19. Bell’s Expedition Stout
2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale20 (tie). Deschutes The Abyss
48 (tie). Dark Horse Crooked Tree
3 (tie). Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA16 (tie). Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
34 (tie). Dogfish Head Indian Brown
34 (tie). Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
38 (tie). Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
3 (tie). Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout13. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
43 (tie). Great Divide Yeti
14 (tie). Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
48 (tie). Green Flash West Coast IPA
20 (tie). Left Hand Milk Stout
38 (tie). Lost Abbey Angel’s Share
43 (tie). New Belgium 1554
38 (tie). New Belgium La Folie
38 (tie). New Belgium Ranger
16 (tie). New Glarus Belgian Red
18. North Coast Old Rasputin
20 (tie). Odell IPA
29 (tie). Ommegang Three Philosophers
14 (tie). Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
38 (tie). Oskar Blues Old Chub
29 (tie). Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
26 (tie). Rogue Dead Guy Ale
43 (tie). Russian River Blind Pig
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder26 (tie). Samuel Adams Boston Lager
20 (tie). Samuel Adams Noble Pils
12. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine
7. Sierra Nevada Celebration
10. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
8 (tie). Sierra Nevada Torpedo43 (tie). Ska Modus Hoperandi
6. Stone Arrogant Bastard
8 (tie). Stone Ruination11. Stone Sublimely Self Righteous
20 (tie). Surly Furious
29 (tie). Three Floyds Alpha King
29 (tie). Three Floyds Dark Lord
34 (tie). Three Floyds Gumballhead
20 (tie). Troegs Nugget Nectar
48 (tie). Summit EPA
48 (tie). Victory Prima Pils