Best breweries in the US?

[pscolari]

Victory
Stone
Three Floyd's
Bear Republic

 

[rjacobs]

Originally Posted by Johnny_5

Stone

Originally Posted by rjmaiorano

Stone

Originally Posted by pscolari

Stone
Stone

 

[erbs]

New Belgium
Great Lakes
Summit (St. Paul, MN)

 

[rjmaiorano]

Originally Posted by rjacobs

Stone

As your in San Diego, I'd suggest you check out Lost Abbey and Port.

 

[Brian SD]

Stone, Alesmith (not because their brewery is great, but because their beer is).

 

[leftover_salmon]

Russian River, Sierra Nevada, Dogfish Head and Rogue. Never tried anything from Stone but it looks like I'll have to.

 

[dusty]

I've only had a few Rogue beers but I've been unimpressed so far. I find Dead Guy to be undrinkable. Also I'm annoyed by overly-punchy beers so I'm not crazy on Stone either.

 

[johnapril]

Bison, Berkeley, CA

 

[MrG]

Terrapin

 

[Slopho]

Originally Posted by Korben

+1 Russian River
Rogue
Dogfish Head
Ghost River
Sweetwater
Stone

Just to name a few

Their 90 minute IPA is insane.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by HORNS

They do make some of the best beer in America, though. Kyle, did you go on the weekend?

Is Goose Island still around in Chicago? Their beers were always great.
I always liked Live Oak Brewery in Austin.
I've been several times. Some on the weekends, some of weeknights. Anyway, I go for good beer, not for the crowd. Goose Island is still there. They have a pub off of North & Clybourn. Pretty good pub food, and good beer.

Originally Posted by mikej77

+1 on New Belgium, also Bear Republic is another good one. Dogfish Head is always good as well.

Bear Republic sucks. We went to the bar in Healdsburg and got their tasting flight. Tasted every beer they had, probably 24 or so. I honestly don't remember a single one of them being memorable or even being worth buying a pint of.

 

[Connemara]

Love Ommegang.,

 

[Korben]

Originally Posted by mikej77

+1 on Great Lakes.
Three Floyds
Russian River
Blue Mountain

Originally Posted by Slopho

Their 90 minute IPA is insane.

Yeah try to keep some of that around regularly. Nice intro to "bigger beer" for the average beer guy.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by erbs

Summit (St. Paul, MN)

Leinenkugel
Stone
Dogfish Head
Sierra Nevada
Anchor Steam

 

[Girardian]

+1 on several of the breweries mentioned -- missing but a necessary addition is North Coast.