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Friday and thinking about beer so what is the absloute best local beer you can get where you live that people outside that area may have a hard time getting?

For me it is Saint Arnold Elissa IPA, and the Shiner Dunkel Weizen (winter ale)

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Fat tire. Not really local, but they have it everywhere here and it's not so available in other cities.

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Local (as in Nashville/Middle Tenn, not mid-South) the best is likely Yazoo (http://www.yazoobrew.com). Their Dos Perros and Amarillo Pale are their best.

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For local beers, I like Brooklyn Brewery. Especially Brooklyn Brown.

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Wildcat or Moosehead. Both quite delectable microbrews.

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My favorite is Bristol's Laughing Lab. A close second would be 1554.

Swede

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Moosehead.

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Green bottles, big moose on the label? I wasn't aware it was a Canadian micro since its available pretty much nationally in the US.

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I'd say New Belgium products, but they are pretty much everywhere if I'm not mistaken.

So I'd have to say Moose Drool from Big Sky Brewing in Montana.

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Yeah Moosehead is boarderline Macro.

IMO, Unibroue is by far the best Canadian brewery. And an New Belgium is available all over the US.

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Moosehead.

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Green bottles, big moose on the label? I wasn't aware it was a Canadian micro since its available pretty much nationally in the US.

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Ya, when I wrote "microbrews", I was blatantly lieing. They are both Canadian, 8ish% beers that are usually sold in 40oz.

Now Bull Max, on the other hand, is delectable.

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Fat tire. Not really local, but they have it everywhere here and it's not so available in other cities.

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That's available on tap in any major city.

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That's available on tap in any major city.

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...west of the Mississippi.

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That's available on tap in any major city.

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...west of the Mississippi.

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Yeah Tenn. isn't exactly prime beer territory. But neither is Texas.

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Wow do I love Moose Drool. Took a beer post for me to finally register after hours of reading poker posts. Anyways is Moose Drool regional even? I drank a lot of it in Madison, WI. Haven't seen it in Texas yet. I like Real Ale's Fireman's #4 a lot down here. As far as local beers in WI- I highly recommend anythign by Lake Louie. Their oatmeal stout was one of my favorite's.

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Wow do I love Moose Drool. Took a beer post for me to finally register after hours of reading poker posts. Anyways is Moose Drool regional even? I drank a lot of it in Madison, WI. Haven't seen it in Texas yet. I like Real Ale's Fireman's #4 a lot down here. As far as local beers in WI- I highly recommend anythign by Lake Louie. Their oatmeal stout was one of my favorite's.

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You can't find any real Ale in Houston so you must in like Deep South Texas. Moose Drool doesn't make it anywhere in Texas so you are out of luck on it. Lake Louie stuff looks interesting especially that stout in a jug.

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I prefer the Schell's Firebrick and the Snowstorm is a nice Winter brew. Schell's is located in New Ulm Minnesota

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You can't find any real Ale in Houston so you must in like Deep South Texas.

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Austin, which I'd consider smack dab in the middle. But what would I know, I'm from the Mid"west" and that's right in the middle of the US.

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Victory Brewery in Downingtown Pa

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I drink mostly Sam Adams or imports when not going with cheap domestic swill. In New England some of the more prominent micros would probably be Wachusett, or the slightly larger than micro Magic Hat. Counting Sam Adams as a local brewery is kind of cheating.

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Dogfish Head

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I don't live in the western Canadian provinces/territories but I wish I did for this reason:

http://www.yukonbeer.com/media/brews...ed/Label01.jpg

This was a good local microbrew that Miller bought out and drove under [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] :

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Which leaves me with this, which I like a lot:

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http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/imag...pottedcow2.gif

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Damn, you took mine. Is this available outside of Wisconsin?

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I doubt Spotted Cow is available in many other locals.

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Dogfish Head

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where is this local to? because their 60min/90min IPAs are my favorite beers in the world.

other local favorites from places I've lived:

boston: harpoon IPA. It isn't the greatest, but the fact that it's on tap in just about every bar in boston means it's my favorite

utah: uinta cutthroat, a mighty fine IPA. if you go to a liquor store get the uinta angler, same beer but higher alc.

rochester, NY (never really "lived" here but commuted there for about six months): empire purgatory pale

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http://www.highlandbrewing.com/images/beers/st02.jpg

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Damn, you took mine. Is this available outside of Wisconsin?

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I'm not sure. I haven't looked for it for a while. I think it might be be available in northern Illinois. Also how about...

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Dogfish Head

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where is this local to? because their 60min/90min IPAs are my favorite beers in the world.

other local favorites from places I've lived:

boston: harpoon IPA. It isn't the greatest, but the fact that it's on tap in just about every bar in boston means it's my favorite

utah: uinta cutthroat, a mighty fine IPA. if you go to a liquor store get the uinta angler, same beer but higher alc.

rochester, NY (never really "lived" here but commuted there for about six months): empire purgatory pale

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Dogfish head is in Delaware. Fantastic Beers. I had the oppurtunity to have their 120 min IPA and it was un-real.

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Dogfish head is in Delaware. Fantastic Beers. I had the oppurtunity to have their 120 min IPA and it was un-real.

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About the only DFH I can get in Nashville are some bottles of Raison d'etre and World Wide Stout that have been mouldering since 03-04. I'm almost at the point where I'm going to order their other brews through liquidsolutions (mainly for the IPAs, I'm a huge hophead).

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Dogfish head is in Delaware. Fantastic Beers. I had the oppurtunity to have their 120 min IPA and it was un-real.

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About the only DFH I can get in Nashville are some bottles of Raison d'etre and World Wide Stout that have been mouldering since 03-04. I'm almost at the point where I'm going to order their other brews through liquidsolutions (mainly for the IPAs, I'm a huge hophead).

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I can't find any of the WW stouts here, but ordering the IPAs is a good idea. Avery's IPA is also one of my favorites, and since your a hop head you have to try a Hop Devil from Victory.

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And from a galaxy far, far away:

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I like my beer WET dammit.

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[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] seeing Spotted Cow and Point in here.

New Glarus' other beers are good too, but nothing quite beats a Spotted Cow.

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Phantom Canyon IPA from the handpump. Mmmmm. . .

I'm also gonna throw in Great Divide's Old Ruffian Barleywine and Yeti Imperial Stout.

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Mehana Hawaii Lager from Hilo, Hi
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for the bay area...either sudwerks (davis) or, well, there's a budwieser plant in solano

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I live in the town where Sierra Nevada was founded, and it's still the only place where it is brewed. The brewery has a great restaurant and a large amount of beers you can't find in stores.

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Depending on season, around here my favs are
Schlafly Coffee Stout
Schlafly Rasberry Ale
Schlafly Heffenwizen (summer only really)
O Fallon Pumpkin Ale (winter)

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Schlafly Coffee Stout
Schlafly Rasberry Ale
Schlafly Heffenwizen (summer only really)
O Fallon Pumpkin Ale (winter)

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I brought some Schlafly back with me after Thanksgiving. I was very underwhelmed by their pale, but the Winter ESB is decent, and the Expedition Reserve American Pale is definitely a step up from the normal Pale.

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Schlafly Coffee Stout
Schlafly Rasberry Ale
Schlafly Heffenwizen (summer only really)
O Fallon Pumpkin Ale (winter)

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I brought some Schlafly back with me after Thanksgiving. I was very underwhelmed by their pale, but the Winter ESB is decent, and the Expedition Reserve American Pale is definitely a step up from the normal Pale.

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Yes, I really dislike thier pale ale, thier summer krolsh is pretty gross too. Heffy, and the flavored beers are usually pretty awesome. Boulevard is another one that I forgot about. And Blue moon?? is this nationally distrobuted? I believe it is, still awesome w/ an orange slice.

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Blue Moon is national. Boulevard's Porter is great, easily my favorite of their beers. I don't think much of either Boulevard's or Schlafly's wheat beers, probably because almost all hefes are only a shadow of the stuff I lived on in Bavaria.