Regional Beers

[whiteboard]

Originally Posted by jeffin7

We don't get it in MD but I have traded for a lot of bells stuff and went to a Bells beer dinner in DC. Great stuff. I actually have 1 bottle of Trumpeters Stout in my cellar, hopefully its not to far past its prime. The 2 hearted and Third Coast are probably my two favorites. I have a couple bottles of Eccentric Ale, very odd but pretty nice stuff. All around a great brewery.

Love the Two-hearted... So tasty you want to suck it down...but careful, it will knock you on your arse! Third Coast is good, too. Best Brown is also one of the better browns I've had.

[fitzsmoke]

Originally Posted by Lumpold

Carling Black Label is still available, just not in the US. Over here we just call it Carling. And serve it on tap in my pub.

Yeah I remember my first trip to Canada (B.C.) in 1972 I was having a hard time trying to buy some beer. It was (is?) only sold in liquor stores or bars. I finally located a liquor store and I had to buy a case, it was warm, and nothing on display. So I asked the l.s. clerk what beers they had (no display) and I bought some Carling as it was the only name I was familiar with. Went back to the hotel and iced it down in the sink. It turned out to be pretty good beer.

[Ermo]

mmmmmmm....Bell's Expedition Stout Best beer ever.

[LSUTIGER]

My grandpa used to drink Dixie

[Wetterhorn]

Well, I am old enough to remember when Coors was our regional beer...

Being in Fort Collins, Colorado, I am blessed by a ton of breweries. One that is becoming more and more national is New Belgium. The New Belgium Fat Tire is quite good.

[Baric]

There used to be a really strong beer called Barley Wine that used to be on sale over here in the UK, but, to my knowledge, is no longer produced. You can still buy barley wines but not Barley Wine the brand, if that makes sense.

[Corona Gigante]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Jennings' Sneck Lifter

In northern dialect sneck means door latch and a sneck lifter was a man’s last sixpence which enabled him to lift the latch of a pub door and buy himself a pint, hoping to meet friends there who might treat him to one or two more.

[fitzsmoke]

Anyone ever drink Buckhorn? (a Northwest brand) It was (is?) one micro-step up from "Beer" beer.

[Steve]

I like beer.

[Andyman]

Originally Posted by Root

Being in the south i miss the beer of my college years: Leinenkugel's or Leinie'sas it is known is one great regional brewing company. The Honey Weiss is one of my all time favs and their Big Butt doppelbock is also killer.

One regional brew that i really miss now that it is dead and gone is Crooked River's Black Forest Lager which came from Cleveland.

Leinies Honey Weiss.. Chippewa Falls WI.. That is my favorate!

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by Lumpold

Carling Black Label is still available, just not in the US. Over here we just call it Carling. And serve it on tap in my pub.

I use to see it here in the red cans and it was the worst beer marketed in the USA. I bet the UK version is good. That stuff was like $8 a case...

[mosesbotbol]

If you are in the New England area, Ipswich Ale is a great local brew. Sold in big jugs like in prohibition and the lasts for several days once opened. Great beer for a group of people to enjoy together.

[Bigd417]

Lone Star "The party beer of Texas" was the stable when I went to college. Still being made, but lost most of it's markey share to the big guys. Tried it again recently, and realized that maybe that was a good thing.

[Alpedhuez55]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

I use to see it here in the red cans and it was the worst beer marketed in the USA. I bet the UK version is good. That stuff was like $8 a case...

Sweetwaters in the Alley near the Common used to have Carling Black Label on tap for $0.99. THough I cannot say I it was all that memorable. Though I am not sure if that is because it was nothing special, or if at $0.99 I just drank enough each night to kill the braincells that remembered how it tasted that evening

[kheffelf]

Bells is definitely the way to go, oberon, amber ale, expedition, their expedition is one of the top rated stouts.

http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/bells-e...on-stout/3214/