Regional Beers

[TU09]

Abita makes a lot of good beer and is a staple here in NOLA. Their octoberfest, Abita Amber, is a very solid inexpensive beer. My favorite bar sells it for $6 a pitcher and I prefer it over many beers of a similar style that cost more than twice as much. Really cheap by the Keg too, around $80 at an exchange (about $0.50 a beer).

[JohnnyFlake]

Originally Posted by 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.

New Belgium Beers are some of my favorites. They now have at least eight styles, maybe more, and the prices are very reasonable. Fat Tire is a very nice beer!

Johnny

[fitzsmoke]

I am still trying to find some Sam Adams Light in Oregon at the regular outlets. No luck so far. I had some Cascade Brewing (Bend, Oregon) Blonde Bombshell a few weeks ago...very nice pale-type micro-brew.

[glovepuppy]

Odell Brewing Co. out of Fort Collins makes some pretty good beers - 90 Schilling being the best IMHO.

Another company that is making good beer that may be more regional than I think, but just recently got here to the sticks is Rogue Brewery out of Oregon. Their Dead Guy Ale and Chocolate Stout are awesome.

Gotta mention Grain Belt as well. Not a top-shelf beer by any standards, but I still like the stuff. It's Premium!!

[whiteboard]

Just had a case of Sweetwater 420 Pale Ale from Atlanta. Good stuff...

[Darb85]

Originally Posted by whiteboard

Any of you guys west of the Mississippi see Bell's from Kalamazoo, Michigan on the shelves? They've been slowly widening distribution. Not sure if they qualify as a regional anymore, but some damn fine beer. They used to release a bunch of November stouts, but misstepped one year when they released 14. A few of the brews with nicer packaging and more acceessible profiles made it in to their regular line -- cherry stout and java stout. But the best of the bunch -- IMO -- got left behind: Trumpeter's Stout. One of the best stouts I ever had. I still e-mail them periodically pleading my case for its reintroduction.

me likey bells, Oberon is the best.