Best Beer? What and where are these?!?!

[edro]

Beer Advocate's Top Beers by rating...

WTF are those!??! If you go to the "Worst Beer's" page, it lists all the supermarket beers (Bud, Corona, Natural, Busch...)

Where can I try some of this stuff?

What is the best beer to get at a local store? (Ohio)

 

[emmpee]

you won't find ANY of those at any store near you. well, maybe one or two, tops. they're mostly micro-micro-microbrews, or special edition things, or both.

 

[AvesPKS]

You can never go wrong with Steel Reserve...it's Gravity Brewed! :beer::beer:

 

[Spoooon]

Some of the microbrews I've had:

Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Flying Dog (Doggie Style) Pale Ale
India Pale Ale (Breckenridge Brewery)
1554 Brussels Style Black Ale

None of them good.

 

You can never go wrong with Steel Reserve...it's Gravity Brewed!

And strong, and cheap!

Beer is an extreme personal preference. Try them, see what you like.
Then fill up your basement with empties.

 

[crisp82]

If you're ever in London, go to Belsize Park and check out a pub called The Rat and Parrot. Best Kronenbourg in the world

 

[amnesiac]

Quite a few of those top 50's can be found in the market down the street from my office.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Call package stores in your area. Almost any decent package store will have some selection of rare import and microbrews and some truly specialize in gourmet beers. I've got a few favorite stores that will easily stock 100-200 microbrews or rare imports, between the 3 I visit most it's possible to find almost anything. A good package store that understands the microbrew scene will split up six packs and allow you to buy single bottles. That's key as it allows you to sample dozens of styles cheaply. If a store doesn't allow you to split up sixes, shop elsewhere.

BTW, I saw a bunch of beers from Rogue brewery on that list, that's a good place to start. They're very popular now and pretty easy to find, any package store that's got a good microbrew selection will likely have some of the Rogue stuff in stock or will have a distributor that can get it for them. They make some really impressive beers, easily the most consistently excellent small brewery in the US.

 

[canadianpsycho]

"Chocolate" and "Fruit" beers are not beer.

#29 Maudite, is a way way too strong overpowering beer.

I'd seriously take this list with a grain of salt. It is pretty much like film critics and the Oscars recognizing film noir and other independent crap as "films of the year".

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: AvesPKS
You can never go wrong with Steel Reserve...it's Gravity Brewed! :beer::beer:

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA



i had a freind in college drink a forty of steel reserve, get on a bicycle, crash into a bush, and need 20 stitches... after that, we all stuck to Keystone.

 

[waylman]

can someone post the list please.....site is blocked at work. thanks.

 

[Rallispec]

the first number after the beer is the rating, then the number of reviews, and i'm not sure what the last number is.


1 Westvleteren Abt 12 (yellow Cap) Brouwerij Westvleteren (Sint Sixtus Trappistenbdij) 4.43 91 1
2 Storm King Stout Victory Brewing Company 4.41 203 2
3 Stone Imperial Stout Stone Brewing Co. 4.38 95 3
4 Celebrator Doppelbock Privatbrauerei Franz Inselkammer KG / Brauerei Aying 4.34 195 4
5 Dreadnaught Imperial IPA Three Floyds Brewing LLC 4.33 77 5
6 Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) 4.31 151 6
7 Two Hearted Ale Bell's (Kalamazoo Brewing Co.) Eccentric Café & Beergarden 4.3 112 7
8 Shakespeare Stout Rogue Ales 4.29 223 8
9 Trappistes Rochefort 10 Brasserie de Rochefort (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy) 4.28 90 9
10 Double Bastard Ale Stone Brewing Co. 4.28 71 10
11 HopDevil Ale Victory Brewing Company 4.27 237 11
12 Stone India Pale Ale Stone Brewing Co. 4.27 154 12
13 Aventinus Wheat Doppelbock Private Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH 4.26 174 13
14 Expedition Stout Bell's (Kalamazoo Brewing Co.) Eccentric Café & Beergarden 4.26 101 14
15 St. Bernardus Abt 12 Brouwerij Sint-Bernardus 4.26 84 15
16 Duvel / Duvel Rood (Red Lettering) Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV 4.25 208 16
17 Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) 4.24 218 17
18 Stone Ruination IPA Stone Brewing Co. 4.24 130 18
19 Chocolate Stout Rogue Ales 4.24 126 19
20 La Fin Du Monde Unibroue 4.23 200 20
21 Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout North Coast Brewing Co. 4.23 150 21
22 Imperial Stout Rogue Ales 4.23 110 22
23 Arrogant Bastard Ale Stone Brewing Co. 4.22 231 23
24 Fuller's London Porter Fuller Smith & Turner PLC 4.22 131 24
25 Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout Brooklyn Brewery 4.22 130 25
26 Hennepin Brewery Ommegang 4.21 147 26
27 Imperial India Pale Ale - I2PA Rogue Ales 4.21 125 27
28 Weihenstephaner HefeWeissbier Brauerei Weihenstephan 4.21 107 + 30
29 Maudite Unibroue 4.2 188 - 28
30 Trois Pistoles Unibroue 4.2 167 - 29
31 Unibroue 11 Unibroue 4.2 91 31
32 Chimay Grande Réserve (Blue / Blauw) Bières de Chimay (Abbaye Notre Dame de Scourmont) 4.19 155 32
33 Perkuno's Hammer Imperial Porter Heavyweight Brewing Co. 4.19 78 33
34 Wisconsin Belgian Red New Glarus Brewing Company 4.19 45 34
35 Westvleteren Extra 8 (blue cap) Brouwerij Westvleteren (Sint Sixtus Trappistenbdij) 4.19 44 35
36 Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 4.18 106 36
37 Gulden Draak / Dark Triple Brouwerij Van Steenberge N.V. 4.18 86 37
38 Bigfoot Barley Wine Style Ale Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 4.17 187 38
39 Kalamazoo Stout Bell's (Kalamazoo Brewing Co.) Eccentric Café & Beergarden 4.17 82 39
40 Trappistes Rochefort 8 Brasserie de Rochefort (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy) 4.17 62 40
41 Ommegang Brewery Ommegang 4.16 153 41
42 Hop Rod Rye Bear Republic Brewing Co. 4.16 68 42
43 Don de Dieu Unibroue 4.15 120 43
44 Old Horizontal Victory Brewing Company 4.15 103 44
45 Edmund Fitzgerald Porter Great Lakes Brewing Company 4.15 79 45
46 Third Coast Old Ale Bell's (Kalamazoo Brewing Co.) Eccentric Café & Beergarden 4.15 78 46
47 St. Bernardus Tripel Brouwerij Sint-Bernardus 4.14 55 47
48 Big Bear Black Bear Republic Brewing Co. 4.14 54 48
49 Fuller's ESB Fuller Smith & Turner PLC 4.13 163 49
50 Paulaner Hefe-Weizen Naturtrüb Paulaner-Salvator-Thomasbraeu AG 4.13 144 50

 

[IEatChildren]

Maudite is great stuff, very stong, but a clear taste.
Fin du Monde is also good stuff, also very stong. They're both made by Unibroue, which is a medium-sized microbrewery in Quebec. IMO all their beers are very good, but they're all pretty strong.
Looking on that list, they have Maudite, Fin du Monde, Unibroue 11, Trois Pistoles and Don de Dieu, all from the same microbrewery on there.

Others they have that I think are great are Ephemere and Blanche de Chambly.

 

[amnesiac]

edit: beaten like a three legged dog

 

[loup garou]

doh!

 

[vi edit]

I can buy the Sammy Smith, Rogue, and Sierra Nevada brews right down the road at the local liquor store.

I :heart: Sammy Smith Oatmeal Stout & Rouge Chocolate Stout

mucho expensive brews though

 

[Daaavo]

I tried #21 Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout the other night. A very good beer with a deep rich chocolate flavor and almost 9% alcohol content.

The only downside is that it's sold in a four pack.

 

[waylman]

I've had the Chimay, Sammy Smith & Paulaner-Hefeweisen on that list...all are very good...I have a great beer store near by so I'll be looking for some of those...thanks for posting the list

 

[vi edit]

BTW - this is what is in my sig, and is made about 20 minutes from where I live.

Good stuff! Pretty cheap too.