What is your favorite micro-brew/ imported beer?!
What is your favorite micro-brew/ imported beer?
Gotta go w/ Rogue Shakespeare Stout here.. just velvety smooth and a nice bite too. there are so many good ones here in Oregon, hard to find the time to try em' all! Let me know what you like and why..
Answers:
I've had the Shakespeare by Rogue and it's very good. Chocolate Stout is also pretty acclaimed. I hear Hair of the Dog brews some amazing ones out there too.
For stouts though, the best micro-brews I've ever had are Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Bourbon-Aged and Stone Imperial Russian. Both are so complex and strong. Chocolate, coffee, vanilla, malts, etc. There's a reason those two are rated so high on beer websites. They truly are amazing. Three others that I hear are amazing are Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial, AleSmith Speedway, and Dogfish Head World Wide.
The best micro-IPA I've had yet is the Dogfish Head 90-Minute Imperial.
The best imports are the Belgians, in my opinion. Chimay Blue, Rochefort 8 and 10, St. Bernardus Abt 12, Gouden Carolus Grand Cru of the Emperor, or most other trappist or abbey ales. I think they're just fantastic.
Cafrey's, hands down. Smooth, nice aftertaste, very easy to drink and its pretty too!!! If I can't get Cafrey's I love a good Boddington's.
like Niagara Bewery- Old Jack, Amber, Lager etc and the old Kawartha Lakes Brewery(especially the Nut Brown) before they were bought out.
My fave import beer is Guiness and can sup back six pints of those easy!
Bell's Traverse City Big Porch Ale - absolutely exquisite!
Great Basin Brewing company in Sparks, NV makes amazing brews!