Your favorite Micro-Breweries

[COLDI]

Well we ll know the big names like Bud Light Miller, Sam Adams ect. but what are your favorite beers produced by the smaller (maybe less known companies) that might not get as much attention. Tell everyone your favorites and expand everyone's horizons. For me it would either be:
Alltech KY Ale

Rogue Beer

Stone Brewery

Flying dog

 

[hooligan]

Highland Brewing Company (Asheville, NC) www.highlandbrewing.com

Sweetwater Brewery (Atlanta, GA) www.sweetwaterbrew.com

Bluegrass Brewing Co. (Louisville, KY) www.bluegrassbrew.com

Pyramid Brewing Co. (Seattle, WA) www.pyramidbrew.com

Bells Brewery (Kalamazoo, MI) www.bellsbeer.com

Portsmouth Brewery (Portsmouth, NH) www.portsmouthbrewery.com


I'll think of more...

 

[COLDI]

Thought of another one I found. They dont sell beer but if you are ever in the neighborhood in Savannah GA
http://www.moonriverbrewing.com/

 

[jerryss]

Brewed in Lambertville, NJ right near me

 

[wat44]

murrays in Australia

 

[Q5?]

Iron Springs Pub and Brewery (Fairfax, CA) http://ironspringspub.com/the-beer/beers-on-tap/

I usually stop in there after one of my rides on Mt Tam.I especially like their Epiphany Ale.

 

[markh]

Sierra Nevada - Chico, CA
Schlafly - St. Louis
Boulevard Brewing - Kansas City
Goose Island - Chicago

 

[izebulon]

Sierra Nevada (CA) - although I doubt they classify as small any longer, find me a better go-to beverage than Torpedo
Dogfish Head (DE) - oh my
Victory Brewing (CA) - HopDevil, Hop Wollop, Golden Monkey
New Belgium Brewing (CO) - In fairness, I hate their flagship Fat Tire, it's the belgian Trippel that wins me over
BBC (KY) - delicious live, don't know about bottled on the shelf
Boscoe's (TN) - Bock, Alt, Porter, IPA

Rogue is great, Stone's IPA is in line...Someone give me one to go evaluate. But don't make it a wheat beer or there will be irrational hate....

 

[Q5?]

New Belgium Brewing (CO) - In fairness, I hate their flagship Fat Tire

I celebrated my first trout caught on the fly with a Fat Tire. It is an acquired taste. You either love it or hate it.

It was a brown trout on the Cache Le Poudre river near Fort Collins, CO. Sorry no pics. And I'm sure a "brown trout" joke will follow this post. :biglaugh:

 

[izebulon]

No hating on brown trout. God bless on the fly fishing, been there: brown, rainbow, the elusive golden, all manner of things that aren't fish, the should be thrown back, tree branches, my hat, etc...

And believe me, where I live Fat Tire is a frequent offering as a "good beer". And I certainly appreciate it over the run of the mill macro brew. But it's like Bock. I've had some great ones, and that it probably means I will never like Shiner. Call me a snob; I've tried hard to like both of those so I'll live with the hating criticism.

Go deep on New Belgium, they have a lot to offer.

 

[Q5?]

My wife hates it. Good news for me! :biglaugh:

 

[hooligan]

I like Fat Tire, but I prefer New Belgium's 1554.

Good call on the Moon River Brewing Co, COLDI. Although, I like Savannah and the brewpub itself far more than I like the actual beer they make.

If you like dark beers and stouts, check out the Left Hand Brewing Co. in Longmont, CO. www.lefthandbrewing.com My wife LOVES their Milk Stout.

While I'm here in VA, I've been drinking a lot of Alewerks Tavern Ale www.williamsburgalewerks.com

 

[rooster133]

Some time ago I got rather intoxicated on this Spotted Cow, and I still have very fond memories of it:

Anyone from Wisconsin here who knows it?

http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/Beers.cfm?BeerID=7

 

[hooligan]

Roo, I believe I had some New Glarus beer while I was in Eau Claire, WI for work. Don't remember if it was THAT beer or not, but I remember it was good.

 

[tommy_boy]

Oregon beers are at the top of the hop heap!

Gotta brag on the Oregon craft beers.

These have sufficient production to be available farther east:

http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/ Black Butte Porter

http://www.fullsailbrewing.com/ Just about anything they make!

http://www.bridgeportbrew.com/ BridgePort IPA

Rogue has already gotten props!

I'll drink to that!

 

[rooster133]

I guess these guys (Coopers) still qualify as a micro-brewery. This is one my absolute favourite beers:

You can find it in some Aussie bars overseas, but you can also order it online from a number of shops. Really worth a try.

 

[Careybi]

Some really neat micro breweries from South Africa

Birkenhead: http://www.birkenhead.co.za/

Mitchells: http://www.mitchellsknysnabrewery.com/

I never give them a miss when in the area.

and yes, SA makes good beer as well as wine ;-)

 

[tommy_boy]

and yes, SA makes good beer as well as wine ;-)

I am seeing more wine from your part of the world. What I have tried was very good and reasonably priced.

 

[rooster133]

I am seeing more wine from your part of the world. What I have tried was very good and reasonably priced.

I agree. Impressive stuff indeed.

 

[Wiz]

I discovered the Franziskaner a few months ago, and couldn't drink anything else since then
It's a german beer, produced in one the the oldest brewery in Munich.