Anonymous wrote:Semi-local to DC: Devil's Backbone Eight Point IPA

Good stuff!
Also, anything from Flying Dog or Heavy Seas.

Anonymous wrote:Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron.

LOVE Palo Santo! We spent our anniversary at the Dogfish Head 360 a few years ago, and got to taste a lot of it.

Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron.

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Anonymous wrote:Revolver Blood and Honey. Granbury, TX.

Well the name makes me curious.

It is so good. This is a pretty good summary:

Blood & Honey is described on the Revolver website as an American wheat ale finished with blood-orange zest, local Fall Creek Farms honey, and other spices. Clark calls it a bridge beer, one that’s not too hoppy or malty, but rich and medium-plus bodied. The 7 percent alcohol content never hurts either, he adds.

“It has this nice and very pleasant sweetness that comes on,” Clark says. “It’s a beer that women and men enjoy equally. ... The questions we’ve had from our customers have been almost equally been spread among the gender gap.”

http://www.dfw.com/2013/07/31/814706/revolver-brewing-blood-honey-to.html

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Anonymous wrote:Anything by New Glarus Brewing Co but not available outside of WI

Not many good ones mentioned yet, but this is the best. Love their fruit beers.

Heady Topper. End of thread.

Heady's good (I'm a Vermonter and visit regularly) but I prefer Lawson's Sip of Sunshine and other Lawson's IPAs to Heady.

Anonymous wrote:Revolver Blood and Honey. Granbury, TX.

Well the name makes me curious.

Revolver Blood and Honey. Granbury, TX.

Anonymous wrote:Local to the DC area, I love Dogfish Head's Festina Peche and Burton Baton.

I live in Michigan now, and we have an absolute glut of amazing craft beers. My favorite brewery might be Short's; their Bellaire Brown is a good go-to. Last night, I had what might be my new favorite summer beer, their Nicie Spicie. It's brewed with coriander, among other spices, and it's fantastic.

After spending a day in Kalamazoo recently, I think I may retire there. Such a great selection of craft beers.

Anonymous wrote:Anything by New Glarus Brewing Co but not available outside of WI

+1000

Green Flash makes wonderful IPAs

Kona Brewing, Fire Rock Pale Ale.

Anonymous wrote:Anything by New Glarus Brewing Co but not available outside of WI

Not many good ones mentioned yet, but this is the best. Love their fruit beers.

Heady Topper. End of thread.

Local-ish, Blue Mountain Brewery (Nelson Co, VA) has an awesome ESB if you like that style. I think it's Steel Wheels ESB.

That stuff is awesome. They also make a great hop-heavy IPA called Full Nelson.

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Anonymous wrote:I so wish I could participate in this thread but I live on the west coast of Canada and have not heard of most of these breweries. Rest assured we've got lots of great beer over here too

I'll be in Vancouver/Whistler later this summer. Any recommendations for good local beers?

Yes! I grew up in Vancouver and live in Victoria now, huge craft beer scene in both cities. A few of my favourite breweries are in Vancouver.

Anything from Parallel 49 (Jerkface 9000 and Seedspitter are both phenomenal) or Steel & Oak - their Smoked Hefeweizen is great and they brew in a lighter European style, which I appreciate. Too hoppy, too strong beer is a problem on the west coast! Four Winds is another good brewery - they just won a bunch of awards including brewery of the year in this area. I'm a big fan of their pilsner and saison.

If you see anything from Hoyne or Driftwood brewing out of Victoria, give it a try too. A few of my local favourites!

There is a brewery up in Whistler, I'm not as big of a fan but if you like grapefruit, their Grapefruit Ale is great. Heavier than a radler and awesome for summer.

Semi-local to DC: Devil's Backbone Eight Point IPA