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  • HallerFitness
    HallerFitness Posts: 56
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    Founders Brewing Company in Grand Rapids. All of its beers are AMAZEBALLS! Most notably the All-Day IPA, the red rye PA, and the porter!

    hell yes! If I'm going to have a beer, it's going to be one I enjoy!
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
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    Wachusett Blueberry

    Shipyard Pumpkin

    Harpoon IPA

    John Harvard's Spice Ale

    Cambridge Brewing Company Milk Stout

    Pretty Things Jack D'Or

    ...ahhhhh, beer.

    Oh, and Bully Boy Distillers for local whiskey!
  • mikes99mail
    mikes99mail Posts: 318 Member
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    Microbreweries in the US have made trips stateside so much nicer in the last 10 years, but you've gotta stop serving it cold!!

    [a wherry for me, thanks]
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    IT use to be Leinenkugels out of chippewa falls, wi but now it is national so i wold have to say.... Hinterland brewery Or Capitol Brewery

    Leinenkugels' Big Eddy Imperial Stout and Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale are really freakin good.
  • Erica0718
    Erica0718 Posts: 469 Member
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    Calfkiller Beer, they make "Scorned Hooker" and "Cluster F.UC.T."
    :drinker:
  • halejr23
    halejr23 Posts: 294
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    Four Peaks ... very tasty Hop Knot IPA
  • tabbykat6802
    tabbykat6802 Posts: 233 Member
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    there are several really good local breweries around here.
    Red Oak
    Big Boss
    and a couple more that I can't think of righr now, but my hubby will know.
    I haven't had alcohol in several years(pregnancy & breastfeeding).
  • underwater77
    underwater77 Posts: 331 Member
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    Four Peaks ... very tasty Hop Knot IPA

    Four Peaks Kilt Lifter is my go-to, but I do like their Hop Knot too.

    OHSO is brewing finally - I cannot wait to taste!
  • MidlifeGlowUp
    MidlifeGlowUp Posts: 91 Member
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    Brooklyn Brewery and Blue Point Brewery are two of my local favorites.

    I'm very fond of Brooklyn Brewery.
  • Gremlinz
    Gremlinz Posts: 3,259 Member
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    I jump back and forth across the border, seeings how Victoria has some good Micros, but the Olympic Peninsula is incredible~!

    Current favourites: Phillips Brewery (Victoria), Peaks Brewpub (Port Angeles, WA), Elysian (Washington State), Rogue (Newport, OR).
  • csm1021
    csm1021 Posts: 13 Member
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    New Glarus - Spotted Cow... Can only buy it in Wisconsin!

    I'm not much of a beer person but I'll drink Spotted Cow.
  • JennaM222
    JennaM222 Posts: 1,996 Member
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    Fo me, that's Boulevard Brewing company. It's the only local micro-brew that I truly enjoy drinking.

    <3 blvd wheat!
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
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    The best thing I've had lately (beside MissKortney's home brew) is the Grapefruit Pale Ale from the Bull & Bush in Englewood, CO. Then again I am totally spoiled living in the best beer state in the country.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,829 Member
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    Oh man. We are a mega beer town and I work for a beer distributor. Heaven.

    My personal favorites of our locals would be Independence Austin Amber and Twisted X Fuego. I can hardly ever find Fuego and I think it's only available in draft right now, but it's amazing. It's a crisp lager infused with a touch of jalapeno---I tasted it for the first time when my company met with the brewers and I had a religious experience. Austin Amber is a great amber ale, really drinkable and flavorful and tastes sooooo good with some barbecue :drinker:
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,829 Member
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    Rahr Brewing in Fort Worth is awesome. Ugly Pug is one of the best, but their seasonal Winter Warmer is an event when it comes out.

    My company distributes Rahr in Austin, I LOVE the Texas Red!!
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    ... Twisted X Fuego. ...

    If you ever find this for sale in bottles let me know. I had it in a michelada at a restaurant about a month ago. It was pretty freakin good.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    New Glarus - Spotted Cow... Can only buy it in Wisconsin!

    I'm not much of a beer person but I'll drink Spotted Cow.

    For a light beer Spotted Cow is awesome. I had some smuggled to Austin after visiting Wisconsin this summer. Sadly, it all seems to have evaporated.
  • redhousecat
    redhousecat Posts: 584 Member
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    I'm a bit fond of Alamo beer since I have been in Texas.
    I like Yeungling, but now that it is national, it's not quite as alluring.
    Oh, Leinenkugel rocks!
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
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    The best thing I've had lately (beside MissKortney's home brew) is the Grapefruit Pale Ale from the Bull & Bush in Englewood, CO. Then again I am totally spoiled living in the best beer state in the country.


    Awwww!!!!!!!

    My beers are pretty good... I can't pick a best local.. we had over 30 breweries open up in Colorado this year alone!!! So instead I'll tell you what I love that I can't get here:


    New Glarus (Moon Man, Raspberry Tart)
    New Holland (Dragon's Milk, Night Tripper)
    Magic Hat (#9)
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
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    In order by brewery:

    Three Floyds - Munster, IN
    Flossmoor Station - Flossmoor, IL
    Crown Brewery - Crown Point, IN
    Shoreline Brewery - Michigan City, IN
    Figure 8 Brewery - Valparaiso, IN

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