50 best commercial beers in America

[Joe_W]

as chosen by homebrewers

1. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
2. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
2. Stone Arrogant Bastard
4. Alaskan Smoked Porter
4. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
4. Guinness Draught
4. North Coast Old Rasputin
4. Schneider Aventinus
4. Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
10. New Glarus Belgian Red
10. Samuel Adams Boston Lager
12. Anchor Steam
12. Bell’s Expedition Stout
12. Stone IPA
12. Victory Prima Pils
16. Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale
16. New Belgium 1554 Black Ale
16. Ommegang Hennepin
16. Orval
16. Paulaner Salvator
16. Pilsner Urquell
16. Russian River Pliny the Elder
16. Three Floyds Dreadnaught
16. Troegs Nugget Nectar
16. Unibroue La Fin du Monde
16. Victory Hop Devil
27. Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye
27. Bell’s Hopslam
27. Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
27. Dogfish Head Raison d’Etre
27. Dogfish Head World Wide Stout
27. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
27. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine
34. Alesmith Speedway Stout
34. Avery IPA
34. Avery Maharaja
34. Ayinger Celebrator
34. Duvel
34. Rochefort 10
34. Rogue Dead Guy Ale
34. Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout
34. Stone Ruination IPA
34. Three Floyds Alpha King
34. Victory Storm King
45. Anchor Porter
45. Avery Ellie’s Brown
45. Bass Ale
45. Chimay Grand Reserve
45. Huyghe Delirium Tremens
45. Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA
45. Goose Island Honkers Ale
45. Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti
45. New Belgium La Folie
45. Ommegang Abbey Ale
45. Rogue Brutal Bitter
45. Rogue Old Crustacean
45. Russian River Pliny the Younger
45. Smuttynose Big A IPA
45. Stone 10th Anniversary IPA
45. Unibroue Maudite
45. Verhaeghe Duchesse de Bourgogne

http://www.beerinfo.com/index.php/pa...bestbeers.html

[rallyemore]

Blue Moon is not on the list?! Blasphemy!

[animator]

I've only had 5 on that list, so guess I need to get to drinkin

[nahmus]

Originally Posted by rallyemore

Blue Moon is not on the list?! Blasphemy!

have you tried the new blue moon summer ale? tasty!

I would have thought Bass would have scored higher. I'm also shocked that Harp is nowhere on the list.

[Joe_W]

Originally Posted by animator

I've only had 5 on that list, so guess I need to get to drinkin

I've had 8, theres a number on there I definitely want to try, and a number I have no interest

[nahmus]

I've had 12 on the list. Thankfully the bars in town like to switch up their drafts during the summer for the bennies. I've also just tried the Kona longboard. Not bad either.

[cheap sunglasses]

I've tried 7 and I'm only 18

My uncle is a "connoisseur".

[vetteboy79]

Originally Posted by Joe_W

I've had 8, theres a number on there I definitely want to try, and a number I have no interest

I'm at 19 myself. Most I agree with; but there are several brews I can think of that aren't ranked there, and would be higher than some familiar things on that list.

The DFH 90-minute is definitely a wonderful brew, although it's definitely not my favorite. Glad to see the Stone stuff on there for sure. I gotta say though, lately the guys at Southern Tier have been putting out some kick-ass stuff that gives the top runners on that list a good challenge. I know I've mentioned them a few times now but I feel they're good enough to get some more publicity at this point. Joe_w, if you want to try some of their stuff let me know, I don't think it's available that far west at this point.

[Joe_W]

Originally Posted by vetteboy79

I'm at 19 myself. Most I agree with; but there are several brews I can think of that aren't ranked there, and would be higher than some familiar things on that list.

The DFH 90-minute is definitely a wonderful brew, although it's definitely not my favorite. Glad to see the Stone stuff on there for sure. I gotta say though, lately the guys at Southern Tier have been putting out some kick-ass stuff that gives the top runners on that list a good challenge. I know I've mentioned them a few times now but I feel they're good enough to get some more publicity at this point. Joe_w, if you want to try some of their stuff let me know, I don't think it's available that far west at this point.

I tried Stone for the 1st time last week at Haole's suggestion and I really enjoyed it, tasted very much like homebrew

We might be able to work out a trade

[Old Scout]

Dam I've only had 37 of them.

[Scott@Rockstomper]

Had six; liked four.

[Screwzer2]

Cool. I see a couple of Sierra Nevadas on there. Why not the Pale Ale though?

[monkeyevil]

16. Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale FTW!

Plus they are right down the road.

[Scott@Rockstomper]

Originally Posted by Screwzer2

Cool. I see a couple of Sierra Nevadas on there. Why not the Pale Ale though?

Originally Posted by Joe_W

2. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

[phildo baggins]

what, no Pabst???? no Hamms???? it must have been rigged!!!

[Cue-Ball]

Originally Posted by phildo baggins

what, no Pabst????

Yeah WTF

[bovw]

How about Shiner? Totally agree with the Blue Moon, but my Guinness is on the list so all's good.

[mantis]

Originally Posted by Old Scout

Dam I've only had 37 of them.

You beat me by 3. I've had 34.

[Sue]

Now that I'm not working I can put some real effort into this going through the list. I've only had 17 of those. Sad showing

[SanDiegoCJ]

Sigh ....................................... all the polls/rankings of that type are utterly worthless.
Taste in beverages is completely personal. A beer one person raves about is another
person's horse-piss.

[61scout80]

yuengling?

[Sue]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoCJ

Sigh ....................................... all the polls/rankings of that type are utterly worthless.
Taste in beverages is completely personal. A beer one person raves about is another
person's horse-piss.

Says the man who always comments on peoples' taste in food (fast food, canned tuna, etc....)

[mantis]

Originally Posted by NI733HM Chick

Says the man who always comments on peoples' taste in food (fast food, canned tuna, etc....)

...and doesn't drink beer.

[SanDiegoCJ]

Originally Posted by mantis

...and doesn't drink beer.

I used to drink beer, LOTS of beer.

[criscfer]

I've had 19 of them. The least deserving to me would be the Pilsner Urquell.