Best beers

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One beer I've been drinkin a lot of recently is St Peters. I like both their Golden Ale and their English Ale.

[LittleOldLady]

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Im in Ohio so yuengling (PA) is pretty much local brewery stuff. I enjoy it though.
Sierra nevada pale ale I tried for the first time last week, while in pittsburgh, actually. The bartender looked at me crazy when I said I never heard of it. It was quite tasty though and I stayed with it for a while.
I would like to try more belgium beers if anyone has a recommendation. I will try dogfish head and sam smiths next time I'm out.

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Well, there are Belgian beers like Stella Artois, and then there are Belgian abbey ales (trappistenbier) which are IMO amazing. My favorites are Grimbergen (the best beer I ever had was Grimbergen on tap) and Verboden Vrucht. Other good trappistenbiers/Belgian abbey ales are Corsondonk, Chimay. La Trappe (which is the only trappistenbier brewed in the Netherlands), and Leffe. Westmalle is very widely distributed as well, but it is too bitter for my (relatively unsophisticated tastes).

[Dan Bitel]

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Hoegaarden

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Fuller's London Pride
St. Peter's Golden Ale
Fischer
Affligem
Red Hook ESB
Full Sail
Young's Oatmeal

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http://www.beerhunter.com/

[RunDownHouse]

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I don't know exactly what the story is with this, but isn't there another beer that is/was called Budweiser, originally a Czech recipe?

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Yes. Budvar is one of the bigger Czech breweries. There was a dispute over use of the name, so Czechvar is the name on the label here. I'm sure you could google budvar czechvar budweiser and come up with the full story.

[RoundTower]

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The funny thing about Bud/Bud Light for as much criticism it receives domestically is that people abroad love it. People in countries with much better beer than the U.S. makes can't get enough BUDWEISER.

Anyway, Guinness is the best beer in the world readily available.

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I don't know exactly what the story is with this, but isn't there another beer that is/was called Budweiser, originally a Czech recipe? It was banned from using that name here in the states and is called "Czechvar" here (which just means 'Czech beer' I think). I have been told that in other parts of the world it is still sold as Budweiser.

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This is marketed as Budweiser Budvar over here. It is still brewed in Budweis (Cesky Budejowice) in the Czech republic. Anheuser-Busch has nothing to do with this, they just liked the name and borrowed it when they created the Budweiser brand.

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Oh yeah, Mac & Jack's is mighty good for you Seattle-ites.

[one_eye_mike]

gwiz, try Great Lakes Porter. Best beer they make and should be available in your area.

[stu-unger]

sam adams summer ale...