Best American Beer?

the beer revolu

I think that Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA just might be the best tasting American beer that I've tasted. It has the assertiveness of an American and the class of a Belgian.
Quite a contender!
Wish I could buy it in Cork!!
All gone:mad:

oblivious

Available in Dublin ,not sure what you mean about Belgian though

restaurants

Bud....
only joking. Can't imagine how anyone can drink it.

oblivious

restaurants wrote: »

Bud....
only joking. Can't imagine how anyone can drink it.

An not really America since it brewed here;)

Speak Now

oblivious wrote: »

An not really America since it brewed here;)

Yeah i tried it in the states and it's lke a different beer, almost drinkable :pac:

the beer revolu

oblivious wrote: »

Available in Dublin ,not sure what you mean about Belgian though

It has the kind of finesse and quality that I often associate with many Belgian beers as opposed to the often more aggressive style of many Americans.

Eg. Hommelbier is extremely hoppy but the flavours and aromas are very well integrated, rather than 'sitting on top' like some Americans.

Does that make sense?

oblivious

the beer revolu wrote: »

It has the kind of finesse and quality that I often associate with many Belgian beers as opposed to the often more aggressive style of many Americans.

Eg. Hommelbier is extremely hoppy but the flavours and aromas are very well integrated, rather than 'sitting on top' like some Americans.

Does that make sense?

ah yea

Andrew33

Not United States American but from the North American continent, MooseHead, lovely stuff.

I got two varieties of Sierra Nevada in the abbots last year, kellerweisse I think one of them was called. Gorgeous it was

Seaneh

Black Butte.

Srsly.

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brianthebard

love the sierra nevada torpedo all right.

Schism

Andrew33 wrote: »

Not United States American but from the North American continent, MooseHead, lovely stuff.

Yep it's some good stuff. Smells awful though

I was really into my Blue Moon there for a while, nice beer.

grenache

Schism wrote: »

Yep it's some good stuff. Smells awful though

Skunky would be the best word to describe Moosehead! Like a stronger version of Heineken. I like it, but its not as nice as Sam Adams Pale Ale, just a really fruity ale with lovely caramel flavours. My sister brought it back from the States recently and i loved it. Also very fond of their regular Boston Lager.

D-Generate

Anchor Steam and Blue Moon for me

studiorat

Youngs Double Chocolate Stout.

David900

I had Sam Adams a few years ago. It was too long ago to describe the taste but I remember I hadn't had a beer like it before and I quite liked it. Anyone tried it?

FearDark

David900 wrote: »

I had Sam Adams a few years ago. It was too long ago to describe the taste but I remember I hadn't had a beer like it before and I quite liked it. Anyone tried it?

Really didnt like Sam Adams, had to try it when George Hook was bangin on about it all the time. It was so bad it reminded me of bud light and had one of the worst hangovers ever the following day after 6 bottles of the stuff:mad:

David900

I'd have to try it again to be honest. I normally like stronger tasting beers so I'm not sure what I was thinking. The only other American beer I've tasted apart from ****ty Bud is Keystone, probably cheaper than Dutch Gold, from what I remember it wasn't too bad but I wasn't drinking it for the taste

Gandhi

the beer revolu wrote: »

I think that Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA just might be the best tasting American beer that I've tasted. It has the assertiveness of an American and the class of a Belgian.
Quite a contender!
Wish I could buy it in Cork!!
All gone:mad:

Definitely one of my favourites, but I'd still consider it a poor relation to Victory Hop Devil.

Also wanted to let people know that today is VP Day (Victory over Prohibition) in the US. 77 years ago today, Prohibition officially ended. Without this event, none of the US beers being discussed here would exist.

BeerNut

the beer revolu wrote: »

Wish I could buy it in Cork!!
All gone:mad:

You can get it delivered.

mayordenis

From me experience the 60 minute rather than the 90 minute from Dogfishhead is pretty super, Titan IPA is another monster of a beer but I've never seen it on these shores, the general american style IPA is easily my favourite beer "genre" and the most available here is Goose Island IPA and the makes me very happy.

rcaz

Anchor Steam Beer, Anchor Liberty Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (had my first taste of their Torpedo tonight... Could be a contender!), Goose Island IPA... Loving the hops at the moment

ShumanTheHuman

Brooklyn Black Chocolate stout is amazing but one to savour at 10.6% - this is my first Imperial stout so can't really say how it rates besides its delicious. I never pass on the more quaffable Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale -still a hefty 6.7% but goes down like a sessioner

oblivious

ShumanTheHuman wrote: »

Brooklyn Black Chocolate stout is amazing but one to savour at 10.6% - this is my first Imperial stout so can't really say how it rates besides its delicious. I never pass on the more quaffable Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale -still a hefty 6.7% but goes down like a sessioner

Brooklyn Black Chocolate is nice alright

Ham'nd'egger

Had a Blue Moon last night. Bottle conditioned and yet it's very smooth and sleek. Worth a second and third tasting IMO

BeerNut

Hamndegger wrote: »

Bottle conditioned

You sure about that?

Ham'nd'egger

BeerNut wrote: »

You sure about that?

It had better be as I'd hate to think where the residue in the bottle has come from:)

BeerNut

Hamndegger wrote: »

It had better be as I'd hate to think where the residue in the bottle has come from:)

Oh I'm sure there's some way of getting a stable protein haze without bothering with troublesome live yeast. I went and had a look at the label copy: it really takes misleading to a whole new level. You'd nearly think it wasn't brewed in one of the world's biggest industrial breweries.

Ham'nd'egger

BeerNut wrote: »

Oh I'm sure there's some way of getting a stable protein haze without bothering with troublesome live yeast.

Perish the thought, and to think it went down well

BeerNut wrote: »

I went and had a look at the label copy: it really takes misleading to a whole new level. You'd nearly think it wasn't brewed in one of the world's biggest industrial breweries.

I didn't follow up on this till you mentioned it; sneaky is all we can say:mad:

grenache

studiorat wrote: »

Youngs Double Chocolate Stout.

Is Youngs not English?

FearDark wrote:

It was so bad it reminded me of bud light

You did not just compare Sam Adams to Bud Light!!

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

Oh I'm sure there's some way of getting a stable protein haze without bothering with troublesome live yeast.

The is a commerical polyphenol extract from acorns that in use;) and protein But colloidal proteins still play a massive part from the wheat malt

cruhoortwunk

Manny's IPA

old_aussie

Miller draft beer on tap(from US), first tried it in Australia 40 years ago and I still like it.

IrishWhiskeyCha

Was delighted to come across a few new beers in my local offie...

It was only after I bought this particular one that I found out it was from the US.

River Horse Belgian Freeze 8%.

Appears to be a light stout and I really enjoyed this so gets my vote.

Also had Hop Hazard Pale Ale 5.5% which was not bad at all also.

BeerNut

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

Also had Hop Hazard Pale Ale 5.5% which was not bad at all also.

Hop-a-lot-amus is the stronger, hoppier version of it and is very nice indeed.

BeerNut

BeerNut wrote: »

Hop-a-lot-amus is the stronger, hoppier version of it and is very nice indeed.

Picked up a bottle of that in the abbots ale house last night along with a few other river horse beers, looking forward to opening it tonight

tred

I have to say, Sam Adams aint bad.

gollem_1975

I like Brooklyn Lager.

tried unsucessfully to convert some miller drinkers to it

too much flavour for them

oblivious

gollem_1975 wrote: »

too much flavour for them

How true