American beers?

jonnyrudyard

Just wondering what U.S. beers are generally avail and any that any of you like?

slayerking

There are alot of US beers available here. I couldnt name them all off the top of my head, but there are a few (Drinkstore has a few up online).

Some of my regulars/favs would be:

Goose Island IPA
Odells IPA
Odells Red Ale
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (available in alot of places)
Speakeasy Prohibition
Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA

So many good beers to choose when it comes to Americans, many lovely hoppy beers!!

neilthefunkeone

Hmmm american beers!!!!

Some others worth a check..

Anchor steam beer
Anchor steam liberty ale..
Brooklyn Lager(variations)

calvin_zola

neilthefunkeone wrote: »

Brooklyn Lager(variations)

6 for 9.99 bottom shelf in tesco 355ml...lovely stuff!

BaZmO*

slayerking and neilthefunkeone have pretty covered exactly what I would've suggested. Great minds.....

jonnyrudyard

slayerking wrote: »

There are alot of US beers available here. I couldnt name them all off the top of my head, but there are a few (Drinkstore has a few up online).

Some of my regulars/favs would be:

Goose Island IPA
Odells IPA
Odells Red Ale
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (available in alot of places)
Speakeasy Prohibition
Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA

So many good beers to choose when it comes to Americans, many lovely hoppy beers!!

Love those IPAs, tho I have to be in the mood for it - more often than not I opt for a simple lager/ale (darker beers mostly in winter). Sierra Nevada's "Torpedo" is a good one, but if you can find it, I think the best is Dogfish Head.

BaZmO*

jonnyrudyard wrote: »

Sierra Nevada's "Torpedo" is a good one, but if you can find it, I think the best is Dogfish Head.

Torpedo is always available in Molloys.

Unfortunately, Dogfish have stopped exporting outside of the US.

ciaran76

Great Divide Brewing company got some nice IPA's from them and also a stout/porter which was nice.

jonnyrudyard

BaZmO* wrote: »

Torpedo is always available in Molloys.

Unfortunately, Dogfish have stopped exporting outside of the US.

Those bastages!

BaZmO*

Little consolation, but they've also stopped shipping to certain states in the the US too.

BeerNut

BaZmO* wrote: »

Unfortunately, Dogfish have stopped exporting outside of the US.

BaZmO* wrote: »

they've also stopped shipping to certain states in the the US too.

And the lesson is: drink local.

BaZmO*

BeerNut wrote: »

And the lesson is: drink local.

Oh I do!

ronano

quite like the entire anchor steam range that i've tried

BaZmO*

ronano wrote: »

quite like the entire anchor steam range that i've tried

At the risk of being overly pedantic, Anchor is the name of the brewery and the Steam Beer is a specific beer, i.e. Anchor Steam, Anchor Liberty Ale, Anchor Bock, Anchor Porter.

RonMexico

Ones I have had recently:

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Summerfest '11
Blue Moon
Flying Dog Snake Dog

All in the Locke Bar Limerick. Great range in their these days. They just got in Flying Dog Raging Bitch and Doggystyle Pale Ale.

You can't go wrong with any of those.

grenache

Been sampling the Brooklyn range of beers lately. The only one i'm liking is their East India Pale Ale. The lager and summer ale are gunk IMO.

irish_goat

I've a bottle of Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale 2011, anyone any recommendations as to aging it i.e. how long? Or should I just drink it now?

oblivious

irish_goat wrote: »

I've a bottle of Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale 2011, anyone any recommendations as to aging it i.e. how long? Or should I just drink it now?

they over hop it whith the intent to age it, buy buy two one to drink now are one for 6 months down the road

irish_goat

oblivious wrote: »

they over hop it whith the intent to age it, buy buy two one to drink now are one for 6 months down the road

Only bought the one so I'll leave it until Christmas and keep an eye out for more.