Best beer cities in the world

FanadMan · 04-10-2012 02:59AM #1

Here are the 10 best beer cities in the world according to USAtoday. No guessing where most of them are lol. Still good reading though.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2012/10/02/10-best-beer-cities-in-the-world/1608885/

If I had anything to do with it, don't think would have put any American cities in there cos most of their beers are terrible. Would have put Kerva (in Finland) in the list just because of their Karhu beers...especially their Karhu IV brew...talk about sex in a glass!

hamsterboy · 04-10-2012 03:01AM

Prague.......... end of thread

HB

DainBramage · 04-10-2012 03:12AM

salt lake city, rock on

Einhard · 04-10-2012 03:19AM

Five North American cities? Remind me never to take recommendations on beer from USA Today.

humbert · 04-10-2012 03:23AM

hamsterboy wrote: »

Prague.......... end of thread

HB

Is that the best beer city or the best getting shitfaced for cheap city?

Brussels is the best I've been to but southern Germany is largely unexplored.

Cookie_Monster · 04-10-2012 03:28AM

Brussels? They've obviously never heard that everything from Belgium is shiite...

Jmccoy1 · 04-10-2012 03:29AM

Antwerp is my favourite.

tuxy · 04-10-2012 03:34AM

Dublin made the list, very consistent city with bud,heino,carlsberg,guinness and bulmers available on tap in most pubs!

DainBramage · 04-10-2012 03:37AM

hamsterboy wrote: »

Prague.......... end of thread

HB

While Prague is savage If we are talking exclusively about beer found the draught beer and even bottled stuff is nearly always warm there, been there a few times on stags etc and in the summer this is not good

DEFTLEFTHAND · 04-10-2012 03:38AM

Salt Lake City.

FanadMan · 04-10-2012 03:40AM

Think it's about cities that brew their own beer - if so Dublin still has the king......Guinness.

04-10-2012 05:51AM

I suppose Munich is bit of a cliche to some (dunno why if the beer is good) but the single best beer I ever had in my life, and trust me I've had them everywhere, was an Augustiner in Munich. They don't export it and to the best of my knowledge it doesn't even get sold much further than a 100 mile radius of the brewery, so you've actually gotta go there to taste it.

Don't agree with the general opinion of "American beer" though I know where you're coming from. Even the smell of anything from Anheuser-Busch is enough to give me a thumping migraine, and the Coors/Miller/etc are as bad. But if you actually go to the US you'll be surprised how many people agree with that, and micro-breweries that sell exclusively off their own premises are flourishing.

I was in one place in the middle of nowhere in rural Michigan where pub and factory were combined, ie no dividing wall between them, and you could go in, have a couple of pints, and watch the brewers working behind you. They'd give you a free tour if you ask nicely and promise not to get in the way, and people could walk in with their own empty containers and ask them to fill them with beer just like a petrol station. All of which is great but the main point is that the beer itself was top class!

reeb · 04-10-2012 05:54AM

Hate to break it to you lads but US beer is the best in the world by a country mile and has been for some time.

Guill · 04-10-2012 06:02AM

Dublin should not even register on the list, the same generic piss served in 95% of the pubs, **** that boring bull****, i prefer real choice instead of a 'you can chose a beer but it has to be one of these'. Same all over Ireland.

Also, Sierra Nevada FTW imo.

Seaneh · 04-10-2012 06:04AM

Einhard wrote: »

Five North American cities? Remind me never to take recommendations on beer from USA Today.

In fairness, it's the biggest craft beer scene in the world and, funnily enough, probably the country producing the best beers in the world at the moment.

In some places in American like say, Bend Oregon, you have more breweries per capita than anywhere in the world.

That said, besides Portland and denver, I wouldn't list the others as great beer cities.

I'd have San Francisco (well, the entire bay area) before Boston or Milwaukee anyway.

Seaneh · 04-10-2012 06:04AM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Brussels? They've obviously never heard that everything from Belgium is shiite...

You obviously don't know a thing about beer.

04-10-2012 06:11AM

Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh for the sheer cheapness of it. 4 beers for a dollar on the street and good craic. Get absolutely pissed for the price of a pint in Ireland.

ronnie085 · 04-10-2012 08:01AM

Has to be Brugge in Belgium, beautiful city that love their beers, found beer is nearly a religion over there

buck65 · 04-10-2012 08:09AM

Dublin is a joke in that list. We produce one world renowned decent product that has been watered and chilled to kill the taste.
Fair play to the micro breweries in Ireland though, Porterhouse, Franciscan Brewery Cork, Galway Hooker, O Hara's etc. that is the real beer list. Pity the vintners still feel the need to serve imported rubbish like Heineken, Carlsberg, Bud, Miller and ****ing Coors.

PS Belgian beer is fantastic, strong but excellent. Take Leffe for example.

helimachoptor · 04-10-2012 08:12AM

Was in Munich for my stag in June. Beer was excellent.

As said we have the porterhouse that's about the only good beer thing about Dublin.

Depending in where you go in NYC you can get some good local beers

Hawk Wing 2 · 04-10-2012 08:50AM

any city in Belgium

summerskin · 04-10-2012 08:55AM

Leeds. Best selection you'll find of real ales. Seems to be a rather lager-orientated list.

And american beer is pretty poor in general, though some of the smaller breweries aren't too bad.

jester77 · 04-10-2012 09:00AM

If my house was a city then it would be on that list

Shenshen · 04-10-2012 09:09AM

FanadMan wrote: »

Here are the 10 best beer cities in the world according to USAtoday. No guessing where most of them are lol. Still good reading though.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2012/10/02/10-best-beer-cities-in-the-world/1608885/

If I had anything to do with it, don't think would have put any American cities in there cos most of their beers are terrible. Would have put Kerva (in Finland) in the list just because of their Karhu beers...especially their Karhu IV brew...talk about sex in a glass!

I love how the twon with the highest density of breweries in the world doesn't even get mentioned.

Montreal?? I've been there, nice town, but not notable for the beer, sorry.
And Dublin? Sure, if you like the same 5 brews on tab in every single last pub, with no variety, that's the town for you.

reeb · 04-10-2012 09:18AM

Shenshen wrote: »

Montreal?? I've been there, nice town, but not notable for the beer, sorry.

Montreal has 20+ world class breweries cranking out some of the highest rated beers in the world - new world twists on classic Belgian styles, as well as one of the top 5 biggest craft beer festivals in North America which is unparalleled for beer and gourmet food matching.

Leftist · 04-10-2012 09:33AM

DainBramage wrote: »

While Prague is savage If we are talking exclusively about beer found the draught beer and even bottled stuff is nearly always warm there, been there a few times on stags etc and in the summer this is not good

Wrong. Bottled beer sold in preference of draught beer is about as popular in prague as it is in Dublin.

Plus the standard of their drink is exceptional.
Pilsner Urquell, Gambrinus, Staropramon etc are of a far superior quality to draught beers or lagers found in ireland.

People who go there to get ****faced probably end up in overpriced tourist traps spending 4x the price of locals for warm bottles but if you're a little wiser than that, the city is one, if not the best in the world for beer.

Would like to try Belgium.

eth0 · 04-10-2012 09:34AM

Cork cause a lot of places have Beamish on tap

gobnaitolunacy · 04-10-2012 09:39AM

The Guinness Storehouse, one of the few brewery tours in the world where you DON'T see the actual factory floor. What an overpriced cop-out.

Zebra3 · 04-10-2012 09:42AM

What to See: The Guinness Storehouse, Ireland's top tourist attraction, takes you inside the world's largest pint glass

Eh?

reeb · 04-10-2012 09:44AM

Leftist wrote: »

Plus the standard of their drink is exceptional.
Pilsner Urquell, Gambrinus, Staropramon etc are of a far superior quality to draught beers or lagers found in ireland.

Ive never had Gambrinus, but while Pilsner Urquell and Staropramen 11 are nice pilsner/lagers and lovely fresh from the cask, they are middle of the road mass produced beers which in no way compare to Irish craft beer.People have mad ideas about beer.

bnt · 04-10-2012 09:45AM

Of the American cities, the one I've been to is Denver, and I agree the beer situation is pretty good there. They have lots of smaller breweries there, and mid-size ones making good beer e.g. New Belgium and their Fat Tire among others. I went to an ice hockey game, and had a Coors in a plastic cup because I was thirsty - and even that was above-average.

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