a good beer is nice on its own, but the right food can make the whole experience better. For some people it's pizza or burgers, while others swear by spicy food or simple snacks. What's your favorite food to pair with a beer?

I'm curious which breweries are genuinely worth making a trip for, whether it's because of their beer selection, the taproom atmosphere, or something unique about the brewery itself.

I'm especially interested in places that do something different from the usual lineup. Maybe they specialize in a particular style, have a great beer garden, or make a seasonal release that's worth looking forward to.

What's a brewery you've visited that left a lasting impression on you, and what beer would you recommend trying there?

Some beer styles seem to be acquired tastes. Stouts can be too roasty, IPAs too bitter, sours too funky, and certain Belgian beers can taste downright strange if you're not used to them.

It's interesting how a style you once avoided can eventually become something you actively look for.

Which beer style grew on you the most, and was there a particular beer that finally made it click?

Ive tried a few beer gardens/taprooms (blind tiger, eckhart, evil twin, finback, grimm, other half, threes, and wild east) and I noticed that I like darker beers that are full-bodied and sweeter and lighter beers that are wheat-forward.

I dont really like IPAs. Ironically, I had a west-coast pilsner that I thought was pretty good.

Id like to try more beers that arent IPAs and Im wondering which beer gardens/taprooms in nyc youd recommend? I considering harlem hops and torst.

Sorry, I reposted since I didnt specify nyc as the location

Whats yall’s favorite beer to crack open on a warm day on trail?

Mine is tumbleweed IPA from Lewis & Clark. But always looking for new suggestions.

Hi,

What’s your favorite Pumpkin flavoured Ale?

Four years ago I was coming back to Toronto from Boston and had the most delicious pumpkin ale EVER… but I forgot its name all together. I’ve used the search bar to find some popular ones, but what are your favorite pumpkin spice flavoured ale!

Happy Thanksgiving, Halloween and glorious pumpkin season 🥵🎃

Complete Edited List of recommendations from Posters like you! (Not listed in order of any particular preference so please do your own research)

1. Dogfish Head Pumpkin Ale

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1. Roadsmary's Baby from Two Roads
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2. New Holland’s Ichabod and Southern Tier’s Pumking
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3. Schlafly brand (but it’s hard to find late in the season.)
   | submitted by [u/Nny12345](u/Nny12345)

4. Allagash brand
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5. Saint Arnold Pumpkinator
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Hey yall

I am looking for craft beer suggestions from MA for a friend

I am from MA, but don’t really drink. However my friend here in NJ loves craft beers, specially light pale ales, and always lets me crash when it gets late so I want to get him some beer when I go back home (specially to Worcester )

Yeah, if yall have any suggestions please let me know. My fall back is wachusett beer because I can’t get it in NJ, but I’m looking for something more niche

Thank you

Anyone know why you apparently can’t find any Anderson Valley Brewing in Georgia? Briny Melon and the Watermelon Gose used to be our jam but they seem to just be gone now.

Anyone try it? Had a little today and enjoyed it but not sure I'd drink in volume. Alcohol content was 4.7%. Made by Japanese in America.

For the longest time I avoided certain beer styles because the first one I tried was just not it. Figured I didn't like the style and moved on.

Then you try one good example and realize maybe the problem wasn't the style after all.

Happened to me with beers before, and now I'm always a little more willing to give something another shot instead of writing off the whole category.

I just got back from a trip and picked up a case of Treehouse beer. I wanted to see what the hype was all about.

Let me tell you, from the beers I’ve had so far, it’s all just hype.

I’ve heard people call these beers smooth - they most certainly are not. They all have a hop bite to them. The DIPAs and TIPAs are boozy.

I’ve heard people call them flavorful - the flavor is generically hoppy and kind of bitter for hazy IPAs. There isn’t really a depth of flavor or any standout characteristics.

The IPAs have 4.5 stars on Untappd. Come on, they’re not that good.

This has been just another example that people buy into hype and regurgitate opinions as fact.

Were they better 10-15 years ago? Were they always like this? I’m trying to understand how a seemingly average product gets this reputation, and then maintains it.

So the first winter seasonal in my area just showed up and of course its a winter warmer from a local regional brewery. I really want to like this style but its just average and meh to me. Id much rather have a stout or porter than this. It does remind me of pumpkin beers a bit with all the added spices. To go from marzens and festbiers in the fall to the winter seasonals is such a letdown imo.

I'm usually a Weihenstephaner or Mich Ultra guy. People joke about ultra, but that shit is good lol. I tried Guinness today, I was not impressed, I've heard people hype it up, but I don't get it. It tastes like really dark coffee to me.

Just opened a can and just straight foam. Haven't tasted it yet, but will never buy again. Trash beer...

What is it!?

The Alfa Laval Revos™ lets breweries ship beer concentrate in order to cut bulk freight costs by up to 80%.

• The Tech: Uses a cold, two-stage high-pressure w reverse osmosis to remove water without heat; preserving flavor, aroma, and alcohol up to 22% ABV.
• Why it matters: Beer is ~90% water, so slashing volume by up to 80% drastically cuts shipping weight, cold-storage needs, keg turnover, and transport CO2 emissions.
• The Pour: The concentrate is shipped to pubs/venues and rehydrated + carbonated on the fly using a "Re-draft" dispensing tap.

Hope this work, because diluted beer sounds awfull.

Major disagreement at the bar. You’re ordering labatt because it’s delicious.

Option 1: a single beer for yourself is “a labatts please” and a round for the table is “3 labatt”

Option 2: a single beer for yourself is “a labatt please” and a round for the table is “3 labatts”

I think we all know I’m right but I wrote this as neutrally as possible. Assume “please” is at the end of all orders because we are polite orderers. Loser takes a shot of malort

I used to drink keystone bottles with lime in college (broke) and now I’m craving them again.

Does anybody know what the status is with this?

Supposedly, someone bought the brewery after it folded but I have yet to hear anything.

For the part few months, when I have bought old specked hen from Tesco’s, quite a few bottles have been bad and tasted like vinegar. At first i thought it a brief thing, but then its happened again two weeks later.

Anyone else had this issue?

Fall is always a sad time for this older beer drinker - I remember the days when we would get some Coors Extra Gold (1985) and Pete's Wicked Ale (1986?) - My tastes have gone from the heavier of the commercial beers to the hoppier micro brews but back then, these were favorites...

It's my girlfriend's dad's favorite beer, and he hasn't had it since immigrating to the States from Burma in the early 2000s. I'd love to surprise him with some for his upcoming birthday. Having trouble finding a place in the US that carries it. Appreciate any insight.

I have kept a bottle of Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA sitting still in a refrigerator for well over 15 years (along with Russian River Damnation), only because someone said these can age, then I always forgot about these in the fridge.

Keep them refrigerated or Pop them open?