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Recently moved to Albuquerque from KC and have discovered a hidden treasure of local Craft beers. Unfortunately, few are bottled so you have come here to enjoy. While I enjoy the local stuff I have my store favorites- Cutthroat Porter, Vanilla Porter, Black Butte Porter. Yea! I like Porters and Stouts, something about actually tasting my beer.
Amen to the p*ss water. I hope none of y'all ever get to taste my favorite local brews unless you come to ABQ. That would mean they have started bottling and distributing. Right now, THEY ARE MINE! ...... ALL MINE!!!
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Burlington, Vermont. Pound for pound there are very few states that have better breweries than the state of Vermont.
Portland, Maine is also very very good as well.
Yeah, but Burlington itself doesn't have many good breweries. Fiddlehead isn't in Burlington, and that's the best right there. Foam is good. Zero Gravity is forgettable. Switchback is meh. There isn't anything else above decent.
Portland has many world class ones. I love Burlington, I lived there, visit there often, but can't cosign this post.
Portland
Denver
San Diego
Grand Rapids/SW Michigan (per capita)
Chicago
San Francisco
Asheville
Seattle
Philadelphia
Not a bad list, but I have two comments: 1) Denver really should be called Front Range, since Boulder and Ft. Collins are implied, but not mentioned and 2) If Grand Rapids and Asheville make the cut (which I absolutely feel they belong), Bend, OR absolutely should, as well.
Amen to the p*ss water. I hope none of y'all ever get to taste my favorite local brews unless you come to ABQ. That would mean they have started bottling and distributing. Right now, THEY ARE MINE! ...... ALL MINE!!!
Several of Albuquerque's most prominent breweries are packaging, Marble, La Cumbre, Tractor, Kellys, at the very least, and of course Santa Fe Brewing which while technically not from Albuquerque has a huge presence here with their new tasting room.
I don't think they are distributing out of state yet, though, except maybe Colorado.
Recently moved to Albuquerque from KC and have discovered a hidden treasure of local Craft beers. Unfortunately, few are bottled so you have come here to enjoy. While I enjoy the local stuff I have my store favorites- Cutthroat Porter, Vanilla Porter, Black Butte Porter. Yea! I like Porters and Stouts, something about actually tasting my beer.
Albuquerque is a surprisingly great craft beer city. https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nati...ies-in-america ABQ was also 17th in Travel & Leisure's best beer cities and Marble Brewery won the award for best small brewery at the 2014 GABF.
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