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Old 06-10-2015, 01:10 PM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Got some fresh Pliny (and Blind Pig) the other day, Pliny was great, but there are several betters here in New England. I am looking forward to some of the brett RR sours I did get.
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Old 06-12-2015, 11:11 AM
 
Location: St Thomas, USVI - Seattle, WA - Gulf Coast, TX
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Manny's Pale Ale, hands down. You have to drink it in Seattle (only available on tap locally, or straight from Georgetown Brewery). If it wasn't already completely delicious beyond all other beers, I'd say the exclusivity makes it taste better.
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Old 06-13-2015, 10:49 PM
 
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Manny's Pale Ale, hands down. You have to drink it in Seattle (only available on tap locally, or straight from Georgetown Brewery). If it wasn't already completely delicious beyond all other beers, I'd say the exclusivity makes it taste better.
So do tell how a limited distribution makes a beer taste better?
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Old 06-13-2015, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Springfield, Ohio
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So do tell how a limited distribution makes a beer taste better?
I think she may have been a bit fascecious (sp), but there is a psychosomatic element which may make people think a beer's rarity somehow makes it taste better. Kind of how Coors was sought out in the Eastern US before it was a national beer, or Yuengling now. I remember reading debates on Beer Advocate on whether Westvleteren (then rated as the world's #1 beer) really was the best, or if its exclusivity among Belgian Abbeys made people think so.

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Old 06-14-2015, 07:36 AM
 
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I think she may have been a bit fascecious (sp), but there is a psychosomatic element which may make people think a beer's rarity somehow makes it taste better. Kind of how Coors was sought out in the Eastern US before it was a national beer, or Yuengling now. I remember reading debates on Beer Advocate on whether Westvleteren (then rated as the world's #1 beer) really was the best, or if its exclusivity among Belgian Abbeys made people think so.
That is not taste...that is hype.
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Old 06-14-2015, 10:00 AM
 
Location: St Thomas, USVI - Seattle, WA - Gulf Coast, TX
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So do tell how a limited distribution makes a beer taste better?
C'mon. It's a joke... The old "you want what you can't always have" saying. I live far away from my Seattle now and Manny's is the first thing I want when I come home. Like I said, it's delicious enough that the exclusivity factor doesn't matter though. I drank it every chance I got when I lived there, too. No hype needed.

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Old 06-14-2015, 06:07 PM
 
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I was just up in Burlington, Vermont and got to try a local New England brew from Foolproof Brewing called La Ferme Urbaine. I'm not a huge farmhouse ale fan, but this was ridiculously good. Should have bought a case while I was there.

I currently have two favorites; they aren't my usual choices, but whenever I can find them, I get them.

1) Brooklyn Local 2
2) Köstritzer Schwarzbier
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Old 07-08-2015, 11:38 AM
 
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Busch Light
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Old 07-08-2015, 04:45 PM
 
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Busch Light
And that is what consider a craft beer?

There is a place for macros in the world...but haven't you tried a mild pils or session ale that you've tried and liked?
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Old 07-09-2015, 10:21 AM
 
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My favorite for many years has been 90 Shilling by Odell Brewing. This is a great Scottish ale.
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