Micro Brews

[Mr_Scrogg]

Im a big fan of Wheat Beer. Started with KC's own Boulevard. Since, Ive found New Belgium Snapshot, Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat.

I LOVE New Glarus Spotted Cow (Nom-Wheat) but, location prevents me from a steady supply.

Give me some of your personal favourite Micros.

[Root beer]

Highlands makes good beers. i live within 80 miles of Asheville and it loaded with craft breweries. Highland a local brewery that makes darn good beers. I love anything by New Belgium except stout beers. I got a sixer of Shotgun Betty for tonight. It made by company in North Carolina. 

[Mr_Scrogg]

Ill have to see if the beer cave has that

[MCS]

Cigar city, bold city, intuition ale works are some good florida beers. I personally like the slightly larger breweries like stone, full sail, new belgium. shipyard and Sierra Nevada. Old thumper from full sail, Levitation from stone, and accumulation from new Belgium, maduro from cigar city, and jon boat from intuition are my top five.

[Dyerbassman]

Three Floyd's Gumballhead. Get some!

[grizzly1654]

Ghost River copperhead red, a Memphis beer and (dont think its classified as micro brew anymore) Sam Adams Rebel IPA are my 2 favorite beers.

[plumworm]

What I make in my basement. I have a mini, micro brew. You can't have any. Don't even try. It's mine, all mine. My sons beg, my daughters in law beg, I'll buy you a house but you can't have my beer.

[Jolly Green]

Im a big fan of Wheat Beer. 

 

Bell's makes an awesome wheat ale called Oberon. Matter of fact they don't make a bad brew.  Their Kalamazoo Stout is a must-try for fans of darker stuff.

[Mr_Scrogg]

Going to head to the "Beer Cave" today to see if they carry any. That 3Floyds intrigues me, Oberon sounds good from what Ive read on it.

Keep them coming!

[Mr_Scrogg]

No dice on Gumballhead and Oberon. Got my bro in Illinois checking there.

[Darren.]

New Holland's Dragon's Milk

Devil's Backbone Belgium-style ales (Azrael, Dark Abbey)

DuClaw's Sweet Baby Jesus.

[Mr_Scrogg]

Ommegang Brewery Witte, Agave Wheat, New Belgium Snapshot and Sunshine.

Just a few Ive had.

Still no dice finding Oberon and Gumballhead.

Seems like Kansas is pretty bland.

[Fishes in trees]

I wish I could like wheat beers, but I have "leakage issues" when I drink a wheat beer.  Don't have that issue with other kinds of beer.  My current favorite summer beer is Shiner Ruby Redbird.  O'Dell's Looseleaf American Session Ale is pretty good.  So is their St. Lupulin.  Boulevard's newer IPA - Pop-up IPA is a so called "session" IPA.  It has a lower alcohol content and so you can drink several without getting totally blitzed.  Boulevard's KC Pils generally has a spot in my fridge.  This spring & early summer I've tried several other local & regional craft beers.  Not a big fan of any of the Schaffly products out of St. Louis.  There is a craft brewery out of St. Geneive, MO that produces a very average pale ale.  Something in their hops/ malt ratio is just off, can't really put a finger on it other than that.  There is a craft brewery in Weston, MO.  Same thing, very average beer - their Drop Kick Ale has an "off" taste that I can't identify other than that.  This spring, the Weston craft brewery came ou† with a "Chili beer"  hops & japalenos.

I don't have words to describe how rank this stuff is.  However, if I ever wanted to steal land from Indians using firewater, I'd bring a few cases of this stuff to the party.

 

I haven't tried any of the Kansas micro-brews that are readily available in the KC metro area.  I just think that if you are a craft brewer in the KC Metro area, it is just hard t compete with Boulevard.  In the past 10 years, they have went from a small, 6 or 7 person operation to where, currently, they sponsor the Royals post game show.  That takes some disposable income and a large ad budget to accomplish that.

 

If I want an import, I prefer Pilsner-Urquell to Heineken.

 

Just to report some recent good fortune, a new liquor store has just opened up, 1/2 mile outside of the city limits of the small town I live near.  They don't carry a great selection of beers yet, but they are very good about special orders - as long as you get at least a case.  They beat everyone in KC's price by $5 on a case of Ruby Redbird.  Your bring in you cooler and fill it up with beer and they will ice it down for free.  If you need more ice - it is a buck a bag - around 8 lbs per bag.  A good deal.  I hope they stay in business.

I hope the small town doesn't try to extend their city limits a half a mile north.

[I.rar]

Dogfish head and Sierra Nevada ipa are two of my favorites.

[JimW5283]

My favorites:

Dogfish Head 90min IPA

Victory Hop Devil

Troegs Nugget Nectar

Yards Washington porter

Lake Placid IPA

Stone IPA

[Mr_Scrogg]

I got a 4 pack of Cloud Hopper by Freestate. Way too hoppy for me.

Gonna try some new this weekend.

[tholmes]

I'm partial to New Belgium's Abbey, Trippel and Fat Tire Amber Ale. Also, Odell' 90 Schilling Ale is excellent. 

 

Mr_Scrogg - If you're a fan of wheat beers, check out Odell's Easy Street Wheat. The Beer Cave probably has it.

 

Tom

[EvanT123]

Anyone ever had heady topper? That's a great beer. I also like good time IPA and we have alittle brewery/restaurant down the street called the Van Dyke that usually have 8-10 of their homebrews on tap everything from lagers,IPAs and browns all of which are excellent.

[Mr_Scrogg]

I'm partial to New Belgium's Abbey, Trippel and Fat Tire Amber Ale. Also, Odell' 90 Schilling Ale is excellent.

Mr_Scrogg - If you're a fan of wheat beers, check out Odell's Easy Street Wheat. The Beer Cave probably has it.

Tom

Believe Ive had it. Ive enjoyed every brew Ive came across, except for the Cloud Hopper. Tried a "Corn Stalker" Dark Wheat. It was ok, just not a dark beer fan.

[Mr_Scrogg]

Favs so far would be Agave Wheat, Omme Gang Witte is good, but a tad too much Coriander for me.

Boulevard has the corner market around here for wheat. Feel like they have gotten too big.

If ANYONE is traveling from the eastern midwest, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin... to anywhere near Kansas, LET ME KNOW! Would love to employ your car trunk to house some lovely brews

[webertime]

Heady Topper... thank god I have a hook up.  This stuff sells out locally the day it gets delivered.

 

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27039/16814/

 

Rock Art, Big Belvidiere IPA

Rock Art, Vermonster

Rogue, Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

North Coast Brewery, Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

[Hi Salenity]

What I make in my basement. I have a mini, micro brew. You can't have any. Don't even try. It's mine, all mine. My sons beg, my daughters in law beg, I'll buy you a house but you can't have my beer.

All grain or Extract?

[S Hovanec]

Anyone ever had heady topper?

 

 

Heady is my favorite DIPA.  Haven't had any in over a year......and that makes me sad.

 

It's so hard to say what my favorite is.  Kinda depends on the season and my mood.

 

I hit the jackpot in February and located 3 cases of Hopslam.  That's just about gone now.

 

It's hard to go wrong with anything Southern Tier makes.  Pumking is #1 on my fall beer list.  ALL of their Blackwater series beers are tops, if you're into stouts.

 

Great Lakes makes some good brews.  Edmund Fitzgerald is my favorite porter.  Lake Erie Monster and Chillwave are great DIPAs.  Their Blackout Stout is pretty darn good.

 

Been on a Founders kick lately.  Breakfast Stout, Rubaeus, Dirty B a s t a r d and Backwoods B a s t a r d.  Had Double Trouble for the first time a couple weeks ago and it was good.  Managed to score a case of KBS this spring, so I've been rationing it.  It was good when it was fresh, but i think it gets better with some age on it.

 

Can't forget Troegs, the makers of my favorite Christmas beer......Mad Elf.  They're also responsible for the magical concoction called Nugget Nectar.

[Mr_Scrogg]

Picked up some Easy Street yesterday. Have to say its ranking up there as a fav.

Also a 6 pack cans of Laka Laka? A Pineapple Wheat. Weird flavor, wife likes it ok.

[I.rar]

Bells hopslam is definitely on my list of ipas to try. Hard to come by since it's seasonal and has to be special ordered in my area. I'll be ready this year though!