GIVE ME YOUR BEER SUGGESTIONS!!

[MRandall25]

Brewing purity laws in Europe also help.

[count2infinity]

Simply out of curiosity, in what way, exactly, is American beer lagging in comparison to other countries?

Not so much in the quality of beer, but more as a trademark name i.e. you won't see a Sierra Nevada on the shelves in Europe (or maybe you will...haven't been there myself). The craft beer phenomenon in the US is pretty young, so I think it will take some time before it's more refined. I think there are many American beers that I enjoy more than I would a Euopean beer. Right now we're in the experimentation phase with some really great results but also some really bad results.

I suppose in my mind, quality is most important. I don't really care if Europe imports any beer from USA. I'd imagine in the coming years, they will as more expats that grew up on craft beer will likely start to ask for it, but if the quality is comparable, I don't see how we're lagging at all.

[44windmill]

They've had 1/2 (and more) a millennia to work out the kinks.

Which was my original point

All I know is reading this thread makes me thirsty. Not good when it's not even lunchtime at work

[slappybrown]

Simply out of curiosity, in what way, exactly, is American beer lagging in comparison to other countries?

Not so much in the quality of beer, but more as a trademark name i.e. you won't see a Sierra Nevada on the shelves in Europe (or maybe you will...haven't been there myself). .

What do you mean? You won't see a Sierra Nevada in Europe and so the "trademark name" is lagging? Do you mean Europeans don't know about American craft brews? I don't understand how this is evidence of "lagging" by American brewers.

[MWB]

Simply out of curiosity, in what way, exactly, is American beer lagging in comparison to other countries?

Not so much in the quality of beer, but more as a trademark name i.e. you won't see a Sierra Nevada on the shelves in Europe (or maybe you will...haven't been there myself). The craft beer phenomenon in the US is pretty young, so I think it will take some time before it's more refined. I think there are many American beers that I enjoy more than I would a Euopean beer. Right now we're in the experimentation phase with some really great results but also some really bad results.

This is kind of a strange way to look at it. You can find american beer in Europe, but it won't be the best beer. (ETA - Many craft brews aren't going to spend time and money to extend their reach to Europe)
Aside from that, like others have said, it's not a straight comparison. Regardless of how long they've been doing it, some of the breweries are world class. And some of the breweries in Europe who have been doing it for ages are not. Longevity doesn't always mean quality, and relative newness doesn't mean lacking. The US could continue brewing for another couple hundred years, but that doesn't mean that the beer will keep getting better.

[shmenguin]

i wouldn't be surprised if a large portion (if not a majority) of european beer enthusiasts were very envious of the domestic beer that's available to US consumers.

[OutofFoil]

Craft beer is moving to Europe. Victory already has a pub in Vienna where they brew a version of Hop Devil amongst other more traditional beers. Stone is planning on starting a large scale brewery in Berlin. Variety is the spice of life.

[MRandall25]

Found Fresh Squeezed IPA. This is really good.

[MRandall25]

Also had Founder's Breakfast Stout, which is always enjoyable.

[canaan]

Simply out of curiosity, in what way, exactly, is American beer lagging in comparison to other countries?

Not so much in the quality of beer, but more as a trademark name i.e. you won't see a Sierra Nevada on the shelves in Europe (or maybe you will...haven't been there myself). .

What do you mean? You won't see a Sierra Nevada in Europe and so the "trademark name" is lagging? Do you mean Europeans don't know about American craft brews? I don't understand how this is evidence of "lagging" by American brewers.

funny enough, I was watching chug: Budapest on Nat geo and the craft beer places there have said that the American craft beer revolution has inspired European countries to start making good beer again.

[columbia]

America’s 100 best beer bars, 2015
http://draftmag.com/americas-100-best-beer-bars-2015/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[MRandall25]

Atwater Vanilla Java Porter was in our Beer Advent Calendar case. I was expecting something decent, but it's really egregiously watery. It may taste more like water than it does vanilla or java.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

Note: this thread is almost seven years old. If you want to see how much craft beer and beer in general has changed, look no further than the first pages of this thread. And also consider how many of your favorites did not exist when this thread began

[canaan]

The more things change, the more they stay the same...page 5ish I was talking about bohemia and I had a couple with dinner this evening. Woo

[columbia]

I forgot about K2. He was a good PR poster.

[MWB]

I can't believe this thread went well over a year without a post. Good thing Kraftster came along.

[Kraftster]

America’s 100 best beer bars, 2015
http://draftmag.com/americas-100-best-beer-bars-2015/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nice. Will reference when traveling.

A measly 5/100 for me.

[count2infinity]

Looking at the map posted in comments:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mi ... hcSoe7L6zk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It's depressing how big the radius is find the first one closest to Pittsburgh.

[eddysnake]

I'll definitely be hitting up this place in Charleston. Food looks good too

http://www.closed4business.com/gallery/

[shafnutz05]

Looking at the map posted in comments:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mi ... hcSoe7L6zk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It's depressing how big the radius is find the first one closest to Pittsburgh.

Teresa's Next Door for the damn win. Kraftster knows what I'm talking about.

TJ's is great too.

[eddysnake]

I had a Southern Tier 2xpresso last night. Very smooth and creamy (not real heavy), if you like coffee, this is a good one. Didn't taste the lemon until the beer warmed up. I don't normally drink caffeine and probably shouldn't have opened this at 9PM.

[canaan]

too many yards washington porters last night. hurting right now.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

I feel like Eulogy doesn't deserve to be on that list. I feel like it has gone downhill recently. I went during the summer there and the food was horrible. Their Belgium style fries were cut way too thick and their mussels weren't that good. Monks was far better.

[shmenguin]

Eulogy has good beer but it's a crappy place to hang out.

[slappybrown]

Eulogy is way overrated.