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Re: Favorite Beer?

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^ I love all things Lagunitas, probably my favorite brewery right now.

Picked up some Lagunitas Sucks this weekend, great beer as well.
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Re: Favorite Beer?

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Don't know if it has been mentioned, but I am really digging Colorado Native Lager. A really smooth lager that I can enjoy with food or by itself. Oh and you can only get in Colorado!
I agree that is a good lager. If you like lagers, maybe try Third Shift by the Band of Brewers, it is a nice amber lager. My favorite from this past winter though was Shift by New Belgium, a very good pale lager.
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kansas wrote:Picked up some Lagunitas Sucks this weekend, great beer as well.
Good stuff, indeed. They got it right.
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Re: Favorite Beer?

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kansas wrote:^ I love all things Lagunitas, probably my favorite brewery right now.

Picked up some Lagunitas Sucks this weekend, great beer as well.
As is Little Sumpin Sumpin.

Anyone know where they sell Marble IPA cans around Denver?
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Re: Favorite Beer?

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lordhelmut wrote:
kansas wrote:^ I love all things Lagunitas, probably my favorite brewery right now.

Picked up some Lagunitas Sucks this weekend, great beer as well.
As is Little Sumpin Sumpin.

Anyone know where they sell Marble IPA cans around Denver?

High High Wine and Spirits in Lakewood has them. 435 S. Vance St. Lakewood, Co, 80226 - 303-936-0272
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Re: Favorite Beer?

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by lordhelmut » Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:32 pm

Anyone know where they sell Marble IPA cans around Denver?
Wallaby's (and you know where dat is) unless The Man bought them all up yesterday. 8)
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Re: Favorite Beer?

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Odells Chocolate Milk Stout, in general the Great Divide (Denver) and Dry Dock (Aurora) breweries are very good. Outside of Colorado, Dog Fish Head is superb...
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Re: Favorite Beer?

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Ahem, well the best beer is a free one.
But if pickers can be choosers, then Great Divide makes the perfect brew called Hades.
Apart from that, honorable mention must go to the staple Pabst Blue Ribbon.
And that's what's up.
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Not as much of a hophead/big ABV guy (though I do prefer coastal IPAs), more in favour of clean, malty brews done well (so I can enjoy 2 or 3). And I like New Belgium as a company, but not so much Belgian beer styles.

Some favourites:
Super local:
O'Dell's Isolation
Equinox O'Rion Irish Red
Grimm Brothers Fearless Youth

Midwest Roots:
New Glarus always knocks it out of the park. Love Spotted Cow, Fat Squirrel, Two Sisters, Totally Naked, Back Forty Bock...this winter, got more into Snowshoe Red Ale (although it's more of a sweet, toasty brown, IMHO).
Schell does good stuff in Minnesota, love their Caramel Bock.

Not hard to find but too cheap to buy it regularly:
Rogue Dead Guy Ale

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And one more admission: I'll admit to being biased towards taste, cost/availability (to a degree) and localness; but also influenced by "coolness-of-name" as well as "coolness-of-logo."
One that scores high (for me) in all directions is Bristol's Winter Warlock ($7.99 at the liquor store next to Sam's Club in the Fort)
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Re: Favorite Beer?

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Tough to pick a favorite, but my two year round go-to's are Dales and Ranger.

Favorite seasonal has to be either America's Original Pumpkin by Buffalo Bills or Dogfish Head Punkin'...both are far and away better than any other pumpkin ale I've ever had. Stumbled across Dogfish Head this past year by random chance (seems I was incredibly lucky). I will be ready for it THIS year.
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My wife and I hit Odell for their release party for this:
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"Tree Shaker"....GOOD STUFF. They used like 800 lbs of peach puree and it's an IPA. Subtle and not overbearing. Did I mention 9.6? Wow.
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Re: Favorite Beer?

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Without question the best beer in Colorado Springs...

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