Magazine Names America's Best Beer (Firestone Walker Pale Ale)

[matcom]

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Where is the best beer in America?

According to Men's Journal magazine, it's in Paso Robles, Calif.

The magazine ranked Firestone Walker Pale Ale as the best beer in America, followed by Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, which is produced in Milton, Del.

Rounding out the top five are Stoudt's Pils, of Adamstown, Pa.; Russian River Temptation Ale, of Santa Rosa, Calif.; and Avery Mephistopheles' Stout, of Boulder, Colo.

It has chosen what the editors call the top 25 craft brews that this country has to offer.

The company said its editors put their "sensitive palettes to the test" and have determined the most flavorful microbrews, also judging on the basis of it being refreshing while appealing to a variety of different tastes.

Men's Journal's third annual survey of the Best Beers in America is featured in its October issue.

http://www.wftv.com/foodnews/9848977/detail.html

[ZombieNixon]

1. Isn't "Best Beer in America" like "Greatest King of the Dark Ages"?

"Disco's Greatest Hits"? :shrug:

[matcom]

3. Bush's Greatest Speeches?

:rofl:

[LynneSin]

4. You've never had Dogfish - AMAZING FUCKING BEER!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

I think I'll go by a six-pack of it for me tonight and enjoy the flavor

[seemunkee]

11. I got a 40 of their Liquor de Malt in the fridge

Love the 60 minute and 120.

[Shakespeare]

6. I take it you prefer European beers?

Oh, come to the Pacific Coast, my son....also known as the Brew Belt. Taste what beer can REALLY be.

[LynneSin]

2. WOOHOO DELAWARE IS NUMBER #2

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

That's damn good beer, I usually brought a case of something Dogfish to some of the earier DU gatherings, especially in DC

[Shakespeare]

5. Oh, how cool to see RRBC get a shout-out!

For those in the area (I'm not anymore, but will be back to visit), the brewmaster at Russian River is also the brewmaster at a teeny pub just north of Santa Rosa in Cloverdale called Rose McGowan's. They do the absolute best nut-brown ale I've ever had--they used to make it seasonally, but it's so popular that it's now permanently on tap: Monster Brown Ale. They don't bottle any ale, but you can get growlers to go.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Call me crazy but... MGD is the only beer I can stand.

:hi:

[qnr]

10. Yeah, if I have to buy a non-microbrew domestic, I buy MGD n/t

[LynneSin]

12. If I have to buy a non-microbrew domestic, I'm going to AA

Seriously!

[qnr]

16. Actually, I don't drink beer much. However, when you're in tiny little

towns in western Oklahoma (as I was for a long time) you don't have a lot of choice as to what is available. I've many favorite beers, having traveled all over the world. With that said, I'm not a domestic beer snob, even though I know it is seriously lacking. I was a bartender for years, and part of my routine was visting the other bartenders. I wouldn't touch Budweiser or Coors products even if someone else paid for them.

[underpants]

8. Uh-oh okay ya damned Birkenstock hippies the best beer made in the good ol

the good old US of M************g A is

Old Milwaukee.

[Nailzberg]

9. Fuck that shit!

PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!!

[Lethe]

17. they only give blue ribbon to first place

every time i take a swig, i feel like i'm first across the finish line

[Nailzberg]

18. Voted America's Best Beer

So what if it was 1893? That's when beer was beer.

[mark414]

13. 2 wisconsin beers but nothing from lakefront brewery?

methinks lakefront got screwed...

[Aristus]

14. Mud Shark Porter is a true ornament to the brews of the Pacific Northwest.

:9 :beer: :9

[Lance_Boyle]

15. Pshaw! They've never tried Foothills Seeing Double IPA.

That shit'll put hair on yer chest. And then dry-shave it.

[Initech]

19. I take it they've never tried Arrogant Bastard.

If you want a beer that will completely disorient you, look no further!

[SoyCat]

20. Meh, I'll take an Abita Turbodog anyday.

[Bossy Monkey]

21. Sensitive palettes? This beer tastes like paint!

Unfortunately, the Men's Journal website http://www.mensjournal.com/toc/index.html doesn't give enough of an excerpt from their articles to say whether they really spelled it that way or if it was just somebody particularly slack writing for the TV station at Matcom's link, but it's still funny as all hell.

[querelle]

22. American Beer?

An oxymoron. No?

Q