East Coast vs. West Coast

Man your taking this a bit too personal.

Originally posted by batkins
Once again, your missing the point.
Can you go down to the corner, from you house, and get those?
What is available down the street?

Originally posted by egajdzis

Originally posted by batkins
Once again, your missing the point.
Can you go down to the corner, from you house, and get those?
What is available down the street?

I can! And I live in Schwenksville, PA. Where the fuck is that? Middle of bumble I tell ya. And currently my local corner pizza place has Victory Kolsch, Stone IPA, and Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball on tap! Shag can attest to this...

I lost track of whats even being argued here. Bottom line, use RateBeer before you travel, and you will not have this problem. Pretty simple.

It’s not about what is produced in my state.
It’s just what’s easily and readily available.
Most places around me have the full line up from Bridgeport, Full Sail, Widmer, and Deschutes. They also carry portions of Pike, Pyramid, Stone, Alaskan, Sierra Nevada and a large selection of Rogue.
Grocery stores tend to carry 10 or 15 imports. My local Fred Meyer has an entire aisle dedicated to beer, both sides of the aisle. One side is BMC crap, the other regionals and imports.
This you can find in most grocery and convenience stores. Some more, some less.
The bars/restaurants tend to carry wide varieties as well.
You’ll find the occasional place that carries swill, but it’s rare. Many have nothing but regional brews. The local beer is king here.

I’ve never been to the northeast, so my statements are just the impressions I’ve developed from ........hell, mostly this site.
When the northwest is discussed, beer tends to come up pretty quickly. Regardless of who is doing the talking. Even the individual states talk of microbreweries when hyping their state.

Wasteland shouldn’t have been used.

I think the overall point he was making, was just the immersion in local beer you get out here, nearly everywhere you go. Be it from around the corner or 200 miles away. The same way Napa is tied to wine, the entire northwest is tied to beer.

I have no doubt you can get good beer. I’m just questioning the regional widespread availability of it, regardless of where it comes from.

BTW, watch that diet stuff, it’ll mess with your head. Next you be taking crazy talk, drinking Coors ........and liking it!

Originally posted by egajdzis
I lost track of whats even being argued here. Bottom line, use RateBeer before you travel, and you will not have this problem. Pretty simple.

Better it be for one to live in an area where there are maybe a dozen really good brews & a wash of macros than to live in an area where there are hundreds of so so local/regional brews and only a few macros.
disclaimer: this is just a thought of mine, even though it has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOPIC.

This topic is irrelevant in NJ where beer is only available at liquor stores and nowhere else. Good liquor stores throughout the state, though most places have the standard macro stuff.

mreeves,

How far are you from Vienna? Find a Whole Foods. Also, do a thorough search in the ratebeer places section for Virginia and an hour radius from where you are. The beer is there.....you just have to find it. I think it was Sherlock Holmes who said, "Watson, your failure to find things is due not to a lack of ability to find them, but a lack of knowing where to look." At my first week in NC, I asked every workmate I met where to find beer, cigars, and titty bars. I got tons of good leads.

I hope this helps,
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Originally posted by batkins

Originally posted by billk
What can you get in the Seattle area that is really good? Deschutes, & Pyramid are pretty bad and Rogue (although some are good) is often not much to write home about. The East has Dogfish Head 60 & 90 IPAs and also Smuttynose IPA. Victory has some quality brews not to mention Sly Fox & McKenzies. Mirror Pond!!?? good god who drinks that stuff?

Once again, your missing the point.
Can you go down to the corner, from you house, and get those?
What is available down the street?