I’m starting the think the best brewery in the world is actually Sierra Nevada

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Message bigred22 beers 85 º 11:47 Mon 8/25/2014 Deschutes, Stone, Lagunitas, Founders, Odell, and Widmer Bros are all better then Sierra Nevada. They are all larger and mass produce. Sierra Nevada is not bad... I’d put their pale ale up against anyone’s, but the struggle mightily elsewhere. Sierra Nevada is a middle of the pack brewery in the same category as Boulevard and New Belgium... Good but not great
Message theisti P beers 5287 º places 1153 º 12:21 Mon 8/25/2014 Originally posted by bigred22 Deschutes, Stone, Lagunitas, Founders, Odell, and Widmer Bros are all better then Sierra Nevada. They are all larger ...... http://www.brewersassociation.org/attachments/0001/4525/CBP13_Top_50.pdf 2. Sierra Nevada 5. Lagunitas 6. Deschutes 10. Stone 26. Founders 34. Odell N/A. Widmer (part of A/B)
Message obguthr beers 11684 º places 22 º 12:57 Mon 8/25/2014 Originally posted by theisti Originally posted by bigred22 Deschutes, Stone, Lagunitas, Founders, Odell, and Widmer Bros are all better then Sierra Nevada. They are all larger ...... http://www.brewersassociation.org/attachments/0001/4525/CBP13_Top_50.pdf 2. Sierra Nevada 5. Lagunitas 6. Deschutes 10. Stone 26. Founders 34. Odell N/A. Widmer (part of A/B) I don’t think he meant to say that they were larger than SN, just larger than average

Message bigred22 beers 85 º 13:53 Mon 8/25/2014 Originally posted by obguthr Originally posted by theisti Originally posted by bigred22 Deschutes, Stone, Lagunitas, Founders, Odell, and Widmer Bros are all better then Sierra Nevada. They are all larger ...... http://www.brewersassociation.org/attachments/0001/4525/CBP13_Top_50.pdf 2. Sierra Nevada 5. Lagunitas 6. Deschutes 10. Stone 26. Founders 34. Odell N/A. Widmer (part of A/B) I don’t think he meant to say that they were larger than SN, just larger than average correct
Message craftycarl21 beers 2338 º places 93 º 14:08 Mon 8/25/2014 Originally posted by bigred22 Deschutes, Stone, Lagunitas, Founders, Odell, and Widmer Bros are all better then Sierra Nevada. They are all larger and mass produce. Sierra Nevada is not bad... I’d put their pale ale up against anyone’s, but the struggle mightily elsewhere. Sierra Nevada is a middle of the pack brewery in the same category as Boulevard and New Belgium... Good but not great Odell and Deschutes are available in very few places, if at all, on the entire East coast, which misses the point of the OP. Founders can also be tough to find on the West coast. Sierra Nevada’s availability is part of the argument. Besides that, I disagree with you fundamentally on many of those breweries being as good or better than SN.
Message craftycarl21 beers 2338 º places 93 º 14:14 Mon 8/25/2014 Originally posted by bigred22 Deschutes, Stone, Lagunitas, Founders, Odell, and Widmer Bros are all better then Sierra Nevada. They are all larger and mass produce. Sierra Nevada is not bad... I’d put their pale ale up against anyone’s, but the struggle mightily elsewhere. Sierra Nevada is a middle of the pack brewery in the same category as Boulevard and New Belgium... Good but not great In what category does Sierra Nevada struggle, particularly one that any of those breweries excels in?
Message bigred22 beers 85 º 14:30 Mon 8/25/2014 Let me give a very good example... Hoptimum... Most off balanced double IPA I’ve drank. I Love DIPAs and was excited for it. Bought a case with high hopes. There is hops that are great and work well... And there are that just punch you in the face in a bad way... Lagunitas Hopstoopid = Fantastic... Sierra Nevada Hoptimum = burn my tongue with crap

Message joet P admin beers 2900 º places 125 º 14:33 Mon 8/25/2014 I’m not sure why this thread is upsetting but it is. I like Sierra, but best in the world? I feel like you’re talking about a whole different league in a whole different sport. Who in their right mind would not give up riches to live in a cabin atop Hill Farmstead, Kernel, Cellarmaker, Dupont, Tired Hands, Adairius, Hair Of The Dog, Russian River or thirty other breweries before even considering most of the breweries mentioned in this thread? If I drink Sierra, I wouldn’t be offended by anything, but given a choice between Sierra and the many great California breweries sitting in my fridge, I must say, I have precious few options when it comes to "repeat beers" in my tasting schedule. I might not have a Sierra Nevada beer for six months or longer.
Message fly P beers 1490 º places 271 º 14:36 Mon 8/25/2014 Originally posted by bigred22 Deschutes, Stone, Lagunitas, Founders, Odell, and Widmer Bros are all better then Sierra Nevada. They are all larger and mass produce. Sierra Nevada is not bad... I’d put their pale ale up against anyone’s, but the struggle mightily elsewhere. Sierra Nevada is a middle of the pack brewery in the same category as Boulevard and New Belgium... Good but not great Than. See, perhaps if you learned that, THEN you would understand beers better.
Message fly P beers 1490 º places 271 º 14:38 Mon 8/25/2014 Originally posted by joet I’m not sure why this thread is upsetting but it is. I took it as a generalization - which generally is inaccurate. And a nod to respecting a brewery that helped spread craft beers to the masses. But that is just my take. generally I hate beer and just drink it to piss you guys off.