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[Anonymous No.17992477]

>region
>whats the craft beer scene like over there?

california
pretty top tier honestly

[Anonymous No.17992487]

I had this recently and thought it was just ok

[Anonymous No.17992492]

>>17992487
yeah theres a weird spearmint finish to it

[Anonymous No.17992506]

>>17992477
it's getting off the ground here in the ozarks, good brewers in springfield MO and NW arkansas

[Anonymous No.17992514]

Is there anywhere where the scene is focused on German lagers or blonde ales? I'm sick of stouts and IPAs everywhere in New England

[Anonymous No.17992559]

>>17992514
texas has a good few of those

[Anonymous No.17992676]

Oregon
Good due to age. West coast IPA protects us from hazies somewhat, and old established brands like Deschutes can continue making non-IPA things. Lately, there's good lager breweries.

[Anonymous No.17992769]

NZ
Hipsters have ruined it by pushing garbage quality IPAS with meme designs. Quality is no longer a factor, it is purely packaging novelty.
Almost every single drink feels like a scam.
I know there are good IPAS because I've had some before, but it's a real diamond dozen.

[Anonymous No.17993719]

>>17992477
germany
good selection i guess, but the market already offered a good "conventional beer" variety before hipsters imported the craftstuff over.

[Anonymous No.17993724]

>>17992514
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, most of the Midwest really

[Anonymous No.17993735]

>>17992477
High Savoy, France.
The "meme packing and flavours" never sticked here so all the micro breweries that popped up chose classic packaging usually referring to the region, each with a choice of brown, blonde and white beer, plus something fancy like an IPA or lambic.
People don't have taste for stouts here so I've yet to see a local one.

[Anonymous No.17993741]

>>17992477
I grew up in Northern California where craft beer was great and plentiful, now I live in middle of nowhere Texas where a high ABV malty syrup counts as “craft beer”. Feels pretty bad man.

[Anonymous No.17993747]

>>17992477
Poland
craft beer really caught on here, probably because most of our beer was shit before, the scene is big. it has all the meme triple pastry sour IPAs you would expect. of the two more typically Polish styles of beer the strong baltic porter is more represented, while the low ABV smoked grodziskie is not very popular, which is sad but not surprising

[Anonymous No.17993787]

>>17993741
Just actually moved from Austin to NC was really surprised by the quality and quantity here.

[Anonymous No.17994040]

>>17992477
Melbourne
You can walk into any pub and get something interesting on tap

[Anonymous No.17994187]

>>17992477
In the UK the scene is amazing. We're definitely one of the best countries for beer.

[Anonymous No.17994205]

>>17992769

Diamond Dozen you say?

[Anonymous No.17994214]

>>17992477
New England
Sucks, it's just IPAs

[Anonymous No.17994230]

>>17992477
>AVL
There's a huge amount of beer here. Most of it is mediocre. We recommend Burial and Bhramari to all the tourists so that the handful of genuinely good breweries don't become crowded and shitty.

[Anonymous No.17994231]

>>17992514
You're in NE but never heard of Jacks abby?

[Anonymous No.17994772]

>>17994231
Yeah they're good and out of the city I was born in. But live a few hours north and every where is STOUTS

[Anonymous No.17994820]

am china we are best beir in world

[Anonymous No.17995019]

BC
Best in Canada. Lots of shitty IPAS as most breweries got into the competition of who could make the highest ABV bitterest IPA. Now though most are making some really high quality drinkable beers like pic related. It’s all relatively expensive, but if you know someone in the industry you can get is for almost nothing.

[Anonymous No.17995029]

>>17995019

[Anonymous No.17995033]

>>17992477
>Chicago
Elite tier. Multiple nationally recognized craft breweries. Dozens of others that distribute in the area. Every little suburb has a microbrewery.

[Anonymous No.17995056]

The alcohol law in Connecticut are stupid so everyone goes to the nearest state to buy stuff.

[Anonymous No.17995102]

>>17992487
The original, non-orange version is better.

[Anonymous No.17995134]

>illinois
Fine, should be better than it is outside of Chicago. Too many breweries have really weird selections at the wrong time of year or 12 ipa variants. Still enough options to find good ones here and there. Looking forward to heading up to Madison, WI and checking out what's new with the breweries I frequented in college.

[Anonymous No.17995343]

>>17992477
its been four years, how much longer do i have to endure the hazy ipa fad? 95% of them are garbage

[Anonymous No.17996667]

>>17994205
das rite
there's maybe a diamond dozen drinkable IPAS (but good luck finding them)
the rest are coal

[Anonymous No.17996719]

>>17995029
BC isn't bad at all. I used to live close enough to your pic to walk there (Brassneck is better IMO) , but even out here in the boonies every little hick town has a micro or three. Often with good food or at least rotating food trucks.

[Anonymous No.17996736]

California
It's overrated as fuck

[Anonymous No.17996753]

>>17995343
I still have not had a hazy ipa and I will never have one.

[Anonymous No.17997131]

>>17992477
what is the consensus on brewing at home? I make lagers under pressure for personal use.

[Anonymous No.17997140]

>>17992477
kentucky. it's exactly like how it's memed.

[Anonymous No.17997336]

Virginia

Pretty okay, but a lot of the local breweries seem to be backsliding into IPA oversaturation after a refreshing few years of more interesting things which is disappointing to see.

[Anonymous No.17997388]

Memphis
kinda shit 2 bee honest family
We have Wiseacre, Ghost River, and Crosstown and that's about it. Nothing they make is remarkable either.

[Anonymous No.17997406]

>>17996719
>>17995029
>moody ales
>philips
>parkside
>big rock
All top tier.
>steamworks
>granville island brewing
>red racer
>any parallel 49 'cept ruby tears
Bog water that can go in the trash.

[Anonymous No.17997440]

>>17992477
>SoDak
Just

[Anonymous No.17997461]

>>17992477
Maine

You cannot travel 5 miles in any direction without running into a craft brewery of peak quality.

[Anonymous No.17997663]

>>17997140
Is it like Deliverance

[Anonymous No.17998058]

>craft beer

[Anonymous No.17998176]

>>17997131
Homebrewing is based and it's the best way to escape the endless sea of NEIPA on the market. I'm gonna get a saison started this weekend.

[Anonymous No.17998287]

>>17992477
Yorkshire
pretty fucking good

[Anonymous No.17998296]

>>17996667
>diamond dozen

[Anonymous No.17998447]

>>17992477
Sheffield, UK and it's fucking excellent
>St. Mars
>Abbeydale
>Triple Point
>Salt
>Heist

[Anonymous No.17998449]

>>17998296
That's right.

[Anonymous No.17999301]

Indiana has some killer breweries, and a lot of them.
3 Floyds
Sun King
Taxman
The list goes on, but I guess because there’s nothing else worth doing here people just decided they might as well brew.

[Anonymous No.17999310]

>>17999301
>The list goes on
Nah, that's about it. The beer those breweries make are alright but nothing special (I live here, too). I'd rather drink Sam Adams most of the time.

[Anonymous No.17999374]

>>17992477
Essex, UK
so bad I brew my own

[Anonymous No.17999412]

>>17998176
saisons are a style I haven't really tried as I mostly stick to german and british beers but should give one a go. I only have a pressure fermentation vessel but my spunding valve is fairly accurate. I can't seem to find good info on what psi I should set it to for belgian style ales.

[Anonymous No.18000296]

what the fuck is up with all the shit IPA's on the market? look it up online and the results will just say its popular for its complexity or some shit, but looking at this thread it seems like my opinion (its undrinkable bullshit) is closer to the consensus

[Anonymous No.18000363]

CA Bay Area.
Oversaturated as hell.

[Anonymous No.18000417]

>>17996667
>diamond dozen

[Anonymous No.18000472]

>>18000417
the rest are coal

[Anonymous No.18000498]

>>18000417
you're ass should of remembered it's a doggy dog world

[Anonymous No.18000501]

>>17999301
Best one I've been to in Indianapolis is Metazoa, they have (had?) an Earl Grey ESB that's one of my favorite beers I've ever had

I live in DC, which is pretty garbage, very little variety. Before that I lived in Vermont during the huge boom they had; at first it was mostly IPAs but right around the time I moved there was more variety, especially with sours

[Anonymous No.18000565]

>>18000417
Don't be such a pre madonna

[Anonymous No.18000836]

>>18000417
It’s not rocket appliances

[Anonymous No.18000885]

>>18000363
There are worse things that I can think of than living in a place with too many beer options

[Anonymous No.18001543]

>>18000417
Dont take it for granite

[Anonymous No.18001599]

BC, Canada.

There are lot of options, pretty much every town has a brewery, no matter how small. Most breweries are still churning generic IPAs for some reason.

However, if you explore a lot there are some really innovative, unique and delicious beers you can find.

[Anonymous No.18001622]

north east. we just drink the classics like miller lite, pbr, bud, etc in public and yell shit at faggot retards who try to watch cricket

[Anonymous No.18002196]

>>17993747
>probably because most of our beer was shit before
wtf are you talking about?