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In my off months logging sometimes I worked for Coors distributing.First driving a Keg truck then I moved up to a semi and the smaller towns...Keystone is a huge seller,especially Keystone light..A small bar on the Salmon river sells a case of Keystone Light for $10 out the door.

It is made by Coors and beets the old Billy Beer by leaps and bounds.

Jayco

Fished the river and drank the beer. Contrary to his writings and general belief Hemmingway did most of his fishing on the Fox River nearby the Big Two Hearted. Good beer though.

Here's one for you beer drinkers of the 70's. My dad was a big fan of Andeker of America. I remember him drinking it back in the day but Pabst phased it out before I was big enough to steal it from the old man. Never tasted it but would definitely buy a sixer or two if they made a run of it again.

Stoneybroke, have you ever gone on a tour of Straub and had them hand you a beer right off the line before it was pasteurized. Now that's fresh beer.

On a side note,I would recomend that anyone who really loves beer to get the "Beer Lover's Rating Guide" by Bob Kein. I don't agree with all of his scores, but I have found I agree with most. He scores beer with a point scale, from 0.0 to 5.0. Such as Budweiser scores a 1.1, while Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout scores a 4.0 in his guide. At the very least, reading about all the beer (he rated 1,500 in the second edition) sure makes you want to go out and try new some new ones.

adam

An excellent book is The Brewmaster's Table by Garrett Oliver. The author discusses matching beer with food, but even without the food angle it is a very good read if you want to learn a lot about real beer.

Honestly never thought I'd try an $8 beer, but after having one of these, I bought all I could find. Perfect beer.

http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/harvest_estate.html

Mathman, I believe my brother has that book (he has just recently started to explore beer in his 40's) and I flipped through it back in April. Interesting enough that I will sit down some day any give it my full attention.

In the "Beer Lovers Rating Guide" I would say he suggests a food with about 40% of those he rates.

Adam

"Stoneybroke, have you ever gone on a tour of Straub and had them hand you a beer right off the line before it was pasteurized. Now that's fresh beer."

You betcha. Everytime we get guests from out of the area, I "volunteer" to take them on a brewery tour, sample one off of the line and visit the eternal tap.

Czechvar
Paulaner
Sierra Nevada Summerfest
Sam Adams Boston Ale
Liberty Ale
Smithwicks
Weihenstephan

So many really great beers out there.

Sierra Nevada Torpedo for hop overdose.

I drink the Torpedo all the time. It's strongly hoppy beer but the upper hop level offerings from Stone are well beyond the Torpedo.

Genessee Ale

About 30 years ago I thought I knew the best beer in the world. But then I drank a few other beers, and found that I was mistaken. And then brewers started making even more beers, and I started traveling to more places and trying local beers, both in North America and elsewhere, and I found that the search is never-ending....and quite pleasant.

Agree with you on that. I believe it was the 11th anniversary Vertical Epic that ruined me...

Stone Oaked Double Bastard will also set you free!

Anyone ever tried Anchor Steam ale?

Steam isn't an ale, it's a lager (because of the type of yeast used) fermented at ale temperature in a shallow vessel.

Anchor Steam is quality though it's sister beer, Liberty Ale is better IMO.

Liberty Ale is a classic.

Yeah, it's quite the predicament isn't it?

Living in a semi-isolated area, I've learned accept my favorites list from what I can actually buy locally. If I lived where I had a truly huge selection to explore, I'd be both over-joyed and over-weight. I've sampled lots of beers when visiting larger cities, but like a sailor visiting a port city, I had a great time, but can't remember any names.

I figure if a beer was made before the Civil War, and is still being made today close to its original form as distance allows, it must at least be fair to middlin'.

Schlitz