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This thread has been dead for far too long, so I'm bringing it back with a vengeance.

I bring you the list of the top 50 (by volume) US craft breweries:

1. Boston Brewing Company, Boston MA
2. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico CA
3. New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins CO
4. Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner TX
5. Pyramid Brewries, Inc., Seattle, WA
6. Matt Brewing Company, Utica NY
7. Deschutes Brewing Company, Bend OR
8. Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City MO
9. Full Sail Brewing Company, Hood River OR
10. Harpoon Brewery, Boston MA
11. Alaskan Brewing and Bottling Company, Juneau AL
12. Magic Hat Brewing Company and Performing Arts Center, South Burlington VT
13. Anchor Brewing Company, San Fransisco CA
14. Bell's Brewery, Inc., Kalamazoo MI
15. Shipyard Brewing Company, Portland ME
16. Summit Brewing Company, St. Paul MN
17. Abita Brewing Company, Abita Springs LA
18. Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, San Jose CA
19. Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn NY
20. Stone Brewing Company, Escondido CA
21. Rogue Ales, Newport OR
22. Long Trail Brewing Company, Bridgewater Corners VT
23. New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus WI
24. Kona Brewing Company, Kahlua-Kona HI
25. Dogfish Head Brewing Company, Milton DE
26. Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles CA
27. Great Lakes Brewing Company, Cleveland OH
28. The Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma CA
29. Flying Dog Brewery, Denver CO
30. Sweetwater Brewery, Atlanta GA
31. Bridgeport Brewing Company, Portland OR
32. Rock Bottom Brewery, Louisville CO
33. Odell Brewing Company, Fort Collins CO
34. BJ's Restaurant and Brewery, Huntington Beach CA
35. Victory Brewing Company, Downington PA
36. Mac and Jack's Brewery, Redmond WA
37. Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe, Eureka CA
38. Big Sky Brewing Company, Missoula MT
39. Pete's Brewing Company, San Antonio TX
40. Otter Creek Brewing Company, Middlebury VT
41. Karl Strauss Brewing Company, San Diego CA
42. Breckenridge Brewing Company, Denver CO
43. Gordon Biersch Brewery, Chattanooga TN
44. Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Boonville CA
45. Boulder Beer Company, Boulder CO
46. North Coast Brewing Company, Fort Bragg CA
47. McMenamins, Portland OR
48. Utah Brewer's Cooperative, Salt Lake City UT
49. Capital Brewing Company, Middleton WI
50. Blue Point Brewing Company, Patchogue NY

Here's a map of all them.

Here's the list of the 35 that I know I've had:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48

Some of the names I recognize from seeing them on the shelf so many times, it's hard to remember if I've actually drank some of them.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 34, 39, 40, 41, and 45.


Still got lots o' drinking to do!

Our local offering is "Foothills Brewery" in Winston-Salem. I have had a few of theirs.

I'm just replying so I could fix the thread subject.

You post-padder!!!

Hmm. Tom and I haven't posted about the beers we had the other night at Brouwer's. It just happened to be the 7th Annual Hard Liver Barleywine Festival.

I'll get back to y'all about what we had, but needless to say, it was tasty!

This summer I'll have to cross off all of those, when I have money.

You guys could donate to my post-collage beer fund then :-)

I thoroughly enjoyed an entire bottle (750ml) of St. Bernardus Abt 12 (Belgian dubbel style) beer this afternoon. Friday evening we walked to the local wine store in downtown Leesburg to take part in their first beer tasting. They just started carrying beer and were trying to draw beer connoisseurs in the door. Worked on me.

I took home the above beer, a bottle of Shneider-Weisse Aventinus (dobbelbock), and a Green Flash Imperial IPA. I shared the other two bottles with my wife.

I'm planning to hit the GABF again this year. http://www.beertown.org/events/gabf/

If you like beer, you have to be there.

Have any of you tried Stone's Arrogant Bastard? I've tried it twice, both times it has this sour/salty taste. Ick. I don't see how it survives.

Anyways, I had Brugge Tripel, Magic Hat #9, and Three Floyd's Robert the Bruce. I enjoyed all of them. #9 and Robert the Bruce where especially good.