Some beer drinkers will tell you that the best place to drink beer is on the couch, with a sports game on and a couple friends around. Others will point you to their favorite after-work pub. A few will scoff at the notion of American beer entirely and advise you to pick an import, a wine or a cocktail, instead. In truth, there are a lot of great American brews and more people are realizing it all the time. If you're looking for the best, though, you might consider taking a look at the recommendations for the five best places to drink American beer from Christopher O'Hara, author of Great American Beer: 50 Brands that Shaped the 20th Century. His picks include: the Ironworks Barbecue in Austin, Texas; Blue and Gold Tavern in New York City; Straub Brewery in St. Mary's, PA; St. Nick's Pub in Los Angeles, CA; and Axel's Inn in Milwaukee, WI.
Of course, given the number of brewers in the country, there must be far more than five great ones. It never hurts to have a jumping off point if you're going to hit the road (not while drinking, of course), to track them down.
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9-14-2006 @ 3:41PM
destro said...
Straub - icecold possibly, delicious very doubtful.
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9-14-2006 @ 4:37PM
Miranda said...
Never tried Straub. Doesn't sound too refreshing though.
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9-14-2006 @ 9:39PM
Chives said...
Also try: http://beeradvocate.com/acbw/2006/places and http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/directory/0/US
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9-15-2006 @ 1:13AM
Dave said...
Portland Oregon is a beer drinker's paradise. You can't walk down the street without tripping over a new brewpub. We have better beer in Oregon than anywhere else in the world, except possible Germany or Britain.
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9-15-2006 @ 1:40AM
destro said...
If I was going to go with a PA beer I would have to go with yuengling, which just so happens to be USA's oldest brewery.
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