For an Anheuser Busch beer, it's actually really, really good.

Also try New Belgium's Mothership Wit. I'm fortunate to live within 50 miles of 5 really awesome breweries:

New Belgium
Odell's
Oskar Blue's
Left Hand Brewery
Crabtree Brewing

I love Fort Collins!

Dogfish Head Chicory Stout - if you like stouts, go get a six pack, and thank me later. It has placed itself firmly among my 3-5 favorite beers.

We'll have to see if we can get it here. The husband really likes the Dogfish IPAs.

ETA: damn. He took a "Beer University" class through the local CC last year, and I was really hoping to be able to take it this year, but it doesn't look like it's offered. I could learn a shload about wine, though.

I was blown away with how much I liked the Chicory Stout - I'd only seen mediocre reviews for it on sites like Beer Advocate, so I was a bit wary. I loved it though - it's definitely one of my top 5 favorites, up there with Three Philosophers, Rogue Chocolate, Old Rasputin and Sam Smith's Taddy Porter.

I tried Blue Dawg Blueberry Ale over Christmas. It was as bad as it sounds. I thought the blueberry would be subtle, but it was like someone took some blueberry juice and poured it into beer.

I found out Leinenkugel's is selling select beers in Washington state now, so I'm going to give their local distributor a call and find out where I can buy it! Yay, yummy beer that tastes a little like blueberry muffins!

Is it only cool to like microbrews or are we still allowed to love Stella and Newcastle?

It's cool to like what you like and not base your opinions on whether something is "cool".

That's an odd question - you can like whatever you want. It just happens I started the thread to try to give people ideas of new beers to try.

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I tried Mothership the other night and really liked it..... I usually do pretty well with New Belgium

For people who are dieting, and still want their beer, there are Beck's Premium Light (63 calories) and MGD64 (64 calories). I've tried them both, and my opinion is to spend the extra $1 for the Becks. The MGD64 is REALLY watery. The Becks still manages to deliver a solid beer for a small amount of calories.

Hook and Ladder is a Maryland-based brewery that donates a portion of each sale to local burn treatment centers for firefighters in the area in which it is sold. I've tried the Golden Ale before and was kind of disappointed, but I decided to give the Backdraft Brown a try this weekend. There wasn't anything really good or bad about it, it was just a nice little brown. It has hints of toasted malts and caramel, and has a pretty light body for a brown - a good intro to darker beers for those who prefer lighter beer.

http://www.hookandladderbeer.com/gra..._bottle_sm.jpg

It looks like they distribute on the east coast from VA up to Maine.

Also! I got this book for Christmas. I haven't read too much of it, and I'm not sure when I'll be hosting a party, but I'm looking forward to it.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to try it if I see it in the area. Even if it's not that great, at least the proceeds go to a good cause.

I don't know if I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but there's a good chance I may be going to the Ommegang brewery in Cooperstown, NY this weekend. If so I'll report back, I'm pretty excited about going.

So, didn't make it to the Ommegang Brewery - the weather was terrible in upstate NY, and we barely got to the Hall of Fame and back.

I just tried Sam Adams Blackberry Wit Beer - if you're a fan of wheat beers, give it a try. There's not much of a Blackberry taste to it, but it's a very tasty wheat beer.