Your Favorite Beer by Category (favorite lager, favorite stout, etc.)

[roundball]

What is your single favorite beer in each of the categories listed below?

Yes, I know beer categorization is complex and that this is not a detailed or exhaustive taxonomy. However, I think this captures the more common types of beer available. I've added a few"other" categories for all of those wild ales, dark lagers, imperial white spiced Czech apricot pilsners, and any other wacky styles.

Here's mine...

Lager - Moosehead
Pale Ale - Toppling Goliath PseudoSue
Porter/Stout - Alesmith Speedway Stout
Wheat Beer - Allagash White
IPA - Green Flash West Coast IPA
Brown/Scottish Ale - Brooklyn Brown Ale
Red/Irish Ale - Peacetree Red Rambler
Dubbel/Tripel/Quadrupel/Belgian - Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad
Fruit/Pumpkin Beer - New Glarus Raspberry Tart
Other 1 - Boulevard Rye-on-Rye (rye beer)
Other 2 - Surly Coffee Bender (not sure how to categorize this)
Other 3 - Exile Rauchbier (smoked)

 

[Al_4_State]

LAGER
-Pilsner: Sam Adams Noble Pils
-American Lager: Grain Belt/Yuengling
-Bock: Thomas Hooker Liberator
-Helles: Surly Hell
-Oktoberfest/Marzen: Surly Fest/New Glarus Staghorn

ALE
-Pale Ale: Toppling Goliath PsuedoSue
-India Pale Ale: Russian River Pliny
-Session India Pale Ale: Founder's All Day
-Double India Pale Ale: Toppling Goliath Sosus
-Stout/Porter: Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout
-Imperial/Breakfast stout: Toppling Goliath Assassin
-Brown/Scottish: Olde Main Off Kilter
-Red: Lakefront Fixed Gear/Steel Toe Rainmaker
-Fruit: New Glarus Raspberry Tart
-Belgian: Pretty tough to say, honestly.
-Wheat beer: Boulevard 80 Acre/Toppling Goliath Thresher

To the OP, I would consider Coffee Bender a stout.

 

[roundball]

-Stout/Porter: Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout

I'd forgotten about this bad boy. Excellent choice!

I like the idea of people using their own categories, too. No reason to stick with the ones I laid out.

 

[Cybyassociation]

LAGER
-Pilsner: Sam Adams Noble Pils
-American Lager: Grain Belt/Yuengling
-Bock: Thomas Hooker Liberator
-Helles: Surly Hell
-Oktoberfest/Marzen: Surly Fest/New Glarus Staghorn

ALE
-Pale Ale: Toppling Goliath PsuedoSue
-India Pale Ale: Russian River Pliny
-Session India Pale Ale: Founder's All Day
-Double India Pale Ale: Toppling Goliath Sosus
-Stout/Porter: Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout
-Imperial/Breakfast stout: Toppling Goliath Assassin
-Brown/Scottish: Olde Main Off Kilter
-Red: Lakefront Fixed Gear/Steel Toe Rainmaker
-Fruit: New Glarus Raspberry Tart
-Belgian: Pretty tough to say, honestly.
-Wheat beer: Boulevard 80 Acre/Toppling Goliath Thresher

To the OP, I would consider Coffee Bender a stout.

Its technically a brown. Really too thin to be a stout IMO.


-Pale Ale: Zombie Dust
-India Pale Ale: La Cumbre Elevated IPA
-Session India Pale Ale: Stone Go To
-Double India Pale Ale: Surly Abrasive
-Stout/Porter: Too many to count, but I'll throw Confluence's MilkMan in the ring
-Imperial/Breakfast stout: Firestone Walker Parabola/Bourbon County
-Brown/Scottish: Backwoods Bastard
-Red: I'll pass
-Fruit: Jester King Atrial Rubicide or Crooked Stave WWBV
-Belgian: Cantillon is in Belgium...had Fou Foune again last night and it was incredible.
-Wheat beer: Tallgrass Halcyon

I'm not a big Lager fan, but everything I have had from Jack's Abbey is phenomenal.

 

[Cychedelia]

Holy beer threads batman.

 

[Jdk]

I’ll have another one

 

[CYdTracked]

I was never much of a fan of IPAs until I had Confluence Des Moines IPA which is one of my main beers these days. To be honest there aren't many beers that Confluence makes that I don't like. The Extinction Event New England IPA is really good too. Peace Tree Blonde Fatale is probably my #1 beer, their bourbon barrel aged Blonde Fatale is pretty good too, it has almost a butterscotch taste to it. Boulevard Wheat is my go to wheat beer and their Tank 7 is up in my top 5 beers too. Boulevard Saison Brett is a dry hopped version of Tank 7 they put out on a limited release and would love if they did again as that was a great beer. For Oktoberfest beers Mill Stream makes a great one. Went to a party a few years ago that everyone was to bring Oktoberfest beers to share so I brought Mill Stream and everyone I talked to that tried it thought it was the best one they had that night.

 

[inCyteful]

Oh my, where has this thread been -

Lager - Cigar City Lager
Pilsner - Lagunitas Pils
Pale Ale - Firestone Walker Pale 31
ESB - Lord Rear Admiral (3 Floyds)
IPA - Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
Double IPA - Odell Myrcenary
Stout - Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro
Imperial Stout - Left Hand Wake Up Dead Nitro
Red - Equinox Orion Irish Red
Sour - not doing it
Brown - Surly Coffee Bender
Belgian white- Allagash White
Belgian Ale - Orval
Belgian Double - New Belgium Dubbel
Belgian Triple - Chimay White
Belgian Quad - Ommagang Three Philosophers

Other beers that have to be on my list somewhere
- Lagunitas Lil' Sumpin'
-Oskar Blues Ten Fiddy
-Oskar Blues Death by Coconut
- Russian River Pliney the Elder

Now that I think through this, I need to go research some of the categories to make sure I have things right

 

[cyclonesurveyor]

Oh my, where has this thread been -

Lager - Cigar City Lager
Pilsner - Lagunitas Pils
Pale Ale - Firestone Walker Pale 31
ESB - Lord Rear Admiral (3 Floyds)
IPA - Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
Double IPA - Odell Myrcenary
Stout - Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro
Imperial Stout - Left Hand Wake Up Dead Nitro
Red - Equinox Orion Irish Red
Sour - not doing it
Brown - Surly Coffee Bender
Belgian white- Allagash White
Belgian Ale - Orval
Belgian Double - New Belgium Dubbel
Belgian Triple - Chimay White
Belgian Quad - Ommagang Three Philosophers

Other beers that have to be on my list somewhere
- Lagunitas Lil' Sumpin'
-Oskar Blues Ten Fiddy
-Oskar Blues Death by Coconut
- Russian River Pliney the Elder

Now that I think through this, I need to go research some of the categories to make sure I have things right

Nice list! As a fellow FC'er, Zwei is my favorite Pils.

 

[inCyteful]

Nice list! As a fellow FC'er, Zwei is my favorite Pils.

Zwei is a great brewery. Their Helles is a great summer beer.

 

[cydsho]

There are so many great beers anymore I think it's impossible to just name one for each category before you might change it.
German Helles: KC Bier Helles Lager
Hefeweizen: KC Bier Hefeweizen
NE Style IPA: 515 OJ IPA, Big Grove Easy Eddie in there too.
Fruit beer: Keg Creek Apricot Ale
Sour: Boiler Brewery Water Mi Melon Mimosa Gose
Coffee: Boiler Brewery Juanita Valdez
APA-American IPA: Way too many but Pseudo Sue and Deschutes Fresh Squeezed.

 

[Al_4_State]

Technically it's a brown ale...and a phenomenal beer. I hate coffee but I can run through a 4 pack of Coffee Bender in no time. I really wish they'd can Cacao Bender.

I'll try to make my own list a little later. I've really been following beer hype as little as possible and finding more interest in what's on the shelves. Singlespeed Victory Dance seems to be my go to these days.

It looks you pointed that out back in 2014, lol!

I should update my list. I too am almost completely out of the hype loop, and just go for what I see at the liquor store that interests me, and make a point of trying what the locals are up to. I get to Pulpit Rock and Pivo quite a bit. I'll try new TG stuff when I see it out and about, but hardly ever go to the Clark Mahal.

I've completely lost interest in pastry sours, BA stouts, and fruit/lactose IPAs. I saw something the other day about "slushy" beers being a big thing. **** that, whatever it is.

 

[Cycsk]

Oh my, where has this thread been -

Lager - Cigar City Lager
Pilsner - Lagunitas Pils
Pale Ale - Firestone Walker Pale 31
ESB - Lord Rear Admiral (3 Floyds)
IPA - Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
Double IPA - Odell Myrcenary
Stout - Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro
Imperial Stout - Left Hand Wake Up Dead Nitro
Red - Equinox Orion Irish Red
Sour - not doing it
Brown - Surly Coffee Bender
Belgian white- Allagash White
Belgian Ale - Orval
Belgian Double - New Belgium Dubbel
Belgian Triple - Chimay White
Belgian Quad - Ommagang Three Philosophers

Other beers that have to be on my list somewhere
- Lagunitas Lil' Sumpin'
-Oskar Blues Ten Fiddy
-Oskar Blues Death by Coconut
- Russian River Pliney the Elder

Now that I think through this, I need to go research some of the categories to make sure I have things right

Seriously, are you telling me that you can tell the difference between these just by tasting them? You have some mad skills. I would have to see that to believe it.

Belgian white- Allagash White
Belgian Ale - Orval
Belgian Double - New Belgium Dubbel
Belgian Triple - Chimay White
Belgian Quad - Ommagang Three Philosophers

 

[Cybyassociation]

It looks you pointed that out back in 2014, lol!

I should update my list. I too am almost completely out of the hype loop, and just go for what I see at the liquor store that interests me, and make a point of trying what the locals are up to. I get to Pulpit Rock and Pivo quite a bit. I'll try new TG stuff when I see it out and about, but hardly ever go to the Clark Mahal.

I've completely lost interest in pastry sours, BA stouts, and fruit/lactose IPAs. I saw something the other day about "slushy" beers being a big thing. **** that, whatever it is.

Did I quote a super old post? I'm an idiot. I saw there was a new post and assumed it was a new thread. Infant twins are scrambling my brains.

 

[Al_4_State]

Did I quote a super old post? I'm an idiot. I saw there was a new post and assumed it was a new thread. Infant twins are scrambling my brains.

Not only did you quote it today, you quoted it 5 years ago to make the same point.

It's pretty amazing, really. Congrats on the twins!

 

[Cybyassociation]

Not only did you quote it today, you quoted it 5 years to make the same point.

It's pretty amazing, really. Congrats on the twins!

I know you're being sincere, but sometimes when people say this, I know they're really hysterically laughing on the inside.

 

[inCyteful]

Seriously, are you telling me that you can tell the difference between these just by tasting them? You have some mad skills. I would have to see that to believe it.

Belgian white- Allagash White
Belgian Ale - Orval
Belgian Double - New Belgium Dubbel
Belgian Triple - Chimay White
Belgian Quad - Ommagang Three Philosophers

Telling the difference between and Belgian Ale and a Belgian Quad? THat is a huge difference if you ask me.

And a white versus a regular ale is just as much of a difference.

No harder than telling the difference between some pilsners.

But hey, if they are all the same for you - that is great. Save money and just have Blue Moon or Shock Top

 

[dafarmer]

I laugh at all your frufru beers, back in my days it was Old Style. Or for conosiures of fine dining, there was Blatz light.

 

[dmclone]

Imperial IPA/Double New England-TG King Sue/Pliny the Elder
Double IPA-Pulpit Mr. Hoppy Pants
Imperial Stout/Double Milk-BarnTown Maple Pecanye West
Imperial Stout-Lion Bridge Home Baked/Pure Project Hazesaurus Rex
Lager - Munich Dunkel-Surly Schadenfreude
Fruit Beer-New Glarus Serendipity
Stout Milk Sweet-Stone Xocoveza
Stout Oatmeal-Singlespeed Zach's Mexican Donuts
Stout-KBS
Russian Imperial Stout-Richard the Whale Macaroon
Porter Other-Death by Coconut
Imperial Porter-Lake Time Imperial PB Porter
Belgian Quad-Westy 12 (Not a fan of this style)
NEIPA-Barn Town Sticky Juice
Smoked Beer-TG Chainsmoker
Lambic Kriek-Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic Bio
Lambic Gueuze-Cantillon Classic Gueueze
Pale Ale-TG Mosaic Dry Hop Pseudo Sue/Hill Farmstead Edward
Pumpkin-Assorted Soutern Tier (Cold Press, Pumpking, Rum barrel Pumpkng)
American Wild-Love Child #8/3 floyds Pear Bear

 

[Al_4_State]

UPDATE

LAGER
-Pilsner: Pulpit Rock Italian Pilsner/Schell's Keller Pils
-American Lager: Pivo Schley
-Bock: Schell's Bock
-Helles: Singlespeed Gable/Schell's Fort Road
-Oktoberfest/Marzen: New Glarus Staghorn/Pearl Street Lederhosen

ALE
-Pale Ale: Pulpit Rock Saftig
-India Pale Ale: Fair State Mirror Universe
-Session India Pale Ale: Lagunitas Daytime/Oskar Blues Pinner
-Double India Pale Ale: Toppling Goliath Sosus
-Stout/Porter: Anything from Pulpit Rock's Pour Over Porter series
-Imperial/Breakfast stout: Pulpit Rock BA O'l Tella
-Brown/Scottish: Alluvial Sloss
-Red: Lakefront Fixed Gear
-Fruit: Pulpit Rock Pillow Talk
-Wheat beer: Pearl Street El Jefe