# Beer Lovers: Which beer should I try? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [September 18, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644 "2009-09-18T21:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/1 "2009-09-18T21:09:20Z")
I like IPA’s in general, but don’t really know beers very well. I’m going to a beer event in about 30 minutes. Any suggestions from the list below? It doesn’t have to be an IPA… 1000 Gyle Imperial Mild 13th Anniversary Pale Ale Anniversary Ale (Cask) Baltic Porter Bam Noire Barnstormer Pale Ale Big A IPA (Cask) Bitter End Pale Ale Black Black Ops Cane and Ebel (Cask) Captain’s Reserve (Cask) Dark Matter Dog Days Dorado Double IPA Double Blonde Double Simcoe IPA Dragonstooth Stout Extra Dry Cider Extra Special Bitter Ale Freshchester Pale Ale (Cask) Gonzo Imperial Porter Heavy Seas Hang Ten Hop Hazard Hop Wallop Hop-a-lot-amus Imperial Stout Trooper Inferno Pod Ale Javahead Coffee Stout La Roja Loose Cannon (Cask) Nugget Nectar NY3 Odd Notion (Cask) Pennant Ale '55 (Cask) Perseus Porter Racer 5 (Super Hopped) Rastafa Rye (Cask) Red Rocket (Cask) Righteous Rye (Cask) Rusty Chain Sculpin IPA Sierra Nevada Brown Ale Smuttynose IPA Somer Orange Honey Ale Storm King Stout (Cask) Ten Fidy (Cask) Torpedo Extra IPA Trade Winds Tripel Xtra Gold Tripel ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/2 "2009-09-18T21:11:23Z")
By the way, I will be able to check your suggestions via my blackberry so please post recommendations even if its later than the next half hour. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/3 "2009-09-18T21:16:01Z")
Wow, I’ve never had ANY of those. I’m pretty jealous right now. I’d absolutely go for the Sierra Nevada Brown Ale. Their Pale Ale is one of my all-time faves. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/4 "2009-09-18T21:17:19Z")
The correct answer, grasshopper, is…all of them! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/5 "2009-09-18T21:17:39Z")
I just hope you didn’t type that list in from your BlackBerry. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/6 "2009-09-18T21:19:03Z")
The only one of those I’ve had is Sierra Nevada, which is good and I’d recommend it. But for lots of them we don’t have enough information (Anniversary Ale? Whose Anniversary Ale? Ditto Double Blonde.) I second just diving in and exploring. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/7 "2009-09-18T21:21:52Z")
Are you on the east coast? I’ve hardly heard of any of those and I go out of my way to try different beers often. I’d say get a DD or a cab and try as many as you can. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/8 "2009-09-18T21:23:19Z")
I would go for the pale ales, first, JJ. However, my advice is to drink one of everything until you get drunk.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/9 "2009-09-18T21:24:44Z")
It seems I only gave a partial list. The full list: [http://nycbeerweek.com/beers/](http://nycbeerweek.com/beers/) ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/10 "2009-09-18T21:28:41Z")
Bellhaven. ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/11 "2009-09-18T21:40:23Z")
Are you actually going to have access to all those beers at this particular event? looking at the website, it seems that those beers are all the beers being served across all the events. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/12 "2009-09-18T21:44:38Z")
Dont miss the Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale!!! The Lagunitas IPA is excellent as well. There are a lot of east coast micros in the festival that I am not familiar with, but the two brews I mentioned above are some VERY tasty California craft beers… Cheers to you, Matthew ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/13 "2009-09-18T21:46:38Z")
> [@qubed](#): > > Are you actually going to have access to all those beers at this particular event? looking at the website, it seems that those beers are all the beers being served across all the events. You’re right. The choices are only from the first list I posted in the OP, since this is the cask festival. I’ll find out in the next 15 minutes or so. ---
**Author:** ![Whiteknight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whiteknight/32/4962_2.png) [@Whiteknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiteknight)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/14 "2009-09-18T22:14:57Z")
I’m a big fan of the Loose Cannon and Hang Ten, both crafted at my favorite local brewery, Clipper City Brewing. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/15 "2009-09-18T22:19:54Z")
There are tons of beers here! My first is the cask version of Green Point ipa 7% alc. Very nice ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/16 "2009-09-18T22:20:23Z")
If it is the same one I’m thinking of, the Torpedo Extra IPA is made by Sierra Nevada. If you like their regular IPA, give the Torpedo Extra IPA a try. I’d also try the rye beers. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/17 "2009-09-18T22:23:15Z")
I meant Green Flash West Coast IPA. Delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/18 "2009-09-18T22:34:18Z")
My friend’s brother is a beer snob and is picking our beers. We’re sticking with the cask beers. My 2nd is “Sixpoint righteous with whiskey-soaked oak chips” 7%. Kind of rough. Already buzzing ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/19 "2009-09-18T22:52:40Z")
If you try the Magic Hat Odd Notion, please post your opinion. Oh, and I’ll second **MPB in Salt Lake** , the Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale is tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644/20 "2009-09-18T23:17:11Z")
I wish I could use everyone’ s suggestions. However our 3rd is “livery anniversary ale” 9% and I’m already ripped. I’n not used to drinking beer like this. I may be able to drink one more. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-which-beer-should-i-try/510644.md?page=2)