Quote Originally Posted by Fengzi
It's hard to beat a fresh beer that you get right at a microbrewery. There's a shitload of them around here and it's tough to pick one that's the best.

As far as anything bottled, my favs are:
North Coast Brewery- Red Seal Ale
Anderson Valley Brewing Company-Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
Sierra Nevada-Bigfoot Barleywine (it's like 12% alcohol so they technically can't cal it "beer")

If you can buy it in a can it ain't worth drinkin. Guiness being the exception.

Anyone here brew their own beer? Nothing like drinking something you brewed yourself.
Me and a good friend have brewed our own beer twice... the first one was the worst thing i've ever tasted but it was the recipe with the highest alcohol content... like 10-11%.. the second one we chose some kind of ale with about 6% alcohol by volume and it was pretty damn good. Now if I ever get the chance to grow my own green, i'm sure smoking your own homegrown is even more satisfactory.