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Pliny Wins Again & Rahr Starts Taking Names

Jul 24th, 2010 by

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16 Responses to “Pliny Wins Again & Rahr Starts Taking Names”

  1. Fledgling Brewer says:
    July 24, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    Apparently I’ve got to get my hands on some Rahr as well. Wow. Although the whole list came into question when I saw Fat Tire tied for 28 above Dogfish Head’s Palo Santo Marron, La Fin du Monde, Orval, etc.–even New Belgium’s own 1554. No offense to Fat Tire but I don’t think it hangs with those beers. But it sure has a great following so they’re doing something right. I hate to be the jerk that starts the bickering over the list but that definitely caught my attention. And though I haven’t had all the beers on that list, I’m pretty sure Bells Hopslam should have been included somewhere.

  2. Svend Knutsen says:
    July 25, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    RT @DeschutesBeer: Black Butte Porter is one of the top 50 best brews in America in Zymurgy Magazine for 2010. http://bit.ly/choA4v

  3. Imperial Josh says:
    July 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    RT @DeschutesBeer: Black Butte Porter is one of the top 50 best brews in America in Zymurgy Magazine for 2010. http://bit.ly/choA4v

  4. Beeradise says:
    July 26, 2010 at 9:56 am

    Overall a pretty good list. However, I was a bit surprised to see New Belgium’s Fat Tire – yet see nothing from Anderson Valley Brewing Company.
    Now I need to work on trying out the few on this list I haven’t had yet.

  5. NE Brewer says:
    July 26, 2010 at 11:18 am

    Overall, the poll looks good. I think there was ballot stuffing by Rahr since their reviews on Beer Advocate are so much lower than the names I recognize on the list and no one outside of Texas seems to have heard of this brewery.

    One reason why Fat Tire is rated so high is that Zymurgy asked for a list of your top twenty BUT there apparently is no weight given/difference from ranking a beer 1 versus 20. It’s a vote for each beer regardless of location on your list. Thus, since Fat Tire is national even if it’s ranked low on a bunch of ballots, that’s still 1 vote for Fat Tire. For instance, I ranked DFH Palo Santo inside the top 10 and NB 1554 19th but for the data collection each received the same value.

  6. michele says:
    July 26, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    I keep going back to the number threes all the time . . . Dead Guy Ale will always have a special place in my palate, as we have the same name: dead/lamorte.

  7. johnny says:
    July 26, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    guinness? really? there are so many other better stouts out there. left hand, samuel smith, rogue, goose island, brooklyn…

  8. michele says:
    July 26, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    RT @grapesandgrains: Check it out, beer geeks. The coveted award for the Top 50 Beers of 2010. Crack open a bottle and read my latest: http://bit.ly/bNlnji

  9. Swell says:
    July 26, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    RT @grapesandgrains: Check it out, beer geeks. The coveted award for the Top 50 Beers of 2010. Crack open a bottle and read my latest: http://bit.ly/bNlnji

  10. Yelp Brooklyn says:
    July 26, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    Best bears of the year? RT @grapesandgrains Check it out, beer geeks. The coveted award for the Top 50 Beers of 2010: http://bit.ly/bNlnji

  11. Kevin says:
    July 26, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    RT @grapesandgrains: Check it out, beer geeks. The coveted award for the Top 50 Beers of 2010. Crack open a bottle and read my latest: http://bit.ly/bNlnji

  12. Sara says:
    July 26, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    Bells Two Hearted is 2! Yay #michiganbeer! RT @grapesandgrains Check it out, beer geeks.Top 50 Beers of 2010. http://bit.ly/bNlnji

  13. David Flaherty says:
    July 26, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    Grizzly !RT: @YelpBrooklyn Best bears of the year? RT @grapesandgrains Check it: The coveted award for Top 50 Beers: http://bit.ly/bNlnji

  14. David Flaherty says:
    July 26, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    Grizzly! RT: @YelpBrooklyn Best bears of the year? RT @grapesandgrains Check it: The coveted award for Top 50 Beers: http://bit.ly/bNlnji

  15. David Flaherty says:
    July 26, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    Insanely good RT @sarabethw Bells 2-Hearted is 2! Yay #michiganbeer! RT @grapesandgrains Beer geeks:Top 50 Beers: http://bit.ly/bNlnji

  16. David Flaherty says:
    July 28, 2010 at 11:58 am

    Great comments, y’all, and there were definitely some beauties left off this list. I wonder what Rahr gave the homebrewers who voted for them in return? A kegerator? A 5-barrel pilot system? I’d pretty much lie down in traffic on 5th Avenue with “Rahr & Sons” painted on my chest for one of those…

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