East Coast vs West Coast Thread II: Beer

[Unspeaked]

Ok, I got into a debate recently with some DC area friends and would appreciate the MR Community's input on the matter.

I'm starting two threads (with polls); one is for seafood and one is for beer. This is the beer thread.

Which coast has better beer: the East Coast or the West Coast? Why?

(And for the purpose of this debate, it's just East Coast US vs West Coast US - I know there's great beer in Canada, Europe, etc…)

 

[teleromeo]

Belgium ...

 

[ethical]

Belgium ...

I agree, but you clearly didn't read the OP....

 

[Tilpots]

Baltimore's Natty Bo FTW!

 

[rdowns]

East Coast. Fat Tire is the only West Coast beer I really like.

 

[mysterytramp]

Natty Boh, sure, but also Sam Adams and Yuengling. Hell, I prefer Rolling Rock to most of those stick-your-pinky-out boutique beers out west.

mt

 

[Peace]

West coast again. We started the micro-brew rage.

 

[mkrishnan]

East Coast. Fat Tire is the only West Coast beer I really like.

Fat Tire is pretty good. The Midwest is better than either, but I'd go East over West. The East Coast has Dogfish Head and a number of other good breweries....

 

[rhett7660]

East Coast. Fat Tire is the only West Coast beer I really like.

You haven't had to many West Coast Beers if that is the only one you like.

Pelican Brewery
Stone Brewery
The Lost Abbey Brewery
Big Sky Brewery
Karl Strauss
Downtown Brewery
Rockbottom Brewery


Just to name a few...........

I say it is a tie.

 

[acurafan]

East coast represent!!

DC and Maryland for bestest seafoods & beers lounging and enjoying the water and sun in the Chesapeake bay area!

 

[Rapmastac1]

The best stuff comes from outside of the US aka Guinness. But I voted for the east because that is where you can get sweet mash Bourbon Whiskey.

 

[maflynn]

Sam Adams is my favorite beer, at least when I'm not drinking Guinness

 

[yg17]

Neither. Midwest. And none of that Budweiser clydesdale piss, but actual beer from microbrews.

 

[obeygiant]

Sierra Nevada IPA

Hop Ottin'

 

[Rapmastac1]

This joke pretty much sums up my opinion on both East and West coast beers,

"Sex on beach is like American beer - very near water."

 

[Designer Dale]

Best beer? Bells in Kalamazoo Michigan. Is that East or West??

Dale

 

[Queso]

Tie. American beer is all equally bad

 

[mkrishnan]

Best beer? Bells in Kalamazoo Michigan. Is that East or West??

That's the **** I'm talking about. I missed Oberon a lot when I was in Florida... But recently, also, W. Michigan has had a lot of other improvements... New Holland in Holland, Founders in Grand Rapids, etc. Great Lakes Brewing Company in Ohio is excellent, too....

 

[Disc Golfer]

Between Colorado and the Northwest are some of the best beers being made in the world today. The East doesn't have brewing regions that compare.

 

[yg17]

Tie. American beer is all equally bad

That's because you're probably drinking that Budweiser and Coors piss water. You have to try out the microbrews.

 

[Unspeaked]

This joke pretty much sums up my opinion on both East and West coast beers,

"Sex on beach is like American beer - very near water."

Tie. American beer is all equally bad

I hope the emoticons show that you're joking and don't really believe that American beer is that bad...

 

[mkrishnan]

That's because you're probably drinking that Budweiser and Coors piss water. You have to try out the microbrews.

We've had this debate so many times, it seems pointless to continue it... most good American beer never leaves the country anyways. And if someone (not Queso) endorses that European beer is better than American beer and then cites Guiness as proof, then, as good as Guiness is for a macro-brew, this person has no proper beer taste anyways, and there is going to be no value in a discussion of beer with them.

 

[MattSepeta]

That's the **** I'm talking about. I missed Oberon a lot when I was in Florida... But recently, also, W. Michigan has had a lot of other improvements... New Holland in Holland, Founders in Grand Rapids, etc. Great Lakes Brewing Company in Ohio is excellent, too....

Bells two hearted... I swear by it.

As far as east coast v west coast, I love some Sam Adams. I try to get a seasonal pack every season!

 

[Queso]

We've had this debate so many times, it seems pointless to continue it... most good American beer never leaves the country anyways. And if someone (not Queso) endorses that European beer is better than American beer and then cites Guiness as proof, then, as good as Guiness is for a macro-brew, this person has no proper beer taste anyways, and there is going to be no value in a discussion of beer with them.

I'm not going to get into that, but in all the times I've been in the USA I've made a point of trying the non-mainstream beers thanks to prompting on the Internet. Whilst they are indeed better than the likes of Coors or Bud I've always found that the depth of flavour is not comparable to the beers we have here. I think it's just what your taste buds are used to.

I know, it's a big country and there's no way I can possibly have drunk every beer on offer, so I'm quite prepared to stand up and say I'm wrong should I find a US beer I like in the future. I'm just going on past experience.

 

[yg17]

We've had this debate so many times, it seems pointless to continue it... most good American beer never leaves the country anyways. And if someone (not Queso) endorses that European beer is better than American beer and then cites Guiness as proof, then, as good as Guiness is for a macro-brew, this person has no proper beer taste anyways, and there is going to be no value in a discussion of beer with them.

Yeah, it's like restaurants. Other countries think American food is McDonalds and Burger King, although most Americans with half a brain don't count that as food