By Delmundo

Apr 30, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

So Redseal won this thing with nearly 2/3 of the vote when the contest closed, but voting has stayed open during all of April?
What was the point?

By brad

Apr 8, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

Great list for the hop heads, no doubt. Why would you want to put a bunch of beers in the Atlanta paper that you can't get in Atlanta? Hey, maybe I had the greatest beer ever made in East Bumble Flip, Montana that you can only have at the brewery and it's 3000 miles away! What good does that report do anyone in the Atlanta paper? A few beers that have a little malt character to them might have been nice though. Some folks' tastes have matured past the "chewing fresh pine needles the more the better" stage.

By modestd

Apr 2, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

Dogfish Head 120 IPA will knock you out. I had one up in D.C. at a bar. A bottle at the bar cost around $18 bucks though. Later found out you can buy a 4 pack at liquor stores up there for $10. I gots swindled.

By Beer Me Please

Mar 30, 2008 9:57 PM | Link to this

While I routinely support out local brewers, and think Sweetwater 420 is by far the best buy on the shelf when it isn't marked up too far, (I buy a 12-pak a week) ranking Sweetwater above the pricey Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA is the local guy winning for that reason alone, or the voter hasn't had the Dogfish. If you lust for hops, try the 60 minute. Better still, the 90 minute, and the Everest of hopiness, the rare 120 minute IPA, now those will deliver hops Nirvana!

Craps. Now I've got to run to the garage for a bottle.

By Jay

Mar 30, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

I am surprised that you do not have any of the many Sam Adams' beers on the list. Maybe it's because I do not know the criteria to get on the list. Although it's seasonal and you can't buy it year-round, Sam Adams' Ocktoberfest is my favorite.

By JohnnyKnocker

Mar 29, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

What happened to truth in labeling?

Flying Dog is to CO's best brewed beers like domestically available Guinness is to Ireland's.

Not!

How can the trade expect consumers to make better informed decisions without the best & most factually accurate reporting?

By Brian

Mar 29, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

Fat Tire is awful. I think Georgians are fascinated with it only because you can't get it in GA. It's just plain terrible. Touri are the only consumers of the junk.

Short list of great beers that did not make the list (but are better than any named in the west): O'Dell's 5 Barrel Ale , Easy Street Wheat & IPA; Deschutes Brewery's Mirror Pond Pale Ale and Twilight Ale; Moose Drool; Teton Brewery's Sweetgrass IPA; Squatter's Full Suspension Ale and IPA; Wasatch's Polygamy Porter; Uinta's Cutthroat Ale; Red Hook ESB (for a more Macro brew like SN, which is a good beer and Anchor Steam)

The western bracket is crap.

By Davy

Mar 27, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

I'm surprised that Samuel Adams is not represented. I think it stands up with other established beers such as Anchor Steam and Sierra Nevada. The Brookly Lager is almost a clone of Sam's Boston Lager (no offense, I like them both...)

By Jeremy

Mar 27, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

I agree on Fat Tire needing to be on this list even though it is not sold in Georgia. I was sold on that beer the first time I had it 12 years ago.

By macgruffus

Mar 27, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

I'm pretty sure Bob was only including beers that are actually available in the Georgia market. This unfortunately leaves out Magic Hat, Ale Asylum, New Glarus and New Belgium.