Consider me a Craft drinker for sure! I’m not a beer snob by any means, but I do prefer beverages brewed in smaller batches with the focus on traditional styles of beer and quality ingredients. I am fortunate enough to have a few places locally where I can purchase products from craft breweries all over the country as well as imports from around the world.
I am very fond of my IPAs, both New England and West coast styles. But I also like just about any style downstream of an IPA as well. Pale Ales, Amber Ales, Pilsners, Hefeweizens, Stouts, Porters…Man!… I’m getting thirsty typing this! Lol
I’ve visited breweries here in New York, Vermont, Maine, Tennesee, Georgia, Florida, Kansas and Missouri. I might be missing a state or two but you get the idea.
I Grew up literally a Block away from The West End Brewing Co which is known mostly for being the first brewery to open after prohibition. Also known as Utica Club Brewery as well as the F.X. Matt Brewing Co. Utica Club is the hometown brew around here and it isn’t a bad representation of a German Pilsner albeit a mass produced beer.
Some of my favorites are Maine Brewing Co, Alchemist Brewing in VT, Treehouse Brewing Co in Mass, and Now Saratoga Springs NY. Very Fond of Full Sail Brewing in Oregon, and the list goes on and on! Yep… I’m a Crafty!
I’m not the party animal of my youth by any means and I don’t drink with the intent of getting completely inebriated. But if I find myself in it for the long haul and expect to maintain for extended periods of time I try to find Pilsner Urquell. It tastes great, is low abv and for whatever reason I have never had any sort of next day hangover affects from it? And it tastes like real beer!
You can keep Sours, fruity flavors, anything that has Smores or cotton candy in its name. Stuff like that isn’t anything I’m remotely interested in!
