Favorite Commercial Beers?

[GuingesRock]

I tried Lunch and Detour. I liked them both, they tasted similar and I think that is centennial hops? also had some Belgian beers in Stillwells that I liked (a dubbel and a tripel). Not much experience with drinking commercial craft beers otherwise, apart from local brewery beers.

Are there any beers that really must be tried?

[Keith]

Heady topper was great, however Stone's Enjoy By I personally enjoyed much more. Probably hands down my favourite beer to date.

[mikeorr]

I really like Ballast Point's Sculpin, great IPA.


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[bandarker]

I'm not a big bitterness fan but I really enjoy Ninkasi Tricerahops double IPA and Four Winds IPA and APA if you ever get to Vancouver. I quite enjoy Tripel Karmeliet too speaking of Tripels

[robcoombs]

My favorite IPA is still Lunch by MBC.

[IanWatson]

I'm not big on bitterness, so I'm really loving Red Racer's ESB. It's big on hop aromatics without the bitterness. You can get it at Bishop's Cellar and Premiere.

[mthibodeau]

I'm a fan of Orval, and also have a softspot for Boddingtons

[gm-]

Have several go to classics:
Belgians:
Orval
Westmalle dubbel and tripel
Duvel
Chimay blue and red
Rochefort 8 & 10
Rodenbach gran cru
Saison dupoint
Duchesse de Bourgogne
Piraat
Westvleteren are great but very hard to get
Most lambics and guezes, but Cantillion is in a different league
Other good and widely available beers:
Pilsner Urquell, great pilsner
Anchor steam ale, classic steam beer
Fullers ESB, great on cask, decent in bottle but crap in a can, same goes for their porter.
Not a big fan of the german wheats and bocks, but Weihenstephaner and Franziskaner make good examples of those styles.

Forgot some more local samples:
I agree that Detour is a nice lighter beer, full of flavour
Red racer IPA is a very solid IPA, and pretty cheap at the ANBL
Lot of great IPAs from the states, but harder to get here, lunch is definitely one of those.

[chicanuck]

Heady topper was great, however Stone's Enjoy By I personally enjoyed much more. Probably hands down my favourite beer to date.

Unfortunately never had the opportunity to try Heady Topper or Pliny The Elder, however I agree with Keith regarding Enjoy By......even though they are all different. In the states and to keep the list short:

West Coast: Arrogant Bastard by Stone (or anything by Stone)
Mid-West: Alpha King by 3 Floyd's (or anything by 3 Floyd's)
East Coast: Lunch by Maine Beer Company (or anything from MBC)

Honorable mention to Founder Breakfast Stout (Grand Rapids but available east) and Brew Dog outside the US.

[McGruff]

Beaus Lug Tread.

[LiverDance]

Beaus Lug Tread.

Love that beer!


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[dexter]

Beaus Lug Tread.

Love that beer!


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One of my go to beers when I lived in ontario, still get people to bring it to me to this day.

I'm a big fan of rogues juniper ale, it one of my absolute favourite beers.

[evanisnor]

My top five so far. Subject to change with experience:

• Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
• Flying Monkeys Smashbomb Atomic IPA
• Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Sumpin'
• Propeller Revolution RIS
• Duchesse de Bourgogne