Craft Beers, Microbreweries and Homebrewing

[BWV]

Are there any national craft brands that are doing well? Seems like everything is regional. Don’t see Sam Adams, Dogfish, Fat Tire, Sierra Nevada - which are three national brands that come to mind - at restaurant taps anymore.

 

[russ_watters]

Are there any national craft brands that are doing well? Seems like everything is regional. Don’t see Sam Adams, Dogfish, Fat Tire, Sierra Nevada - which are three national brands that come to mind - at restaurant taps anymore.

All but maybe Sierra Nevada are common in the northeast, though half of them are from the northeast so that tracks.

Apropos: I was sipping a Fat Tire while reading this post.

 

[Astronuc]

Are there any national craft brands that are doing well? Seems like everything is regional. Don’t see Sam Adams, Dogfish, Fat Tire, Sierra Nevada - which are three national brands that come to mind - at restaurant taps anymore.

It may depend on the restaurant. I prefer stouts, and if I go to a name brand restaurant, IF they have a stout, it's usually Guinness made for the US market (blecchh!).

I find may of the aforementioned beers through two local distributors, but I prefer the unique barrel-age, imperial stouts (and maybe porters, if they have them). I now favor the Boulevard Brewing Co (Kansas City) Whiskey Barrel Stout and Goose Island's (Chicago) Bourbon County Barrel-Age Imperial Stout.

I still like to find the stouts mention in a previous post.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/craft-beers-microbreweries-and-homebrewing.468902/post-5016095

Unfortunately, they run short batches seasonally, so folks grab them asap and then sit on a case or two.