Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice

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by yankees1 • 18 years ago

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As I settle in to watch this Celtics-Lakers game with my 6 pack of Fat Tire (New Belgium Brewing) I was curious, what is your personal hacker beer of choice?

airhadoken• 18 years ago

I'm always about keeping a variety around. For beers produced within my own country (USA), I like the products of Sam Adams (Boston Lager, Winter Lager, Summer Ale, and some of the other winter seasonals), Dogfish Head (Midas Touch, ##-minute IPAs), Wachusett (country ale, blueberry ale, "monsta" double IPA), Gritty McDuff's, Yuengling, and Oskar Blues (Old Chub). Import choices include any Irish stout (Guinness, Murphy's, Beamish), McEwan's Scotch ale, Bass IPA, Newcastle Brown, and Lindeman's framboise and kriek lambics.

rms2• 18 years ago

Petrus Dubble Bruin from Pittsburgh's best bar: http://sharpedgebeer.com/BeerEmporium_taps.htm

brianlash• 18 years ago

I've been to Sharp Edge (Peters) but haven't tried Petrus. Thanks for the tip... anything to make sense of that sprawling-list-of-international-beers they call a menu helps!

iamdave• 18 years ago

Killians Irish Red or Heineken.

Shooter• 18 years ago

Fat Tire is good and New Belgium is a very interesting brewery because of their environmental efforts.

http://www.newbelgium.com/sustainability2.php

Hacking beer is fun, but I'm not sure what the best hacker beer would be...

rms2• 18 years ago

Free Beer, perhaps. http://freebeer.org/blog/faq/

wallflower• 18 years ago

I always have Fat Tire when I go out West. Love it!

jakewolf• 18 years ago

North Coast Brewing Company - Old Rasputin Imperial Stout.

eru• 18 years ago

Malt beer.

cubix• 18 years ago

Well, obviously: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker-Pschorr

brentr• 18 years ago

Great Lakes Brewery has several really good beers, though the best comes out only around Christmas time. If you are ever in the North Ohio region around Christmas time, I recommend picking up some of their Christmas Ale.

asillyusername• 18 years ago

If you like hoppy beers, stay local. The most important thing is freshness.

roberte3• 18 years ago

A NASCAR = 1/2 PBR and 1/2 Redbull

Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice

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