My 50 (or so) beers you must taste before you die
I was one of more than 40 writers who contributed to Adrian Tierney-Jones’ just-released “1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die.” This door-stop tome of 960 pages is utterly impressive for its range of beers. And, yet, what you can’t help but think about as you page through it is: The list only skims the surface of great beer.
Consider that the book includes just four styles from Dogfish Head, two from Allagash and one from Weyerbacher. I mean, where do you draw the line?
I ponied up 49 reviews (it was supposed to be 50, but I lost count). Most were from the Northeast because, frankly, I was tired of seeing books like this completely omit fine breweries like Troegs, Yards and Flying Fish. Here’s my list (in alphabetical order); who’s on yours?
- Allagash Curieux
- Allagash Tripel Reserve
- Brewers Art Green Peppercorn Tripel
- Brooklyn Chocolate Stout
- Brooklyn Local 1
- Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse
- Clipper City Small Craft Warning
- Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
- Dogfish Head Midas Touch
- Dogfish Head Raison D’Etre
- Dogfish Head World Wide Stout
- Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter
- Flying Fish Farmhouse Exit 11
- Geary’s Hampshire Special Ale
- Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
- Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
- Harpoon Munich Dark
- Lancaster Milk Stout
- Magic Hat Feast Of Fools
- Mamma Mia Pizza Beer
- Middle Ages Wailing Wrench
- Ommegang Abbey Dubbel
- Ommegang Three Philosophers
- Pabst Blue Ribbon
- Penn St Nikolaus Bock
- Rock Art Magnumus Ete Tomahawkus
- Sam Adams Boston Lager
- Sam Adams Irish Red
- Sam Adams Utopia
- Saranac Black Forest
- Shipyard Longfellow Winter Ale
- Sly Fox Pikeland Pils
- Smuttynose S’muttonator
- Smuttynose Wheat Wine
- Southampton Double White Ale
- Southern Tier Krampus Imperial Helles Lager
- Southern Tier Pumking
- St.
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- Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster
- Three Floyds Dark Lord Imperial Stout
- Three Floyds Gumballhead
- Troegs Mad Elf
- Troegs Troegenator
- Victory HopDevil
- Victory Prima Pils
- Weyerbacher Simcoe Double IPA
- Yards George Washington Tavern Porter
- Yuengling Porter
February 5th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
21 down, 28 to go. But, really, room on the list for PBR but not for Yuengling Lager? Say it ain’t so, Joe!
February 6th, 2010 at 11:05 am
To be honest, PBR is in there more for its historical significance as well as its current cult status. Of course, I’d rather have a Yuengling Lager! Let’s just say I had my fill of PBR at least 30 years before my death.
February 6th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Bob Sylvester is a great guy but I missed the press release where he became a saint. (I think it is Saint Somewhere).