My son is home from college, so I’m drinking a bit more beer than usual. He likes those big hoppy IPAs- I don’t like them so much. To heavy for a summer quencher to me. Been drinking Spotted Cow- great beer on a hot day.
This is the style I drink year round so take what I say with a grain of salt
Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA
Ninkasi Lux Helles Lager
Sunner Kolsch
Timothy Taylor Landlord Ale
Heater Allen Coastal
Stiegel (in a can no less!)
Anchor Lager
Augustine edelhoff
Pranqster
Weihenstephaner original
Allagash White
Ballast Point Pale Ale (actually kolsch-y)
Deschutes chainbreaker
Funny - was at 3 Dots and a Dash this week and sampled a few tiki drinks- was fun and delicious, for a warm summer day. Highly recommended to anyone visiting chicago !!
I love Avril, but it’s invariably skunked because of the green bottles. +1 on Sunner Kolsch. Also Fruh Kolsch, Weihenstephaner Helles, the Commons Urban Farmhouse, Upright Four, pretty much any lambic, any good canned English bitter, my own summer IPA which is about 4.5% and just uses a butt load of finish hops, so tons of hop aroma and flavor but not much bitterness. I love the idea of ISA but the commercial ones always seem too unbalanced because the bitterness is too much for the body. But yeah, I can do gin and tonics all day too.
Just had the Anderson Valley Gose at the Brewery this week. It’s tasty and refreshingly priced for a decent sour beer. It also has salt, making it perfect for drinking while exercising
The full name is The Kimmie, The Yink & The Holy Gose, for those of you current in Boontling.