http://www.thebrewworks.com/

here's Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's brew pub, and I quite enjoy it.

Their flagship beers are all pretty good, and on the current seasonal brew menu, I've had both the Hefeweizen and Monkey Wrench and would recommend them again.

Two years ago, they had "Blastberry Wheat" and I wish it'd come back :(, the description is still there though.

I think you'll find good beer also needs yeast (unless it's a lambic, but then it's not a German beer now is it?). ;)

Unibroue is a little brewery just outside Montreal. They're my favorite brewery in the world. They make so much good stuff it's actually rather scary. Fin du Monde is the best beer I've ever had, and believe me I've had a lot of 'em. Chambly Noire, Ephemere, and Terrible are also amazing. Really anything done by them is good, though.

Aside from Unibroue's stuff, I like witbier, hefeweizens, and pretty much anything dark. To be honest Stone brewery's stuff doesn't do much for me. I guess I'm not enough of a bastard. Seems like they just bump up the hops and ignore the rest of the beer's flavor.

I'll second the Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout, though I find Young's almost as good. Young's also puts out a Triple Chocolate Stout that is incredibly good.

Sammy Smith's is not bad. I've had Young's Double Chocolate stout which was amazing, but theres a triple? That could be pretty awesome.

If you guys want to take this to another level check out www.BeerAdvocate.com


Here's their list of top 100 beers in the US as voted by members.

http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers

Franziskaner and Paulaner are my favorites of the style. Paulaner Hefeweisen from a fresh keg is magical.

Fin du Monde is exceptional, but I have honestly been less than impressed with a lot of their other stuff. It's not so much that the rest of their beers are bad, they just don't seem to be exceptional within the style for the rest -- at least compared to Ommegang and Chimay, my two favorite breweries.

Damn! I had him beat but didnt know the guild bank thread turned into a Beer thread!

http://forums.elitistjerks.com/viewtopic.php?id=8039

Yeah, I saw your post. It was just in the wrong thread!

Leinenkugel
http://www.leinie.com/

hands down best beer.

Wow, you live in Bethlehem? I attend Lehigh and Brew Works is always nice for dinner and trying some different beers. The seasonal beers are pretty interesting and while they're sometimes hit-or-miss it's fun to see what they've cooked up.

Fuller's ESB and London Porter are great, especially when you can get them from a cask in a real London Pub. Duvel and Chimay are old faves from way back (Gotta love those lambic/trappist ales.) My favorite beer that's relatively easy to find is probably Bass -- it's a good ale that any place worth going to usually carries. (i.e. any place that knows beer is more than Budweiser and Michelob Lite.)

Some of the best beer I've ever had was in the various pubs in London. A lot of them have small local brews (esp. the bitters) that are just fantastic.

Other favorites include Caffrey's (which I don't think you can get in the US anymore) and Stella Artois.

I graduated Lehigh in 2005, so we may have overlapped. My girlfriend has family in Bethlehem so I go back like once a month.


In DC-area related news:
I'm going here tonight: http://www.rockbottom.com/ for $1 drafts :cool:, can't find a beer menu though :(