re: Visiting breweries

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Alaska
Glacier Brewhouse
Midnight Sun
Snowgoose Brewpub

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I forgot about Alaska... now I have to go add two.

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Santa Fe Brewing....It's a sh*t hole in an industrial park. But it is mostly locals hanging out in the ramshackle patio area. The place next door is an outdoor music venue that has some good bands sometimes.

Marble Brewing
The brewery is in Albuquerque. I went to their taproom in Santa Fe. Pretty good beer....nothing that will blow your sombrero off.


Taos

Eskes Brewpub....Cool little place with a nice courtyard. Their Burrito with Green Chile sauce is kickass. And they have some good beers.

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Been to those + Il Vicino in ABQ, that is a nice place with good food. The green chili beer at Eskes was aight. Balcony on the square @ Marble is nice.

WI - New Glarus, Capital Brewing & Great Dane Pub & brewery. New Glarus is in the middle of nowhere, but the wife loves Spotted Cow and their lambics are good.

Seattle - Pyramid

CA - Anchor, Lagunitas, Russian River, Third St Ale Works, Dempseys

GA - Terrapin, Sweetwater, Redbrick, Red Hare, Jekyll, 5 Seasons

OR - 4 or 5 including DeSchutes, Full Sail, Burnside - the Sweet Heat w/ Habaneros is the best chili infused beer I have tried

Ireland - St. James Gate

Have been to a lot more but recall is a bit hazy.

I went to Park City and Salt Lake City this year and hit up a few:
Squatters
Red Rock
Wasatch (some of these beers were down right terrible)

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Plus ive met one of the brewers from there a few times at nola and he was a total douche

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That dude fricking SUCKED. What an arse.

I wish I had visited more breweries. My craft beer love has come at a time when most of my traveling has largely been relegated to trips to NC. As such, I've done a number of breweries there and not a lot elsewhere. So, my list:

LA
Abita
NOLA

AL
Railyard Brewing Co. (probably more of a brewpub)

NC
Wicked Weed
Asheville Brewing Co.
Green Man Brewing
Oskar Blues in Brevard *****
Pisgah Brewing
Frog Level Brewing Co.
Heinzelmannchen Brewery
Highland Brewing Company
Red Oak Brewery
Bull City Burger and Brewery (brewpub, but I love it)
Carolina Brewery
Fullsteam
Gizmo Brew Works
Top of the Hill (brewpub)
Triangle Brewing Company
Innovation Brewing

Next week when I'm in NC I'll for sure be heading to Hi-Wire. I brought a beer from them to the bottle share at ru's place, I remember it being interesting. My significant other said it was voted one of the best new breweries in the southeast by some publication or other, so I'm excited to try more. She generally doesn't know what she's talking about, though

ETA: She and I have talked about trying to make a trip to CA or OR this summer. I hope it happens.

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She and I have talked about trying to make a trip to CA or OR this summer. I hope it happens.

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Great, hit me up if you make the trip to Oregon. From Bend to My Hood, to the Oregon coast, it will be memorable. Portland is pretty cool, too. Nice winery country, too.

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Next week when I'm in NC I'll for sure be heading to Hi-Wire.

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Hi-Wire is a fun place... the beer wasn't anything mind-blowing but it was all solid. What really stood out when we went was the atmosphere, probably the most fun, laid back, chill brewery we stopped at in Asheville, and we went to all but Highland and French Broad. Great place to enjoy the weather and drink some quality brews.

Jax, will do for sure!

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What happened? I though the brewer from Lazy Magnolia was female?

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When I met him at the NOLA Anniversary event he was just kind of a prick. Cocky. Acted as if I wasn't worth speaking to. I tried to compliment Timber Beast and pick his brain about some of what they had going on, but he was very curt with all of his answers and borderline rude. And he was just standing there doing nothing, so it's not like he was busy and I was interrupting anything.

I think that's why I love NOLA so much. All the people there are fantastic and love to just shoot the shite. I'll always give them my business just because I think they're such great individuals that turn out an above average and at times really good product.

He did say something about a barrel aged brew and if I recall correctly some experimenting with a sour that was happening at that particular time.

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When I met him at the NOLA Anniversary event he was just kind of a prick.

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Pretty sure you met him before that event. I know he was there the first time I met you. Maybe the party was the first time someone identified him as the Timber Beast guy.

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He did say something about a barrel aged brew and if I recall correctly some experimenting with a sour that was happening at that particular time.

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Yeah, they are working on some sour beers, they had some available when I went there for the tour a few weeks back. I think it's going to mostly be in-house stuff though, not full release.