2007-10-25

My top 5 canned craft beers

The breweries in the US are producing more and more quality beers on a can. And people are getting to understand that a beer on a can is just not a poor macro beer like a bud or similar.

My US-canned beer experience is still not so big but it is increasing so much lately that I have decided to create a top list. So here is my contribution;

1. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout
2. Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
3. Maui Brewing Big Swell IPA
4. Butternuts Snapperhead IPA
5. 21st Amendment IPA

 

 


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UPDATED 090812

Removed and added 2 beers, the 21st IPA and the great IPA from Maui.


UPDATED 071225
Picture of the new IPA at Oliver Twist in the form of a IPA on a can;

UPDATED 071125
Seems the Darkness from Surly as a canned version was only in my dreams (but a good one).

So I have reordered and put in the IPA from Butternuts that I am 100% sure is a canned beer and something I have sampled a couple of times over at my local pub. They also has a pale ale in the form of "Pork Slap"!

2 comments:

Ben said...

Surly Darkness isn't canned. It was sold in growlers last year and in 750ml bottles this year. Never canned.

Mattias said...

Thanks Ben, my mistake a probably only canned in my mind.

I sampled the beer during this years GABFs in Denver and I guess I got confused with Surly and that they only had beers on cans, which was not the case.

Anyway a great beer and it seems that Oskar Blues is quite alone with the amazing idea to can a imperial stout.

Anyway it seems my toplist got cracked at my first try, but what the heck I am learning here. I simply have to reorder some stuff, hold on.