What is the best domestic beer?

Question

Please be specific, and give details. Points will be awarded to best answer.

Answer 1

312 brewed by Goose Island Brewery located here in Chi-town.
Oberon or anything brewed by Bell's Brewery located in Kalamazoo, MI
Then theres Fat Tire brewed by New Belgium Brewery located in Fort Collin's CO (ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC)
If your not into the micro brew, sorry... I don't like beer that tastes like water.
O yea, I forgot Three Floyds brewed in Muenster IN (you'll have a hard time finding that one if you dont live anywhere near Chicago though)

Answer 2

Here, I think the best one is Blanche de Chambly, a beer brewed by Unibroue Inc. It is a wheat and barley mash beer rather than just barley. In Belgium, there are wheat beers that are exposed to the air so wild yeast can settle on the beer while it is fermenting and add an extra flavour. These beers are known as "wild blondes". Unfortunately, we don't brew these types of blonde beers here, so the closest one is Blanche de Chambly.

brewed since 1992
Type White Ale, refermented in the bottle
Alcohol 5 % alc./vol.
Color White
Taste Wheat, with subtle spices, and citrus
Aroma Lightly fruity and a hint of citrus
Shelf Life 2 years
Serving Suggestions Poultry, fish and shellfish, salads and fresh cut vegetables

In the spring of 1992, Unibroue marketed its first beer on lees, the Blanche de Chambly. It contains 5 percent alcohol and is produced from an interesting blend of unmalted Quebec wheat and pale barley malt, to which spices and natural aromatics are added, along with a light hopping.

The Blanche is only partially filtered so that it retains the full benefits of its natural ingredients. This gives it the cloudy appearance that was characteristic of pale beers in the Middle Ages. While it is naturally of a champagne color, it appears white because of the fresh yeast in suspension.

Here is a sample review of the beer by The Long Beach Bum. There is a link to Beer Avocate and reviews from beer drinkers.

TheLongBeachBum ( Republic Of Yorkshire, Long Beach, California )

overall: 4.5
appearance: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 4


A 750ml Bottle of Blanche de Chambly. I love the picture label for this beer, for some reason it works well and attracts me. I used a tall Erdinger WeißBier Glass for drinking this beer, it worked a treat and really put me in the mood for a Wheat.
Carefully poured it has a reasonably active head at first. It is one of those that froth’s up immensely as it hits the glass. But then this soon settles to a thin white collar, which is not unusual for this style of beer. When drinking a thin lace appears, but then slides back into the beer and leaves only the merest white bubble patch that hints that the glass was full at some point. At this point it does indeed look like a restrained Glass of Champagne that has been stood for a short while.
Has a surprisingly clear complexion, a yellowy-golden color with an ever present slight milky haze, but it still looks quite clear.
The aromas are almost edible, just superb, quite gorgeous and the quintessential white beer nose. Fruity, fresh, inspiring with some lemons and hops - but very little spices.
As the beer lands in the mouth, a huge tingling sensation is experienced as it carbonates on your tongue, this leads nicely to a fulfilling mouthfeel, which peaks at the beginning and quickly subsides with the beer itself. Tastes are slightly lemony, hoppy, fresh, zingy and immensely refreshing. A truly great drinking beer and highly quaffable.
Carbonation is great, just taking a swig, and then replacing the glass to its beermat reveals an explosion of small bubbles that swirl and race to a settled head after a little time. Finish is a little dry, and retains a nice crisp bitterness. Aftertastes are strong and linger around longer for some time.

When I first tasted this in December 2001 (before I joined BA.com), I recall that I thought it was a little thin. I suppose it still is to some degree and this would be my only comment, as opposed to criticism. But this is only a 5% White Beer after all, and that has to be remembered. Now if they made an 8% version of this – well now we would be talking!

Nevertheless, Quite Exceptional.

Answer 3

Personally all the domestic beers average the same I think. None of them are especially good. If you are going to drink beer go the imported route and drink Corona or Heineken.

Answer 4

Miller Lite

Answer 5

my own home brew is the best,because i ferment it longer ,with more sugar or honey than any commercial beer ,
and in England the special brews .there are hundreds of local ones all over the country

Answer 6

leinenkugels beer made Chippewa falls wisconsin make some really decent beers.I like the red the best.

Answer 7

Shiner Bock!

Answer 8

Budweiser!!! The king of beer's!!

Answer 9

in my opinion, sam adams. they aren't too bad. locally brewed beers are good too.