Try the Hop JuJu or Trailhead if you like hops. Generally their beers are rocket fuel, but very good.
. I was really looking forward to their hoppy pale ale no hop aroma or flavour and twangy like there was a lacto infection. Next brew was an english bitter plenty malt but not smooth a little astringent. Sorry for the side post on this thread but i wish there was some decent craft beer on the coast i could emulate. Maybee im just bias.
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There aren't that many differences. The challenges are the same but their engineering is better! We have lots of great craft breweries around, we're lucky. The brewpub I visit most often has won Small Brewery of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival, the one that's brewed my beer has been around with excellent quality since the early 2000's. I think part of it is what you're used to: I remember when Heineken was considered great, even though it was skunked in its green bottles! If all one knows is stale beer, they'll try to brew stale beer. We have such a great supply of good beer in the Denver area, even our "Homebrewer's Night" every two months at the local homebrew supply store no longer has many bad beers!Well there is no excuse for a stale homebrew we get to drink it fresh and clean nice and young outta the keg depending upon style of course
Yea I don't know maybe brewing on bigger equipment changes things up some from the baby 21 liter batches but I guess the same simple brewing basics are the same good pitch rate crazy clean sanitation and temperature regulated fermentation control.
If the local product is of high quality and reasonable price I'll take it every time .
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