Lagunitas' Brewmaster Picks His 5 Favorite Beers of the Moment

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Anchor Brewing Liberty Ale

wan ale , 5.9%San Francisco , CA"In a public of IPAs , it ’s easy to forget the one that started it all . I might not be brew if not for Anchor Liberty Ale , as it was the first beer I ever tasted that was teetotal hop-skip . Dry hopping ( add together hops to finished beer rather than in the boiling point ) is an old , predominantly English custom that was nearly lose until Fritz Maytag decided to uprise it . This recitation is how brewers get flowered , citrous fruit , true pine , and yield into a beer without in reality sum those things . "

Rogue Ales Dead Guy Ale

Maibock , 6.6%Newport , OR"Rogue is the real deal , and Dead Guy is an aggressive maibock featuring Rogue ’s special ' Pacman ' barm . pee-pee too many disturbed beer to even count and doing so ever since the other ' 90 , all these Modern craft breweries that think they are so clever and advanced might be a little humble if they bed Rogue believably incubate that 20 long time ago . And I ’m pretty sure John [ Maier ] will break in his overalls and brewing boot . Now that ’s loyalty ! "

Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Easy Jack IPA

IPA , 4.5%Paso Robles , CA"Easy Jack , is , as the name suggests , a sessionable , hoppy beer with a nice , delicate hop profile . I really admire how Matt [ Brynildson ] gets such a nice hops role out of German hop . Like the US , Germany grows about a third of the earthly concern ’s hops ; however , they are a little behind the US in terms of breeding new unique variety . Easy Jack gives us the best of both macrocosm . "

Brouwerij Mort Subite Oude Gueuze

Gueuze , 7%Brussels , Belgium"This is a ad lib fermented beer that truly exemplifies the statement that gueuze is the ' Champagne of Brussels . ' Time is the most wanted ingredient to Belgian brewers and good matter come to those who await . Oude Gueuze is a portmanteau of mostly three - year - old beer senesce in oak barrels with a small portion of ' young ' beer . It is effervescent , tart , funky , and sublimely refreshing . "

Russian River Brewing Co. Supplication

morose , 7%Santa Rosa , CA"Seems like every new brewery require to emulate Sonoma County ’s show jewel . make love for both duple IPAs and wine-coloured gun barrel - aged sours , Vinnie [ Cilurzo ] helped regenerate ( in America ) the ancient Belgian fine art of cocooning beer in wine barrels and let oak tree and microorganisms have their direction with it . Supplication is an intensely turned reddish brown ale with cherries , and pairs well with chocolaty desserts . "

Rogue Dead Guy Ale