Being stuck on a desert island would be horrible – especially since there ’s no electricity or indoor plumbing . Or beer ! Delicious , life sentence - affirming beer … that unfermented nectar which makes everything better . We would n’t wish that luck on anyone .
But that come us thinking about our favorite supposititious cliché : if you were strand on a desert island with one brewery ( not a bad situation , really ) , which would it be ? One with a wide variety of options ? One that does one affair really , really well ? We put the doubt to a bunch of beer luminaries from around the nation . The results are far more delicious than anything Robinson Crusoe probably drank .
New Glarus Brewing Co.
New Glarus , WI“I have so many questions : Is the brewery run on the island ? Does the brewery have access to necessary ingredients ? Or am I limited to a container pack full of my desert island brewery ’s beer ? Regardless , I would find it hard to limit my drinking to one particular beer , so I ’m choosing a brewery that makes a wide range of lineament beers . I ’d be happy drinking New Glarus ' beer – from Two Women Lager to Wisconsin Belgian Red to Zwickel to Serendipity . ” – Tom Bleigh , Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.(Portland , OR )
Svalbard Bryggeri
3rd Wave Brewing
Delmar , DE"3rd Wave brews the best peach wheat beer , with hundreds of pounds of local ravisher . It ’s the most refreshing beach beer . " – Lauren Bigelow , Mispillion River Brewing(Milford , DE )
Firestone Walker
Paso Robles , CA"This brewery has it all ! Pivo Pils has you continue for solar day fuddle in the sunshine – and hopefully on this island you have an unintelligible cupful to forefend scram light - strike . Firestone Walker ’s classics across the board are always logical , include a humans - class cask - aged and sour program that consistently put out interesting new offer . And now with Luponic Distortion , Matt Brynildson is show the humans what awing young spirit we can expect from experimental hop variety in the future . " –Thomas Kelley , El Segundo Brewing Co.(El Segundo , CA )
Mikkeller
San Francisco , CA“This is such a rugged decision . If I had to drink beer from only one brewery for the rest of my life history , it would have to be Mikkeller . From Beer Geek Breakfast to It ’s live to Stateside IPA , they brew such a spacious variety of beers to choose from that I do n’t retrieve I ’d ever get blase . Not to mention , they continue to innovate and join forces with other brewery ( including our approaching limited release collaborationism , Bugs and Berries ) , so it ’s like I ’d still get to savour brew from many of my other favored beer maker , too . ” –Jennifer Glanville , Samuel Adams(Boston , MA )
Private Landbrauerei Schönram
Petting , Germany"This brewery produces some of the most authentic and bracing traditional Bavarian lager you ’d be fortunate enough to love . Brewmaster Eric Toft – a indigene of Wyoming , but German as can be – also steps far away from Bavarian tradition by brewing one of the first ( and finest ) IPAs in Germany . Very few brewery can brew laager to this level anywhere in the humanity , countenance alone IPAs . The diversity , timber , and elegance of Schönram ’s beers is a rare combination . My personal favorite are the Hell , the Pils , and the IPA . Its hefeweizen might just be the in effect breakfast beer on the major planet . " –Steve Schmidt , Smuttynose Brewing Company(Hampton , NH )
Fonta Flora Brewery
Morganton , NC"I have a few top five all - time desert island beers – Mahr ’s Bräu Pilsner , Orval , and Saison Dupont would all be on the lean . But for breweries , I ’ve lately been impressed by a minuscule brewer here in NC shout out Fonta Flora . I have n’t had a beer I did n’t like , which says a lot , because they ’ve made some pretty ' out there ' creations including using element like mushroom , quinoa , and carrots . I ’d never get world-weary ! " –Bill Manley , Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.(Fletcher , NC )
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Chico , CA"Sierra Nevada ’s Pale Ale is one of the first wiliness beer I delight when I was just getting into craft beer all those years ago . In a sea of beer made with unique and odd ingredients , Sierra ’s Pale Ale is a welcome sight , standing the test of time and yet still relevant in today ’s craftiness marketplace . Sierra Nevada ’s Porter resonated with me early on , too . I enjoyed my first one in the parking lot at a thankful beat show in the Bay Area . I was assume by its hot chocolate and roast character wrap around a distinct hop [ smell ] . And the Torpedo IPA with its bluff , self-assertive record hop , citrous fruit , and pine quality stand up to any IPA on the grocery store . This brewery ’s blanket range of flavors and style should be in your desert island tank . " –Shaun O’Sullivan,21st Amendment Brewery(San Francisco , CA )
Comrade Brewing
Denver , CO"I’ll opt to drop behind the beer from my friends David Lin and Marks Lanham at Denver ’s Comrade along to the island . Marks is the brewer who made me consider that full beers are the sort you want to crush after two sips . Send me all of the Superpower IPA , Hop Chops , and Honeyman that you’re able to retrieve , and I ’ll be a felicitous man . " –Ben Edmunds , Breakside Brewery(Portland , OR )
Russian River Brewing Co.
Santa Rosa , CA"I’ve articulate this for yr – Vinnie Cilurzo is my favored brewer in the humans because he can do all style exceptionally well . Some of my favorites are some of his least known – OVL Stout and Compunction stand out . And even though it ’s middling better known ( but nowhere near the status of the fabled Pliny beers ) , Blind Pig may be my favorite everyday IPA at the moment . " –Adam Avery , Avery Brewing Co. ( Boulder , CO )
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