Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice

Posted by yankees1 on Sunday June 08, 2008 @08:44PM
from the self-post dept.

As I settle in to watch this Celtics-Lakers game with my 6 pack of Fat Tire (New Belgium Brewing) I was curious, what is your personal hacker beer of choice?

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by Shooter on Sunday June 08, 2008 @10:42PM (#212463)

Fat Tire is good and New Belgium is a very interesting brewery because of their environmental efforts.

http://www.newbelgium.com/sustainability2.php

Hacking beer is fun, but I'm not sure what the best hacker beer would be...

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by rms on Sunday June 08, 2008 @10:44PM (#212464)

Free Beer, perhaps. http://freebeer.org/blog/faq/

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by wallflower on Sunday June 08, 2008 @11:20PM (#212482)

I always have Fat Tire when I go out West. Love it!

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by airhadoken on Sunday June 08, 2008 @09:11PM (#212407)

I'm always about keeping a variety around. For beers produced within my own country (USA), I like the products of Sam Adams (Boston Lager, Winter Lager, Summer Ale, and some of the other winter seasonals), Dogfish Head (Midas Touch, ##-minute IPAs), Wachusett (country ale, blueberry ale, "monsta" double IPA), Gritty McDuff's, Yuengling, and Oskar Blues (Old Chub). Import choices include any Irish stout (Guinness, Murphy's, Beamish), McEwan's Scotch ale, Bass IPA, Newcastle Brown, and Lindeman's framboise and kriek lambics.

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by brentr on Monday June 09, 2008 @11:40AM (#212842)

Great Lakes Brewery has several really good beers, though the best comes out only around Christmas time. If you are ever in the North Ohio region around Christmas time, I recommend picking up some of their Christmas Ale.

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by rms on Sunday June 08, 2008 @09:58PM (#212435)

Petrus Dubble Bruin from Pittsburgh's best bar: http://sharpedgebeer.com/BeerEmporium_taps.htm

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by brianlash on Sunday June 08, 2008 @10:37PM (#212461)

I've been to Sharp Edge (Peters) but haven't tried Petrus. Thanks for the tip... anything to make sense of that sprawling-list-of-international-beers they call a menu helps!

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by cubix on Monday June 09, 2008 @07:19AM (#212697)

Well, obviously: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker-Pschorr

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by asillyusername on Monday June 09, 2008 @01:23PM (#212942)

If you like hoppy beers, stay local. The most important thing is freshness.

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by jakewolf on Sunday June 08, 2008 @10:47PM (#212466)

North Coast Brewing Company - Old Rasputin Imperial Stout.

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by roberte3 on Monday June 09, 2008 @03:35PM (#213076)

A NASCAR = 1/2 PBR and 1/2 Redbull

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by iamdave on Sunday June 08, 2008 @10:11PM (#212445)

Killians Irish Red or Heineken.

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Re:Ask YC: Hacker beer of choice by eru on Monday June 09, 2008 @05:29AM (#212651)

Malt beer.

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