Local favorites

kerrick wrote:

You should!  It's a very nice brown ale.  Flavorful but also mild: very enjoyable!

Speaking of beer...  California has a TON and even Santa Cruz has quite a few good ones.  Some of my favorites are:

Discretion
Sante Adarius Rustic Ales
Uncommon
Steel Bonnet

I went to school in Chico which is home to Sierra Nevada.  That was pretty excellent because all the bars had really good beer on tap!  (If all you've ever had is their Pale Ale, I highly recommend you remedy that!  The Pale is ok... but nowhere near as good as some of their other stuff.)

My all-time local favorites though are the redwood forests around here.    There truly isn't anything like hiking through the epic redwood forest on a grey drizzly day.  Just fantastic!

I've had Sierra Nevadas porter I think. Pretty good

Staybrite wrote:

ishmael81 wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

alldatndensum wrote:

One of Tennessee's most famous "local" favorites are Jack Daniels made right in Lynchburg, TN daily and then aged in caves for 4 years before you can buy it.  I never touch the putrid stuff.  Besides, if I do something stupid, I want to remember it.

Another is the Goo Goo Cluster.  Those are still made in Tennessee.  I never cared for those, either.

I was a huge fan of Jack Daniels (along with Bacardi 151) back in my drinking days.  I still enjoy the taste but stay away from it as I have no desire to fall off the wagon.

Sounds familiar. When I drank to get stupid, I'd have as many Jack and Cokes as I could, as quick as I could. I still like the flavor and smoothness but once I start with Jack, I don't know when to quit.

Beer, on the other hand, has always been about flavor for me...

Sounds like I am the same way with wine.  I like wine but it better taste good, and I have never been tempted to drink more than one (or two) glasses of it at most....I just never drink it to excess.

Any more wine is so heavy I'm done after one glass. I love the taste of a good wine or beer but honestly in the last several months it makes me sick to my stomach.

I do not like wine.  Ucky stuffs!