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The 9 Best American Cities for Drinking Beer
The American Craft Beer Movement has exploded in the last decade, with new craft breweries popping up everyday. While beer snobs used to only drink imported beers from Germany and Belgium, they can now rely on the quality brews made right here in the U.S. of A. Here are a few towns and cities where craft is where it’s at – so when you have the pleasure of visiting, grab a pint and enjoy the fruits of your fellow countrymen’s labor. A special thanks to American craft beer expert, Joel Swift, for assistance with this article.
9. Pottsville, Pennsylvania
While it doesn’t qualify as a “craft” brewery, Yuengling is still America’s oldest working brewery – started in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Founded by German immigrant, David G. Yuengling in 1829, the brewery survived a major fire in 1831, the years of Prohibition from 1919 to 1933, and issues with demand and production.
8. New Glarus, Wisconsin
It’s a craft brewery with a cult-like following. What makes them different is their delicious, sought after and incredibly well-crafted fruit beers. Two of their year-round products include a cherry and raspberry lambic.
7. San Francisco, California
Who says beer styles can’t be invented by American breweries? No one, that’s who. So, the patented steam beer by Anchor Brewing is probably the first beer style created right here in our own country, when it was first brewed in 1896. Also, we hear the weather’s pretty awesome there year-round, which always makes drinking a beer that much better.
6. Washington, D.C.
Other than an abundance of some cool beer bars and some fantastic restaurants, D.C. is also home to SAVOR, “an American craft beer & food experience,” which was recently featured on the Discovery Channel’s Brew Masters. It’s even more fun to grab a beer when there’s great food to pair with it.
5. Munster, Indiana
Sounds pretty unassuming at first, unless you’re in on the DarkLord Day that happens annually at Three Floyd’s Brewing Company every spring. It’s a huge hullabaloo that people look forward to for the entire year. Whether or not you’ll be able to get a taste of their Darklord imperial stout is always a question, but meeting other passionate craft beer drinkers (and usually a lot of home brewers) and trading local beers with them is worth the trip.
4. Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
If you’ve been tuned into Discovery Channel’s Brew Masters lately, or you’re just a fan of the innovative brewery in Delaware, you know that the brewpub for Dogfish Head is located here. While Dogfish Head’s brews are super tasty in the bottle, they’re even better from a tap, fresh from the brewery. As a bonus, you’ll have access to limited edition beers and special batches that will only be available in the brewpub.
3. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
McGillins Olde Ale House is phenomenally old. So old, in fact that it opened “the year Lincoln was elected president,” and has kept the taps flowing ever since – making it the oldest, operating tavern in Philadelphia. To commemorate their 150th anniversary last year, they even brewed a special, unfiltered IPA called McGillins 1860 IPA.
2. Portland, Oregon
In a state that celebrates a whole month of craft beer, Portland is the mecca of it all. Portland also claims the record of 38 operating breweries in the city, more than any other city in the world. The only problem with getting a pint here will be deciding which beer to drink.
1. Denver, Colorado
Once a year, craft brewers from around the nation converge in the convention center in downtown Denver for one of the greatest craft beer events in the entire world, the Great American Beer Festival (or GABF to those in the know). There’s literally more beer than any one person could ever sample over the course of the four-day long festivities, and it’s all from the United States. If the GABF, the Falling Rock Tap House and a beautiful city aren’t enough to entice you to come for a pint, you can also drive easily to nearby Boulder, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins to visit several other amazing breweries.
These Dirty Nikes Sold For $5,000
Back in 1974, Nike was a relatively new company. Started in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports, they'd released their first shoes under the Nike name in 1971, and just trademarked the Swoosh in January of '74. One of their first shoes was the Cortez, a runner based on the Onitsuka Tigers that Blue Ribbon Sports had sold before branching into manufacturing their own. Anyways, we're not sure where the Super Cortez came into it, but what we do know is that this pair from 1974 recently sold for a cool $5,100. Go digging, you never know what you'll find.
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