It's like we don't even exist …
The fuck!?
Here we are, still gloating about how well Colorado did at the World Beer Cup this year — toppling all kinds of competition and claiming a fair amount of accord through the process.
But then the American Homebrewer's Association emailed us this morning, and sucked the wind right out of our sails. Their Top 10 beers and breweries doesn't even mention Colorado, let alone champion it.
It's like we don't even exist to them …
Each year, the collective asks its readers to send in a list of their favorite 20 beers to drink. This time around, over 20,000 votes were tallied with these results:
Top-Ranked Beers (T indicates Tie):
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
3. The Alchemist Heady Topper
4. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
5. Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin
6. Founders Breakfast Stout
7. Three Floyds Zombie Dust
8. Bell’s Hopslam
9. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout
T10. Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA
T10. Stone Enjoy By IPA
Top-Ranked Breweries:
1. Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, Calif.
2. Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
3. Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich.
4. Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, Calif.
5. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, Calif. and Mills River, N.C.
6. Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, Calif.
7. Ballast Point Brewing, San Diego, Calif.
8. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Del.
9. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, Calif. and Chicago, Ill.
10. Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore.
You see what's missing? OUR FUCKING STATE, THAT'S WHAT.
Life lessons, we suppose. Can't be good at everything …
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