Best beer

Trappist Roquefort 8, Trappist Roquefort 10, Maharaja IPA and just about any good beer from Belgium (provided it is not a fruit beer- yuk). Also good are a wide selection of IPA's from Stone Brewery in San Diego. That said I can't drink beer any longer due to a Gluten intolerance. Oh well.

Ted Denney
Lead Designer, Synergistic Research Inc.

Has anyone tried Surly from Minneapolis? I'm not a big beer drinker but I'm told they make some excellent brews.

Surly is great. Their Darkness is superb as are almost all other beers I have had from them. A sad day when they stopped distributing to Chicago (they had trouble keeping up with demand I am told).

I'm a big fan of the Belgian farm house style beers such as those made by Sasion Dupont. They even have a "Table Beer" which has only 3.5% alcohol that they recommend starting your whole family drinking with. These beers are yeasty, malty, with a bit of hops. Well balanced and they almost taste alive. If you have ever had the privilege of visiting breweries in Holland or Belgium you will learn about IPA's and the use of hops. The double hops of the "India Pale Ale" was added to preserve for the long voyage to India not for the heavy, bitter taste (extreme) that we Americans seam to love. Just look at snacks like Dorito's and you can understand why Surly and so many super hoppy beers are popular.

Dogfish Indian Brown Ale.