Interesting list of Top Ten West Coast Pale Ales

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Interesting list of Top Ten West Coast Pale Ales

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First of all welcome to the forum. What's your favorite style of beer that you have brewed?

And to answer your question, IMHO, EVERY craft beer (pale ale or another style) is better than Budweiser.
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Yep, welcome to the Borg!
I also agree with the above. I was recently at a restaurant and I took ice tea of the Bud, Miller, Coors option.
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A good list of great beers. I've enjoyed something from many of those breweries, and I'm open to more. I mostly brew APAs. I do think that the Bud reference was similar to other stories in the press recently, not the focus of this article about great Pale Ales.
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Welcome Nikolas, while the article states Bud went from 55 m. barrels to 16 m. making it sound like they are hurting, they don't tell you that since '88, how many have stayed loyal to AB and switched to Bud Light or other AB " beers ". Since '88 I'm sure that BL production has increased nearly as much as it lost.
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I'm happy to say I've had all of those except Dale's. I've come across it a number of times but have just never tried one. Guess I'll have to change that soon..oh yeah, welcome!
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Welcome to The Borg, Nic.

That article is the first time I've ever heard of anything "Hawaii" referred to as "West Coast". :laugh
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