Odell Brewing Founder Doug Odell’s discriminating palate for full-flavored beers goes all the way back to 1978, when he got his start in the brewing industry. His six-pack (with one bonus beer) is an expedition of flavors from all over the world.
“Balance” is an overused word in brewing parlance, but for Brewmaster Mitch Steele, it’s valuable only within the context of intensity and character.
While it’s difficult, maybe impossible, to be everything to everyone, it’s even harder for most brewers to self-impose the limitation of brewing a stylistically narrow range beers.
John Mallet is a consummate brewer’s brewer, and his focus on getting it right extends to the exact phrasing he uses to describe the beers in his 6-pack.
Here, he extolls the virtues of dryness, bitterness, low alcohol, and mixed-culture fermentation.
San Diego brewing legend Tomme Arthur embraces the Belgian disdain for beer styles in a continentally inspired six-pack.
Here is a six pack of beers that Rue, the eighth certified Master Cicerone, grabs when he’s not drinking one of his own.
Here’s his sixer, filled with everything from an unhinged smoked bock to a clean gueuze and a resinous IPA for good measure.
Jim Koch, Samuel Adams founder and brewer, picks his dream six-pack based on the brewers behind the beers.
For Victory Brewing Cofounder Bill Covaleski, choosing a dream six-pack is like DJing. Here are the six tracks on his current mix tape.