Which state has the best local beer?

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It’s certainly not Hawai’i. I grant you that I quit drinking in 2000 and had been a Bud drinker for years before that, so I’m no connoisseur. Nonetheless, I’ve had one local beer in the past year, and it didn’t impress me much. Maybe it’s just that I’ve been away from the taste of beer for nearly 15 years, but it didn’t go down well at all. My cousins bought a six-pack of Big Wave while visiting and left a few in the fridge, so I drank ’em over the period of about a month. Meh.

I have to agree with the comments of the beer raters at thrillist:

43. Hawaii
People tend to vouch for the tastiness of the local beer they tried while in Hawaii, which is probably because THEY WERE IN #@$%& Hawaii. Kona and Maui and the like make some solid beer, but it gets a bit of a perception bump from the Hawaiian mystique.

Kona Brewing's Big Wave Ale

Kona Brewing’s Big Wave Ale

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  2. Worse, Lance, the bottled stuff is brewed on the Mainland!

    Under strict guidance, Kona Brewing Company also produces its bottled beer and mainland draft beer in Portland, Oregon, Woodinville, Washington, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as part of its partnership with Craft Brew Alliance Inc.

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