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No one wants to drink bad beer. But standing in the bottle shop or the bodega, or sitting at the bar where the music is deafening and the bartender's surly, it's often easier to make the safe choice and get what you've been drinking since college. "Bud bottle, please." Easy. The keg will never be kicked; you don't have to worry about mispronouncing the name; you don't have to worry about not liking that new beer with the ludicrous name that puns on the word hops. "Bud bottle," you say, and everything is fine.
It doesn't have to be that way anymore. You should drink good beer. You should be able to order without fear. To make this daunting task less overwhelming, we spoke with seven experts in the field to get their favorites: Jimmy Carbone, owner of Jimmy's No. 43 in the East Village, one of the best beer bars in the city; Wendy Littlefield, co-owner of Vanberg & DeWulf, one of the premier importers of Belgian beers in America; Andre Wechsler, owner of German beer bar Wechsler's; David Liatti, former Sixpoint Brewery engineer and owner of Cobble Hill public house 61 Local; Samuel Merritt, founder of Civilization of Beer, a business focused on improving beer knowledge among distributors and retailers; Justin Philips, co-owner of Park Slope restaurant Beer Table; Mike Lovullo, specialty brands manager for Union Beer Distributors; and B.R. Rolya, of Shelton Brothers Imports.
Each person selected a handful of beers—Complex picked, too— in order to put together a diverse list of 100 beers to try before you die. On your mark, get set, drink.
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The Alchemist Heady Topper
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Allagash Black Ale
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Allagash Interlude
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Au Baron Cuvée des Jonquilles
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Augustiner Edelstoff
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Barrier Bulkhead
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Barrier Dunegrass
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Barrier Greenroom
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Birra Del Borgo ReAle
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Birreria Baladin Nora
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Blind Bat Long Island Potato Stout
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Bohemia
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Brasserie Theillier La Bavaisienne
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Brauerei Aying Ayinger Celebrator
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Brauerei Päffgen Kölsch
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BrewDog Punk IPA
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Bronx Pale Ale
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Brooklyn Sorachi Ace
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Brouwerij De Ranke XX Bitter
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Brouwerij Smisje 't Smisje Kerst
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Cantillon Gueuze
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Carton Boat Beer
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Cigar City Guava Grove
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Coopers Extra Strong Vintage Ale
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De Cam Oude Lambiek
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De Dolle Brouwers Stille Nacht
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Dieu du Ciel! Péché Mortel
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Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
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Dupont Avec les Bons Voeux
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Dupont Avril
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Dupont Bière De Beloeil
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Dupont Saison Dupont
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Ettaler Curator Dunkler Doppelbock
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Firestone Walker Wookey Jack
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Founders Harvest Ale
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Founders Red's Rye PA
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Fuller's ESB (Extra Special Bitter)
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Fuller's London Porter
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Grado Plato Montegioco Bran Reserva
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Grado Plato Strada San Felice
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Green Flash West Coast IPA
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Greenport Harbor Brewing Company Black Duck Porter
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Greenport Harbor Brewing Company Summer Ale
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High Point Ramstein Winter Wheat
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Hill Farmstead Mimosa
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Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale
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Hof Ten Dormaal Blond
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J.W. Lees Vintage Harvest Ale
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Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela
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Köstritzer Schwarzbier
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Kuhnhenn Fluffer
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Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale
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Lambickx
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Lambrucha
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Mahr's Ungespundet-hefetrüb
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Maine Beer Company Zoe
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Meantime India Pale Ale
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Newcastle Brown Ale
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Nøgne Ø God Jul
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O'Hara's Irish Stout
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Ommegang Abbey Ale
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Orval
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Oude Gueuze Tilquin à l'Ancienne
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Dupont Posca Rustica
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Professor Fritz Briem Grodziskie
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Professor Fritz Briem 1809
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Pretty Things St. Botolph's Town
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Rogue Dead Guy Ale
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Russian River Pliny the Elder
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Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale
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Scaldis Prestige de Nuits
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Schneider Weisse
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Schneider Weisse Meine Hopfenweisse
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Schneider Weisse Mein Nelson Sauvin
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Schneider Weisse Unser Aventinus
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Scheldebrouwerij Hop Ruiter
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Schlenkerla Marzen
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Sierra Nevada Torpedo
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Sixpoint Resin
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Southern Tier Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale
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Stillwater Artisanal Ales Autumnal
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Stillwater Artisanal Ales Cellar Door
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Stillwater Artisanal Ales Stateside Saison
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Stone IPA
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Terrapin Rye Pale Ale
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Theakston Old Peculier
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Thomas Hardy's Ale
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Thornbridge Hall Kipling
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Thornbridge Hall Raven
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Troegs Perpetual IPA
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Uerige Altbier
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Unibroue Éphémère
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Vicaris Tripel-Gueuze
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Victory Headwaters Pale Ale
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Victory Prima Pils
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Weihenstephaner Korbinian
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Witkap Stimulo
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Wandering Star Mild at Heart
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Young's Double Chocolate Stout
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21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon
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