Alrighty then! Tell us what your favourite core beer is - and tell us why! Oh, and check out our Best Beer in the World (overall) video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNd9g9SAu9q7hHU.html

I love this video. In the craft beer community there is often a focus on beers that almost none of us can get. Thanks again!

Weihenstephaner and Chimay are perfect candidates.

Sierra nevada Pale was my intro to craft beer and is still one of my favs. This is the beer that immediately came to my mind at the beginning of this video so really happy with the edit! Ive had it everywhere ive lived - Aus, UK and the USA - and it never disappoints

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is without a doubt the best core beer in the world. Shoutout to Torpedo as well!

Based on my drinking history: Duvel, Pilsner Urquell, Paulaner Hell, Leffe Blond, Oakham Citra, Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, Delirium Tremens, Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier, Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

In the USA in the Midwest, it's definitely Bell's Two Hearted Ale, though lately Three Floyds has upped production of Zombie Dust, I think it would now qualify and is also quite good

For me it has to be Fullers ESB. Such a beautiful beer, been around for decades and is available virtually everywhere in the world.

So chuffed you mentioned Thornbridge Jaipur; it’s a brewing masterpiece. Duvel ticks all the boxes too. Enjoyed the video guys. 🍻👏👍

I was getting nervous you wouldn't mention Sierra Nevada!

Must admit I have tried so many beers but I always come back to Belgium beers and Duvel. Like you say easy to get reasonably priced and very tasty. Reliable!

As a Belgian, Duvel is my go-to-beer of choice when i have trouble picking one from the long list of possibilities. And each time i taste it i’m surprised just how good it is. Most bars have it, most shops do too.

Pilsner Urquell gets a thumbs up from me. When is Prague pt.2 arriving?

Panhead Supercharger - become one of the biggest selling beers in NZ and it's excellent! Really well balanced APA - strong and happy without being overpowering or heavy

Steady is definitely getting more and more accessible and is my favourite session beer. If we are talking supermarket level of availability Jaipur is absolutely a go to. Great conversation.

I really like that you metioned that Pilsner on tap (ideally from a tank) is worlds apart from the can. As a czech patriot and avid beer drinker I appreciated that. I feel like all pilsners really suffer when you keep them in a bottle or a can for longer than about a day, maybe even less. Totally unlike belgian beers that some purists insist on pouring from a bottle instead of a tap.

Duvel, Orval (6,2% ABV, worldwide availability, real beer ambassador often referred to as the Queen of Trappists), Vedett White (same brewery as Duvel), Blanche de Namur, Taras Boulba, Palm (Speciale Belge beer comparable to British ale) , Moinette, Omer, Super Noah, Saison Dupont, Monk's Stout (5,2%ABV stout)

Allagash White is our family's go to. It's always in the fridge and it always damn good. Might have the best balance of real distinct flavor and "just goes down easy" of any beer I know. Another one for me is Guinness. Of course it's best (transcendently good) in Ireland, but it's surprisingly good out of the can and tastes right in any bar that keeps its tap lines clean. Whenever I'm not thrilled with the offerings in a bar, Guinness is my happy go to.

Northern Monk - Faith for me. Seems to be remarkably consistent and fresh these days. Not available everywhere but in any big Tesco, Morrison's etc.

Definitely Ghost Ship, widely available in cask, and bottled in the supermarket. A great entry to a pale ale.

Here in Japan it'd definitely have to be the Indo no Aooni IPA. It's available in convenience stores and all major supermarkets. Crushable, proper hoppy. Really solid.

The consistent quality of Sierra Nevada makes it so great. Wonderfully smooth, always a wonderful head, taste and look

For anyone in Ireland, Franciscan Well Brewery in Cork is well represented nationwide, Rye River have many taps around Dublin. Wicklow Wolf and Kinnegar cans are available all over the country. All fantastic quality.

Ghost Ship was my intro, still very nice.

I was blown away that Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale wasn't on the table. New Belgium's Fat Tire and Odell's 90 Shilling also feel like great shouts.

Lot of good core beers there. My favourite core beer is Weihenstephan Hefe. It’s not always available everywhere, but it’s in a lot of places. Absolutely love that stuff!

I'd be interested today in the UK whether you would consider something like Beavertown's Neck Oil on this list, Beavertown are definitely looking at becoming the new brewdog and almost everybody I know loves neck oil especially, they're in almost every supermarket nowadays and loads of pubs (in london/surrey at least) as well.

O'Hara's Leann Folláin, in every supermarket in Ireland and still a surprise how good it is.

Can only speak about what's widely available in the US, but Stone IPA is an absolutely fantastic beer that seems to be at every grocery store

Love & Hate by Vocation is an amazing core beer in my opinion. Also it's one of the most consistent core beers I've ever had.

You guys hit the nail on the head... Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. If I’m stuck on a desert island and could only have one beer the rest of my life? Sierra Nevada Pale Ale hands down!!

My go to Pilsener Urquell I just like the taste and consistency.

Coopers Pale Ale! The only mass producer and independent brewery in Australia and still family run.

Deschutes' Black Butte Porter is a fantastic core beer as well as La Folie from New Belgium

Steady rolling man is definitely my best core. Good to hear it get a mention

Best Fridge Filler for me at the moment has to be Vocation - Life & Death. Great core beer, often available in both Tesco and Morrisons, very accessible

How about London Pride? I just Love London Pride, it's my second favorite beer, the favorite is Urquell. But London Pride, even here, in Brazil, is awesome, of course the beer arives far from its peak, but it is still one of my favorite beers. So, I would love to know what are your thoughts about LP.

Got to put a vote in for Sonoma from Track, it’s always fantastic and so tasty especially at 3.8%. Not sure how widely available it is nationwide but always available in most bottle shops around Manchester

Here in Colorado we have a few macro-micro’s that are core. I would say Odell’s 90 Schilling (ale), New Belgium’s Fat Tire (ale), Oskar Brewing’s Dale’s Pale Ale.

Germany: Schneider TAP 5 Hopfenweisse / Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Very local Germany: Kuehn Kunz Rosen Kerlig Hell Belgian: Orval, De La Senne Brussels Calling US: Stone IPA ( even imported with some months it’s still bloody lovely, now that it’s the US version and not the Berlin brewed), and yes obviously SNPA

When walking around Prague, it's basiclly a taste test journey of every tank pilsner pub , judging who has the best tasting pilsner urquell that day. Best beer in the world

Best core beer has got to be Bells Two Hearted. I do often overlook this beer. Opting to try new things. But its an excellent ipa that you can easily find year round in a lot of the US.

Here in the benelux we drink hoegaarden a lot, belgian wit. Available everywhere.

Beer Laos - light, smooth and extremely drinkable. It's so ubiquitous in Laos that I reckon 'Beer Laos' is the most used phrase.

Thanks for giving us Aussies a mention! Part of the same parent company as Stone & Wood, Fixation IPA is my favourite core beer. It's a classic WC IPA that I use as a yardstick to measure all other IPAs of that style.

Vocation’s Love & Hate... the best £3 you can spend in a supermarket. Readily available, consistent between batches, a real gateway in to the New England style and the only Tesco beer in their “craft” range I keep going back to. Massive shout out to St Austell’s Proper Job as well. Undoubtedly better from a fresh cask, but banging in cans and bottles too.

Here in Quebec any beer made by ''Dieu du Ciel'', the grand-daddy of microbreweries here in Québec

UK. I can only speak to that market... These ones, those beers you happily drink on a day to day basis, you can get in a lot of supermarkets:- Budvar Timothy Taylors Landlord London Pride Pilsner Urquell Adnam's Ghost Ship Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Brooklyn Lager Bittburger lager If I can't find these, of all the ultra mainstream beers, I'll usually plump for Grolsch, which is fine when well-chilled.

In British Columbia, Canada here are a couple great core craft beers: Blue Buck Pale Ale - Phillips Brewing and Malting, Fat Tug IPA, Driftwood Brewing, Hoyne Pilsner, Hoyne Brewing Co. Cheers!

I remember the first time I tasted Duvel. I was on a cruise ship, woke up hangover as hell, so much so that I couldn't go eat buffet breakfast that my father in law offered to pay. I figured I gotta do something to not waste a great breakfast so I stumbled to a bar and ordered this particular beer at random. Duvel to an empty stomach - oh boy. Good start for the 2nd day of cruise ship.

Back home in SoCal, probably Ballast Point Sculpin or New Belgium Shift are the safest "grocery store" beers in my opinion - good taste, reasonable turnover, available in cans. Oskar Blues Old Chub is another, but that is less frequently available outside of the western US.

Punk was the first "craft" beer I ever had that I actually wanted to drink. Before that beer, I just drank macro lager. It started my entire beer journey more than 10 years ago.

All great picks. Love that Brew Dog made it to the US. Enjoyed Alagash White in Maine. I've been lucky enough to have Duvel in Belgium but Sierra Nevada Pale Ale will always have a place in my heart. It was one of my first craft beers. I made sure it was at my wedding reception. I still drink it 23 years later.

My fav core beer is Vocation's Life & Death the hop flavour is on another level compared to Punk.

My brother has been working at Geary Brewing Co. on Industrial Way in Portland Me. for over 30 years. One day in the early 90s he brings over a few beers from local homebrewers that were supposed to be for David Geary to try. He couldn't be bothered so it was left to us. I remember one beer was a 'Belgian White' never heard of it at the time, and even odder was the brewers' name 'Rob Tod'.2 years later he was starting Allagash. The beer then was just as amazing as it is now. Very nice to see it is appreciated across the pond.

Varying atm, last month really missed my English ales so: TT LL; Tribute, London Pride.

Top 5, in no order: Pilsner Urquell, Sierra Nevada, Hamm's, Narraganett Fresh Catch, Guinness.

The thing on Brad's fire is a bottle opener! I've been wondering for ages.

One core beer that I like a lot is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Lagunitas IPA along with Little Sumpthin Easy are great too. Stone IPA and the Tropic Thunder Lager are good too. Duvel is great. Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier is pretty much the only German beer I can get my hands on so I'm always happy to drink that. Allagash White I do get sometimes though. It's really good.

Brooklyn is such a great brewery. I always pick it up when it's in the store.

I know I'm a couple of years late to this video, but I want to second the shout out to Stone and Wood Pacific, definitely my favourite beer I can get everywhere in Australia and luckily on tap at my local pub too

Samuel Smith. Oatmeal Stout, Nut Brown Ale, all of those. Like, if someone had only ever had Budweiser/Coors and they wanted to try "real" beer, and wanted one specific brewery to try out, I'd say Samuel Smith. To me their beer is old fashioned, unpretentious, and fantastic. It doesn't have any crazy things going on, no rare and exciting hop varietals, no rare and exciting yeasts used, it doesn't crank up the malt, it doesn't crank up the hops, it's just beer, it's what I imagine the very best beer tasted like a few hundred years ago. It's really quite splendid.

Well, the fact that Pilsner gave a name to a whole style speaks for itself.

My personal pick in the UK would be Faith, closely followed by Soundwave. I can't imagine many would agree following the buy-out, but I'd also throw Gamma Ray into the mix.

Honestly I'm new to craft beer, I moved to Prague for work almost 2 years ago and I'm just in love with Pilsner Urquell from the tank at Lokal. It never ceases to amaze me! With that said, when you come back to Prague, make sure you try the Sibeeria brewery, just tasted their Black NEIPA, just amazing! I would love to also get to taste the allagash white or any beers from the alchemist! Really need to make my way over there!! Cheers guys, keep up the amazing work ;)

Guinness Foreign Extra is a darn good stout. And Leffe Blonde.

I like to post this reply of another comment here on the main comment section: One other consideration is it depends on the locality. In my example, in America, Sierra Nevada is pretty ubiquitous. In Europe, Duval is more easily available and certainly easier on the wallet than imported Sierra pale ale. In the US, it's not particularly convenient to find Duvel, and the price is 3-5 x more expensive than European prices.

My all-time favorite "core" beer in the US is Shiner Bock. It's a classic, it's cheap, it's smooth and delicious and still independently produced in little Shiner, Texas

It's not always the easiest to get hold of in the UK, but Alhambra Reserva is probably my favourite.

Endlessly late but couldn’t agree more with those expressing that Bell’s Two Hearted IPA is a real contender in this Core space. As a young gun who was just drinking Coronas and PBRs the introduction of something as complex but deeply drinkable as Two Hearted was insanely impactful I also have to give a shout-out as an American to the recent emergence of Elysian Space Dust which is an insanely high quality IPA to be able to purchase in a gas station close to nationwide

Another great video. Man I'm going to do some binge watching. Hope l don't run out of suds. But, if l do I'm sure I'll have a new bucket list to take to the Beer Store

Duval is fantastic, its got everything ,looks fantastic, tastes great ,gets u hammered fast ,great glass ,and for me ,I had this first in Brussels 20 years ago .so I have a bit of personal history with it #1

For me it's Emersons Pilsner. The only New Zealand beer that led to its own BJCP style and more importantly the closest brewery to my house.

There are some really good traditional British beers in the supermarkets now. How about Theakston’s Old Peculiar, Jail Ale or even Doombar?

Great series of videos! For this one (and based on the French market, where I live), I'd probably choose a Belgian Trappist (especially any Chimay, Rochefort or an Orval). Pilsner Urquel, Punk IPa and Sierra Nevada's PA are good options if one wants something lighter; but to be honest I haven't had these ones in ages because I have access to so many great local beers, and there's an incredible bottle shop near me that's able to get wonderful things. Do come to France when you can, there are so many great beers here. I live in Dijon and I'm surrounded by great micro-breweries.

I live in Seoul and Punk IPA is everywhere in Korea. Was able to get Allagash White here because someone was able to import it, so you might be able to get it, too, depending on how big the import scene is there. Never seen Augustiner Helles here.

Landlord has got to be up there!

Not sure if this is a bit of a push in terms of the rules here, but Wylam Jakehead for me is fantastic and seems to improve every time I order it. I still love a pint of Punk, and actually I too prefer Dead Pony. The way that Steady Rolling Man is going, I think it will be our (UK) version of SN Pale Ale.

Coopers Pale Ale. Its wayyy older than Sierra Nevada and Coopers is still an independent, family owned brewery. Its an Australian classic from South Australia and probably not that recognised worldwide but its big sibling the Coopers Sparkling Ale makes it into the BJCP. Its a unique Australian beer that's been the core product for 100 years! 🍻 And its fruity flavour from the yeast makes it a truly unique pale ale and at around 4.5% its a tasty crushable beast!

Best core beer in the UK is Steady Rolling Man hands down. It's not just consistent, it's consistently improving batch to batch and it's one of the hazys that changed the UK IPA scene the most.

Big Hop from East End Brewing Company in Pittsburgh, PA is a great core beer and go-to beer. It’s a 5.8% hoppy amber ale with Centennial and Cascade hops floating above a Munich malt base. Beautifully balanced and always fresh at the brewery, this is what the American IPA style was like before hulking out into the bitter, boozy monster it is today. Good stuff.

St austell proper job is everywhere and very good!

Just reminded me I have four bottles of Sierra Nevada tucked away somewhere that I plan to enjoy and harvest the yeast from for use in my own beers. As for my core beer it has to be London Pride. It's just a go to.

I think about this as more of a core 6-pack (I think it seems to close to the best beer in the world otherwise IMO). So here’s my core 6-pack right now (always subject to change): 1. Orval for its ability to change over time and always taste good. 2. Pilsner Urquell. The quintessential lager. 3. Allagash White. Mostly because I live in NE and can get it anytime (I know I’m privileged). 4. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA. For its complexity and crushability. I choose this over Sierra Nevada Pale Ale only because I find that their house yeast can dominate more of the flavor across many of their beers over the other ingredients. 5. Saison Dupont. Opened up the world of saison’s to me, and I can always come back to it. 6. Guinness Draught. I think there can be better local porters or stouts, but not many things hit the nostalgia button in me like a Guinness, and nitro just brings that creamy element that is just so unique. So much so that anytime I have anything on nitro I compare that feel to my experiences with Guinness.

Paulaner Salvator on tap is wonderful.

I'm a beer stylist. I make beer look sexy for TV commercials. Originally from London and now live in Bucharest. My favorite brand here is Silva Neagra. Dark beer, 7* with the perfect balance of malt and bitterness like a less malty Kozel dark. So tasty

I've picked up Allagash White in my local in Bradford! It's made it here!!

I mostly drink homebrew as my core beer but when it comes to shop bought and if I'm honest, Tennents lager. Quite often too is Warsteiner but I cannot get the cans so not as often.

Mine would be Jarl (Fyne Ales) by a country mile these days. I'm in Aberdeen, Scotland, it's usually available in supermarkets anywhere north of the border and has glorious from cask for years. The first thing I'll be doing once i'm feeling good about going to a post-lockdown pub is seeking out a pint of cask Jarl

Paulaner Salvator Doppel Bock rates pretty highly amongst my "always available at the supermarket or on tap at the local pub" selections.

Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Copper is a great core beer here in Charlotte North Carolina. Widely accessible.

Leffe blond is my go to beer when i dont have a homebrew on tap

mmm great question... as a beer geek i love to have new stuff but I'll say the top 3 beers in my fridge (i'm a west coast guy) Stone IPA, Left Hand milk stout, and Breckenridge Vanilla Porter. All three a consistent and in my opinion tops in their categories

Really enjoy Punk IPA, Jaipur and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and we can get all of them in HK for decent price. I also prefer Dead Pony to Punk also. Two I would add are Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing and Sweetwater 420 (the only one I can't get here), but maybe those are just personal tastes.

On a UK basis, sonoma brewed in Manchester. Great on keg great on cask and only 3.8%

Tiago from Portugal here! The Craft beer scene in Portugal is very young but it's growing strong and for me Dois Corvos is the best brewey and Matiné my core beer (the one I always like to have on my fridge and that you can find on a supermarket) it's a session IPA, with great drinkability, just the right amount of bitterness and great dryhop aroma. When we get back to "normality" you should really come to portugal, check out the scene here and the interesting experiences being done with our terroir. Let me know if you come! :)

Brooklyn Lager and Pilsner Urquell are definitely my core beers of all time

Chimay cinq cents is probably my all time #1.

Has to be Yuengling for me. I’ve gotten none beer drinkers to like beer with Yuengling

Excellent fridge fillers. I will shamelessly reap the deals at Tesco for this stuff and stock the fridge. Then bottle shop for specials.