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Athletic Brewing Company - straight out of Darien

 Athletic Brewing Company Gotta start with a shoutout to Fairfield County's Athletic Brewing Company, brainchild of Billy Shufelt, who I used to have an enormous crush on back in high school.  This brand is my absolute favorite to find at bars and it's recently expanded to have an absolutely amazing line up of brews.   When N/A beer was first introduced, it was all the same watered down lager-esque style beer.  Then a few brands came out with hop forward IPA style beers, which is not my style of beer either.  Athletic Brewing Company, on the other hand, now has a complete line up of beers and seltzers which are perfect for the summer.  As a hard seltzer lover, you would think a seltzer line up would be identical to just drinking seltzer water, but it's not, these have a hops oil in it that gives you the mouthfeel of drinking an alcoholic drink, along with a no calorie, no carb, mild seltzer flavor that absolutely hits the spot.  I can go through 8-10 hard seltzers pretty ea