Three Floyds/De Molen zes zes zes Stone Enjoy By Schlafly Tasmanian Ipa CCB Cogniac imperial sweet stout Founders Better Half
Stone Lucky Bastard, Jester Kings Black Metal, St Arnolds Pumpkinator, DFH 90 Minute Avery Hog Heaven (my first Barleywine)
Daisy Cutter is my go to beer, he should be flattered that I consider one of his in even the same league.
- Flora - Armand'4 Winter (didn't drink until 2012) - Ananke/Raspberry Ananke (released prior to 2012?) - Ruination 10 Anny - Golden Blend All new-to-me beers - Outer Darkness, Gingerbread Stout, Super IPA, Dr Fritz Briem 1809 and Pechish Woods are runners up.
NB- LOF Chocolate Coffee Stout Bruery- Fruet Stone- More Brown than Black (was that this year?) Lagunitas- Daytime
I can't recall many brand new beers that I've tried this year, but I'll add to the praise of BB XXIV. Also, I'm loving SN Narwhal. So glad they finally got that stout out!
Stone Enjoy By Societe The Pupil Alpine Double Nelson FW Wookey Jack RR Row 2/Hill 56 Hooray for IPAs!
Sierra Nevada Narwhal New Belgium LoF - Super IPA Sixpoint Apollo Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown Sun King/Oskar Blues Chaka Note: I do have a bottle of Stone Enjoy By in my fridge at the moment, so - from what I'm seeing in this thread so far - there might be a slight change to this list by the end of the week.
In chronological order: Bell's Hopslam Goose Island BCBS Founders KBS Fat Head's Head Hunter New Glarus Raspberry Tart
Freetail Raspberry Ananke Southern Star ProAm 2012 RR Row 2/ Hill 56 Jester King Mad Meg Saint Arnold Endeavor
HF Juicy CCB Cognac Imperial Sweet Stout Southampton Black Raspberry Lambic King Henry 3F Golden Blend *I'll think of five more that I missed in the next 15 minutes!
1, De Struise Rio Reserva- One of the best beer I've ever had, I puked rainbows after the first few sips 2, Founders KBS- flawless 3, Firestone Walker 14- milked it on tap for $7 a generous pour at nyc, left the bar at 2am, passed out on the 7 train, got home at 5am, totally worth it 4, Southern Tier Pumking- used to hate pumpkin beer with a passion, pumking changed errything 5, Stone Enjoy By- Reminds me of the beer I had down in San Diego
These are not necessarily "new" beers but in 2012 it was the first time I tried them: Allagash Hugh Malone Cambridge Tripel Threat People's Pint Imperial Stout Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout Moat Mountain Bone Shaker Brown Ale
1.SN Ruthless Rye 2. SN Narwhal 3. Gigantic - Axes of Evil 4. CCB Cucumber Saison (I think a small batch was made in 2011, but no bottles till this year)
FW Parabola Deschutes Black Butte XXIV Dry Dock Signature Series Bligh's Barleywine BCBS CCB Good Gourd
1.) Frangelic Mountain Brown *brushes shoulders off* 2.) Crooked Stave BB Sentience 3.) Olvalde Auroch's Horn - aged on rhubarb (batch 1) 4.) Olvalde Brynhildr's Gift 5.) Ruination 10th Anniversary
Alpine Double Nelson (T25) Pizza Port Dusk Till Dawn FW PvW Velvet Merkin GI Clybourn D-Day HF Society & Solitude #5/Walden (toss-up) Honorable mentions: Revolution Bean Gene FFF Cognac Dark Lord de Muerte
1) Churchill's finest hour 2) Bootlegger's imperial black Phoenix 3) Speedway Nutella 4) Imperial biscotti break 5) Southampton black raspberry
Love child #2 Narwhal Super IPA Wookey Jack Shenanigans Resin Palate wrecker Enjoy by Who knows...I'm prob not even remembering my actual top 5.
HF S&S #5 Stone Enjoy By HF What Is Enlightenment? HF Civil Disobedience 4.5 3F Golden Blend Possibly some replacements. Have a few new Bruery beers left to try.
1.Surly Bandwagon 2.Surly Brett Liquor 3.Indeed's Day Tripper 4.Ovalde Farm's The Auroch's Horn Aged on Rhubarb 5.Lift Bridge Hop Dish Yeah I'm a bit of a homer but it is important to keep it local whenever possible, and lately my home state has been delivering the goods. Honorable mentions Indeed's Midnight Rider Lips of Faith Peach Porch Lounger (Not sure if this is a new beer this year but my first time trying it) Surly Syx (Awesome beer but not sure if it is eligible on account of it being a one off) Lips of Faith Tart Lychee (See Peach Porch Lounger)
WOW!!! I must live in the wrong part of the country (MN) cause I think I've seen maybe one of the ones listed.
In order based on my reviews: 1. Port Churchill's Finest Hour 2012 2. Drake's Hyperion Sour 3. Beachwood System Of A Stout 4. To Ol Goliat 5. TIE - Ken Schmidt/Iron Fist/Stone Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout 5. TIE - The Bruery White Chocolate
In no particular order, The Meddler (Odell) The Riwakan Dead (Toppling Goliath) Cucumber Saison (Cigar City) Midnight Ryder (Indeed) Serendipity (New Glarus)
From what I discovered in Madison (ok, just at Star Liquor really): Lakefront Wisconsinite Lagunitas Daytime CW La Petite Mort (still need to try some 1414) Dark Horse Kmita Kolsch Sixpoint Apollo
