Beer of the Year 2018

[KevSal]

looked for a thread but it doesn’t look like one has been created yet

As 2018 comes to a close, wanted to hear about those beers that stuck out this year for you. Let’s try to keep it to beers released during 2018.

is there a beer of the year for you?

across all beer mine would defiantly have to be recency effect b2 from sante.

BoT 2018 was particularly memorable as well with the cinnoman perfectly balanced

for hops i’d go back to sante with their first triple Of this World was incredible!

 

[boogercrack]

The next one

 

[FTowne1]

Miller High Life.

Next question.

 

[wuntrikpony]

To the best of my terrible memory:

Hops: Aslin Master of Oranges/HF Walden
Lager: Cabana Pils/Highland Park Pleasant Pils
Stout: Cocovibes b2/Hazelnut Midnight Still
Funky/Sour: Cantillon Lambic à l’Ecossaise/Bokkereyder Oma
Bwine: Veil Circle of Wolves/Coconut BBomb
Best beer not released in '18: Grote Dorst Toots Geuze/OGV '14
Beer I drank the most: Sierra Nevada Southern Gothic

 

[iamjeff6]

That nice mead from the Bud Light commercial, that autumnal one. The one that is malty and full-bodied

 

[KevSal]

To the best of my terrible memory:

Hops: Aslin Master of Oranges/HF Walden
Lager: Cabana Pils/Highland Park Pleasant Pils
Stout: Cocovibes b2/Hazelnut Midnight Still
Funky/Sour: Cantillon Lambic à l’Ecossaise/Bokkereyder Oma
Bwine: Veil Circle of Wolves/Coconut BBomb
Best beer not released in '18: Grote Dorst Toots Geuze/OGV '14
Beer I drank the most: Sierra Nevada Southern Gothic

fantastic breakdown!

damn coconut vibes 2 is that good huh? i got one coming my way. which variety of circle of wolves? Apple Brandy or Bourbon? i had the apple brandy and loved it

best that I had not released this year was BoT Korchere

 

[wuntrikpony]

damn coconut vibes 2 is that good huh?

Unfortunately it was. I am a coconut whore though.

which variety of circle of wolves?

Bourbon, but both are insanely good.

 

[ABSTRACTlegend]

Hazelnut Midnight Still

this beer was insane. literally blew my mind

 

[stakem1]

So far, OGV and Miller High Life are the only 2 things mentioned in this thread that I even recognize.

Safe to say, as 2018 comes to a close, I dont even know what beer is anymore.

 

[mborden1]

So far, OGV and Miller High Life are the only 2 things mentioned in this thread that I even recognize.

Safe to say, as 2018 comes to a close, I dont even know what beer is anymore.

 

[Iliketurtles]

Zenne b1 followed closely by damon kieni

 

[atown1]

IPA: Fremont - Stranger In A Strange Land(collab w/NightShift) or Ghost In The Machine from Parish
Sour: Enthxxgxn - Hudson Valley

 

[mbh]

Every year it’s Live Oak Pilz

 

[Kasher]

Two Hearted

 

[libbey]

Upright Ives Blend #2 was one of the best stone fruit Saison I’ve ever tasted.

**** blew my socks off.

 

[KevSal]

Upright Ives Blend #2 was one of the best stone fruit Saison I’ve ever tasted.

**** blew my socks off.

dammit and i passed it up when i saw it here too, or maybe it was number 1 i saw.

 

[Fingolfin]

BoD 2018

Agreed

 

[tikk]

looked for a thread but it doesn’t look like one has been created yet

As 2018 comes to a close, wanted to hear about those beers that stuck out this year for you. Let’s try to keep it to beers released during 2018.

is there a beer of the year for you?

across all beer mine would defiantly have to be recency effect b2 from sante.

BoT 2018 was particularly memorable as well with the cinnoman perfectly balanced

for hops i’d go back to sante with their first triple Of this World was incredible!

*definitely
*cinnamon

Work on your capitalization too. It hurts my head to read this thread. Both for the errors and for the fact that I feel like I stumbled back to BA.

fantastic breakdown!

damn coconut vibes 2 is that good huh? i got one coming my way. which variety of circle of wolves? Apple Brandy or Bourbon? i had the apple brandy and loved it

best that I had not released this year was BoT Korchere

*Kochere

 

[jdd419]

**** loks lik tik Is bak too hiz spell spelll Czech

 

[Lutter]

The ABGB Rocket 100 Pilsener

... there’s a reason these guys keep winning best large brewpub at GABF... their pilsener/lager game is just off the charts. No tricks... just awesome beer!

 

[Yllib]

These pop out for me...


HF: GoM finca, Mary, nelson, Florence puncheon, mc10
Treehouse: very green, impermanence, green
Sante: like minds, bright sea blonde
Trillium: insert hip hop
Oxbow: saisondre3000
Tilted barn: ddh the chosen one
Veil: nevergonnagetit3

 

[ilovestouts]

 

[JulianB1]

It's always hard to remember this ****, but some highlights:

Toppling Goliath Assassin 2018: My favorite beer I had at Wakefest last February (I think I drank 4 pours while everyone was lined up for Wakefield's pastry stouts) and I'm no huge TG stout fanboy. Got the chance to try it from the bottle a few weeks ago and it was one of my favorite beers at a very large share that included some strong hitters. Proof that a great BA stout doesn't need a ton of **** added to it.

Veil Lord Whangdoodle: But if you are going add a ton of **** to them, make them like this. Cinnamon, vanilla, maple bourbon barrels, honey bourbon barrels, yadda yadda yadda. My friend got a mag of this and people wanted to do an iceman pour into this oversized Veil wine glass I have for trolling pics, so I said sure and intended to dump half of it into someone else's glass later. I wound up drinking the whole thing, the flavors are well-integrated and it's sweet but not cloying. By far the best pastry stout I had this year. People can **** on the Veil all they want for their lame social media presence and stylistic focuses, they make some damn good beer among all the silliness.

Afterthought Tradition: Vermouth Barrel: Thorpe is pumping out some crazy good mixed fermentation saisons at Afterthought, and this was a standout among those I've had the chance to try. Unique character from the vermouth barrels that highlights the best aspects of the base beer.

Suarez Palatine Pils: Not much to say here, it's just so damn perfectly made.

Cantillon Lambic d'Aunis: Thanks Gonzoillini! Best new lambic I had all year, and 2nd best lambic after Zenne y Frontera b1, which I've had before but not out of a decanter, might as well be a different beer and wow is it ever good served that way - how did this comment end up being all about Zenne b1? Anyway, Lambic d'Aunis is pretty awesome.

Not a new beer, but Hill Farmstead Double Citra remains my favorite IPA and probably favorite beer period.

 

[jmgrub]

Very hard to pick a few, but off the top of my head:

I've been in a stout/barleywine phase as of late, so I will say that Cafe Deth was phenomenal this year, and probably one of my favorites from the year. Twisted Trace is probably the best barleywine I had this year (but I have a K13 on deck for the football games tomorrow so that may yet change). Forager Kitten Treats (though I think that's maybe from 2017) and Ryeway 2017 also stand out as some of the tastiest beers I've ticked this year.

 

[capnmike]

Released in 2018?

VSOJ
Also regular SJ from early in the year, maybe Feb.

Aaron 2018

Was there a Juicy release in 2018, or was I late receiving and drinking it?

Second that emotion for Upright Ives B2 and Afterthought Tradition Vermouth.

 

[steimie]

While the answer to this is always Two Hearted, there were some other standouts:

Drafting Table/Cultivate Coffee & Taphouse Collab--Bourbon Barrel Coffee Stout. Just ridiculous depth of flavor and mouthfeel on this. The best example of why you should drink coffee stouts fresh.

Depoe Bay Brewing Wheat IPA--this one shocked me. Family vacation and we stopped in for some lunch. The other beers I tried were unremarkable. This one was so good that my wife had to drive back to our vacation condo. Tasted like fresh Oberon that was dry hopped with citra and Nelson. Great, great beer.

Treehouse Double Shot--thickest beer I've ever had. I'm gonna need a LOT more of this. Thanks, davey101 !

 

[Fingolfin]

Twisted Trace

 

[SeaWatchman]

Lambic

 

[mjohnson171]

You win Evan. Hard to argue with a tasty beer that brought an entire brewing community together on a scale never seen, and supports charity.

 

[belvedere86]

Based on my untappd ratings:

LP fram , LP kriek and Buxton axe^x