best beer you have ever tasted

[goldy81]

There are several, but if I had to choose one, it would be a pint of Hobgoblin on cask that I had at an airport pub. (England)

I was on my way back to to US, and I was simply ordering what
the pub had available on cask. I wasn't particularly looking forward to it
or anything like that. I just wanted to get my last cask ale in England
before I leave. I've had Hobgoblin in bottle before and I thought it
was a nice beer, but nothing mind-blowing.

Then I tried my first sip. OH MY. It was served in perfect temperature, just right level of carbonation, perfectly balanced, Great malty flavor with fruity ester profile with amazing hop flavor.
I honestly felt heavenly.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

My answer would probably change on a given day but today I'm going to say oskar blues old chub cask conditioned with vanilla beans.

I dunno, I was really loving that Live Oak Treehugger barleywine last night.

 

[Xpertskir]

Love pale ales and IPA's and am fortunate enough to live in San Diego close enough to Alpine brewing. Man, it's hard to choose a best from them, but Exponential Hoppiness kills it for me. Hoppy
Birthday from them is the best pale ale I've ever had as well.

For a hop head...it really doesn't get any better than alpine.

I'll have to go with 3floyds dreadnaught, so flavorful but smooth.

 

[b-boy]

I was just thinking about this and I saw this thread. I'm drinking my first Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale of the season. It's my hands-down favorite. I look forward to it every year.

 

[mtandy]

Lawson's Finest Liquids Hopzilla, found in VT the day after my 23rd birthday, after a Primus concert in Burlingon, drunk from a little plastic water cup in my hotel room. Unideal conditions leading to the greatest hop experience ever.

Followed it with Hill Farmstead Arthur for good measure. Great vacation, that was!

 

[phenry]

Dark Star Six Hop Ale. http://darkstarbrewing.co.uk/beer/

 

[JBJB]

going along with the england trend, I would have to say pretty much everything from the kernel in london.

 

[scotchman12]

Lawson's Finest Liquids Hopzilla, found in VT the day after my 23rd birthday, after a Primus concert in Burlingon, drunk from a little plastic water cup in my hotel room. Unideal conditions leading to the greatest hop experience ever.

Followed it with Hill Farmstead Arthur for good measure. Great vacation, that was!

Great story

 

[coolharry]

Besides my first bottle of my very own homebrew, I'd have to say a bottle of New Glarus Fat Squirrel my dad gave me when I was about 19. I can trace my love of real beer back to that single bottle. It was the first beer I'd had that wasn't miller lite or bud light, and the thought that wondered into my head immediately after trying it was "beer can taste this good?!"

 

[Veritas]

SWMBO got me a bottle of this. Does it it need some age and how much?

Hey Blizzard. How old is your bottle? This is truly a beer that mellows as it ages. It is delicious "young," but if it is a recent bottle, I might give it a year (or more if you're patient) to mellow. I recently enjoyed a bottle from 2010 that was very good.

 

[blizzard]

Hey Blizzard. How old is your bottle? This is truly a beer that mellows as it ages. It is delicious "young," but if it is a recent bottle, I might give it a year (or more if you're patient) to mellow. I recently enjoyed a bottle from 2010 that was very good.

Mine is from 2010. Maybe I'll crack it for Christmas. Thanks Veritas!

 

[Veritas]

Mine is from 2010. Maybe I'll crack it for Christmas. Thanks Veritas!

You're welcome! Enjoy this one... it is really something special. Cheers!

 

[Joe13]

Harpoon White IPA from their 100 barrel series, #43. What a great beer that unfortunately is getting sidelined very soon. I am trying to get the recipe to attempt a homebrew version.

http://www.harpoonbrewery.com/beer/...ite-IPA?&_suid=135213337699709278197346593233

 

[DromJohn]

Allagash Odyssey at The Brick Store in Decatur.

Five days later, one the worst beers, Allagash Odyssey at The Rookery in Macon. The lines were skunked. I haven't had a beer there since.

 

[joshualoomis]

sierra nevada celebration ale 2005.

the first IPA i ever had and my first craft beer. it was at a tiny restaurant on milwaukee's east side. i was having dinner with a beautiful blonde girl, practically the love of my life, in town for the holidays from california. what a great stretch of days that was.

 

[Devin]

This is a tough one....I have had so many good ones. Two come to mind nearing the top:

1. My father-in-law used to brew. He made up an Irish Red Ale and put the hops in overdrive. That was several years ago, and I absolutely loved that beer.

2. At a recent festival here in NM, there were several local breweries. My normal "favorite" brew from this state is the IPA from Il Vicino. However, at this last festival, they must have brought up a bad batch, as I was not thrilled with it. So, I meandered down to another brewery that I hadn't tried out - Turtle Mountain Brewing out of Rio Rancho, NM. They had a brew called "HY-PA". It was a hybrid recipe combining the grain bill from one of their brews, and the hop bill from another one of their brews. It was simply hop heaven. I pinged the guy serving to see if I could find out how they make it - he gave me an email address, but has yet to get back to me.

 

[BlindFaith]

Schloss Eggenberg Doppelbock Dunkel in St. Johann im Pongau, Austria. I drank at least 25 pints of it in the week I was there.

 

[Gixxer]

Avery brewing's The Kaiser. Hands down for me.

 

[slarkin712]

Maybe Fatheads Hop Juju I recently had at GABF. At least it's the last beer that I've tasted and thought, "holy crap, I can't believe how good this is".

 

[beergolf]

That is a lot like asking who is the most beautiful woman in the world.....

Too many choices to pick just one.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Harpoon White IPA from their 100 barrel series, #43. What a great beer that unfortunately is getting sidelined very soon. I am trying to get the recipe to attempt a homebrew version.

http://www.harpoonbrewery.com/beer/...ite-IPA?&_suid=135213337699709278197346593233

Blue point on long island has an unbelievable white IPA really crisp hops and spicy belgian yeast. if you have availability of it

 

[Glynn]

Dreadnaught

 

[j1mb]

Rochefort 10 if I had to pick one. I change my mind every time someone asks.

 

[harrymanback92]

The amber lager, black lager and seasonal lager at the Strahov Monastery in Prague, Czech Republic. As a strictly ale and IPA guy (at the time) I realized how amazing lagers are.

Tied with those beers would be the home brewed ales and lagers at a brewpub in Prague. Something like 40"regionals"(beer, often homebrewd or microbrews across the country) with 100+ bottles.....and they all cost about $3.......truly amazing.

 

[C-Rider]

Ha! Must be talkin' bout commercial beers.

My Kona Chocolate Macadamia Coffee Stout has to be my favorite.

went to a beer fest last week and man, all them craft beers tasted watery compaired to my homebrews.

 

[grimstuff]

Old Rasputin on draft at Patterson's Pub in Mendocino, Ca.

 

[iambeer]

Ha! Must be talkin' bout commercial beers.

My Kona Chocolate Macadamia Coffee Stout has to be my favorite.

went to a beer fest last week and man, all them craft beers tasted watery compaired to my homebrews.

Something about the way you said that made me Custom Google to your recipe. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/kona-chocolate-macadamia-coffee-stout-360499/

Nice! I'll have to convert to a 2.8 gallon batch and give it a shot! Still have no idea what Galena is though.

 

[Javier25]

I have a ton of favorites in many styles, but one that sticks out the most is the bruery's tart of darkness. I could, seriously, drink that all day everyday. That is exactly the kick I look for when I drink a sour. Jw lees' sherry, tilquin gueuze, pliny, and rochefort 10 are a few of my faves. too. After writing out this novel, I realize that it's too hard to pick one. But Tart of Darkness is SO good!

 

[blizzard]

I have a ton of favorites in many styles, but one that sticks out the most is the bruery's tart of darkness. I could, seriously, drink that all day everyday. That is exactly the kick I look for when I drink a sour. Jw lees' sherry, tilquin gueuze, pliny, and rochefort 10 are a few of my faves. too. After writing out this novel, I realize that it's too hard to pick one. But Tart of Darkness is SO good!

I think More Beer just came out with a recipe kit.
http://morebeer.com/search?search=kit888,kit890

 

[WiscoMan]

Since I am only 21 and currently attending college, I have only experienced so much "high quality" beer.

The best one I have had that comes to mind is the Lagunitas "A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale"

I was learning how to brew for the first time with my uncle and he poured a few glasses of this beer. I have been brewing for almost a year now and I still remember how good that beer was that day.