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Stone - Ruination
Stone - Arrogant Bastard
Founders - Breakfast Stout
Sierra Nevada - Pale Ale
Lefthand - Milk Stout
 
Really tough. I've actually been out of the craft beer scene for a while so I've missed out on many special brews.

Stone Ruination
North Coast Old Rasputin
Gulden Draak
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
Port Townsend Hop Diggity (drank keg after keg of this while living a short ways away in WA)
 
Lagunitas lill sumpin sumpin
Long trail pale ale
Long trail unfiltered IPA
Lagunitas IPA
Bells two hearted
 
I always like to think that my favorite beer at any point in time changes, given enough time. So, right now I would have to say the following, in no particular order:

North Coast Old Stock Ale
Stone IPA
Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
Sierra Nevada Narwhal RIS
New Belgium Shift Pale Lager
 
5 favorite beers I've had in the last 24 hrs or so in no particular order...

Terrapin Wake N Bake
Petrus Aged Pale
My new school hoppy saisons
Epic Brainless on Peaches
Wedge Golem
 
Ok

Sierra Nevada Porter
North Coast Old Rasputin
NOLA Hopitoulas
Anchor Porter
Sierra Nevada Celebration
 
Haven't had a chance to try all that there is out there but thus far....

Stone - Enjoy by 12/21/12
New Belgium - Dig
Lagunitas - Lil Sumpin Sumpin
RR- Pliny the Elder
Firestone Walker - Wookey Jack
 
Rogue: Double Dead Guy
Rochefort 10
Boneyard: Hop Venom
Deschutes: Black Butte Porter
Full Sail: LTD 05 (Vienna Lager)
 
In no particular order:

- No Label Ridgeback
- Dogfish Head Midas Touch (draught)
- St. Arnold's Pumpkinator
- St. Arnold's Ellisa IPA
- New Belgium Fat Tire

I just can't shake the fat tire. It's been with me longest, and while it may not be top 5 best tasting beers it's always in my fridge.
 
1) heady topper

2) Ithaca flower power

3) westy 12

4) bockor cuvée des jackobins rouge

5) founders breakfast stout
 
North Coast Old Rasputin RIS
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid IIPA
Left Coast Hop Juice IIPA
(512) Brewing Double Pecan Porter
(512) Brewing IPA

Those are my favorite commercial beers if we are including homebrew I would add in my CitraFest Oktoberfest IPA hybrid and bump hop stoopid off my list.
 
Well this actually changes by the day. There are about 120 Honorable Mentions that I want to add but thinking off the top of my head:

1. Three Floyd's - Zombiedust
2. Highland Brewing - Gaelic Ale
3. Stone - Ruination IPA
4. Bells - Oberon
5. Surly - Furious
 
Troegs nugget nectar
Victory yakima glory
21A back in black
Cigar city jai alai
Neshaminy creek neshaminator.

No particular order here, all awesome beers.
 
Sublimely self righteous- stone
Left hand milk stout
New Belgium Belgo
Corona with lime....... yeah....
black butte porter
 
O'Dell's Mountain Standard Reserve

Deschutes Inversion IPA

New Belgium Snow Day

Alaskan Anchor Steam

O'Dell's Mercenary IIPA
 
Spaten Premium Lager
Hacker Pschorr Weisse
Corona/Lime
Newcastle Brown Ale
Bud Light......I do consume quite a bit of this:eek:
 
Picking 5 beers regardless of style is nearly impossible.

But what the hell

Sculpin IPA
Rogue Double Dead Guy
Westvleteren 12
Firestone Walker Double Jack
Victory Hop Wallop.
 
In no particular order..
Westy 12
Odell Wooden Elephant
Funkwerks Chardonnay barrel aged blonde
DFH WWS
Odell Friek
Edit: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Coffee belongs on here somewhere..


I'm honestly probably missing one or two as I am terrible with names at times.
 
Too many to count...

Lately & Commercially it has been:

Maine Brewing Co. Zoe
Maine Brewing Co. Mo
Cascade Brewing Vlad the Imp Aler
Cisco Lady of the Woods
RR Supplication

Always look forward to Founders KBS as well. Westy 12 and Pliny the Elder are a given. And I see a lot of Stone Ruination responses here... but the limited 10th anniversary version of this beer was way more awesome.
 
Currently my top 5 are:

Flying Dog - Raging Bitch Belgian IPA
Victory - Hop Devil
My homebrewed - Citra/Cascade Pale Ale
Dominion - Oak Barrel Stout
Sockeye - Triple Pi Belgian Triple (only in Boise, ID)
 
Currently...in no particular order

Russian River Temptation
Bell's Two Hearted
Boulevard Tank 7
Firestone Walker Parabola
Pilsner Urquell

I could subsist for a while on those 5
 
man, that´s one of the toughest questions anyone´s ever asked me... they constantly change, but of the top of my head: mmm...
Stone enjoy by IPA
Firestone Wookey Jack
Alpine Duet-Russian river Blind pig (tie)
Logsdon Seizon Bretta
Founders Breakfast stout
Green Flash Hop Head red

Two weeks ago I had the best imperial stout in my life: Cigar City Marshal Zhukov
 
Allagash Dubbel
North Coast PranQster
Anderson Valley Heelch O Hops
Dogfish IPA
Lagunitas Censored
 
Southern Tier - Unearthly
Stone - Arrogant Bastard
Great Lakes - Nosferatu
Bear Republic - Racer 5
Sierra Nevada - Celebration

Hmm...my list is very similar to yours. I'd just replace the Bear Republic Racer 5 with Firestone Walker Double Jack and resort them a little.

#1 Stone Arrogant Bastard (or Double Bastard)
#2 Firestone Walker Double Jack
#3 Sierra Nevada Celebration
#4 Great Lakes Nosferatu
#5 Southern Tier Unearthly
 
Gouden Carolus Cuvee van de Keizer Blauw
St. Bernardus Abt 12
Harriet Brewing Chardonnay barrel aged Divine Oculust
Boom Island Brewing Yule
Avery Maharaja
 
Bells porter
Bells Kalamazoo stout
Pliny the elder (really not that great and dosent live up to the hype but supper balanced)
Bourbon county
Cantillion gueuze
 
Mikeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel
Empyrean Mango IPA
Ayinger Celebrator
Deschutes Red Chair
Southern Tier Pumpking
 
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