Your Top Beers of 2012

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  1. starrdogg

    starrdogg Initiate (0) Jun 21, 2010 District of Columbia

    We all know the old favorites, but what are your Top 5 beers that were released for the first time in 2012? It's always great to see breweries trying new things, so let's encourage more of this! Mine are:

    Southampton Black Raspberry Lambic
    Hill Farmstead Society & Solitude #5
    Hill Farmstead Society & Solitude #4
    Drie Fonteinen Golden Blend
    DC Brau On the Wings of Armageddon

    Honorable Mention: Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break, Upright Fantasia, Stillwater Table Beer
     
  2. ChanChan

    ChanChan Maven (1,341) Dec 12, 2009 California

    I don't have access to a lot beers but some of the ones that I've enjoyed so far are, in no particular order:
    Conflux NO .1 (Collage)
    Kern River Winter Ale, new recipe
    Enjoy by IPA
    Kern River 6th Anniversary
    Black Butte XXIV
     
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  3. canucklehead

    canucklehead Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2003 Canada (BC)

    Bringing the BC POV .

    Fearless IPA by Dead Frog
    Switchback IPA by Lighthouse
    Tasman Red by Lighthouse
    Nectar of the Gods Wheatwine by Russell
    Black Christmas CDA by Parallell 49 ( best new BC brewery)
     
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  4. gtermi

    gtermi Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2010 Texas

    Deschutes Black Butte 24
    SN/RR Brux (I think I'm only a handful of people that loved this beer)
    Stone Collab Mint Chocolate Stout
    Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti
    Stone Enjoy By

    In no specific order
     
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  5. mixed_master7

    mixed_master7 Initiate (0) May 16, 2012 Florida

    CCB Cognac Imperial Sweet Stout
    CCB Leon
    Stone Enjoy by
    Black Butte 24

    Can't think of a #5 right now
     
  6. kevanb

    kevanb Pooh-Bah (2,569) Apr 4, 2011 Illinois
    Pooh-Bah Society Trader

    Russian River Row 2/Hill 56
    Lost Abbey Track #10
    Three Floyds Cognac Dark Lord
    Three Floyds Creepy Raider
    Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break
     
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  7. grandmeaulnes

    grandmeaulnes Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2010 Ohio

    Alpine Double Nelson
    Fantome Extra Sour
    Row 2/Hill 56
    3F Golden Blend
    Jack's Abbey Kiwi Rising
     
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  8. thebouch01

    thebouch01 Pundit (860) Jun 26, 2008 Pennsylvania
    Trader

    Upright Fantasia
    HF Civil Disobedience 4
    Brau Bros Rye Wyne
    Jackie O's Hot Bird
    Sam Smith Organic Chocolate
     
  9. Brandywine

    Brandywine Initiate (0) Aug 20, 2012 Washington

    Firestone 16
    Collage
    Kentucky Darkstar
    Fruet
    Bravo Brown (not bottled but tapped for the first time in Washington at a Firestone event hosted by Brouwers).

    All are exemplars of the complexity that can be achieved with barrel aging.
     
  10. luisc123

    luisc123 Initiate (0) Oct 20, 2011 California

    Enjoy By
    10th Anniversary Ruination
    Fruet
     
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  11. ArchEnemyBrew

    ArchEnemyBrew Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2010 Washington

    Crooked Stave Persica
    2012 cherry Adam (better than aftw IMO)
    La cumbre 1/2 Nelson
    HUB army of darkness
    SH black raspberry lambic
     
  12. Daemose

    Daemose Maven (1,407) Oct 3, 2011 Texas

    Jester King Buddhas Brew.
     
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  13. starrdogg

    starrdogg Initiate (0) Jun 21, 2010 District of Columbia

    Already loving all of the different answers coming in. So many new beers I missed this year!
     
  14. Sarlacc83

    Sarlacc83 Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2008 Oregon

    Peche 'N Brett
    Bourbon Fred 2012
    Churchill's Finest Hour '12
    Bootlegger's Imperial Dark Phoenix
    Commons Eleanor
     
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  15. Thomas15

    Thomas15 Initiate (0) Sep 1, 2012

    Kansas city Missouri pov

    Boulevard Love Child 2
    Perennial Peach Berlinner Weiss
    Stone Enjoy By 12-21-12
    Goose Island Lolita, 2011 vintage released here in 2012
    Goose Island Bramble Rye

    Not in order, just my five choices for the year I got through distribution in state, perennial from st louis though....
     
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  16. Auror

    Auror Pooh-Bah (1,641) Jan 1, 2010 Massachusetts
    Pooh-Bah

    Logsdon Peche 'N Brett
    Westbrook Mexican Cake
    Evil Twin Lil' B
    Hill Farmstead Ann
    Jack's Abby Bourbon Framinghammer
     
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  17. spark3148857

    spark3148857 Maven (1,471) Dec 4, 2010 Ohio

    Three Floyds Hell's Black Intelligencer
    Odell Mash of the Titans
    New Belgium/Alpine Super IPA
    Surly Bandwagon
    Thai Me Up Melvin IPA (blew my mind)
     
  18. fujindemon74

    fujindemon74 Pooh-Bah (1,797) Nov 7, 2012 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    The Bruery Fruet
    FW Parabola
    Avery Rumpkin
    Hoppin' Frog Naked Evil
    FW 16th (haven't had it yet, but I'm sure it will be in my top 5)
     
  19. stayclean

    stayclean Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2012 Wisconsin

    Central Waters 1414
     
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  20. seplo

    seplo Pundit (923) Sep 8, 2009 Connecticut

    Fuzzy Baby Ducks
    Coriolis
    Society &Solitude #5
    Black Butte XXIV
    Ruination 10 Anniversary
    Bolt Cutter
     
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