The most unique beers you ever had...

Liked the response, did not enjoy the beer.

 

this puppy i drank last night. First time trying the style. Twas goood

 

Utopias. Sink the Bismarck, wicked weed's amorous

 

DFH Sixty One as previously mentioned (beer/wine hybrid).
Hill Farmstead's (2013) Phenomenology of Spirit - labeled as a Saison /Farmhouse Ale, but was slightly sour and had a whole lot more going on in the flavor profile than any Saison / Farmhouse Ale I've ever tried.
Lost Nation Gose (or probably any well made Gose like Westbrook etc.) - just because its such a rare style with the slighty salty, slightly tart thing going on. Nothing like it.

 

Hands down for me is Goose Island Identity Crisis. It was a porter they made. It had an amazing smell of cordial cherries and coffee. Taste was the same. Amazing stuff! What makes it even more unique is the bartender said it wasn't necessarily what the brewmaster intended, and they could not replicate it for some reason. So when it was gone, it was gone. Glad I got to have 4 glasses that night, sad I will never have another glass again.

 

Tired Hands Key Lime

Enjoy

 

Ccb humidor ipa

 

I had one made with whale blubber the other day, Stedji Hvalur. I'll throw that review up once after this new Iceland brewery gets approval from BeerAdvocate. Yep, whale blubber.

 

i actually enjoyed this beer. it tastes exactly like the description and i gotta give em credit for that. i can see why someone would hate it but i like bloody marys and thought it was pretty close to that.

 

I was having trouble thinking of a truly unique beer. It seems like so many beers that might've once been unique catch on and are brewed by other brewers--especially if the first is successful. For example, Dogfish Head 61 was unique, but now multiple brewers are doing beers brewed with wine grape must/juice: Odell Jaunt, Boulevard Entwined are the two newest entries, but there are also ones like the Deschutes/Goose Island Class of 88 Belgian-style Ale. Or take the coined term "Mexican Imperial Stout"--someone brewed the first imperial stout with some combination of chocolate, chilis and/or spices, but now they are everywhere--Abraxas, Hunahpu, Mexican Cake, Prairie Bomb! and many more I'm forgetting.

And even beers I remember standing out in my mind, aren't particularly unique from a stylistic standpoint. One that came to mind was GI Gillian, which was a farmhouse/wild ale with white pepper and strawberries. Obviously, many brewers have created sour/funky barrel-aged beers with additives like pepper and fruit, but I'd never tasted one that so captured the essence of the fruit and spice.

And then I remembered Boulevard Tripel Julep - their Long Strange Tripel aged in whiskey barrels with fresh mint leaves. Now *that* was a different beer. BBA tripels already seem a little uncommon (the only one I can think of is Allagash's Curieux), but the use of fresh mint leaves really made it unique to my mind.

Personally, I liked it, but I know it was a pretty polarizing beer around KC.

 

Didn't hate the beer, didn't love it either. Was pretty unique.

 

I've seen this around and have been wanting to try it, but have not pulled the trigger for some reason. It sounds like something I would like though.

 

It really wasnt terrible, I would say its worth a try.

 

Re: Kelpie

Definitely surprisingly not bad. I don't think I'd go out of my way for it, bit I'd happily do another if I got one of those variety packs again.

 

I thought I might like it. I'd try it again ... I had it almost two years ago when I was just starting to get into beer.

 

Dogfish Head Fluckey Fest. Brewpub exclusive back in 2007. 51% pilsner malt, 49% Chardonnay grapes. Champagne yeast.

 

Nothing too out of the ordinary. The most unique was probably a Japanese green tea beer called Kinshachi Matcha Draft. It was disgusting.

 

Renegade Beetnik

 

Fantome Magic Ghost. Definitely the most unique looking beer.

 

Now thinking about it, not sure any other brewery has tried to age their DIPA in tequila barrels.

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