The most unique beers you ever had...

By a land slide Cantillon Mamouche. High on the list of reasons of why it's unique is the fact that it's made with elder flowers. I'm pretty sure its the only elder flower I've ever drank, and I still wouldn't know an elder flower if I saw one. In addition to just tasting flowery / vegetal it was also sour, a little blue cheesy, and little lemony. Some how that was all combined together in a way that was still very drinkable but very strange. No other beer I've had to compare it to.

Second most unique beer was "Tree Beer" by Faction Brewing that I had on draft at Drake's brewing. If memory serves it was an IPA literally brewed with spruce tree branches. It tasted like I imagine a Christmas tree would. The guy who poured it for me said the brewer was pissed and thought the beer still needed more tree. Not a problem alot of brewers have had i suppose.

 

Nanny state on cask at the rake in borough market. Shocking hop tea brew...essentially no alcohol. The beer gets hammered in reviews -- but on cask it was really drinkable. The brew dog guys do a lot of crazy stuff -- some work and some don't. Would love to try NS again to figure out if it really works ....

 

New Belgium Coconut Curry Hefeweizen (three words that don't seem to go together, but it works very well)
New Belgium Gruit (bittered with horehound, bog myrtle, yarrow, wormwood and elderflowers)

 

yes it was! Just had it again tonight - delicious.

 

5 Stone Flower Child
Surprising and innovative. Excellent balance.

 

Every Rogue beer that comes in a pink bottle.

 

Had a rye frambiose from Lindemans last week, just great stuff

 

Oso's Lupulin Maximus IPA. Each bottle had a hop cone in it.

 

orval

 

Schneider and sons Tap X Porter Weiss tasted like half porter half hefeweiss

Also furthermore makes some really unique stuff oscura probably the stand out though.

 

A sour.

 

What beer would this be?

 

Westy 12

 

Hoptart from Pizza Boy

 

Lolita by goose island

 

Faro
GOSE
old lambic and others in this line up
Orval
I do not really seek unique and one offs much,
KBS seems unique at one time years ago before it was discovered....
I do not really think about it much its something tickers do, and I are not one.

 

I was apprehensive about just how well they'd be able to get the PB&J flavor in a beer but they did a damn good job.

3 Sheeps' Ewephoria, a ginger chocolate stout that was pleasantly surprising. I didn't expect much but it was delicious.

 

+1 on Alpine Nelson
FW 17th anniversary
Westbrook Gose
RR consecration
ST Pumking

 

Anything by Fonta Flora in Morganton, NC. A saison made with beets and a Belgian blonde with kiwi's.

 

Aventinus for me, a couple other German brewers come close but Tap 6 is truly unique, even within the style.
These others come to mind; Midas Touch, La Chouffe, Mad River's John Barleycorn, Backwoods Bastard.