Your Best Beer of 2014

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  1. DoubleD

    DoubleD Initiate (0) Oct 17, 2012 Minnesota

    '12 BCBCS was my favorite to date.
     
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  2. BryanP

    BryanP Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2013 North Carolina
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    Maine Dinner
    Tree House Brewing Julius
    Founders Harvest Ale

    Hard to pick just 1
     
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  3. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    Sixpoint Hi-Res
    DFH Palo Santo Maron
    Troegs Mad Elf
    Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
     
  4. Acforster2

    Acforster2 Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2011 Florida

    Sierra Nevada Coffee Stout
     
  5. bluehende

    bluehende Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2010 Delaware

    Interesting thing is I have 2 that cannot be differentiated as the best of the year

    Alchemist Crusher
    Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout that had been aged 1 year


    both sides of the spectrum
     
  6. gopens44

    gopens44 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,436) Aug 9, 2010 Virginia
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    Of beers I had for the first time in 2014, Dissenter, The Ogden and Fresh Squeezed.
     
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  7. JamesTIA

    JamesTIA Initiate (0) Nov 29, 2012 Ohio

    Evil Twin Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Biscotti Break
     
  8. CavemanRamblin

    CavemanRamblin Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2014 North Carolina
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    Stout - Huna, Trickery
    IPA - Julius, Yellow Rose
    Sour - Aurelian Lure, Gose Gone Wild
     
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  9. Retroman40

    Retroman40 Savant (1,098) Dec 7, 2013 Florida

    Cigar City Jai Alai. Wow.

    I'm starting to get the whole fresh IPA thing too. The stuff was only 16 days in the can when I bought it. I've drank 5 and am going to "save" one a couple weeks to see if I can tell a difference.
     
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  10. pimpinmidget

    pimpinmidget Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2012 North Carolina

  11. oldgrowth

    oldgrowth Crusader (475) Mar 1, 2003 North Carolina

    Firestone Walker Stickee Monkee or Hardywood Gingerbread stout
     
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  12. geneseohawk

    geneseohawk Initiate (0) Nov 4, 2008 Illinois

  13. Dupage25

    Dupage25 Savant (1,020) Jul 4, 2013 Antarctica

    Ouch...I don't think I can just pick one.

    Schneider Weisse Tap 5 Hopfenweisse
    FW Stickee Monkee
    Pipeworks Game of Jones
    Stone Xocoveza


    Those probably come closest.
     
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  14. zookerman182

    zookerman182 Initiate (0) Oct 8, 2013 Alabama

    Double barrel huna

    A distant 2nd is not your fathers root beer 10%
     
  15. Preluderl

    Preluderl Pooh-Bah (1,710) Sep 27, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    Best beer I actually had this year: Cherry Rye
    Best beer I had FROM this year: NG Berliner Weisse
     
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  16. ToddThompson

    ToddThompson Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2012 North Carolina

    Half Acres - Beer Hates Astronauts
     
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  17. harrydorofee

    harrydorofee Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2013 New Jersey

    Grassroots Brewing - Brother Soigne
     
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  18. TonyLema1

    TonyLema1 Initiate (0) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina

    Alpine - Nelson
    Pliny
    Heady
    Jai Alai

    First time tasting all of them...it was a good year:slight_smile:
     
  19. Solid_Lifters

    Solid_Lifters Initiate (0) Jul 20, 2014 California

    My Top Five of 2014 and The Worst Beer of 2014

    Stone RuinTen IPA
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    Stone Coffee Milk Stout
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    Karl Strauss Big Barrel Double IPA
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    Ballast Point Big Eye
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    Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
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    Worst Beer of 2014 is actually the Worst Beer I've ever had!!!

    Big Flats 1901
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  20. Sanderson

    Sanderson Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2014 Washington

    Hotd 1995 Batch 6 Adam.
     
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