Locally available beers with 94+ on BA

This is for Albuquerque and Santa Fe and is entirely from what I could think of from memory and knowledge of availability. It doesn't differentiate seasonals from regulars and is in absolutely no particular order. Although sad compared to most areas, this is still a considerable amount of beers widely viewed as spectacular. If we widen the parameters to 90+ it gets to be about five to six times this at least.

I guess the point is we are fairly spoiled here and still bypass many of these beers. Also, it's criminal that no Marble Brewery beers are 94+. I question the validity of BA rankings on that alone.

Anyway, here's what we have at our disposal. Food for thought, I guess.

Locally available 94+ BA:

Maudite
La Fin du Monde
Uinta Labyrinth
Cuvee Van de Keizer Blauw
Trappistes Rochefort 10
Trappistes Rochefort 8
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Fastenbier
Ayinger Celebrator
Hanssen's Oude Gueuze
Avery Mephistopheles
Avery Uncle Jacob's
Avery Tweak
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier
Weihenstephaner Hedeweissbier Dunkel
Weihenstephaner Korbinian
Weihenstephaner Vitus
Chimay Blue
Gulden Draak
Duvel
Old Rasputin
Stone IRS
Xocoveza
Stone Double Bastard
Oaked Arrogant Bastard
Stone Enjoy By
Stone IPA
Stone Ruination
Stone Sublimely Righteous
Lagunitas Sucks
A Little Sumpin Extra
A Little Sumpin Sumpin
Houblon Chouffe
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Chasin' Freshies
Fresh Squeezed IPA
Mirror Mirror
Deschutes Obsidian Stout
The Abyss
The Dissident
BCBS
La Folie
Le Terroir
Project Dank
Elevated IPA
La Cumbre Cafe con Leche
La Cumbre Gracias por Fumar (Wine-Barrel Aged)
La Cumbre Father Nelson
BA Narwhal
Odell IPA
Mountain Standard Double Black
Myrcenary DIPA
Rogue Double Chocolate Stout
Tripel Karmeliet
Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge
Aventinus Tap 6
Aventinus Eisbock
Orval

 

But I guess that's part of my point, people live in places with 10 times the amount of so-called world-class beers, and they aren't buying them. Instead they're trading for something from out-of-state.

 

I'm having a convo with local friends here about this very issue. My theory is their greatest beers never see packaging: Stout 2286, Barleywine (although the Mug Club version was phenomenal and I still have my bottle), Black Magic Pumpkin, Farmhouse 111, El Robusto and on and on).

But I agree, Reserve and Imperial Stout are criminally underrated on here and I can't wrap my head around that.

 

Really hard to tell from Instagram and BA these days. Shared this list with my local share buddies. They probably hadn't had 7/8 of the list. And these are BEER guys. I'm sure this plays itself out in grand scale all over the country.

I equate it to the hip hop music I love. Young kids and fly-by night fans fall in love with the newest and greatest and won't give an ear to the forefathers. The part that stings most with both the music and beer in this equation is that the predecessors are often just as good if not better and in many cases conspicuously influenced those receiving the current fame. A little knowledge of history, influence, and even outright stealing from the predecessors is completely lacking.

 

Well, the packaged stuff really satisfies the locals, but at the end of the day they seek to please a wider audience and hit with consistency. They do that. That's not interesting to the traders and raters that want something over the top and out of this world.

 

Not sure if that's a compliment but sure sounds like one. I love Odell.