Your Top Three Great Beers Forgotten

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  1. AlcahueteJ

    AlcahueteJ Grand Pooh-Bah (3,242) Dec 4, 2004 Massachusetts
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    In light of the other thread about the Esquire article on the "Ten Great Beers Forgotten", I think a Beeradvocate thread on the topic could be fun. Especially since I feel (and some of you did as well) that the author of the article missed the boat a bit, listing beers that people ARE drinking, but either no one is talking about, or the ratings aren't particularly high. I also narrowed it down to three, I like the smaller number better.

    Basically, what are your favorite classics that sit on the shelves at your local liquor store? World class beers that over time no one longer talks about on Beeradvocate, and/or the ratings have dropped. Here's my three just to get the thread going, I could list more, but I feel this gives a good idea of what I'm talking about.

    1) Duvel

    2) Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout

    3) Tripel Karmeliet
     
    #1 AlcahueteJ, Oct 9, 2015
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  2. rawfish

    rawfish Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2010 California

    1) Victory Storm King
    2) Moorhouse Black Cat
    3) Alesmith Anvil ESB
     
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  3. RobertColianni

    RobertColianni Pooh-Bah (1,789) Nov 4, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter
    Pennichuck Pozharnik
    Blue Point Hoptical Illusion
     
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  4. EnronCFO

    EnronCFO Pooh-Bah (2,193) Mar 29, 2007 Massachusetts
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    How about Dreadnaught?
    Still gets great reviews, but rarely shows up on lists of people's top or most sought after IPAs. Or at least it seems that way to me. I don't think it sits on shelves, but it's not distributed here so I don't know.
     
    #4 EnronCFO, Oct 9, 2015
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  5. EnronCFO

    EnronCFO Pooh-Bah (2,193) Mar 29, 2007 Massachusetts
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    Could throw Hop Devil in the same category as Hoptical.
     
    #5 EnronCFO, Oct 9, 2015
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  6. jsrose16

    jsrose16 Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2014 Illinois

    1. Alesmith IPA
    2. La Fin Du Monde
    3. Petrus Aged Pale
     
    #6 jsrose16, Oct 9, 2015
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  7. elektrikjester

    elektrikjester Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2008 Georgia

    1) Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
    2) Victory Storm King Stout
    3) Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
     
    #7 elektrikjester, Oct 9, 2015
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  8. elektrikjester

    elektrikjester Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2008 Georgia

    How about that... :slight_smile:
     
    #8 elektrikjester, Oct 9, 2015
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  9. jsrose16

    jsrose16 Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2014 Illinois

    Probably my favorite 3 Floyds after Dust. Like it more than Permanent Funeral.
     
    #9 jsrose16, Oct 9, 2015
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  10. jsrose16

    jsrose16 Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2014 Illinois

    Top tier Tripel. Who knew the Canadians had it in them!
     
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  11. tillmac62

    tillmac62 Pooh-Bah (2,859) Oct 2, 2013 South Carolina
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    Ten Fidy
    Great Lakes Eliot Ness
    Sam Smith Organic Cherry
     
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  12. McMatt7

    McMatt7 Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Red Seal
    Ebulum
    Franziskaner
     
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  13. RobertColianni

    RobertColianni Pooh-Bah (1,789) Nov 4, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    I totally disagree. When Hoptical Illusion became the hot product it was a blow your face of IPA at almost 70IBU and huge tropical notes with chewiness. Hop Devil was far less IBUs.
     
    #13 RobertColianni, Oct 9, 2015
  14. ncusatis

    ncusatis Crusader (483) Dec 22, 2014 Wisconsin
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    Big Bad Baptist
    Speedway Stout
    Lagunitas Sucks
     
    #14 ncusatis, Oct 9, 2015
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  15. McMatt7

    McMatt7 Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Tasty list.
     
    #15 McMatt7, Oct 9, 2015
  16. Reemer686

    Reemer686 Crusader (451) Oct 13, 2014 Maryland

    Here in Maryland, Heavy Seas Loose Cannon gets overlooked because of duration and market saturation but it's a terrific IPA.
    Ranger IPA from New Belgium and Torpedo from Sierra Nevada are other examples.
     
    #16 Reemer686, Oct 9, 2015
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  17. charlzm

    charlzm Initiate (0) Sep 3, 2007 California

    Agreed on #1.
    I personally dislike #2, so...
    I don't think I've had #3 since 2008. Might be time to revisit that beer.

    My top 3 -

    1. Alesmith Speedway Stout - fantastic coffee stout, very strong, available year-round... can't recall the last time anyone referred to it.
    2. Firestone Walker Union Jack - in the great IPA chase, people have kind of forgotten this one. Hell, I went to a reputable bottle shop I frequent form time to time looking for a sixer of cans or bottles and they had neither. "Just not a big enough deal, too common, " was what I was told when I asked if they had it.
    3. Anything from DFH, whether it's the "minute" IPAs, World Wide Stout, Palo Santo Marron, etc...
     
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  18. elektrikjester

    elektrikjester Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2008 Georgia

    French Canadians at that. :wink: I always appreciated the "pretense" that Unibroue put into their beer (descriptions, pouring instructions, etc.) Gotta love that arrogance. But, hey, Unibroue has the beer to back it up.
     
    #18 elektrikjester, Oct 9, 2015
  19. TheWolf

    TheWolf Initiate (0) May 26, 2015 Delaware
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    I'm an IPA/IIPA guy. Every week I walk past Stone IPA, SN Torpedo, and DFH 60 to see what's new for the week. But when I do go back to these every once in a while, they can still hang with the new wave of great IPAs out there, and with great consistency.
     
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  20. Beef_Curtains

    Beef_Curtains Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2013 Ohio

    regular Sculpin
    Bell's Kalamazoo stout
    SNPA
     
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