Beers that blew your mind

Several ones were really game changing to me and made me appreciate a previously unknown/ under appreciated style:
- Franziskaner for weissbiers
- Westy 8 for Belgian strong ales
- Founders double trouble for DIPAs
- FBS for stouts
- Nogne imperial stout for RIS
- Fou Foune for lambic
- Preety Things Once Upon a Time KK for BIPAs
- JP Madrugada Obscura for sour stouts

These were not necessarily best in style but definitely impressed me enough to change my perception of said styles.

 

Here are a few that come to mind and in no particular "ah-ha" order:
Heady Topper
Old Dominion Millennium - aged 7 years
PtE
Cafe Royale
Ten Fidy

 

Came here to mention that as well, great beer. Others I thought were excellent:

Duet
BA Darklord (Cognac De Muerte, Bourbon Vanilla)
Fou Foune
Furious
Choklat
Stone 15th, Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout & Enjoy By
Grey Monday

 

PTE
Mountain Standard
Cuvée des Jacobins
Sang Royal
Sang Noir
Apis IV
These are just a few that blew me away the first time I had them!

 

I would say these are the beers that I actually said "wow" after sipping the first time, either because it was something I had never experienced from a beer before, it opened my eyes to a style or it took a style that I thought I knew to a whole different level.

Arrogant Bastard
BCBS
La Chouffe
Fantome Saison
Heady Topper

...in that order

 

There are too many but one that totally hit most recently was Jacks Abby bourbon barrel Framinghammer. It may be bottled soon for the first time.

 

how about the new 3beans from sixpoint........ I am drinking it for the first time right now....... and damn, its good!

 

'12 founders harvest. got 1 as a trade. assumed i was trading for a pack. cannot wait for next year. gonna start pretrading in july

 

Blind Pig, Ten Fidy, Anchor Porter, Supplication, St. Bernardus Abt 12, Sam Smith's Nut Brown Ale. I wish I could go back in time and revisit those beautiful first sips.

 

Sucks
Hoponius Union
Sculpin

 

Backwoods!!! Even those people who aren't beer drinkers said "Wow"

 

Arrogant Bastard
Backwoods Bastard
Edmund Fitzgerald
Heady Topper
Breakfast Stout

No particular order, but these beers all had me dying for another sip the first time I had them.

 

CBS
Society and Solitude #5
Heady Topper

I'm sure there's others I could put, but these three jumped to mind first.

 

Bourbon County Stout, Surly Darkness, Stone Old Guardian, Ten Fidy, Westy 12 and Hopslam!

 

CBS
Imperial Biscotti Break
RR Supplication
Ballast Point Victory at Sea
Flying Dog Kujo on Nitro.

By no means are some of these the best beers ive had, but they're all ones that when I took that first sip on tap, I said to myself, "holy shit, this is tasty!".

 

I generally prefer stouts, but I'm drinking my first Lagunitas Sucks right now, and I am amazed at how well-balanced it is. I really liked Nugget Nectar, but I love this beer. I have to tread lightly, because it would be easy to knock three or four back before I knew what hit me.

 

The ones that blew me away within the last year are:
FW Parabola - The best stout I have ever tried
Alpine Nelson - The nose, the taste was simply epic
Kern River Just Outstanding - blew my mind good
FW Wookey Jack - Hands down the greatest Black IPA I have ever tried
Alpine Duet - In my opinion, almost as good as Just Outstanding
Backwoods Bastard - amazing

 

Forgot to add the 10th Anniversary Ruination

 

Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier, I think it will be my favorite beer for at least two years.