Beers that blew your mind

Are you suggesting that he underrated CBS? That if it was truly mind-blowing, it would then ultimately deserve a straight 5...no questions asked?

I think that it's a bit near-sighted to off-handedly rate anything a 5 . It's a smart and considerate move to leave a margin between what you would currently define as "mind-blowing" and beers which you have not yet had.

On that note, I see that you rated KBS a perfect 5. Imagine that, down the road, you suddenly discovered a beer that might compare to KBS stylistically, but that you would ultimately consider more mind-blowing.....(for the sake of argument, let's call this beer CBS).....where do you go from your perfect 5 for KBS?

 

Apple brandy hunahpu
Fou foune
05 + 07 Lou pepe kriek
2002 drie oude gueuze vintage
Bambic B1 fresh
HF double galaxy
HF Ann

 

Bourbon County Baudoinia
Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break
Dark Horse Too Cream Stout
Revolution Very Mad Cow
Bell's BA Cherry Stout
Founder's Breakfast Stout

 

Armand Lente
BCBVS
Jacks Abby, Mom and Pops Lager
BCS
Heady Topper
Citra

Cheers!

 

Just had the Anchor Porter and it was fantastic.

 

Being an IPA drinker these stood out from the rest that ive had:

Hop Stoopid - First real hop bomb i ever had. Total punch in the face that drew me in for more.
Lagunitas Sucks - Love at fist sip
Deviant Dales - First IPA in a can
Sixpoint Resin - Just tried it last night. Very unique, sweet and incredibly smooth for 103ibu
Ballast Point Sculpin - Incredibly Fruity

 

Dude, it's like you read my mind. Have you had Heady?

 

KH
Heady
Melange 3
KBS

More recently, Juicy and Golden Canary

 

My mind has been blown many times over the years by great beers. So far this year it's been blown by, Firestone 16 - Anniversary Ale, Ska Pocket Protecter porter, and Lagunitas Sucks.

 

Nugget Nectar
Sucks
Heady Topper
Resin
plus many more

 

Heady Topper, 120, and Ephraim.

 

I havent ::sigh:: I live 3 hours from the Brewery, however my wife looks at me like i got 2 heads when i tell her i want to take a roadtrip haha. One of these days im just going to head North and hit The Alchemist then Hill Farmstead.

 

Just pulling the data straight from Untappd. This is everything I rated as 5 stars. Unfortunately it only includes whatever I've had since late 2010, but it should be a pretty good reflection of what I saw as "mind-blowing":

DFH Indian Brown Ale
Piece Dark-N-Curvy
New Belgium Vrienden Ale (Lips of Faith)
Great Divide Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti
Schlafly Coffee Stout
Evil Twin Yin & Yang Black & Tan
DFH 90 Minute IPA
Black Ball
Southern Tier Creme Brulee
Darkness (2011)
Perennial Abraxas
Hopslam Ale
Milk Stout Nitro
Revolution Hugene
Goose Island Gavin And John's Old Town Yard Lager
Bourbon County Brand Stout
Urban Chestnut Zwickel
Half Acre Double Daisy Cutter Pale Ale
New Belgium Shift
Bourbon Barrel Warmer
FFF Hell's Black Intelligencer
Cuvee Des Jacobins Rouge
Brooklyn Gold Standard Export
Old Chub
Evil Twin Freudian Slip
The Deuce
Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break
Goose Island Madame Rose (2012)
Perennial Peace Offering
Half Acre Space IPA
Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout
Against The Grain Gnag Reflex
Pipeworks Citra Ninja
Bourbon County Cherry Rye
Peche Mortel
Firestone 16 (XVI) Anniversary Ale
Bourbon Barrel Aged Baume
Half Acre Big Hugs (2012)
Heady Topper

 

Heady Topper
Cantillon Fou Foune
Russian River Supplication

 

Where exactly do you live? I'm going up there next weekend and I could drop you off some brews.

 

Zombie Dust for everyday
CBS, Black Tuesday and Fruet for the bigs...

 

DF Zomer: everything every other Gueuze in my cellar wishes it was
HF Arthur: best saison, period.
Beatification: Nuff said
Fou Foune: so fruity, and so unbelievably sour

 

Love the Wormtown shout out!

 

Bitter Monk. There is nothing else out there like it, layers of complexity and all of them good