What beer do you think is a real sleeper?

Driftwood Singularity. It's a bourbon barrel ages RIS and I think if it were distributed to the US, it would be on the shelves for a day or two. This years batch was released in January and I still see it all over the place.

 

Came here to say this. I'd put it up against any Belgian Saison.

 

Long Trail's Ale and Hibernator.

 

Mystic (MA) Day of Doom, for a super quad!

 

Trinity brewing's saison man
Odell IPA
Ska's modus hoperandi
Dry Dock's apricot blonde (everyone hypes blighs and the DIPA)
Dry Dock's Breakwater pale ale
Did I metion I'm a notorious homer?

 

Hahaha! I wish! While I do have a pretty good 'stache, it is nowhere near as epic as that guy's!

 

Completely agree. And since I can pretty easily a buy a bottle of the Deep Woods series from my bottle shop, I think they're better than most whales. Barleywine in the hand trumps a whale I probably will never get to taste.

 

not sure how under the radar they are, but I imagine those outside of Chicagoland have a difficult time acquiring Pipeworks brews. I've really enjoyed Galaxy Unicorn, Blood of the Unicorn and Jones Dog. I also really like Wild Onion's Hopslayer.

In terms of easily found but not overly hyped beers that are fantastic, I go with Oskar Blues' Deviant Dale IPA.

 

Williamsburg Aleswerks stuff: Bitter Valentine, Bourbon Barrel Porter, Cafe Royale
And I second Pipeworks, especially Blood of the Unicorn

 

I just had a Hyper Dog milk stout from Piperworks Sunday. It wasn't the best milk stout I've ever had, but it was better than a majority of them out there. They make really solid, yet still interesting beers. There's one that they brew with spices used to cure meat. I haven't worked up the nerve to try that one yet.

I really like Smuttynose as well. I think that they are an all around solid brewery. Old Brown Dog is a great go-to food beer for me.

 

Lil Sumpin
Racer 5

 

A sleeper that is light but full bodied and readily available in SoCal...

Cismontane Holy Jim Falls XPA

 

O'so Night Train and Dank

both really good beers that score 3.88 each. with a combined 189 reviews.

 

Totally forgot Ever Weisse which actually was my favorite so far.

 

My homebrew.

EDIT:
Got beaten to the punch.

 

CALDERA MOGLI!!!

 

Ruination

 

Damn good porter

 

I don't hear ANY talk about Evolution Lot 6 DIPA, and I have no clue why. It has a level of craftsmanship and depth that many DIPAs (even hyped ones) lack.

 

How about Duvel? I know it's well known and highly rated but it's not relentlessly hyped and I don't hear about it too often here but it's just a wonderful beer. Also, Fegley's Hopsolutely