First beer to blow you away?

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  1. 19etz55

    19etz55 Savant (1,236) Aug 12, 2007 New Jersey
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    I think it was Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

    I started with PBR and the like.
    Then Anchor Steam (more flavor)
    Then Pete's Wicked (even more flavor)
    Sam Adams Lager and Stock Ale were really good
    So was SN Pale Ale and Dock Street Amber

    But then along came Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
    One taste, Wow! Blew me away. It changed my beer world!

    Yours?
     
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  2. twizzard

    twizzard Pooh-Bah (2,080) May 11, 2013 New York
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    KBS
     
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  3. jayrutgers

    jayrutgers Zealot (723) Oct 29, 2011 New Jersey

    Sam Adams Imperial Pilsner. Whoamg.
     
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  4. -NESTO-

    -NESTO- Initiate (0) Apr 6, 2013 New Jersey

    Goose Island 2012 Bourbon County Brand Stout #Gateway Drug
     
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  5. MisterBisco

    MisterBisco Initiate (0) Feb 18, 2009 New York

    I think Hoegaarden Grand Cru, alongside a pot of mussels and pommes frites at Hopleaf in Chicago was probably the one.
     
    #5 MisterBisco, Jul 23, 2014
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  6. beerluvr

    beerluvr Pooh-Bah (1,900) Jan 2, 2001 Canada (ON)
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    Ballantine India Pale Ale...at that time (early 1980's) it was the bitterest and one of the strongest I had up 'til then. Really opened my eyes to what (good) beer really was and could be.
     
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  7. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    I don't remember exactly what the first one was, but I think it was either Alpha King from FFF or Thumbprint IIPA by New Glarus.
     
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  8. _morandi_

    _morandi_ Initiate (0) Jun 17, 2014 California

    2012 BCBS... never been the same since
     
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  9. qcbrewer

    qcbrewer Pooh-Bah (2,041) Dec 3, 2010 North Carolina
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    La Fin Du Monde
     
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  10. rozzom

    rozzom Pooh-Bah (2,620) Jan 22, 2011 New York
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    Had plenty of good beer in the UK that I loved before this, but the first beer that turned me onto the American "craft" scene, and made me say "holy fuck this is beer?" was Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout.
     
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  11. DrunkAl

    DrunkAl Initiate (0) Apr 22, 2014 Illinois

    2011 dark lord
     
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  12. Phocion

    Phocion Maven (1,455) Aug 5, 2005 Minnesota

    SNPA, Franziskaner, and Stone IRS were big ones for me early on. Probably others I have since forgotten.
     
    #12 Phocion, Jul 23, 2014
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  13. walz22

    walz22 Aspirant (227) Jun 17, 2014 Canada (ON)

    Weihenstephaner Vitus and 2012 Cuvée Van De Keizer Blauw... just amazing
     
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  14. BrahptimusPrime

    BrahptimusPrime Initiate (0) Jun 6, 2014 Connecticut

    Franziskaner and Paulner were amazing to me when I first got in to beer. The first one to knock my socks off that was a little more 'manly' was 90min and made me in to a huge DFH fan.
     
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  15. Dil_thebeerdrinking_do

    Dil_thebeerdrinking_do Savant (1,192) Jan 21, 2014 Georgia
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    Stone Enjoy by.
     
    #15 Dil_thebeerdrinking_do, Jul 23, 2014
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  16. sarcastro

    sarcastro Savant (1,133) Sep 20, 2006 Michigan

    Kentucky Breakfast Stout back in 2006 or so.
     
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  17. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,252) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    Probably Red Hook ESB back in the mid 90's. I didn't mind a few other beers (like the Pete's items) but I really, really liked that one.
     
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  18. JuicesFlowing

    JuicesFlowing Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2009 Kansas

    Pliny the Elder. I paid way too much for four bottles of it online, but damn it was definitely worthy of the hype.
     
    #18 JuicesFlowing, Jul 23, 2014
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  19. JN1

    JN1 Initiate (0) Mar 11, 2014 California

    Allagash Curieux or Chimay White. I forget they were my gateway drugs.
     
    #19 JN1, Jul 23, 2014
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  20. JamesMN

    JamesMN Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 Minnesota

    Stone Ruination 10th Anniversary IPA (since renamed RuinTen). Had it on-tap the first year it was released. That was the first time I nearly went limp from a first sip.
     
    #20 JamesMN, Jul 23, 2014
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