For those BAs with over 1,000 beers rated...

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by bubseymour, Apr 8, 2016.

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  1. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    ...have you had any new beers in last 6 months that you tried for 1st time and have rated within your top 20 best beers?

    I didn't mean this to be exclusionairy or elitist...all BA's are credible and welcome to join the conversation, just wanted to get a pulse on the BA's that have some mileage under their belts as to what beers lately recently knocked them out after a lot of beer sampling (even if you had beers that have been around for a while).

    Total beers rated = 1,680
    My recent top 20 beers tasted:
    King Sue 3/30/16 (best DIPA I've had since Heady several years ago)
    Sucuba 3/21/16 (best Barleywine I've ever had)
    Fantome Saison 12/31/15 (Happy New Year beer...must have gotten a good one, as I've heard the quality has been hit or miss on this one).
     
  2. BeerForMuscle

    BeerForMuscle Grand Pooh-Bah (3,713) Nov 26, 2006 New Jersey
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    Recent that cracked my top 20:

    Kane - Holy Nights 2/13/16
    Weyerbacher - Blindside 3/19/16
    Kane - Last Contact 3/6/16
    Terrapin - Tiramisu-Hoo 2/10/16
     
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  3. Smakawhat

    Smakawhat Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,191) Mar 18, 2008 Maryland
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    In the last 6 months only 2

    17. - Fifty Fifty - Imperial Eclipse Vanilla Bean 2015
    20. - 4 Hands - Madagascar

    Also there are no best beers, only favorites.
     
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  4. Spaceman_Jer

    Spaceman_Jer Pooh-Bah (1,688) Jan 27, 2015 Colorado
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    In my case, I've had 3 this year that have made it into my all-time top 20:

    -Bull and Bush Royal Oil (this one floored me)
    -Melvin 2x4 DIPA
    -Prairie BOMB!
     
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  5. Shanex

    Shanex Grand Pooh-Bah (4,960) Dec 10, 2015 France
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    I'm still far from the mileage, and I'm not even sure I actually had 1000 different beers in the last 15 years.

    Okay if I'm allowed, I'll mention 5 I immensely enjoyed lately and according to my rating, aside from my regular:

    -Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (outstanding, a delight)
    -Sierra Nevada Porter (also an experience)
    -La fin du Monde (lives up to Belgian Tripel classic)
    -St Bernardus (incredibly balanced and tasty)
    -N'ice Chouffe (Xmas beer I've had two months ago)

    Apologies if I don't have the 1000 beers required quite yet... wanted to chime in, cheers.
     
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  6. flagmantho

    flagmantho Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,674) Feb 19, 2009 Washington
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    2,849 beers reviewed (over 7 years) and only 1 beer in the last 6 months is in my top 100: Fremont First Nail imperial stout. Earlier in 2015 quite a few hit the top 100 for me, though. Nothing yet from 2016.
     
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  7. jp32

    jp32 Initiate (0) Oct 27, 2004 Michigan

    Quite a few actually.

    - Founder's CBS
    - Bell's 30th Anniversary
    - Hoppin' Frog Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S.
    - Hoppin' Frog D.O.R.I.S.
    - Barley's Boubon Meyer Buckeye Stout
    - Hoof Hearted Cultrider
    - Perrin No Rules
    - Rhinegeist Sexy Panther
     
  8. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    3834 Ratings (2999 Reviews) with none in the top 25 from the last 6 months - but I don't trade or wait in lines...just drink what I happen to come across.
     
  9. BFCarr

    BFCarr Pooh-Bah (2,328) Feb 13, 2012 New Jersey
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    Only at 450ish ratings, but I would add

    Founders Project Pam

    Enjoy!
     
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  10. thebeers

    thebeers Grand Pooh-Bah (5,837) Sep 10, 2014 Pennsylvania
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    Haven't rated 1,000 beers yet, but I've certainly drank well over 1,000 and had one a couple months ago that definitely makes the top 20: Cuvee De Mortagne by Picobrouwerij Alvinne. It was a quad right at the sweet spot, and one of the greatest things I've ever tasted.
     
  11. larryi86

    larryi86 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,118) Apr 4, 2010 Delaware
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    None in the top 20, but Evil Twin Double Barrel Jesus and Victory Java Cask are in my top 35
     
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  12. NHhomebrewguy

    NHhomebrewguy Initiate (0) Apr 9, 2012 New Hampshire

    I've only rated 780 beers on here but these 2 stood out for me in the past 2 months-

    Tree House Doppelganger
    Barrel Aged Silhouette
     
  13. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    I don't rate beers here (so forgive me for party crashing), but I think my post will still be relevant. I've had over 1000 different beers (only mentioning this since the OP asked), and I had a new-to-me beer about a month ago that I'd rank as one of my favorite beers so far - Gänstaller-Bräu Zoigl. I wish I could have this beer again.
     
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  14. smbslt

    smbslt Pooh-Bah (1,980) Dec 26, 2010 Illinois
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    I looked at my top 2% (to adjust for my slackardliness) and the latest addition was more than 18 months ago. ReDANKulous is in my latest top 20 but is just outside the 6 month mark.
     
  15. zeff80

    zeff80 Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,425) Feb 6, 2006 Missouri
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    5040 beers rated. None in the past 6 months have cracked my Top 20.

    2 have cracked my Top 50:
    Boulevard Rye on Rye on Rye
    Boulevard Love Child No. 6

    Just outside my 6 month range is 4 Hands Madagascar and Side Project Foedre Beer.
     
  16. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    I just had Rye on Rye on Rye yesterday... very nice beer.
     
  17. superspak

    superspak Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,927) May 5, 2010 North Carolina
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    #1 - Prairie Vanilla Noir
    #2 - Prairie BBA Bomb!
    #18 - Buxton / Omnipollo Yellow Belly

    4154 reviews
     
  18. tobelerone

    tobelerone Grand Pooh-Bah (4,220) Dec 1, 2010 New Jersey
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    At over 2800 beers rated here none have cracked the top 20 in the last 6 months. Most recent entry to that list was focal banger in June of 2015. Although looking at the top beers a lot of them were rated 4-5 years ago and probably wouldn't sit as high up if re-rated or reviewed today.
     
  19. Best_Enjoyed_In_Texas

    Best_Enjoyed_In_Texas Maven (1,420) Aug 24, 2015 Texas
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    Great topic! Thanks for creating this thread. Illenjoy keeping up with everyone's posts.
     
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  20. ONovoMexicano

    ONovoMexicano Initiate (0) Jun 14, 2012 New Mexico

    I've had quite a few in the past 6 months that are in my Top 20, but I love beer, so the average beer rating starts at 3 just for being beer. Haha.

    Here are my stats:

    Ratings: 1475 | Reviews: 1100

    Baladin Lune- 4.7 (1/29/2016) A phenomenal English barleywine (Baladin makes many... see: Xyauyu) from 2012 that was aged a number of years in white wine barrels.

    Casey Brewing The Cut: Balaton Cherry- 4.68 (11/08/2015) An undercarbed (according to the brewer....I was fine with it) version called a "Sleeper." Awesome.

    Bosque Brewing Acequia Wet Hop IPA- 4.67 (9/19/2015...okay that's seven months) Awesome fresh hop IPA. No more to say.

    Hill Farmstead Arthur- 4.62 (12/13/2015)

    Trillium Double Dry Hopped Summer Street- 4.6 (9/09/2015)

    Lagunitas Born Yesterday- 4.59 (10/30/2015)

    2 other beers from the last 6 months are in my top 25 (Casey Leaner and Bosque Southwest Session) and a third top 25 beer was from just over a year ago (Montmorency v. Balaton).
     
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