Paste : Best Beers of 2016

The two that stand out are Trinity's Menacing Kumquat and Kent Falls Dekkera farmhouse ale.

Others fall more in the 'new to me but not new' category.

 

The only beer I had on the list was Summit 30th Anniversary Keller Pils. I thought that beer was fantastic. I really, really liked the Pilsner Malt backbone of the Weyermann Barke Pilsner Malt they used to brew that beer.

I recognize that this beer was produced as a one-off to celebrate their 30th Anniversary but I really hope that they make this beer again exactly the same way. If they would introduce this beer as a new year round product, that would be awesome.

Cheers to Summit Brewing!!!!!

 

I enjoyed the Keller pils too, the only other one I had was on fleek and it was good, but not great,

 

Non off that list, here's mine:

Top Beers 2016:
Firestone Walker Parabola (2016 Vintage) (4.93)
Deschutes Brewery The Abyss 2015 (Cognac Barrel-Aged) (4.93)
Deschutes Brewery The Abyss 2015 (Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged) (4.91)
Deschutes Brewery The Abyss 2015 (4.88)
Melvin Brewing 2x4 (4.88)
Port Brewing Older Viscosity (4.87)
Russian River Pliny The Elder (4.87)
Firestone Walker Firestone 19 Anniversary Ale (4.86)
Avery Brewing Company Mephistopheles' Stout (4.85)
Avery Brewing Company Tweak (4.85)
Arrogant Bastard Brewing Southern Charred (2015) (4.85)
Melvin Brewing Melvin IPA (4.84)
Melvin Brewing Hubert (4.82)
Arrogant Bastard Brewing Double Bastard Ale (4.77)
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier (4.77)
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan Original Premium (4.75)
La Cumbre Brewing Company Elevated IPA (4.75)
The Lost Abbey Serpent's Stout (4.75)
Arrogant Bastard Brewing Double Bastard In The Rye (4.74)
Deschutes Brewery Black Butte XXVIII (4.74)
Odell Brewing Company Jolly Russian (4.74)
Southern Tier Brewing Company Choklat (4.72)
River North Brewery 2016 Whiskey Barrel Quandary (4.72)
Avery Brewing Company Old Perseverance 2016 (4.71)
River North Brewery Nightmare Fuel (4.71)

Cheers!

 

Only one from that list I tried was Avery's Callypgian, which I really enjoyed.

 

Weihenstaphaner 1516
Founders PC Pils
Lagunitas 12th of Never

Were a few of my 2016 favorites

 

Of the beers I have had in 2016 (in no particular orde)
Lagunitas Born Yesterday
Lagunitas High West-ified Imperial Coffee Stout
Tree House King Julius
Tree House Julius
Tree House Doppelganger
Omnipollo/Trillium Outside the Lines
Trillium Cutting Tiles
Trillium DDH Fort Point
Trillium Scaled Up
Firestone Walker BA Velvet Merkin
NEBCO Coffee Breath
NEBCO Dose
NEBCO FBD
Foley Brothers Prospect
Foley Brothers Pieces of Eight
Dogfish Head World Wide Stout

 

You're right, that Weihenstephaner was new last spring I think. Good one!

 

Callypigian was amazing. Can't believe there was no hype surrounding this beer.

Really wish more of the beers on that list easier to obtain. I don't think I could trade my whole cellar for a FVM.

 

Summit Dark Infusion Coffee Milk Stout. This is presumably a one-off, but hope they decide to bring it back at some point. I liked this as well as FBS. Get some while it is still available, if you can.

 

Hasn't that been around for a while, or am I confusing it with something similar. I seem to remember that it was in rum barrels.

 

Got to have some Aslin beers for the first time. They were very good!
BA Ten Fidy
And Black Acre Natural Liberty is the new go to. Very good

 

It is part of Avery's barrel series, was like number 31 or 32 or something. AFAIK it was the first time they ever brewed it, and hopefully not the last. It was aged in bourbon barrels.

 

Cool. I don't know how the hell I got it confused with the other beer, then. Crazy-ass names these days .

 

Thus far:

Hoppin' Frog Barrel Aged D.O.R.I.S. the Destroyer (5)
Grimm Lumen (5)
2016 Firestone Walker Sucaba (4.86)
2016 Firestone Walker Parabola (4.86)
2016 Avery Uncle Jacob's Stout (4.84)
2016 Prairie Pirate Noir (4.82)
Almanac Saison de Brettaville (4.8)
Caldera Bourbon Barrel Aged Old Growth (4.8)
2016 Avery Mephistopheles' (4.74)
Grimm Apricot Rebus (4.72)
Logsdon Seizoen Bretta (4.71)
SingleCut Bon Bon 2X TNT IIPA (4.71)
SingleCut Softly Spoken Magic Spells (4.69)
Grimm Tesseract (4.67)
Hoppin' Frog D.O.R.I.S. the Destroyer Imperial Stout (4.65)
Boulevard / Cigar City - Collaboration No. 5 Tropical Pale Ale (4.65)
2015 The Bruery Oude Tart (4.63)
Perennial 17 Mint Chocolate Stout (4.63)
Grimm Awoogah (4.63)
Avery Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Bean Stout (4.61)

Still about a week left in the year so who knows...

 

Lone Pint's The Wanderer

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30380/236293/?ba=Premo88#review

Wicked Weed/Jester King's The Parking Lot

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30581/217836/?ba=Premo88#review

Both of those were dang good. Would love to have one of each right now.

 

Some nice stuff on that list.

Cheers!

 

rHere is mine, was a great year.

Pale Ale : Trillium Mosaic FPPA
IPA : Treehouse Green
DIPA : Trillium Heavy Mettle
Imperial Stout : Westbrook Mexican Cake Double Barrel Aged
Imperial Porter : Funky Buddha Wide Awake!
Flanders Red : Rodenbach Caractere Rouge
Lambic - Geuze : 3 Fonteinen Armand & Tommy
Lambic - Fruit : Cantillon Zwanze 2016
German Sour : Westbrook / Stillwater Gose Gone Wild
American Wild Ale : Grimm Rainbow Dome
Saison : Saison Dupont


Only tried Callipygian from the list, was a great beer like Uncle Jacobs and Tweak. Not very interested in other beers, but that Manbearpig is one of my dream beer. Wish I can feel the shock when I first had Wide Awake.