BeerAdvocate Microbrew Invitational 2016: Standouts

There's a lot I wanna try, but my priorities are...

Trying Common Roots, Steady Habit, and J. Wakefield for the first time
IPAs from Other Half
Stouts from Hardywood
BA goodies from Barreled Souls
Pretty much everything from Fiddlehead

 

There are 3 Goses that sound good and I like some tasty low ABV beers mixed in with heavy hitters: Cambridge Brewing Bullpen Hijinks, Barreled Souls Tequila Gose, and Mystic Scatteree. If anyone likes Flanders style check out Cambridge Brewing Oakily Dokily. Really good.

 

Any reports of exceptional brews from Friday night or Saturday afternoon? Us Saturday evening folks need the intel on the must-tries.

 

I did not sample a huge number of beers last night (going back today), and all were good, but two standouts were the Hasenjäger Pilsner from Lively Brewing and The Wind (a Gose dry-hopped with Mosaic) from Lost Nation. Try the Sake from Dovetail, too.

 

According to Untappd, I had about 100 samples :/

Here are a few of the standouts:
J Wakefield: Big Poppa
RAR: Doco
Hardywood: GBS
Other Half: Telectroscopic

 

Sounds like a winner on paper!

 

J. Wakefield and Prison City were the standouts for me

 

Neighborhood Beer Company. Really unique and authentic tasting German/Belgian selections.

 

From a line: Common Roots brought 3 beers with 20+ reviews with above 4.25 ratings, the BA farmhouse with juniper and lime is my favorite so far, and there's basically no line. I thoroughly enjoyed all their beer.

 

A little late but Marylan from RAR is seriously a clone of Tree House Lights On.... it's awesome! And please, all of the J. Wakefield was amazing! I mean EVERY SINGLE BEER!

 

My favorites, in no particular order:

Prison City: Cool Hand Luke
Hardywood: Bourbon GBS
J. Wakefield: Desperado
Common Roots: Farmhouse Ale (Cask)
Stoneface: RIS, IPA
Steady Habit: Coalesce
Beer'd: Hobbit Juice

 

My favorites were
Beer'd fest premier
J Wakefield big poppa
Other half all dank everything
Barreled souls stay puft

I know there were some other standouts I'm forgetting.

 

Oh big ern from castle island was awesome.

 

Lots of really good ones. Finback Oscillation 004 was a standout for me. Also really liked Firefly Hollow's barrel-aged wood drip. Pretty outstanding!

 

Folly by Rising Tide
Bantam by Prohibition Pig
Stay Puft by Barreled Souls
Bourbon Gingerbread Stout by Hardywood
Ricky Rose by 3 Stars
Dogs & Boats by Beer'd
Fuzzbox by Singlecut
Bullpen Hijinks by Cambridge Brewing
Barrell Aged Tweiss by Gneiss

 

Really enjoyed a few different beers I no particular order:

Big Poppa - J. Wakefield ( All 4 beers were fantastic)
Stay Puft - Barreled Souls
Telectroscopic - Other Half
Coco Coco Shiv - Prison City
Phaser Marmot - Medusa
Galaxy Dry Hopped The IPA - Bldg 8

Was pleasantly surprised by others too. This was a great fest to try beers from breweries many had never heard of.

 

FTFY.

 

I'm the wurst

 

You have much to learn, young padawan.