Beers that blew your mind

A couple beers come to mind from some recent(ish) experience:

La Cumbre's excellent Elevated IPA was the highlight of summer, in beer form. Can't wait to pass through New Mexico again.

Three Floyd's Zombie Dust lived up to and exceeded every expectation I had.

Anchor Steam's Zymaster Series #3, their Flying Cloud Import Stout, seemed to me to raise the bar on the style. I seriously hope they make it a regular.

Finally, although it's still too soon to tell, ever since I had Almanac's Biere de Chocolat I haven't been able to get it out of my mind. I've been a fan of Almanac's premise (and promise) since their inception but this is the first brew of theirs where it all came together, and then some.

 

cenotaph for me

 

zombie dust. i thought this is an american pale, its gotta just be hype. but that beer blew my taste buds away. if i could only ever drink one beer again that might be it.

 

DFH 90 Min, just because it was one of the first crazy IPAs I had. Heady Topper, because I was expecting to be totally let down...I was floored at how amazing it actually was. Founder's Breakfast Stout, St Bernardus Abt 12, Lagunitas Sucks, Nugget Nectar. I'll say Heady is the best beer I've ever had, with there being a bottleneck of Hill Farmstead beers behind that.

 

My first bottle of Fantome Saison was by far the most mind blowing beer I've ever had
Kuhnhenn BB4D (I've never liked any other old ale before or after trying it)
Lagunitas Sucks
Blind Pig
Scuplin (of about a year and a half ago, haven't seen anything around forever)
Two Hearted
Heady Topper
Hel & Verdoemenis 666

 

Do you want more?

 

Hunahpu's
Luscious
PtE
Heady Topper
Zombie Dust
BCBCS

 

De struise Elliot brew

 

A few, in no order, that made me nearly lose myself....

Founders Imperial Stout (blows my mind at $9/4-pack)
CBS
Nemesis 09
Black Damnation Double Black
Smutty Robust Porter (caught me severely off guard)
Westy Trio... a good friend aided in completely wrecking what I sought in beer for some good time.

 

KRBC Citra
KRBC Outstanding IPA
Terrapin Moo Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout
Lagunitas Sucks
Alpine Nelson

 

Bb9k, huna, and heady come to mind.

 

Racer 5 was probably the first (certainly not the last) IPA that blew me away
Torpedo blew me away
Sucks
Stone Imperial Russian Stout blew me away

Espresso Oak Aged Yeti
Cismontane Black Nocturne


too many to name

 

Hair of the Dog Adam
Epic Big Bad Baptist
Bell's Black Note
Harviestoun Ola Dubh 40
Uinta Cockeyed Cooper (Far exceeded my expectations)

 

heady topper was insane when I first tried it, bourbon county stout, the abyss, parabola, Black Note changed my life, I cried when I had CBS, zombie dust made my legs shake, king henry...oh king henry, you made me what i am today you bastard. I wept like a new mother when I had vanilla dark lord..so many so so many, but I remember every one

 

Duvel (hands down, this beer impressed me more than any other beer I've ever had)
Surly's CynicAle
Duchesse De Bourgogne
Founder's Backwoods Bastard
Any smoked beer that smells/tastes like bacon

 

This one goes to 11
Double Bastard
Lagunitas Maximus

All surprised me with their greatness. I didn't expect any of them to be as good as they were.

 

This blew my mind. Bud Light with genuine certified color mhmmm.

 

That blew my mind too... But not in a good way.

I would've rather just drink the clamato.

 

Stone IPA (before that I didnt have much interest in IPA's, but it all changed with that first sip)
Third Coast Old Ale (blew me away, and sparked an interest in barleywines)
Victory At Sea (dont even know what to say at the moment.....)
Old Rasputin (first stout I fell in love with)
Arrogant Bastard (the beginning of the end)

 

Really REALLY good quads always take me by surprise. Pannepot floored me, even though I knew it was going to be great.