Best and worst new beer you've tried so far in 2015?

Best has been the 2015 Parabola. Even fresh, it was mind-blowing! Runner up for my very first Jai Alia last month when visiting Tampa; totally lives up to the hype.

Worst/Most Disappointing, have to agree....my C3 Silva Stout was a butter bomb and absolute drain pour.

 

Glad you're enjoying all those Bible Belts. I'm sure you'd like some of the other Prairie stouts too. We'll have to work some more trades out.

As for my best? That's really tough. Parabola 2015 is up there. I'd be lying if I said I didn't really enjoy the Rye Barrel Aged Smoking Wood you sent me @Superflyjsc I really, really ejoyed that. It definitely sticks out. I was initially more excited to try the Bourbon Barrel version, and was surprised i preferred the former.

Worst - wasn't a fan of the 2013 Bourbon Barrel Temptress I had a few months ago. Putrid, in my humble opinion.

 

Best: Bell's Uranus. I really hope this gets brewed again because this is an incredibly fresh and enjoyable Black DIPA.

Worst: Great Lakes Sharpshooter. Not a horrendous beer by any means but it just felt kind of messy for a session beer. I was disappointed because everything else I've had from GL has been world class.

 

Stand outs for me so far were Firestone XVII, Bourbon County Brand Barleywine, CBS, and Hardywood Bourbon GBS.

Worst, WITHOUT A DOUBT, was Adroit Theory's bourbon barrel aged Zero coffee IPA. To me, it tasted just like how rotting lettuce smells, which I am far too familiar with as a produce manager. Couldn't even stomach a "try" pour...

 

Haven't had any bad beers this year. The best would be chimay blue. That beer is the first quad I liked and I'm now hooked on the style.

 

Best so far has been Heady Topper overall ....and best 2015 release was Kane Mexican Brunch
Worst so far has been Boulder Beer Killer penguin barley wine.... and worst 2015 release was Founders Devil dancer, it wasnt exactly terrible but i havent had really any very bad 2015 released beers

 

I have 3 best new beers, in order Vanilla Rye, PseudoSue, and Maple Bacon Coffee Porter. They all blew my mind.

The most disappointing beer that I've had for the first time this year was definitely Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA. Tasted like a boozy mess to me.

 

castle danger's george hunter stout aged in red wine barrels, and sudwerk's funke hop farm saison.

worst beer...I don't dwell on the negatives in life.

 

Best would definitely be Skull Splitter, worst would be something that I can't remember from Tap Room No 21.

 

Heady Topper Good.... Chai spiced IRS from Stone too.

I had a Earl Grey Dunkelweizen from Flying Dog that I felt wasn't good enough to meet the cut.

 

Best would be FireStone Walker 18th Anniversary on tap. Worst Guinness American Blonde Ale.

 

Best new beer: Sixpoint Hi-Res and Foundation Epiphany

Worst new beer: Sixpoint Gose with sea salt added....just not for me!

 

Best: BCBCS
Runner Up: Chillwave
Worst: Short's Woodmaster - Not sure if I got a bad bottle or what, had streaks of something in the liquid. It went down the drain.
Worst Runner Up: Evil Twin Ashtray Heart

 

The best beer I've had this year would have to be Sunday Morning Stout, the worst is a toss-up between Silva Stout and that god-awful "bourbon barrel aged" Labatt's.

 

My best ratings in 2015:
Sunny Side Up (Lil Amps Double Coffee) - Pizza Boy = 5.0
Allagash Nancy = 5.0
Perrenial Artisan Abraxas = 4.93
Lost Nation TPT Keller Pils = 4.82

Worst rated so far in 2015:
Habenero Sculpin = 2.67
St. Peters Organic English Ale = 2.77 (although I'd bet it was on the shelf for over a year in that green bottle)
Puck the Beer (Saison) by North Coast = 2.99

 

I really thought that this years KBS was thin and artificial tasting.

 

Best: Double Dry Hopped Melcher Street, I think about that beer in my sleep.

Worst: Sam Adams Porch Rocker Shandy

 

Best: Tyranena Wrath of Rocky. Awesome bourbon flavor that doesn't overwhelm the brown ale base. Honorable mention to Ale Asylum Pantheon.
Worst: O'so Barrel Aged Convenient Distraction. Love the regular CD, I was super excited for the BA version, but I couldn't even force myself to drink it. Flat and really off flavors.