EBF 2014's biggest sleeper?

My sleeper was the Coconut Bay Breeze by Due South. Nose on it was nothing special, but the taste.... oh the taste! What an amazing beer that would be fantastic to drink all summer long.

 

Thought Half Acre beers were solid! Never heard of them before, also the Bourbon root beer float from Dark Horse rocked!

 

Kane night to end all dawns
Tree House double shot
due south orange maple
Due south coconut bay breeze

 

Hard to say because sleeper is tough to define.

Funky Buddha doesn't count as a sleeper, but their Maple Bacon was truly excellent.

As a Jersey guy, I knew Carton would be great, but I'm happy to hear the consensus on it (Regular Coffee especially)

Kane Sea Change was also a fantastic session ale, and loved the wine barrel quad

I loved everything from Tree House (how good was Double Shot)

Never heard of Due South before, but I loved their Peppermint Paddy and the fiancee loved the Maple Orange

And then Sixpoint... @Sixpoint do you guys make anything that's bad? 3Beans is as perfect an imperial stout as I can imagine. Glad I have a 4-pk in the cellar.

Other shout-outs include:
Against the Grain, Brett the Hitman Hop
Half Acre, everything
Night Shift, Viva Habanera
Throwback, Spicy Bohemian
Trophy, Wine Spektator
Toppling Goliath (probably not a sleeper)

 

Due South- Maple Orange Imperial Caramel Cream Ale
Two Roads- Urban Funk and Crazy Pucker
Funky Buddha- Veruca
Tree House- Double Shot
Harpoon- UNCLE FESTER!!

 

I'll say it now, Toppling Goliath was a sleeper for Session C.

Funky Buddha at times had 100~ people waiting on line. Tree House for some reason was lined up the whole night, whereas TG did not have a line for large portions of the night.

Went back for multiple helpings of their beer with no wait. Very confused.

 

Anyone else try that porter with pig parts? That...that was somethin'.

 

Veruca? That was getting poured at EBF? Aw man that's reason enough right there to regret not going.....

 

Half Acre edged out several runner-ups for me (most notably TG). Someone at that brewery must've sold their soul.

 

I was really surprised by the NERAX Jacks Abby Glazed Over and Blue Point Mosaic.

 

Yes, forgot about the Glazed Over, man was that good!

 

I thought the Uncured Pepperoni sticks at Vermont Smoke and Cure was the sleeper of session B for me.

 

Revolution has been turning out some excellent barrel aged beers since they started doing them a few years back. Their other beers aren't too bad either

Half Acre is one of the things I miss most about moving from Chicago i would highly recommend trading for their beers.

 

The "sleeper" term is a bit tough to answer at a fest this awesome but for me I wasn't too familiar with Revolution. Now I am :-)

 

Cascade had some awesome Sours, definitely the highlight for me.

 

While it wasn't a sleeper for me because I had sampled it before, Kane's A Night To End All Dawns Vanilla Bean was straight up one of the best beers at the festival! I can't wait for the bottles of this and the Coffee variant to be released (which will be very soon)!

 

Allagash Avance' was fantastic---the strawberries were very well pronounced

 

I had not heard of Hardywood before and their whole lineup was top notch. The Bourbon Gingerbread Stout was delicious. I also enjoyed the Gin Barrel Aged Pony Pilsner from Half Acre.

 

Here's an article considering the same thing:
http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2014/...vent-recap-best-beers-weirdest.html?ref=title

 

French Toast...oh lord.