Favorite 2015 GABF beer

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  1. Golden303

    Golden303 Initiate (0) May 3, 2015 Colorado

    Will all the events going on and opportunities to try amazing beer I thought it would be interesting to hear what some of the favorites were. If I had to chose I'd go with the bourbon county vanilla rye. I could have drank that all night. The melvin fresh hopped 2x4 was damn near perfect.
     
    #1 Golden303, Sep 26, 2015
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  2. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
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    New Glarus Vintage 2015 or Funky Buddha Morning Wood

    (close 2nds- J Wakefield Miami Madness or Small Town NYFRB 10.7%)

    Melvin was good, but I was actually a little let down... I've only been hearing the hype for the last year so maybe my expectation was too high.
     
    #2 Prospero, Sep 26, 2015
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  3. Golden303

    Golden303 Initiate (0) May 3, 2015 Colorado

    No doubt...and honestly the ipas for me started getting muttled. Bummed out that I missed morning wood.
     
    #3 Golden303, Sep 26, 2015
  4. hopfacebrew

    hopfacebrew Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2011 Colorado

    Fresh Hop 2x4 and Veritas 15 for me
     
    #4 hopfacebrew, Sep 26, 2015
  5. jorgerod99

    jorgerod99 Zealot (599) Oct 19, 2013 California

    I went on Thursday and agree the Fresh Hop Melvin 2x4 was awesome. Had a full pour of 2x4 (not fresh hop) at Falling Rock after the festival. So damn good!
     
    #5 jorgerod99, Sep 26, 2015
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  6. tylerstravis

    tylerstravis Pooh-Bah (2,487) Feb 14, 2014 Colorado
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    Anyone know if any places around town still have fresh hop 2x4?
     
    #6 tylerstravis, Sep 26, 2015
  7. LE_FEESH

    LE_FEESH Initiate (0) Mar 30, 2012 North Carolina

    Morning Wood was my favorite beer of the night too.

    Before that it was either Red Angel or Vanilla Rye.
     
    #7 LE_FEESH, Sep 26, 2015
  8. hopfacebrew

    hopfacebrew Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2011 Colorado

    Ballast Point's Red Velvet Cake was pretty much cake in a glass.
     
    #8 hopfacebrew, Sep 26, 2015
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  9. Kramerbarthomer

    Kramerbarthomer Pooh-Bah (2,116) Mar 22, 2012 Colorado
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    Small town Not Your Moms Apple Pie.

    And Vanilla Rye
     
    #9 Kramerbarthomer, Sep 27, 2015
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  10. Dan_K

    Dan_K Pooh-Bah (1,980) Nov 8, 2013 Colorado
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    Sip of Sunshine, Space Cake, Battle Priest, Pentagram, The Dissadent.

    I thought morning wood was very strange. I only dumped 3 beers all night.
     
    #10 Dan_K, Sep 27, 2015
  11. Awolter

    Awolter Initiate (0) Mar 23, 2015 Minnesota
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    Vanilla Rye for sure. They poured BCBCS as a surprise yesterday around 6:45, and the VR blew it away. Sip of Sunshine was great.
     
    #11 Awolter, Sep 27, 2015
  12. chango

    chango Initiate (0) Mar 31, 2006 Colorado

    Cannonball Ck Project Alpha #4 for hoppy, Deschutes Black Butte Cubed for heavy, New Glarus Bramble Barrel whatever for fruity/tarty, Live Oak Grodziskie for light, and Rhinegeist Sherry Ink for weird but wonderful.
     
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  13. MtnSoup

    MtnSoup Initiate (0) May 20, 2013 Colorado

    Loved that Goose Island brought the heat - and it never ran out! Best secret was the state brewers' guilds. Cheers to Michigan for pouring KBS all night long, and having ZERO lines pretty much the whole time.
     
    #13 MtnSoup, Sep 27, 2015
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  14. bevoduz

    bevoduz Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2007 Illinois

    I thought the nbb erics ale was awesome, and obviously everything from the rare barrel.
     
    #14 bevoduz, Sep 27, 2015
  15. Canada_Dan

    Canada_Dan Initiate (0) Jun 14, 2013 Colorado

    Am I the only one who enjoyed regular 2x4 more than the fresh hop? Went back second night just to make sure.
     
    #15 Canada_Dan, Sep 28, 2015
  16. Dan_K

    Dan_K Pooh-Bah (1,980) Nov 8, 2013 Colorado
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    I really missed out.
     
    #16 Dan_K, Sep 28, 2015
  17. JakeT469

    JakeT469 Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2012 Colorado

    I'm curious about this as well. Had the regular 2x4 at the Hops and Pie event last Wednesday but would love to try the fresh hop version.
     
    #17 JakeT469, Sep 28, 2015
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  18. afi4lifer

    afi4lifer Zealot (744) Jan 20, 2011 Massachusetts
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    +1 for Morning Wood, that beer was amazing
     
    #18 afi4lifer, Sep 28, 2015
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  19. Srsly

    Srsly Zealot (508) Mar 21, 2010 California

    Scratch Brewing's Single Tree: Hickory blew me away, along with the rest of their beers. Funky Buddha was great, as were Melvin and J Wakefield and Upland and Destihl. I have to say, though, I was a little disappointed by Sip of Sunshine.
     
    #19 Srsly, Sep 28, 2015
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  20. Oxymoron

    Oxymoron Pooh-Bah (1,993) Aug 14, 2005 Colorado
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    MacLeod Ale Brewing was a random English style place that I went back a couple times.
     
    #20 Oxymoron, Sep 29, 2015
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