First beer to blow your mind.

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-Whatever the dark beer was from this place. That was 2002. I'd love to try it now and see what I thought of it.

 

The first that really stopped me in my tracks, and forced me to take in the art of brewing, was Paulaner Salvator.

 

Yeah, for me it was actually a 2008 Stone IRS enjoyed earlier this year. Damn.

And Double Bastard before that almost fit the bill.

 

First beer that got me actually liking craft beer was Alpha King. Still awesome.
My first real love was Two-Hearted, it was everywhere and I couldn't believe how good it was.
My first official "favorite beer ever" was Chouffe Houblon. Drinking it nowadays, not so impressed. Tastes change, but I swear the first few bottles I had were different somehow.
Beer is great.

 

Lagunitas Copper was a wake up call after a lot of decent but no special beer. That was a quick gateway to a bunch of much hoppier stuff for me. Once I was a craft idiot, Dreadnaught sealed the deal.

 

The very fisrt beer to blow my mind was the first beer that I had with my dad. I cannot remember the beer [his choice, many, many years ago], but I will never forget the experience.

 

Rochefort 10

 

Septante 5, I believe it was 1978. By then though, I'd been drinking the Hacker Pschorr brands for a couple of years.

 

Rochefort 10 and Arrogant Bastard. So many wasted years....

 

blind pig, '96 in temecula

 

KBS. It stills blows my mind

 

Lagunitas Sucks. That stuff was amazing.

 

BB4D and R&D Kriek

 

Barney flats oatmeal stout

 

most recent: bell's hopslam

most mindblowing: stone sublimey self-righteous casked with columbus hops. i remember taking my first sip & being carried off into beer bliss. those first couple of sips i had no idea what was going on around me because it was that ridic good. never saw it again after that & will always compare every beer to that experience. *sigh* beer unicorn...

 

Bourbon County Vanilla

Cheers!

 

new belgium sunshine wheat got me into craft a long time ago, paulaner octoberfest really raised the bar for sessionable craft for me, but ten fidy will ALWAYS be my dark mistress. she's the standard i always hold my imperials to.

 

First ever "mind blower" was Two Hearted. That was long, long ago. I used to drink Guinness and sometimes Sierra Nevada back in the nineties and though I like SN, it wasn't until I had my first TH that I was like, "wow, that is awesome". The next beer that did it for me was many years later and it was Supplication...opened up a whole new world.

 

BCBS

 

When I first tried Bourbon County Stout. I couldn't believe the flavor. That was about a year ago. Last week I tried Firestone Walker Abacus. Holy crap that stuff is good. Anyone else in the mood for a bourbon aged barleywine? Can't wait for Kuhnhenn winter solestic.