Quintessential Favorites List

Looking beer- Victory @ Sea
Smelling beer- Exponential Hoppiness
Tasting beer- pseudoSue
Mouthfeel- Black Husky Smoke Monster
Overall beer- Alpine Nelson
Brewery- Toppling Goliath
Style- Barleywine

 

looking beer - Pliny theElder. Damn gorgeous

smelling beer - the saison _ somone siad to me in the pub that a saison was like a pretty girl, a bit tart, pretty, but it could bite you

tasting beer - even more jesus - why didn't I rate this beer higher? The best taste ever.

mouthfeel- southern tier gemini - call me late for breakfast but HELL!

overall beer - heater allen pills - you can't get it so that makes my words true

brewery - Trapp family lodge 'cause that's gonna piss off hill farmstead who was too bitter in a lot of beers for me

style- the tripel;- chimay white don't ask me why I am about to run off at the mouth

 

Looking Beer: Le Terroir
Smelling Beer: Consecration
Tasting Beer: Saison-Brett
Mouthfeel Beer: Ten Fidy
Overall Beer: Bourbonic Plague
Brewery: Allagash
Style: Tripel

 

Seconded. Le Terroir is gorgeous.

 

Looking: Toppling Goliath King Sue
Smelling: New Glarus Very Sour Blackberry
Tasting: Cigar City Double-Barrel Hunahpu
Mouthfeel: Perennial Barrel-Aged Abraxas
Everyday: Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
Overall: Goose Island Napa County Stout
Brewery: Hill Farmstead
Style: Wine barrel-aged (insert style here)

I added an "Everyday" category because I didn't want to fill my list with all "rarez," and because good lagers deserve a spotlight at any and all opportunities.

 

Looking: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissen
Smelling: Aventinus Eisbock
Tasting: Hair Of The Dog Adam
Mouthfeel: Ayinger Celebrator
Overall Beer: St Bernardus Abt 12
Brewery: Great Lakes
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale

 

Looking: Cantillon Lou Pepe Kriek
Smelling: RR Consecration
Tasting: Cantillon Classic Gueuze
Mouthfeel: Hair of The Dog Matt
Overall: I don't have a favorite, but its probably a tossup between fresh Dreadnaught and that Lou Pepe Gueuze I drank at Zwanze day.
Brewery: Cantillon
Style: Gueuze, DIPA, BA Stouts, BA Barleywines

 

looking beer- The one I'm about to try
smelling beer-The one I'm about to try
tasting beer- Pilsner Urquell
mouthfeel- Cascade's Apricot
overall beer- Vortex II
brewery- Wicked Weed
style- Pilsner/Sour can't make up my mind.

 

This could change daily

Looking: This really counts?
Smelling: Sucks
Tasting: Bible Belt
Mouthfeel: Ten Fidy
Overall: BCBCS
Brewery: Evil Twin
Style: Pilsner

 

Looking: Crooked Stave Petite Sour Hibiscus
Smelling: NoDa Hop Drop n Roll
Tasting: Crooked Stave L'Brett Plum
Mouthfeelrairie Bible Belt
Overall: Too hard, there are too many
Brewery: Crooked Stave/Praire/Maine/HF
Style: IPA, Wild, Saison

 

It's probably the least important of the reviewable traits in a beer, but I think it's still important. It's nice to pour a beer into a good glass and look at how nice it looks! Check this thread to see what I mean, some really good photos of great looking brews...

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/quality-beer-photos-footage-aka-beer-****.63479/

 

Looking Beer: Saison du Fermier
Smelling Beer: Fuzzy
Tasting: King Henry
Mouthfeel: The Lily
Overall: Soleil de Minuit
Brewery: Jester King
Style: Wild, Saison, Lambic

 

Looking: I Hardcore You
Smelling: Sculpin IPA and Schneider Weisse TAP 5
Tasting: Lervig Brewers Reserve Barleywine Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Mouthfeel: Fuller's Vintage 2012
Overall: Cantillon Fou' Foune, Rochefort 10, Schneider Weisse Aventinus Eisbock, 18-month aged Brooklyn Chocolate Stout and Rodenbach Vintage.
Breweries: Schneider Weisse and Rodenbach
Style: Barleywine, Gueuze

 

I agree with others - this list changes daily. It's still a lot of fun to think about my current ones though.

Looking Beer: Alpine Great
Smelling Beer: Kate the Great
Tasting: Mornin' Delight
Mouthfeel: AleSmith Speed Stout - Peaunut Butter and Cacao Nibs
Overall: Selin's Grove Pumkin Ale, Triple Sunshine (tied)
Brewery: Hill Farmstead, Toppling Goliath (tied)
Style: Right now... IPA(daydreaming about head hunter)

 

looking beer - Hofbrau Original Helles
smelling beer - Stickee Monkey
tasting beer - Andechser Doppelbock
mouthfeel - Velvet Merkin
overall beer - Keesmann Herren Pils
brewery - Kloster Andechs
style - Dry Hopped American Sours right now

 

looking beer - any IPA or Saison from Tired Hands...they make me drool
smelling beer - never smelled anything better than Boneyard's Hop Venom
tasting beer - Mexican Cake
mouthfeel- BCBS
overall beer- Mexican Cake or Hop Venom
brewery- Westbrook
style- double ipa / stouts

 

Looking - Haven't actually had it, but Very Sour Blackberry from New Glarus looks glorious to me. Otherwise either BCBS or any good Berliner Weiss
Smelling - Abraxas, Permanent Funeral, Abrasive
Tasting - Proprietor's
Mouthfeel - BCBS
Overall - Proprietor's
Brewery - Goose Island (honorable mention to New Glarus, Half Acre and FFF)
Style - RIS or DIPA

 

Bourbon County across categories.

 

Is there a way to search your reviews to get this data?