religious experience

I first had Sculpin and I was blown away by the aroma. I couldn't explain it and just sat there reveling in the smell. Still chasing that IPA aroma...

 

Pliny The Elder on draft at RR
FW Parabola - I had to sit down after my first sip and nearly shed a tear when my glass was empty
Alpine Nelson - Nectar of the gods

 

For me, I'd have to go with the first time I had Arrogant Bastard. I got a bottle just because it looked cool, and I thought the back was hilarious. I took that first sip, and realized for the first time that beer could truly be a form of art. Then of course a couple weeks later I had Double Bastard, and the bar was raised yet again. From there I couldn't look back, even if I wanted to.

 

recently....Arrogant Bastard...just a perfectly delicious beer..being mostly an IPA DIPA kinda guy...this beer made me want to seek out more like it. Up there with Flower Power and Ruination as my current fav's

 

It was the first time i had a craft beer. I was at an outdoor string cheese incident concert in late spring of 2004, i was 19. A girl i had just met in the crowd handed me a Racer 5, it was fucking amazing. One of the best beers i have ever had due to location, timing and people around me. I havent looked back since, truly a religious experience...

 

have had several mind blowing, joyous experiences. Never religious, that ivolves god

in this order:

Roch10
PtY
Citra
Adam and Fred from the Wood
Black Tuesday

 

Pliny
Perdition
Interlude
Framboise for a Cure
La Parcela
BCBS
Sculpin

 

After the 3 hour drive up to Hill Farmstead, getting my first taste of Abner while waiting in line. Couldn't stop grinning.

 

Nugget Nectar is what did it for me

 

Goose Island Imperial IPA, which is long since retired. One of the first DIPAs I ever had and a near-religious experience at the time. . . .

 

I've had a lot of fantastic beers in my time - Dark Lord and Gumballhead at DLD, Kate the Great, Utopias, Abyss, etc, etc. But nothing has the kind of religious experience I had seeing Roger Waters performing Dark Side of the Moon live.

 

Founders KBS on tap (2012) rocked my world.
Bolt Cutter as well.
Goose Island Madame Rose brought me into the church of sour.
Hopslam (first time I had it was this year) is amazing.

 

My first FBS caused me not to sleep until I found MORE! What a beer. Wish it still did that for me.

 

3-day old HT. I was new to craft beer and had no idea what I was drinking.

 

So should I send this thread on to the local police station? Stone IRS must really be something if it made you temporarily stop drinking and driving....

 

Palo Santo. I poured a glass in high hopes because, well it's expensive, I love DFH, and brown ales got me into this cult in the first place. I thought ok, this is pretty damn good but not epic. I was playing poker and not paying attention. Once the beer warmed up, I took a sip and looked down at it and went, "WoW." All I had to do was give it some attention and warm it up some. The rest of the 8 oz. were pure bliss. I talked about that beer everyday for a week.

Another night my friend and I split some bottles we were saving. Sucaba, BCBCS, Burton Baton, Palo Santo. This time the BCBCS was absolutely outstanding. And then it was time for the Burton and Palo. I have had Burton before and it wasn't memorable. This time though, Palo wasn't the one that made me see the light, it was the Burton. Holy heaven was it good with 8 months on it. That beer paired with watching Umphreys McGee webcast their 15th anniversary show gave me such a hightened sense of enlightenment.

These beers are always changing as time goes on and when you happen to open it at its maximum potential, you are greatly rewarded with a beer that you'll always remember and remember that moment in time.

 

A wrathful and spite filled Ghod visited upon my unsuspecting tongue the essence of cold Ho Jo pancakes smothered in bacon grease and Beelzebub Jamima syrup and lit with the fires of Hades. Damn you Rogue and your Voodoo Abomination! I will never stray from the righteous path again (until the next time)

 

I've felt it with Arrogant Bastard, Two Hearted just to name a few.

 

Heady topper did it for me. Up to that point hoppy beers never really did it for me. Heady changed everything.

 

pliny the elder and parabola