Top Five Near You, Now.

Rochefort 10 St Bernardus Abt 12 (tie)
Weihenstepher Hefeweissbier
DFH 90 Minute IPA Sone IPA (tie)
Dupont Saison
DFH Brown (given my recent post on its being overlooked)

Plus seven of your original nine
Duvel
Delerium Tremens
Gulden Draak
Founders Curmudgeon
Founders Breakfast Stout
Old Rasputin
Piraat

 

I'll go with one of 5 of the major food groups

1) Rochefort 10 (Belgian)
2) Sierra Nevada Hoptimum (DIPA)
3) Ballast Point Sculpin (IPA)
4) Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald (Porter)
5) Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (Imperial Stout)

 

Currently from my go to bottle shop in Green Bay....

New Glarus StrawberryRrhubarb
Central Waters BBA Scotch Ale
AleSmith Speedway Stout
3 Fonteinen Oude Gouze
Founders Curmudgeon

 

Surly Furious
New Holland Bourbon Barrel Dragon's Milk
Abita Turbodog
Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti
Great Waters Eliot Ness

 

Evolution Lot 3 IPA
Rochefort 10
Tank 7
Old Chub
Storm King

 

Not really even sure, there are too many to consider. Probably some of the best at my local store I havent even had yet due to cost.

 

Stone 9.13.13
Exit 16
Maine King Titus
JW Lees
Allagash Confluence

 

Pannepot
St. Bernardus Abt 12
Ethos IPA
Ayinger Oktoberfest
Samuel Smith Imperial Stout

 

At $8.99 or $9.99 a bomber, definitely. However if you find a 6-pack (I did for $12.99 a few weeks ago), then don't hesitate. If fresh I rank this just above Flower Power for reference.

 

Surly Furious
Bell's Two hearted
Tallgrass 8-Bit
All New Glarus Beer
And everything from Southern Teir.

 

Alesmith Speedway Stout
Founders Imperial Stout
BCBS
Maine Beer Co Lunch
Clown Shoes Swagger

 

Tease alert!!!

 

Top N I can see without leaving my chair--
Ruin10
Lunch
Flower Power
Old Rasputin
Beast
Hoponius Union
FBS

Plus a few more I'm yet to try:
Creme Brulee
Lagunitas Capuccino Stout
Love Child #3*
W00tstout*
Espresso RIS*
Rubaeus
*==cellar
And an assortment of other stuff that's not top N (SA Octoberfest cans, Copper Legend, Bully! Porter, Golden Monkey, etc.)

All but Espresso RIS and Ruin10 are readily available, although you may have some difficulty finding Beast and Lunch unless you know where to look. And none of these are even close to Top 5 (all Belgians, of course) available in nearby stores. No West Coast whales in stores, I'm afraid, or anything that does not leave Vermont. We get none of those. No Bell's either. Did see The Angel Share in a store this week, to my surprise, but not sure which one.

PS: As I type this, the entire BA beer database has just vanished! No reviews, not even records of any beers associated with breweries--nothing!
PPS: I also know where to find Sculpin and all the Yetis (yes, all of them that are current) in Boston

 

Agreed, Sculpin needs to be drank fresh....and it's so good when done so.

 

From what I've had, so excluding those expensive sour beers I haven't tried yet:

Rochefort 10
St. Bernardus Abt 12
Jai Alai
Marshal Zhukov (at least this one store still had some when I last checked)
Duvel
Saison Dupont
La Fin Du Monde
Weihenstephaner Vitus
Wake N Bake

And I just realized that this shop near my house had all of these beers when I was last there, yet I still feel the need to go to other stores that have bigger selection so I can try new things...

 

ITT: People realize they don't have to trade half way across the country to drink some amazing, beautiful beers.

 

santa clara liquors?

 

Old Rasputin xv
Almanac pumpkin
50/50 eclipse series
Sour in the rye
Hoptimum

 

blackwells wine.

 

Bodhi
Head hunter
Bairille aois boris
Guinness
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