What are the best beers you've had?

Pliny the younger. One of the very few beers for me that lives up to its hype

 

Hard to say exactly but...

Cantillon St. Lamvinus
Casey Jammy
Black Project Stargate (B1)
Black Project Mach Limit: Tempranillo
Wiley Roots Galaxy Dry-hopped Funk Yo Couch

Weldwerks 18mo Medianoche
Weldwerks Coffee Vanilla Medianoche
Perennial Maman
Praire BBA Paradise
Maui Brewing Company Imperial Coconut Porter
Bull and Bush Legend of the Liquid Brain
Fremont Rusty Nail
Fremont Coffee Cinnamon Abominable

Weldwerks Extra Extra Juicy Bits
Weldwerks Transmountain Diversion
Other Half DDH Space Diamonds
Cellarmaker Double Dobis
Parish DDH Ghost in the Machine

Bierstadt Slow Pour Pils
Weldwerks Key Lime Pie Berliner Weiss

 

OG Nelson
Heady
Very Gggreennn

 

Isabelle Proximus

 

These are the beer that first come to mind in no particular order:
- Old Rasputin (for affordability, availability, and consistency)
- Decadent Ales Vermont Maple IPA (solid IPA held up well by a maple syrup backbone, it works somehow and it's awesome)
- Beachwood 28 Haze Later IPA (Monkish killer imo)
- Chimay White (my first import beer)
- Oskar Blues/Cigar City Bamburana (wish it came in larger formats tbh cuz I cant get enough)
- Dogfish Head Higher Math (cherry chocolate decadence)

 

I buy and age Burton and 90. I move it with age.

Enjoy

 

I live in Argentina, so it's hard to get lots of great beers, but I managed to try some and my top 15 would be this:

1.even more jesus
2.rochefort 10
3.ba ten fidy
4. Kbs
5. Tripel karmeliet
6. Duvel
7. Sn torpedo
8. Old nation m43
9.aslin orange starfish
10. Paulaner salvator
11. Saison dupont
12. Pannepot special reserva
13. Chimay blue
14. Westmalle tripel
15. Stone ipa

 

Barrel Aged Stout with Natural Flavors brewed for the 2018 Hunahpu Release.

BA Sexual Chocolate

Duck Rabbit Paul’s Christmas Vacation

Heady Topper

 

If I had to pick one it would be Orval

Honorable mentions go to:

Rochefort 8
Weihenstephaner Hefe
Aecht Schlenkerla Marzen
The Abyss
Sucaba
90 Minute
Ayinger Celebrator

 

A list of almost ALL classics!!

 

Sorry, no special beer since many beers fall into my category of "beers I most want to repeat." The category of "top beer" has many so many ties so in picking just one won't work for me. Each of those beers often differs from each other in some way, but equally are enjoyable for different reasons. So basically my favorate among them is too fickle for there to be only one.

 

In order of when I had them first:

Two Hearted
Zombie Dust
Sip of Sunshine
KBS
Heady Topper
Pliny the Elder
Psuedo Sue
M43
Green
BA Ten Fidy

 

It's interesting that the relatively few of us who have experienced the taste of Utopias have not listed it in the 'best' category (me included). It goes to show that a beer that is rated 100 on this site is not as memorable as one would expect, regardless oit the cost. Maybe it's within its own class beyond memorable.

 

My top three ranked:

1. 2015 BCS Rare - Goose Island Beer Company (American Imperial Stout) - Had the pleasure of sharing with my two brothers in a rare (these days) get together. A very good day and beer share.

2. Blushing Monk - Founders Brewing Company (Fruit and Field Beer) - Suggestion from BA thread, outstanding pour, still scoop these up anytime I see them.

3. Trappistes Rochefort 10 - Brasserie de Rochefort (Belgian Quadrupel) - One of my first beers rated, love Quads and this opened the door to how outstanding a beer can truly be.

 

August. Late 80's. I was coming out of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from North Hegman Lake. There had been a horrific storm the night before with trees falling down, etc. It was hot and muggy. The last portage was 90 rods of hell - downed trees everywhere and we had to climb trees and bush wack to get out. We got to our van, hot, sweaty, thirsty, and the battery was dead. I had a case of home brew in a cooler in the back and it was still cold. We sat in the shade of a tree with the cooler by the side of the road, drank beer and waited 2 hours for a car to come by and give us a jump - that was the best beer I ever had.

 

-Weldwerks Rye Vanilla noche
-TG Kentucky Brunch
-TH Julius
-Fremont Coffee Cinnamon B-Bomb
-Heady Topper

all come to mind

 

I guess you can read my top 15/20ish and they all could have an argument made.

I guess the one that stands out more than some of the other big names is Otter Creek/Lawsons Double Dose. I think if I could revisit any of them. It would be that one. In fairness, it may be because its unlikely I'll ever have it again.

 

Yes indeed! And I left out Westvleteren XII, Old Rasputin, Chimay Tripel, Duvel Tripel Hop, Ayinger Celebrator and many more

 

I know these are in the hyped category a little but to pick three best beer experiences in the drinking I'd go with:
Goose Island - Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout 2015 (aged three years). Won right to purchase at a Black Friday Raffle and drank as my 1,000 rated/recorded beer. A wonderful character to that bourbon!

The Alchemist - Heady Topper. One of the few trade haul beers that lived up to the hype and got it as an extra!

Fremont - Brew 1000. Many of my top brews are from Fremont's barrel aging program, but when a Barleywine blows me away beyond what most BBA Stouts can hold a candle too, that's good drinkin'


Now to pick a more random, I'll never find it again option, I'll go with Pizza Port - Salsipuedes an incredible quad and oatmeal stout blend on tap at the brewery.