What are your TOP TEN beers of 2013?

1. Evil Twin Even More Jesus
2. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout
3. Evil Twin Bozo Beer
4. Avery The Beast Grand Cru
5. Avery Samael's
6. Ommegang Adoration (even better than Three Philosophers, IMO)
7. Westbrook Mr. Chipper
8. De Struise Pannepot
9. Stift Engelszell Gregorius
10. Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break

 

Going from memory and all were new beers to me during 2013:

In no particular order:

Voodoo Pappy van Winkle Black Magick
Voodoo Grande Negro Voodoo Papi (non-barrel aged version)
Great Lakes Alchemy Hour
Victory DirtWolf
Cigar City Life is Like
Kane Head High
Firestone Walker PNC
Russian River Deviation
Lavery Dulachan
Forest & Main Marius

 

I like when these lists focus on beers that were released in 2013 (or at least new recipes/re-releases, etc). but obviously that's hard for a multitude of reasons even outside of distribution. stuff that to me knowledge was new this year that I dug off the top of my head would be DirtWolf, Permanent Funeral, Revolution Galaxy Hero, Espresso IRS, Two Brothers Sidekick... so hoppy stuff mainly i guess.

 

Brewery and beer name, please. Without abbreviations... TOP 10 BEERS! If you can't think of all 10, then don't even post. LOL Defeats the purpose of this thread

 

In no particular order:

1. New Glarus Sour Wild Ale
2. Victory Hop Ranch
3. Hill Farmstead Arthur
4. Jolly Pumpkin Biere de Mars Grand Reserve
5. Goose Island BCBCS
6. Alpine Nelson
7. Lawson's Double Sunshine
8.Toppling Goliath pseudoSue
9. Firestone Walker Parabola
10. Cascade Tangerine Dream.

 

In no particular order...

Gandhi Bot
Dayman
KBS
Backwoods Bastard
Enjoy By IPA
Big bad Baptist
Double trouble
Sucks
Terrapin WnB
Double Dose

 

Of only ones I had for the first time this year it would be in no order

1. BCBCS
2. TG PsuedoSue
3. TG Sosus
4. TG Zeelander (I kind of like Toppling Goliath)
5. Midnight Sun Artic Devil Barleywine
6. NG Wild Sour Ale
7. Tyranena Doubly Down 'N even Dirtier
8. Summit Saga (as a easy year round IPA that came out this year, I just love it)
9. Columbus IPA
10. NG Thumbprint IIPA

Once again, not my highest rated of the year for some, but a lot of the beers I reviewed this year I have had in years past so I did not include in this list.

 

1. Mornin' Delight
2. BA Abraxas
3. HotD Cherry Adam from the Wood 2012
4. GI BCBCS 2013
5. GI Props
6. NG Wild Sour Ale
7. Parabola 2013
8. Heady Topper
9. TG PsuedoSue
10. GI Baudoinia

 

1Founders Breakfast Stout
2Cigar City Maduro Brown Ale
3Dogfish Head Hellhound On My Ale
4Red Brick Vanilla Gorilla
5Tröegs Nugget Nectar Ale
6Westbrook Udderly Milk Stout
7Innis & Gunn Bourbon Stout
8Cigar City Jai Alai India Pale Ale
9. Cigar City Humidor Series Smoked English-Style Imperial Stout
10. Westbrook 3rd Anniversary Chocolate Orange Stout


I'm a noob here and with the trading world, but these are the ones I liked this year. I realize they're not the best to most of you, but I've become really interested in all things beer because of several of the conversations here. I'm excited to try even better beers in 2014!

Cheers

 

In no particular order, and also beers that were all new to me in 2013.

1. Founder's Harvest Ale
2. Founder's Imperial Stout
3. Ten FIDY Stout
4. Alpha Klaus Porter
5. Bell's Black Note Stout
6. Choklat
7. 90 Minute IPA (The first IPA that made me realize I do like the style)
8. Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S. Oatmeal Imperial Stout
9. DirtWolf
10. Oaked Arrogant Bastard

 

I forgot to put Black Note on that list...

11. Bell's Black Note

 

1. Lawson's/Otter Creek Double Dose
2. HF Anna
3. GI Prop
4. Treehouse Julius
5. NEBCO Gandhi Bot
6. 2013 BCBW
7. Bruery Oude Tart
8. Allagash FV13
9. Lost Nation Gose
10. New Glarus Wild Sour Ale
Honorable mention: Jacks Abby Mass Rising

2013 was a good year.

 

Thanks Zebra!

 

Heady Topper
KBS
Parabola
Pliny the Elder
Lawson's Double Sunshine
Tree House Julius
HF Abner
HF Everett
GI Backyard Rye
Gandhi Bot

Honorable mentions for Cantillon Kriek, Jack's Abby BA Framinghammer, Nugget Nectar and Velvet Merkin.

 

2013: The year I could finally buy beer on my own

1. Hofsbrau Oktoberfest
2. Lagunitas New Dogtown Ale
3. Pliny the Elder
4. Lagunitas Censored
5. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
6. Great Divide Hoss
7. Hofsbrau Original
8. Magic Hat Seance
9. Black Jack Porter
10. Rogue Dead Guy Ale

 

In no order:
Heady
PtE
Nelson
Jai Alai
Enjoy By
Sucks
Hopslam
Vas
BCBS
Good Gourd


Others: Suplication, backwoods bastard, FBS, KBS, grapefruit ruination, abrasive, cinnamon rolled w&b

 

New to me in 2013

New Glarus VSB
Toppling Goliath KBBS
Toppling Goliath Morning Delight
Cigar City Cali Brandy Huna
Three Floyds Space Station Middle Finger
Goose Island Bourbon County Proprietors
Westbrook Mexican Cake
Lawson's Double Sunshine
Bells BA Batch 9000
Karben4 Fantasy Factory

Wow, it was a great year.

 

Top 10, new to me;

1. Heady Topper
2. Gandhi Bot
3. BCBBW
4. Backwoods Bastard
5. Victory at Sea
6. BCBCS
7. Double Dose
8. Ithaca the Creeker
9. Dirt Wolf
10. Treehouse Green

Definitely the year of the DIPA.

 

Good year; in no particular order:

1.) Heady Topper
2.) HF Everett
3.) HF Edward
4.) Orval
5.) Dogfish Head Raison D'Extra
6.) Rodenbach Grand Cru
7.) Pretty Things Saint Botolph's Town
8.) Thornbridge Kipling
9.) Lost Abbey Inferno Ale
10.) Newburgh Magnanini Niagara Belgian Tripel

 

Top 10 new to me in 2013 (no particular order):

1. TG psuedoSue
2. Surly Abrassive
3. Founder Breakfast Stout
4. Bells Expedition Stout
5. Anchorage Bitter Monk
6. Firestone Walker Wookey Jack
7. St. Bernardus Abt. 12
8. GI Sofie
9. New Belgium Lips of Faith - Le Terrior
10. JP Oro de Calabaza