What were your favorite beers in 2022?

From the top

Perth Brewery - Many Hands Harvest

The Moon Under Water Pub & Brewery - The Victorious Weizenbock

Kilter Brewing Co. - Vintage Pilsner

Fairweather Brewing - Wishing Well 2019

Stack Brewing - Last Bite Pumpkin Porter

Newark Brewing Co. - Dubbel

Sawdust City Brewing - Flapdoodle English Best Bitter

 

For one I love alesmith .394 pale ale.

 

I drank a lot of new to me beers this year, but down in memphis, I'm very glad I discovered Wiseacre Brewing. Great lagers and more. If you ever see Tiny Bomb Pilsner by them, give it a shot.

 

I really enjoy all the English mild from FM but that Faks lager was really good.

Enjoy

 

My favorites this year were recent beers:

Parabolita
E.H. Taylor Bourbon Barrel Agd Bigfoot

Not so recent:

Stuft by The Brewing Projekt
Wolfe's Neck by Maine Beer Co.

 

yes indeed! Hopefully, Faks is brewed again by one of the two breweries!

Happy New Year!

 

New Glarus Weizen Doppelbock (Weizenbock)
New Glarus Spotted Cow Grand Cru (Farmhouse Ale?)
More Brewing Away From The Norm (red ale)
Elmhurst Brewing The Schwartz (schwarzbier)
More Brewing Summer Fields (witbier)

 

The one I just broke open: EH Taylor aged Bigfoot

 

Here are the most notable beers I've had the privilege of trying in 2022 (the order is chronological, starting with most recent and going back to the beginning of the year):


Fiddlehead - Second Fiddle

Sockeye - BA Apple Jack'd Blended Reserve (fruit beer/strong ale)

Goose Island - Bourbon County Brand Sir Isaac's Stout

Boulevard - Maple Mood

Revolution - Maple jacket

Fremont - B5K

Woodland Empire - Ada County Stout 2022

Mother Earth - Fractured Reality (hazy IPA)

Deschutes - Black Butte XXXIV

Limberlost - Alpenglow Imperial White IPA

Revolution - Deth's Tar

Les Trois Mousquetaires - Grande Cuvée Porter Baltique - Fûts De Bourbon Et Brandy

Mountains Walking - BA Barleywine

Philipsburg - Bourbon BA Badfinger (imperial stout)

Mother Earth - 4S Spring 2020 (BBA barleywine w/ pecans)

Lolo Peak - BA 3 Needles IPA

Schlenkerla - Aecht Schlenkerla Eiche

Hair of the Dog - Side By Side 2017

Fremont - Rusty Nail 2021

Backslope - Curtain Call (Belgian stout on nitro)

New Hokkaido - Oni (triple IPA)

Breakside - Skweee (BA imperial stout)

Founders - Frootwood

Mother Earth - 4S Winter 2021 (BA spiced plum winter ale)

Sockeye - Dangerous Golden Stout

Midnight Sun - Termination Dust

Prairie - Bourbon Paradise 2020

Deschutes - Black Butte XXXIII

Roadhouse - The Walrus (hazy ipa)

FiftyFifty - Elijah Craig 12yr Eclipse 2015

Goose Island - Bourbon County Brand Cherry Wood Stout 2021


It's undoubtedly been a great year for beer- Cheers, BA fam!!

 

According to my reviews, my favorite six beers that I had for the first time in 2022 are:
Russian River: Pliny the Younger
HenHouse Brewing: Anniversary Imperial Stout
Sante Adairius: Cellarman Barrel Aged Saison
Deadbeach Brewery: Heaven Hill Stout
Brouwerij 3 Fontinen: Oude Geuze Cuvee Armand & Gaston
Goose Island: Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout

I just hope 2023 comes anywhere close to the overall quality and quantity of good and great beers that I had in 2022.

 

Bells Larry's Last
Troubles End Smoked Oyster Helles
Forest&Main Deep Peace
Goldfinger Pils
Working Draft To Those Who Wait

 

I am glad to read that an older and very respectable brewer like North Coast with such a small portfolio beers--many of which hit it out of the park like Old Rasputin and Old Stock Ale--can come up with a completely new West Coast IPA that, in an overcrowded market, stands out.

 

Beginning of every year, I put 3 bottles (or cans.,.) on top of the fridge & dare all others to take them down - an IPA or Light Beer., a Barleywine or Belgian, and a dark Porter or Stout.
It always helps if there’s a story to accompany.,,

So.,. I ended up with these winners:
Light is Russian River Pliny the Elder (10 yrs since I had 1, the origin of all the DIPAs I Love - got it 3 weeks old on a trip to Portland. Envy from my Florida friends who can’t get it!)
Middle is Kane Double Double Cask Barleywine (From the Awesome BA Extreme Beer Box. Just so damn big and good!)
Dark is Epic Brewing’s Big Bad Baptist In The Rye (Gifted from the Brewery in Salt Lake City via my bro-in- law, bottle #42. Beautiful beer.,)

I could list stuff all day, but there’s my big little 3.,
Yes?

 

I didn’t drink a lot for most of 22 because my wife was pregnant and I was trying to show solidarity with her. Once my daughter came it was game on though.

To be honest my favorite was Blue Mountain Full Nelson. Why? My local Wally World has a pricing error, 1.98 for a sixer. It’s been that way for months and they haven’t fixed it, so naturally I buy several sixers every time they get some in stock

 

I would say my favorite "New to me beer" as in it just became available around here would be the new Chimay Green strong golden ale.
That stuff is just on point and delicious!
I'm a sucker for Belgians.
Runner up: Allagash Curieux, not a new beer, but first time I had one.
For the Silver I'd say Great Lakes Nosferatu Imperial Red ale. That stuff is my kind of ale. Again, not new but new to me.

 

Er, you might see a trend (can you say Stouts and Barleywines?)

Kettlehead Fourteen-Forty Heaven Hill Barrel Aged Barleywine

Burlington Beer Mahogany & Tweed Barleywine

Tynt Meadow English Strong Ale

Daydreaming The Champion Barley Wine

Liquid Riot Straight to Blackout Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout

Corner Point Berwick's Bravest Irish Red Ale (I remember this one because it was dedicated to a fallen firefighter)

Hobb's Tavern Model T Stout

Barrier Morticia Imperial Stout

Ommegang Oak-Aged Tripel

Pohjala Banger Imperial Stout

Pohjala Cellar Series Oo Xo Baltic Porter

North Coast Old Rasputin Bourbon-Barrel aged Imperial Stout

 

Had some fantastic fall beers; Great Lakes Brewery's Octoberfest impressed me the most. I had Sam Adams Festbier that surpassed my expectations and was very good. Madtree Brewery in Cincinnati brewed a Marzan that was quite good.

 

Not really in a particular order, and I tried to keep this top 10 list to beers actually released in 2022 and not beers I had from other years as well. Happy New Year, BA!


Side Project - Beer : Barrel : Time - Rye 2022
Monkish - TXXTH
3 Sons - Three^3
Pulpit Rock - Vennskap
Phase Three - Minutiae
Moksa - Midnight Abundance
Phase Three - Arabesque
Horus - Cloud Breaker 2
Mortalis - BA Kratos
Mortalis - Pear Brandy Leto

Honorable Mentions (Mead):
Pips Meadery - BA Heart & Sole (BA Blueberry / Coconut / Cashew Mead)
Pips Meadery - Cellar Reserve (Batch #001) (Small Batch BA Blueberry / Cashew Mead)
Schramm’s - Gin BA Black Agnes (Gin BA Black Currant Mead)

 

The ones my friends sent me from California and Maine. Blind Pig, King Julius, Pliny the Elder, Swish, Mass Ave, Russian River. Heady Topper. Can't get none of that in Texass...but Yellow Rose, Resin, Lunch are staples now. Enough about IPAs. LONE STAR and PBR are still my go to beers.
RAISE HELL!
DRINK BEER!
2023

 

RPM Ipa by Boneyard (OR)
Focal Banger by Alchemist (VT)
Hop Slam by Bell´s (MI)

 

Beer of the year for me was Imperial Midnight Snack Biscotti Break Stout from Abomination Brewery. 2022 had me moving more toward stouts/porters than IPAs and this was my favorite.

 

Fair State--Tmave Pivo (Dark Czech Lager)

Alaskan--Smoked Porter

New Glarus--Serendipity (Wild Ale/Fruit and Field Beer)

Humble Forager--Rugged Outlook V2 (Imperial IPA)

 

The best of the new tastings for 2022 (that cracked my personal top 100)

Gouden Carolus Noel - Brouwerij Het Anker (4.58)
Bring Out Your Dead X (Cognac) - Bellwoods Brewery (4.55)
Origin of Darkness - Bellwoods Collab - Collective Arts Brewing (4.54)
Gueuze 100% Lambic - Brasserie Cantillon (4.49) - what a treat for a 2,500th review!
Nelly - Badlands Brewing Company (4.4)
Origin of Darkness - Burial Collab - Collective Arts Brewing (4.38)
Skeleton Key - Bellwoods Brewery (4.34)
Can I Axe You a Question - Wood Brothers Brewing Co. (4.33)
150 (Green) - Bieres de Chimay (4.33)

So 4 local imperial stouts, 2 local IPA / DIPA and 3 very reputable Belgian brews / brewers.

Edit - Also seeing lots of Tynt Meadow in the thread. I tried it as well, didn't make my top 100, but was sampled first in 2022 and excellent brew (4.2)!

 

Well… I have now.

 

We just got back from Denver, visiting my son out there.

This may seem comical, but three of my favorite beers this year were from Trader Joe's, all brewed by Gordon Biersch in San Jose. They were: Stockyard Stout, Bavarian Hefeweizen, and Drive Thru Red, all sold under the "JosephsBrau" label.

They were available separately for just over $1 a bottle (!!). Perhaps not among the very finest beers in each one's genre, but very good nonetheless.

I'm from PA, and Trade Joes does not carry beer here. So this was a revelation, given the absurdity of PA beer pricing and sales regulations.

 

Depends on how I look it...

Notch Brewing's Kolsch style beer was a beer I enjoyed a lot and could drink as a regular. Close behind is Schilling Alexandr Czech Pils and Jack's Abby Export. All could be everyday drinkers for me.

Allagash Coolship Cerise Estate - truly a mountaintop beer but probably won't find it again, so a great one time experience.

Brewery discoveries - OEC and Schilling, and our first ever haul from Tree House (yeah, a little slow on that one). Rediscovery of Oxbow, the progress/evolution of Definitive and Foundation.

Highest score was Surly Darkness and the previously mentioned Allagash tied. A bit of a surprise there, but Surly maybe got the technical execution while Allagash won the flavor and overall.

Most fun to drink - Mortalis Hydra Melted Gelato. Hands down.

Favorite "in the moment" beer - Foundation Robocat...just the right combo of place and events and beer that I kinda wish I had bought fewer of...

 

Other Half All Citra Everything
Other Half All Green Everything
Equilibrium Double Fractal Penrose Tile
Toppling Goliath DDH King Sue
Weyerbacher Sunday Morning Stout
Three Floyds Crushing Mass

 

I will preface by saying I drink alot of beers...
Dvanactka Czech Pale Lager - Notch
Eleven Years - Greysail - TIPA
Elusive - Vitamin Sea - IPA
Mastermind- Fiddlehead- DIPA
Pantless Thunder Goose - Mast Landing DIPA
Deep Terra - Drowned Lands - DIPA
Punge - Tired Hands - IPA
Etch - Dancing Gnome - IPA
Dunkel - Notch - Dark Lager
Blue Green Reflections- Finback - DIPA
Lagerness Monster - Jack's Abby - Baltic Porter
Pliny the Elder DDH - Russian River - DIPA
Hop Swap -Wormtown Brewing - DIPA
Camp Nelson - Kern River Brewing - IPA
Local Dork - Foam Brewers- Fresh Hop Pale Ale
Ok I will stop.
Cheers!

 

The three that immediately come to mind are:

Coconut Abyss
Mountains Walking Cloud Curtains (Nelson DDH)
Outer Range Field Guide

 

Alright here's a list for me:

Light:
Fair State Pils (German Pils) and Fair State Side Pull (Czech Lager)
Summit Twin Pils (Zwickel)
Surly Hell Lager
Great Lakes Dortmunder Lager
Portage Chatter Chatter (Czech Pils)
Modist Just You Wait Oak-Aged Pils (German Pils)
Utepils Helles
Andechs Hell
New Glarus Bubbler (German Hefeweizen)

NEIPA:
BlackStack Stack at the Lab
Equilibrium To Space We Go
Toppling Goliath Radiant Haze
TG/EQ King Al
Most of Hop Butcher's and Phase 3 NEIPAs

Oktoberfest:
3 Sheeps Oktoberfest (Marzen)
Lupulin Oktoberfest (Marzen)
Eagle Park M.C. Hammerschlagen (Festbier)
Bad Weather Festbier
Weihenstephaner Festbier

Christmas:
Deschutes Jubelale
Great Lakes Christmas Ale

Dark:
Founder's Breakfast Stout and Founder's Porter
Great Lakes' Edmund Fitzgerald
Surly Scrillionaire
Founder's French Toast Bastard (A cheat meal)

Probably many more, but that's my list that comes to the top of my head. All of these were fantastic.

 

Forgot about Human Robot - Niebo

 

'22 Top 5 in no particular order

Green Cheek - Starry Configurations
Monkish - TXXTH
There Does Not Exist - Fog Does Not Exist
Ruse - Phases Of Darkness
Bottle Logic - Space Jam

 

Gotta say Fifth Frame Clawfoot Bathtub Series was super good my favorite was their peanut butter, chocolate, graham cracker crust, and cream cheese. Adjunct city yes but damn good.

 

new to me this year:

a lot of Other Halfs. my faves probably More Citra Than All Citra & DDH All Motueka Everything (Experimental Version).

other notables. Suarez Leifer, Schilling Nordertor, Prairie Pirate Weekend and finally Mecktoberfest, should've gotten a case.

 

This is always a fun exercise. I checked my stats and my top 10 new beer ratings of 2022 were:

1. Revolution Brewing V.S.O.J. (English Barleywine) 4.64

2. Kane Brewing Company Stacking Casks #8 (English Barleywine) 4.57

3. Surly Brewing Company Darkness - Bourbon Barrel Aged (Russian Imperial Stout) 4.56

4. Odd Bird Brewing Extra Stockton Bitter (ESB) 4.49
Revolution Brewing Ryeway to Heaven (Rye Beer) 4.49
Rushing Duck Brewing Company Eight Horned Gorilla (American Strong Ale) 4.49

5. Bottle Logic Brewing Bastion of Reason (American Imperial Stout) 4.45
Revolution Brewing Double Barrel V.S.O.D. (American Imperial Stout) 4.45

6. Fremont Brewing Company B-Bomb Bourbon Abominable Winter Ale (American Strong Ale) 4.44
Rushing Duck Brewing Company Decade of Destruction (Imperial IPA) 4.44

7. Fiddlehead Brewing Company Second Fiddle (Imperial IPA) 4.43
Foreign Objects Beer Company Transgression Culture: Chocolate, Cinnamon, Macaroon Imperial Stout (American Imperial Stout) 4.43
Revolution Brewing Boss Ryeway (Rye Beer) 4.43
Rushing Duck Brewing Company Part VIII (American Strong Ale) 4.43

8. Brix City Brewing Silk City - BBA Maple Creemee (American Imperial Stout) 4.42
Lawson's Finest Liquids Double Sunshine- Ruby Red Grapefruit (Imperial IPA) 4.42

9. Goose Island Beer Co. BCBS Coffee Stout (American Imperial Stout) 4.41
Keeping Together The Grace of Maybe (Saison) 4.41
Siris MicroBrewery (Greece) Voreia Imperial Porter 4.41

10. Magnify Brewing Extra Foggy (Imperial IPA) 4.4

I hope 2023 is a great beer year for everyone!

 

Love seeing Mecktoberfest being mentioned…

had I been lucky enough to be in the area for this one it certainly would’ve been on my best of for 2022 but I haven’t been able to visit my brother in Charlotte during the fall for a few years… have loved everything I’ve had there regardless of the time of year though

 

Well the old joke is my favorite beer is the one I just drank....but this isn't far from the truth.
A few weeks before Christmas I stumbled into MONK'S UNCLE Belgian Tripel made by Pike Brewing and it was so good that I had to buy more to hand out as Christmas presents.
This year's Celebration gets Honorable Mention as always.
Celebration is proof that GOD loves us and wants us to be happy.

 

And in the future if you are able to visit one of the Sierra Nevada breweries there is the Hop Drippings version of Celebration:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...-drippings-version-of-celebration-ale.670301/

Cheers!

 

Top beer of the year: Sierra Nevada Snow Day IPA
Favorite brewery visiting this year: Four Score Brewing (Gettysburg, PA)