What were your top 5 beers from the EBF?

Lot of awesome brews this year. TH line was insane!

1. Jackie O's: Dark Apparition w/ Nuts- so, so nutty, with all of the other deep, dark flavors of stout. Espresso, roast, chocolate, subtle almond and cashew. Absolutely phenomenal.
2. Treehouse: Vanilla Bean Triple Shot- layers of smooth milk chocolate and coffee, mixed with potent vanilla punch.
3. Proclamation Harper 2: oaky, with tons of cherry character, and so much tart.
4. Rare Barrel: Impossible Soul- incredibly tart, with a balanced mix of cherry, lemon and funk. Also delicious was the back to back with Map of the Sun.
5. Crux Fermentation: Nordic Saison- one of the last beers I had, but it was subtle, with lots of blackberry sour, subtle rose water and mild honey flavor. Very complex and yummy.

Disappointments: did not like the three Funky Buddha beers I had at all (Lemon-Meringue, Strawberry Shortcake, and Tip da Tip). Tasted artificial to me.

 

map of the sun - rare barrel
give me truth - tree house
Delusions Of Grandeur- Foundation
Barrel Aged Bomb! - Pairie
Bourbon GBS - Hardywood

 

Does anyone have a top 5 list based entirely on the beer rather than hype?

 

OEC - Figtasma
Proclamation - Plasmatic
Kent Falls - Walking away in slow motion while the car explodes behind you
Tree House - Doppelganger
Wicked Weed - Angel of Darkness

 

Free Will Black Friday
Rivertown Pear Lambic
North God Complex
Hardywood Trickery
Coconut ANTEAD

 

Marz was really good, super interesting styles, especially the Pho based one. Forbidden Root was interesting, I was excited to try their beers. Wicked Weed's Framboos Morte was awesome, as well as Rare Barrels sours.

I'm just gonna put it out there now: I'm not a fan of Treehouse! I've had 4 of their beers now and haven't been blown away at all. The only one that was pretty good was Single Shot in the can.

 

1-The North Brewing:God Complex-Highlight of the night for me.
2-CBC:You enjoy my stout with coconut-Coconut flakes floating around...enough said.
3-Jackie O's Dark Apparition with nuts- Thickest mouthfeel ever.
4-CBC:Cerisse Cassee-OMG, I need to get my ass back to CBC.
5.Rare Barrel: Map of the Sun.

I had all of those TH beers so I skipped it. and Kane Brewing was disappointing. Mexican Brunch and ANTEAD with coconut were good, but not great. Wat too much hype.

 

The beer brewed with five pigs heads that tasted like ham.

 

Jackie os Evelyn was amazing. Anyone have thoughts on this one?

 

Tree House Vanilla triple shot
Hardwood Trickery
Other half 2nd anniversary
Kane ANTEAD Coconut
Kent Falls Walking Away in Slow Motion While The Car Explodes Behind You

 

1. A Night to End All Dawns: Coconut
2. Give Me Truth
3. Trickery
4. Mexican Brunch
5. Maple Bourbon Double Negative
Honorable Mention: Lumen and Grandis. Both were terrific.

Vanilla Bean Triple Shot was a huge disappointment. No vanilla in the nose and hardly any in the flavor profile. The coffee has a stale, coffee grounds-like note to it.

Kane and Grimm killed it. So many great beers from both breweries.

 

Didn't get to taste any of those because of the line or they were kicked.

 

In a room full of so many hyped beers, it was shocking to see the Lost Abbey table so empty. Used to be one of the longest lines at the fest. How the times have changes. Anyone who missed Tomme at his table missed what were some of my best beers of the night. He brought pure brilliance.
My Top 5 of the ones I tasted:

1. Lost Abbey-Experimental Barrel C9
2. Jackie O's- Evelyn
3. Lost Abbey-House Sour 1
4. Prarie-BA Bomb!
5. Proclamation-Harper 2 (Great to see Proclamation tearing it up and getting so much love yesterday)
6. Two Roads-Hexotic (had to add a 6th because this beer was so damn good).

 

The North Brewery - God Complex (whoa, sleeper)
Due South - Coconut Bay Breeze
Relic Brewery - Fore (beer of the fest for me)
Slumbrew - Porter for Paradise
Rare Barrel - Forces Unseen

As far as shittiest beer - Ballast Point Coconut Victory at Sea. Blech. Bitter in the wrong way. Just terrible.

 

Porter Cochon from Earth Eagle, they do some pretty crazy meat beers.

 

I completely agree on Lost Abbey, Cuvee De Tomme was one of my favorites last year and still was this year.

 

In no order:

Doppelganger
God Complex
Vanilla Triple Shot
Impossible Soul
Framboos Morte

 

1: Rare Barrel Map of the Sun
2: Lost Abbey Experimental C9
3: Kane Mexican Brunch
4: Shorts Critterless
5: Treehouse Give Me Truth

 

Agree with all of these and adding Imperial Cabinet from The Bruery. Another table with no line, for the second straight year.

 

Agree, shocking that the Bruery had little to no line all day. BT variants may have changed that but hell, even last year with BT there was no real line.

 

Lost Abbey House Sour
Tree House Vanilla Bean Triple Shot
Firestone Krieky Bones
Surly BBA Darkness
Jackie O's Apparition with nuts

Was very disappointed with my first try of White Chocolate. My palette was shot, but still...just sickly sweet.

 

1. FURY
2. The Amazing Adventures of The Alpaca Magi
3. Maple Bourbon Double Negative
4. Framboos Morte
5. God Complex

 

#1 - Newburgh Cafe Sour
#2 - Jackie O Cucumber Berliner Weisse
#3 - Due South Coconut Bay Breaze
#4 - Hardywood Bourbon GBS
#5 - Kane Coconut ANTEAD

Runner's Up: BA Bomb, Bo & Luke Sass, and Finnback BQExC

 

1. Kane Mexican Brunch
2. Other Half 2nd Anniversary
3. Prairie Barrel Aged Bomb
4. Kane Hop Lab Triple IPA
5. Surly Barrel Aged Darkness

 

1. Wicked Weed - Angel of Darkness
2. Kane - Mexican Brunch
3. Funky Budha - Lychee Berliner
4. Treehouse - Give Me Truth
5. Lost Abbey - Experimental C9

 

No real order:
North God Complex
Tree House Vanilla Bean Triple Shot
Surly BBA Darkness
Cambridge You Enjoy My Stout (coconut)
Grimm Maple Bourbon Double Negative

 

Other Half absolutely killed it.
Marz Mosaic dry hopped Gose was awesome!
Rare Barrel all beers amazing.

 

In no particular order:

Wicked Weed Golden Angel
Upland Way Down Yonder
Tree House King Julius
Tree House Doppleganger
Funky Buddha The Love Below

 

Tough Love from Crux was really good, had 4 pours. Talked to GM from there at Row 34 after, very good guy.

I had a list of all of the beers and what I had, but of course when I got back to hotel room realized I lost it somewhere along the way. Off the top of my head also enjoyed BA BQE, BA Bomb and a sour from Upland.

Great event, so well run. Hats off to the bros for putting on this event.

Oh yeah, meeting Sam from DFH was cool, he was so positive and cordial, truly a rock star in the craft beer world.

Best beer I had yesterday was Mettle at Row 34 so good, Trillium amazing brewery.

 

Off the top of my head:

Marz Hop Gose the Weasel with Mosaic.
7venth Sun Time Bomb Session IPA
7venth Sun Life on Mars
Upland Way Down Yonder Lambic
Rare Barrel Impossible Soul

 

Had tons of great brews but a few that made a very positive impression were:
Briney Melon Gose - Anderson Valley
Cerisse Cassee - Cambridge Brewing Co.
Delusions of Grandeur - Foundation
Money and Atypical - Barrier
Mexican Brunch - Kane I new this would be good, but it exceeded my expectations.

 

Lambo Door cans will hit shelves in NYC this week and I am very excited.

 

Top 5 in no particular order

Tree House- Triple Shot
Jackie O's Dark Apparition Nuts
Kane (2)- ANTEAD and Mexican Brunch
Prairie BA Bomb.

Lots of other really good ones that did not quite make the cut but I really liked.

Did not hit Grimm, Wicked Weed or Other Half.

 

1. Wicked Weed Angel Of Darkness
2. Shorts Peachy Pom Pom
3. Upland Vinosynth White
4. Kane Mexican Brunch
5. Treehouse Give Me Truth

 

No real order:
Kane - Mexican Brunch & Coconut ANTEAD
Rare Barrel - Cosmic Dust
Upland - Way Down Yonder
Praire - BA Bomb!
Kent Falls - Walking Away in Slow Motion While the Car Explodes Behind You

Really, all the beers I had were pretty great, save for 2 horrible ones that I couldn't dump fast enough (Carrot Cake Milk Stout & El Chewbrewcabra) An amazing fest every year!

 

My favorite ones were ones that surprised me.

Rivertown Pear Lambic
Strangeways Gin Barrel-Aged OTIS
Ryeway to Heaven, Deth's Cafe, and BA Queequeg's Coffin from Revolution
Tin Man Tomato Gose
Jackie O's Cucumber Ginger Berliner Weisse

And the weirdest beer at EBF that wasn't awful - Forbidden Root Celery Radler

 

-Triple Shot from Tree House
-Impossible Soul from The Rare Barrel
-Imperial Cabinet from the Bruery Terreux
-Pirate Bomb! from Prairie Artisan
-Evelyn from Jackie O's
Row 34...Money IPA from Barrier, Mettle from Trillium, & Mosaic Fort Point Pale from Trillium