What were your Top 5 EBF Experiences?

How was the NERAX booth? I remember thinking some of those sounded outstanding ,,

 

Jackie O's Cucumber Ginger Berliner Weisse was my biggest surprise.

All beers I had were good. Only had 2 dumpers, and one I didn't even try cuz friend said it was horrible.

Tree House Good Morning was indeed magical, but it was poured too cold. Need to warm it up to taste what it can really do. I know cuz I've got a 750ml of it in my fridge.

My List:
Good morning by Tree House (perfect)
Last Buffalo In The Park by Funky Buddah (nice coconut)
Cucumber Ginger Berliner Weisse by Jackie O's (good canoe trip beer)
After those 3, all the rest kinda mush together. Lots of good ones.

 

I think my favorite EBF moment came from Instagram. Realizing that #EBF is shared between the extreme beer fest and nursing moms that want the world to know they exclusively breast feed their babies.

 

Good Morning: TH
Mexican Standoff: Due South
Last Buffalo: Funky Buddha
Wizard Burial Ground: Brewery Vivant
Forces Unseen: Rare Barrel
"Not in any particular order, all just really good, Awesome Fest"

 

Tempus by OEC
Mine Shaft Gap by Revolution Brewing
Good Morning by Tree House
CBS by Founders
Old Scallywag by Coronado

 

CBS/Founders - not disappointed at all.
All Green Everything/The Other Half - there was a buzz about this beer. Everyone was talking about it.
Lager Ness Monster/Jack's Abby - hidden gem of EBF.
70K/Against the Grain
Dark Apparition/Jackie O's

 

I might be the only person to complain about getting some Hunaphu. I'd already had it and wanted Da Un Beso A La Botella. They weren't put that on until session III according to what they told me.

Funky Buddha Last Buffalo was a top 5 as was
Jackie O's Oro Negro

 

NERAX had the most underrated booth of the day. Flower Power with grapefruit, Framinghammer with maple, an interesting berliner weiss/ale combo from NightShift .. alll good stuff and not many at the booth.

Also, was amazed there was NO line at Surly last night. I just keep going right back up for more Abrassive. What was up with that?

I finally got to try Huna and CBS. Both very very good. CBS much sweeter than expected.

But hands down, Good Morning remains my No. 1 favorite beer of all time. All the more solidified in my mind after being able to compare to CBS head to head. Good Morning is just in another tier of beer by itself. Way out there on another planet. Lucky to get the second to last pour last night.

 

I'm with Circleo12. Carton's Irish Coffee was shockingly good. My wife and I kept getting back in the way-too-short line and getting more. Their SS Kentucky was also excellent.

I went to session 3, was in the back of the line getting in, and went straight to Cigar City and was able to get Hunaphu. It was worth the effort.

Stone's Green Tea IPA was really something. Incredibly clean and light for a 10% IPA.

Last Buffalo had kicked by the time I got to the front of the Funky Buddha line, but my wife grabbed the French Toast, which was really nice, and I was impressed with their Key Lime Berliner.

Finally, I was definitely impressed with RI's Proclamation. Their 100% Brett Keraterra was delicious, as were their sours.

 

There were so many brews that deserve to be in this top 5, but here are the ones that stood out the most...in no particular order:

Crux - Doublecross
Carton - Irish Coffee
Shmaltz - Jewbelation Reborn
Epic - Brainless on Peaches
Kane - Mysterioso Barrel Aged Dark Belgian

And there they are...I won't even bother to list the honorable mentions because the list just goes on!

 

Jackie O's Oro Negro,
Night Shift El,
Funky's Buffalo,

The two surprises were Carton's Irish Coffee and another personal favorite was Right Brain's Thai Peanut, just because both were so different but had strong flavor profiles that were true to their name, style and ingredients.

 

Leaving out some of the headliners from my top five, although those were great too.

Green Man - Snozzberry
Jackie O's - Cucumber Ginger Berliner
Proclamation - Harper I (Apricot)
Bruery - Tart of Darkness w/Cherries and Vanilla
Cascade - Cherry Bourbonic Plague

Beer I wish I had gotten to - Last Buffalo In The Park.

 

Proclamation was my surprise brewery overall. Thier apricot sour , the 100% brett beer and the Galaxy dry hopped pale ale were all outstanding.
Overall best brewery was by far Rare Barrel for me. The fruit in their sour really popped . Map was amazing!
Also really like Short Bus from Due South
....yes NERAX was awesome too! Nightshifts blended pale ale/berliner was awesome!

 

Good Morning (this is as close to Mornin Delight as your gonna get)
Sunday Brunch
Madagascar
BA BQE
ANTEAD with coffee

 

Awesome seeing all the love for All Green Everything.

 

Funky Buddha - Last Buffalo in the Park (clear winner, if you ask me)
Founders - CBS (I'd never had it before, and I wasn't disappointed)
Jackie O's - Oro Negro (excellent flavor profile)
Surly - Abrasive (everything I want in a DIPA)

I can't pick a fifth. It's probably a tie between Darkness, Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, French Toast, and Black Tuesday.

 

Cbs.
Darkness.
Abrasive.
Track 10.
A night to end all dawns.

Awesome fest!

 

#5 Founders CBS
#4 4 Hands Madagascar
#3 Dark Apparition Almond Bourbon Barrel
#2 Throwback Fat Alberta
#1 Tree House Good Morning -- and #1 by far...liquid awesome

 

Top 7 considering similar ratings:

III (Blended) by OEC Brewing (Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores)

Map Of The Sun by The Rare Barrel

Derivative by Proclamation Ale Company

Ensorcelled by The Rare Barrel

Wide Awake It's Morning by Funky Buddha

Keraterra by Proclamation Ale Company

Good Morning by Tree House Brewing Company


Top 3 considering only what I would regularly drink:

Derivative by Proclamation Ale Company

Wide Awake It's Morning by Funky Buddha

Good Morning by Tree House Brewing Company

 

Jackie O's: Oro Negro
Banded Horn: Bineary Double IPA
Sweetwater: Hop Hash
Surly: Abrasive
Proclamation: Derivative
Honorable Mention....Element: Citronium (very unique)

Biggest Disappointments...Sixpoint Hi Res & Funky Budda No Crusts