Your top 5 in 2015 so far.

2007 blushing monk
intense red
mexican cake
apple brandy noir
black tuesday

all were unbelievable..

 

Favorite Beers that I tried for the first time this year.
1. KBS
2. Lagunitas-Citrusinensis
3. Southern Tier-Mokah
4. Short's- I Got 5 On It
5. Lake Front- My Turn: Tom Made a Citra Hopped IPA

 

Oxbow First Fruits
Trillium Congress St
Alchemist Heady Topper
Hill Farmstead Arthur
Lawsons Sip of Sunshine

 

Head Room, Trillium
CBS, Founders
Julius, Treehouse
Champion Ground, Jackie O's
Watermelon mojito, Jackie O's

 

1. Trillium Fort Point Pale Ale
2. Allagash Farm to Face
3. Ballast Point Victory at Sea
4. Schilling Poppy's Moonship
5. Other Half Superfun!

 

Triple Sunshine
Framboise Du Fermier
4Beans
Veritas 15
Prop 14

 

BCBCS
Sucaba (2012)
Flora Plum
Brother Soignee
Peche N' Brett

 

It's annoying but I can't do just 5...In no particular order
1. Good Morning (Tree House)
2. King Sue (Toppling Goliath)
3. Green Street (Trillium w/Other Half)
4. Edward (Hill Farmstead)
5. Tesseract (Grimm's Artisanal)
Forerunner (Tree House)
Todd the Axeman (Surly)
3 way tie for the draft versions of Trillium: DDH FPA, DDH Summer Street, and Congress St.

Honorable Mention
Mosaic IPA (Other Half)
Green (Tree House)
Zombie Dust
Does Anybody Remember Laughter? (Singlecut)

Morning Delight is on its way along w/Sosus (plus 2 Cycle stouts) so list may still change!

 

Prop '14
Sump
Dinner
Todd the Axe Man
Crimson Snapper

 

Lagunitas CitraSinensis

AleSmith IPA

Founders Porter

21st Amendment Hop Crisis

Union Double Duckpin

 

I forgot about Hop Ranch. I drank a ton of that this year. Great beer.

 

While these aren't in my top favorites of all time, but they're tops for the ones I've tried so far this year and are in no particular order
1. Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
2. Blanche de Namur (Never been a huge fan of wits either)
3. J.W Lee's Harvest Ale aged in Port Casks (pretty wasted when I tried it but it still really stuck out to me)
4. Boojum Triclpose Tripel
5. EKU Dopplebock
Honorable mention. Wicked Weed Oblivion

 

My top 5 new to me......

Orpheus Transmigration of Souls
Lagunitas Citrusinensis
Creature Comforts Tropicalia
Burial Surf Wax IPA
Cigar City El Coco

 

1. The shape of hops to come
2. Ruination 2.0
3. Rochefort 10
4. Enjoy by
5. Double jack

 

Jackie O's BA Wood Ya Honey
Wicked Weed Red Angel
Central Waters Anniversary 17
Trillium DDHFP
Olde Hickory Omega Point

I have no idea why Wood Ya doesn't get more run. This stuff is spectacular.

 

Toppling Goliath - King Sue
Surly - Todd The Axe Man
Toppling Goliath - Mornin' Delight
Toppling Goliath - Psuedo Sue
Surly - Abrasive Ale

Not the first time for any of these beers...but still top 5 I've had

 

BOMB!
077xx
Zombie Dust
Brandy Barrel Aged El Mariachi
Enjoy by 4.20

Honorable mentions
WB Gose
Nomader Weiss
Alpine Duet
Other half Green Diamonds and Nelson
Ruination 2.0
SN Hop Hunter and Hoppy lager

All new to me this year and loved them all

 

In No Order...beers I tasted for the first time in 2015.

Le Biere de Fantasie
Casey East Bank
Grapefruit Sculpin
Love Buzz Saison
JK Repose

 

good morning
julius
green
alter ego
regular coffee

hard to think of beers I haven't had before

 

In no particular oder...

Imperial Raz Bu
Carigan
Bootsy
Imperial Apricot Bu
Masterpiece