Your top 5 in 2015 so far.

So far, I gotta say for new to me beers:
Thunderstruck IPA
Hoppiness is a Warm Pun
4 beans

 

Apparently I've been on a big porter kick the past few weeks and have really been impressed. Huh....

1. Perrin No Rules - Porter
2. Sixpoints 4Beans - Porter
3. Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout - Stout
4. Pipeworks Spotted Puffer - IIPA
5. Surly/Amager Bryghus Todd the Axeman - IPA

Notable close calls include Spiteful Vote of No Confidence (IPA), Goose Island Cthulu (Oatmeal Stout), Lagunitas High Westified (Imperial Stout), Revolution Cafe Deth (Imperial Stout), and Toppling Goliath Pompeii (IPA).

 

How easy it is to deny the pain of someone else's suffering ~ Tired Hands
Alien Church ~ Tired Hands
Grapefruit Sculpin ~ Ballast Point
Djed ~ Forest & Main
Kirsch Gose ~ Victory
Dank and Sticky ~ The Hop Concept

Honorable Mentions,
Ruination 2.0 ~ Stone
Saison Brett ~ Boulevard
Magic Garden ~ Forest & Main
Long Strange Tripel ~ Boulevard
There is light ~ Tired Hands

 

St Lamvinus 2003
Alexander Rodenback 1998
Cycle Thurday
Cantillon JCN
Wide Awake It's Morning
Honorable mention: 3F Blauw & Triple Sunshine

 

Man this is hard! Not in any particular order
CD 11
Ann
Lou Pepe Kriek 2011
JJJULIUSSS
Flora Plum

 

In no particular order: Sip of Sunshine, Last Snow, Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, SR-71, Parabola

 

Top 5 new to me:

Central Waters Barrel-Aged Imperial Chocolate Oatmeal Porter
'14 Surly Darkness
Surly Todd the Axeman
Prairie Bomb!
3 Floyds Alpha King

 

Top 5 new to me:

Sherry Barrel Atrial
Civil Disobedience 14
Foudreweizen
Day & Night
Xocoveza Mocha Stout

Honorable Mention: Freetail Peach Bexarliner

 

In no particular order

Framboise du fermier
Oude Fermier
Derivation blend 2
Todd the axeman
purple raz bu

 

5) Julius
4) Second Fiddle
3) Last Snow
2) KBBS
1) BVDL

Honorable mention: Spotted Puffer, Mastermind, Imperial Blud, Other Half Mosaic

 

Not in a particular order but here is my list...

1. Scream IIPA- New Glarus Brewing
2. King Sue- Toppling Goliath
3. Consecration- Russian River
4. Sump- Perennial Artisan Ales
5. Saint Lamvinus (2013)- Cantillon

 

XV (√225 Saison)
zonker stout
port anniversary ale
carton G.O.R.P
Carton Regular Coffee

mostly from memory but I have rated some others pretty high as well

 

1. RR Deviation
2. BT '09 and '10
3. Fruit Salad
4. Younger
5. Sang Royal '09

 

My top 5 new to me beers so far this year..

Tilquin Oude Gueuze
Melange No. 1
Mocha Wednesday
Imperial Biscotti Break Bourbon Barrel Aged
Cantillon Iris

 

1. Cantillon St. Gilloise (Champions)
2. Forschungsbrauerei St. Jakob's Blonder Bock
3. R&D Wild Peach
4. Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze
5. Rose de Gambrinus

 

This is hard, but here's my list

1. 14' Bourbon County Prop
2. 18th St Bitch B Crazy
3. TG Light Speed
4. Bissell Bros Swish
5. Lawson's SoS
6. Parish Ghost in the Machine

 

1. BCS VR
2. BCS Prop
3. Kuhnhenn Big Tony's
4. Saugatuck BA Neapolitan
5. Founder's CBS

 

1. Saison Brett-Boulevard

2. Matt's Burning Rosids Imperial Cherrywood-smoked Saison- Stone

3. Reason Be Damned in Red Wine Barrels-Stone

4. City of The Dead-Modern Times

5. Black House Coffee Stout-Modern Times

 

I have already put my in but instantly Headroom from Trillium climbs to #1... wow

 

COAST Willet barrel aged Blackbeerd
Westbrook Rum Barrel Aged Smokin' Guns
Maui Brewing Black Pearl
Fremont Triple Trifecta
Modern Times BA Monsters Park w/ Cacao Nibs and Coconut
Fremont BA Coffee and Cinnamon Abominable (yeah, I know it's more than 5, but I don't care)