Your top 5 in 2015 so far.

beers that I tried for the first time in 2015, in no particular order:
FB Last Snow
Saranac Pacific Galaxy
Bruery Chocolate Rain
Brothers Craft Brewing (aka 3 brothers) Resolute
Perennial Sump

 

Tree House - King Julius
Tree House - Truth
Trillium - Artaic
Toppling Goliath - King sue/Pseudo Sue
Funky Buddah - Maple Bacon Coffee Porter

 

1. Derivation 1
2. CBS
3. FW XVIII
4. Fremont CCBbomb
5. BoT

Been a fantastic year, but after this weekend MD is bumping somebody I'm sure.

 

In no order:

• Boulevard Tank 7
• Carton Regular Coffee
• Founders KBS
• Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose
• Great Lakes Chillwave

 

The best beers I have tried for the first time in 2015:

1. Singlecut Bon Bon TNT
2. Bells Expedition Stout
3. Kern River - Double Citra
4. Tree House - Curiosity 14
5. Maine - Dinner

 

Random order:

Another One - MBC
Lunch - MBC
The Kragle IPA - Free Will
Cuivre - The Bruery
Grapefruit Sculpin - Ballast Point

 

Really stepped up my game this year, so it is tough.

#1 is easily Maine Beer Co Dinner

The rest are in no particular order:
Todd the Axeman
Green Diamonds (hard to pick just one from Other Half)
Eureka with Citra (again, hard to pick one Tree House, but this one is perfect in the summer)
DDHFPPA (broken record here, but love all Trillium IPA's)

 

In no order..

Goose Island Bourbon County Rare
Side Project Black & Wild blend 2
Founder's CBS
Hill Farmstead Double Citra
Alchemist Focal Banger


Really have been lucky to have some world class beers I never thought I'd have the chance to try. Looking forward to what the rest of the year has in store!

 

Five Favorites in 2015 that were new to me:

Long Trail Limbo IPA
Short's Dolly Dagger
Bell's Jupiter or Neptune (really can't decide)
Brouwerij Van Steenberge N.V. Piraat
Stormcloud Goodnight, Porter

Not necessarily the one's I've rated highest, but the ones that made a lasting impression.

 

I'm going with my favorite (if not my most highly rated) new to me:

Hi Res
Blushing Monk
Blvd Saison - Brett
Grapefuit Sculpin
Prairie BOMB!

 

Cylce Rickshaw DIPA
Cantillon Fou Foune
GI Prop '14
Cycle Pallet 1
Columbus Bodhi DIPA

 

In no particular order

Dragon Fruit Passion Fruit - J. Wakefield
Koni Summantion - 3Sons
Good Night Mekong - Cigar City
'14 Dark Lord - 3Flyods
Last Buffalo in the Park - Funky Buddha

*Parabola, Mexican Cake, Apple Brandy Noir

 

Chocolate rain ( i don't want to add it every year to a list like this but it's always so fucking good)
Eclipse Cognac Masterpiece
Beatification (really loved this batch, can't wait for the release in a few weeks)
Julius
Lupulin River

 

According to my ratings:
KBS
Boat Beer
BOMB!
Zombie Dust
Yazoo Deux Rouges

 

Fair Maiden DIPA
Prop '14
No Rules
Todd the Axeman
2010 Cherry Oud Bruin Kuhnhenn

 

Big Bad Baptist
Green Street
KBS
All Green Everything
SMS

 

No ranking but pictured in order of trying this year. All first time for me. And as others have said. Lots of time for this to change this year.
Alesmith 2010 BA Decadence

Lost Abbey Track #6

CCB Penultimate Push(at Huna Day '15!!)

Westbrook '14 Mexicake (at Westbrook in April '15 w/ family)

Bruery Mocha Wednesday


Honorable mention: SARA Four Legs Good maybe should have been in the top five.

 

Top 5 I've tried for the first time this year:

1. Stillwater Mono Pilsner
2. Boulevard Saison-Brett (2015)
3. Union Double Duckpin
4. Grapefruit Sculpin
5. Boulevard Heavy Lifting

 

1. Bourbon County Cofee 2014
2. Alchemist Heady Topper
3. Russian River Consecration (112213)
4. MadTree BBA Coffee & Vanilla Axis Mundi
5. Toppling Goliath pseudo Sue

Not bad for this being the first year I've been into craft brew

 

Other Half Brewing Mosaic
Other Half Brewing All Green Everything
Fat Head's Hop Juju
Heady
Fremont First Nail

....and several more tied for somewhere between 2nd and 5th but Mosaic is clearly my favorite of the year so far.