Good H24 selections up there in PDX? That would make me quite happy!

quote: quote: Originally posted by Phishpond417 quote: quote: quote: Originally posted by slowrunner77 Safe to say with a couple days to go, and Bolt Cutter just missing the cut, this is my final list of the top 1%. 1. Barrel Aged Brewers Blend Vietnamese Coffee Speedway 4.8 2. Goose Island King Henry 4.7 3. Stone Crime w/GK peppers 4.7 4. Bourbon Barrel Beer Geek Brunch 4.7 5. Barrel Aged Brewers Blend Speedway 4.7 6. Avery Uncle Jacobs 4.6 7. Lowland Stone 15 4.6 8. Stone Punishment w/GK peppers 4.6 9. Hangar 24 Hammerhead 4.6 10. FiftyFifty Iced Eclipse 4.6 11. Bruery Chocolate Rain 4.6 12. Stone Bourbon Barrel (2010) Old Guardian 4.6 ~the “other” 4,6’s (a couple dozen 4.5’s): Vanilla Bean Brandy Barrel Dark Lord Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout & Kaiser Curmudgeon, Stone Enjoy By IPA, Stone Oaked IRS, and Ruination X. Lots of good barreled awesomeness this year, though lots of sours and hoppy brews in the 4.4-4.5 range... I only recently discovered these guys. Pretty impressive brew they're putting out.

Fifty Fifty Imperial Eclipse Brewmasters Grand Cru Columbus Brewing Bodhi Hair of the Dog Bourbon Fred From the Wood Avery Samaels Ale Gooses Island Bourbon County Vanilla Thirsty Dog Barrel Aged Cerberus Rodenbach Vin de Cereale Dragonmead Final Absolution Jackie O's Cellar Cuvee 5 Jackie O's Bourbon Barrel Aged Skipping Stone The Brew Kettle Bourbon Aged Jackhammer Surly Abrasive Ale oHIo getting a nod to 5 of my top 12 in 2012 Abrasive is my 126th top rated beer so far so I've got them spread out fairly well

quote: Originally posted by slowrunner77 Good H24 selections up there in PDX? That would make me quite happy! quote: quote: quote: Originally posted by Phishpond417 quote: quote: quote: quote: Originally posted by slowrunner77 Safe to say with a couple days to go, and Bolt Cutter just missing the cut, this is my final list of the top 1%. 1. Barrel Aged Brewers Blend Vietnamese Coffee Speedway 4.8 2. Goose Island King Henry 4.7 3. Stone Crime w/GK peppers 4.7 4. Bourbon Barrel Beer Geek Brunch 4.7 5. Barrel Aged Brewers Blend Speedway 4.7 6. Avery Uncle Jacobs 4.6 7. Lowland Stone 15 4.6 8. Stone Punishment w/GK peppers 4.6 9. Hangar 24 Hammerhead 4.6 10. FiftyFifty Iced Eclipse 4.6 11. Bruery Chocolate Rain 4.6 12. Stone Bourbon Barrel (2010) Old Guardian 4.6 ~the “other” 4,6’s (a couple dozen 4.5’s): Vanilla Bean Brandy Barrel Dark Lord Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout & Kaiser Curmudgeon, Stone Enjoy By IPA, Stone Oaked IRS, and Ruination X. Lots of good barreled awesomeness this year, though lots of sours and hoppy brews in the 4.4-4.5 range... I only recently discovered these guys. Pretty impressive brew they're putting out.

I'm missing a few that I drank in 2012 but before I started reviewing again on BeerPal after a hiatus (King Henry is the most glaring omission). Here's my top 12 in 2012. I was surprised that Abacus was rated as high as it was. I must have forgetten how tremendous that brew is. Hill Farmstead Damon Firestone Walker Abacus Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Stout Alchemist Heady Topper 3 Fonteinen Schaerbeekse Kriek Russian River Supplication Founders Kentucky Breakfast Bourbon Aged Stout Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout Deschutes The Abyss 2011 Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Wesel (Cognac Edition) Firestone Walker Parabola Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout

quote: Originally posted by ggrumet I'm missing a few that I drank in 2012 but before I started reviewing again on BeerPal after a hiatus (King Henry is the most glaring omission). Here's my top 12 in 2012. I was surprised that Abacus was rated as high as it was. I must have forgetten how tremendous that brew is. Hill Farmstead Damon Firestone Walker Abacus Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Stout Alchemist Heady Topper 3 Fonteinen Schaerbeekse Kriek Russian River Supplication Founders Kentucky Breakfast Bourbon Aged Stout Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout Deschutes The Abyss 2011 Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Wesel (Cognac Edition) Firestone Walker Parabola Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout

My Top 10/Favorite New Beer Tries for 2012: Russian River Supplication Southern Tier Imperial Choklat Stout New Glarus Serendipity Foothills Barrel Aged Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout Fat Heads Head Hunter IPA Duchesse De Bourgogne Firestone Walker Parabola Sixpoint Resin Hardywood Gingerbread Stout Southern Tier Imperial Crème Brûlée Stout Honorable Mentions: Deschutes The Dissident Thomas Creek Banana Split Chocolate Stout Van Twee It was a very good Beer Year. [^]

In retospect and after having it several times over multiple releases, ! upped my score of Enjoy By IPA to a 4.7, so it'd climb to the mid-section of this list. It's just that good.

quote: Originally posted by slowrunner77 Safe to say with a couple days to go, and Bolt Cutter just missing the cut, this is my final list of the top 1%. 1. Barrel Aged Brewers Blend Vietnamese Coffee Speedway 4.8 2. Goose Island King Henry 4.7 3. Stone Crime w/GK peppers 4.7 4. Bourbon Barrel Beer Geek Brunch 4.7 5. Barrel Aged Brewers Blend Speedway 4.7 6. Avery Uncle Jacobs 4.6 7. Lowland Stone 15 4.6 8. Stone Punishment w/GK peppers 4.6 9. Hangar 24 Hammerhead 4.6 10. FiftyFifty Iced Eclipse 4.6 11. Bruery Chocolate Rain 4.6 12. Stone Bourbon Barrel (2010) Old Guardian 4.6 ~the “other” 4,6’s (a couple dozen 4.5’s): Vanilla Bean Brandy Barrel Dark Lord Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout & Kaiser Curmudgeon, Stone Enjoy By IPA, Stone Oaked IRS, and Ruination X. Lots of good barreled awesomeness this year, though lots of sours and hoppy brews in the 4.4-4.5 range...