your top 10 new brews of 2010

[matt7215]

here are my fav 10 brews i tried for the first time in 2010:

1 - Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza 4.9/5
2 - Fantôme Printemps 4.9/5
3 - Cantillon FouFoune 4.7/5
4 - Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) 4.6/5
5 - Stone Double Bastard Ale 4.6/5
6 - Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Lupulus 4.6/5
7 - Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars Grand Reserve 4.6/5
8 - Grand River Oak Aged Ploegers Vlaams Rood 4.6/5
9 - Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca 4.5/5
10 - Bells Eccentric Ale 4.5/5

[SteelbackGuy]

I'll have to check on this, but for sure Cheshire Mild and Adil's Badass Chaos Theory will be in the list.

[matt7215]

I'll have to check on this, but for sure Cheshire Mild and Adil's Badass Chaos Theory will be in the list.

here is len's top 10 list from his ratebeer ratings

1 - Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine 4.7/5
2 - Bells Hopslam 4.6/5
3 - Flying Monkeys Smash Bomb Atomic Strong IPA 4.2/5
4 - St. Ambroise Stout Impériale Russe 4.1/5
5 - Adil’s Bad Ass Chaos Theory American Imperial Wheat Stout 4.1/5
6 - Thirsty Dog Siberian Night Imperial Stout 4/5
7 - Black Oak Ten Bitter Years 4/5
8 - Central City Red Racer India Pale Ale 4/5
9 - Les Trois Mousquetaires G.C. Doppelbock 4/5
10 - Great Lakes Brewing My Bitterer Wife DIPA 4/5

[phirleh]

In no particular order:


-10 Bitter Years
-De Struisse Black Damnation
-Half Pints Burly Wine
-Nøgne Ø 100
-Garrison Hop Yard Pale
-De Struisse Pannepot
-Great Lakes Edmond Fitz
-Grand River Oak Aged Ploegers Vlaams Rood
-My first all-grain IPA
-Schneiders Organic Wiesen Edel Weiss

%50 Can Con!

Bonus points to Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast, Flying Monkey's Netherworld had at a Grand River tasting, St-Ambroise Stout Imperiale Russe, Amsterdam Bone Shaker

[BooBoo]

Good Question. These beers are rated out of 5.

1) Pliny The Elder 4.75
2) St. Ambroise Vintage Ale 2010 4.5
3) Sierra Nevada Southern Hemiphere Harvest 4.5
4) Port Brewing Wipeout IPA 4.5
5) Phillips Amnesiac DIPA 4.5
6) Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout 4.5
7) Green Flash West Coast IPA 4.5
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout 4.5
9) Dogfish Head Burton Baton 4.5
10) Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA 4.5

Honorable mentions: Piraat, Lagunitas Hop Stoopid, Great Divide Old Ruffian Barleywine, Crannog Traditional Bitter, Beau's Screaming Beaver

[TheSevenDuffs]

1. Bell's Hopslam
2. Founders KBS
3. Central City Red Racer IPA
4. Pliny The Elder
5. Goose Island BCBCS
6. Three Floyds Dreadnaught
7. Founders Imperial Stout
8. Founders Breakfast Stout
9. Ithaca Flower Power
10. 3M Baltic Porter

Honourable mention goes to: Founders Nemesis 2010 & Nugget Nectar.

[Zuma]

In no order:


Saint Somewhere - Saison Athene
Alesmith - Old Numbshull
De Molen - Mout & Mocca
Glazen Toren - Ondineke Tripel
Founders - KBS
Le Trou Du Diable - Buteuse Special (Brandy Oak)
North Coast - Old Stock Ale (2008)
Allagash - Interlude
Lost Abbey - Angel's Share
Port - Older Viscosity

[Swordsman]

I went back through my Blog for this year and found these favorites. You can see I love hops.

In no particular order

10 Bitter Years
Red Racer IPA
Urthel Hop-it
Amsterdamn Boneshaker IPA
Muskoka Light Pilsner
Dead Elephant Ale
Shiner Bohemian Black Lager
Garrison Imperial IPA
Picaroons Yippee IPA
Lindemans Cuvee Rene Gueuze

[boney]

My top 10, in no order.....

-Half Pints Rigamarole Rye
-Mikkeller Beer Brunch Weasel
-Mikkeller 1000 IBU
-Howe Sound King Heffy
-Cantillon Lou Pepe Gueuze
-Cantillon Saint Lamvinus
-Brooklyn Sorachi Ace
-Le Trou du Diable Buteuse Brassin Special
-Russian River Pliny the Elder
-Russian River Sanctification

[Derek]

Great thread!

Strictly going by BA score (somewhat to style and not necessary my overall fav)...

Hop Mess Monster - The Hart & Thistle
Hophead Double India Pale Ale - Tree Brewing (1st time on tap; phenomenal)
Smoke - Surly Brewing Company
Uerige Doppelsticke
Brooklyn Black OPS
Dominus Vobiscum Lupulusv - Microbrasserie Charlevoix
Double Double - Paddock Wood Brewing
Fat Tug IPA - Driftwood Brewery
Ola Dubh Special Reserve 12 - Harviestoun Brewery Ltd.
Val-Dieu Grand Cru

I gave them all 4.5 or more!

It was a heck of a good year... here's my next ten:

Cuvée Spéciale Hiver - Microbrasserie de l'ile d'Orléans
Black Butte XXI - Deschutes Brewery
Flying Monkeys Smash Bomb Atomic IPA
Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Gold
Mirror Mirror - Deschutes Brewery
Sculpin India Pale Ale - Ballast Point Brewing Company
Alesmith Old Numbskull
Saison Athene - Saint Somewhere Brewing Company
Allagash Musette
Avec Les Bons Voeux - Brasserie Dupont

Thanks to everyone that shared some of these treats!

[SteelbackGuy]

I'll have to check on this, but for sure Cheshire Mild and Adil's Badass Chaos Theory will be in the list.

here is len's top 10 list from his ratebeer ratings

1 - Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine 4.7/5
2 - Bells Hopslam 4.6/5
3 - Flying Monkeys Smash Bomb Atomic Strong IPA 4.2/5
4 - St. Ambroise Stout Impériale Russe 4.1/5
5 - Adil’s Bad Ass Chaos Theory American Imperial Wheat Stout 4.1/5
6 - Thirsty Dog Siberian Night Imperial Stout 4/5
7 - Black Oak Ten Bitter Years 4/5
8 - Central City Red Racer India Pale Ale 4/5
9 - Les Trois Mousquetaires G.C. Doppelbock 4/5
10 - Great Lakes Brewing My Bitterer Wife DIPA 4/5

Cheers Mattholemu, much appreciated.

[Belgian]

1. DFH 120 4.4
2. Weihenstephaner Korbinian 4.4
3. Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee 4.3
4. Koff Porter 4.3
5. Quelque Chose 4.3
6. Stille Nacht 4.2
7. Stone VE 09 09 09 4.2
8. Fantôme La Dalmatienne 4.2
9. Sierra Nevada Fritz & Ken's 30th Stout 4.2
10. Bell's Expedition 4.1

Not a bad year. I think I drank hundreds of new beers in July and November alone (pending entry of more ratings.)
And thanks again for the Bells Expo Matt!!

[matt7215]

thanks again for the Bells Expo Matt!!

np, buddy

[notdan]

I was in Europe for two months this summer, so most of my top new beers this year will probably be from that trip. I don't rate every single beer I try, so I'm not going to list them in a precise order, but I'm thinking something like this....

Westvleteren 12
Gouden Carolus Cuvee can de Keizer Blue
Weihenstephaner Vitus
De Ranke XX Bitter
St-Ambroise Stout Imperiale Russe
Cantillon Gueuze
Fantome Saison
Stone Ruination IPA
De La Senne Taras Boulba
Microbrasserie de l'Ile d'Orleans Jean Dit Laforge

[ritzkiss]

Interesting topic - I always like to go back and see what I've had in a year. Here's the top 10 beers in no particular order... it was a good year!

Cigar City Brewing - 110K+OT Batch #2 IRIS
The Bruery - Black Tuesday
Pretty Things Brewing - St. Botolph's Town
Brooklyn Brewing - Black Ops
Firestone Walker Brewing - Firestone 13
Cantillon - Fou Foune
New Belgium Brewing - La Folie
Cigar City Brewing - Huhnapus Imperial Stout
Central City Brewing - Imperial IPA (Barleywine was awesome too!)
Hart & Thistle - Kneecapper IRA

Honorable Mention goes to St. Ambroise RIS, Upright Brewing Flora Rustica and Trois Mousquetaires Kellerbier.