The Bar Towel

1 - Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme (5/5)
2 - Hill Farmstead Clara (5/5)
3 - Les Trois Mousquetaires G.C. Porter Baltique Édition Spéciale (5/5)
4 - Burton Bridge Old Expensive (5/5)
5 - Muskoka Twice As Mad Tom IPA (4.8/5)
6 - House Ales Swag Out Stout (Canadian Oak-Aged) (4.8/5)
7 - Ballast Point Sculpin IPA (4.7/5)
8 - Great Lakes Barrel-Aged Blackout Stout (4.6/5)
9 - Great Lakes Brewing 25th Anniversary Imperial Black IPA (4.6/5)
10 - Anchorage Galaxy White IPA (4.6/5)

these are beers that were new to me in 2012 not brewed for the first time in 2012

I don't have ratings, but here is a vague top list of beers from this year:

1. Hill Farmstead Society and Solitude #4
2. Cascade Sang Noir
3. Russian River Supplication
4. Cantillon Classic Gueuze
5. Bellwoods Roman Candle
6. Community Beer Works Frank Pale Ale
7. Alpine Nelson
8. FFF Rye'd da Lightning
9. 3F Kriek
10. Lawson's Session in the Rye

This is pretty rough, and not really in a best to least order, but just 10 beers I really enjoyed this year. Notably, most of these beer were brought to share by travelling friends, so, thanks everyone who shared great beer with me this year.

Don't know if I can come up with ten, but in no particular order

1. Bellwoods Hellwoods on sour cherries
2. Cameron's RPA
3. Great Lakes Anniversary BIPA
4. Muskoka 2XTom
5. DFH Bitch's Brew
6. Amsterdam BA Tempest

All I can think of right now, might add more later.

Edit: Just The Mention of Berlin Makes Me Sexy - Amsterdam/Sawdust City

New to Me and in No Particular Order:

Dogfish Head Burton Baton
Allagash Curieux
Dominus Vobiscum Hibernus
Dieu du Ciel Grand Noirceur
New Belgium Lips of Faith Cocoa Mole
Rodenbach Grand Cru
Duchesse de Bourgogne
Pannepot
Edit: Make that Cantillon 100% Bio Gueuze
Achel Extra Bruin

New ratings in 2012
Great Lakes Brewing Dirtbag McQuaig’s Malt Liquor For Fine Gentlemen 5/5
Dieu du Ciel / Hill Farmstead Friendship and Farewell 4.8/5
De Molen Tsarina Esra Imperial Porter 4.5
3 Fonteinen Armand’4 Oude Geuze Zomer 4.4
Clos Saragnat Avalanche 4.3 (technically an ice cider)
Dieu du Ciel Isseki Nicho en fût de Pinot Noir 4.3
Great Lakes Brewing Apocalypse Later Imperial Black IPA 4.3
Iron Hill Framboise de Hill 4.2
Great Lakes Brewing Stalin’s Choice Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout 4.2
Haandbryggeriet Fatlagret Porter (Akevitt Porter) 4.1
Bellwoods Hellwoods 4.1

Let it be celebrated that Jer's top beer of 2012 was consumed at none other that the Brewer's Backyard. Brew Year's Day coming up on January 6th!

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/great-lake ... en/171277/

Based on my ratings on BA (don't think I tasted anything that was top 10 worthy that I did not review):

#1 - Hill Farmstead What is Enlightenment?
#2 - Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel 4D
#3 - Goose Island Bourbon County Rare
#4 - Surly Darkness
#5 - Hoppin' Frog - Barrel Aged Naked Evil
#6 - Three Floyds Behemoth
#7 - Hill Farmstead Jimmy
#8 - Goose Island King Henry
#9 - New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
#10 - Bruery Chocolate Rain

Putting this list together made me realize how great of a beer year this has been, especially since all but 1 of the above were shared with friends or family. I could easily name another 10 that were awesome beers. I am shocked to only see 2 HF beers on my list but they are in good company.

I continue to not understand your affinity for New Glarus Belgian Red. Blech.

JerCraigs wrote:Dieu du Ciel / Hill Farmstead Friendship and Farewell

Oh shit, yes! Forgot this, best cask I have as yet tasted!

andrewrg wrote:I continue to not understand your affinity for New Glarus Belgian Red. Blech.

It's a love it or hate it beer. And I love cherry pie, so I love it

TheSevenDuffs wrote:And I love cherry pie, so I love it

tastes so good makes a grown man cry?

put a smile on your face ten miles wide?

grub wrote:

TheSevenDuffs wrote:And I love cherry pie, so I love it

tastes so good makes a grown man cry?

put a smile on your face ten miles wide?

Sweet cherry pie!

My top ten, new to me beers for 2012 in no particular order:

Hill Farmstead Society & Solitude 5
Hill Farmstead Twilight of the Idols (Unreal on tap, the bottle doesn't quite do it justice)
Hill Farmstead Juicy
Heady Topper
Bourbon County Stout
Hellwoods
Knee Deep Simtra
Barrel Aged Boris the Crusher
3 Floyds Behemoth
Hopslam

This sounds crazy, but my top 10 is actually my ONTARIO top 10!

I didn't venture much out of this year mind you, and Ontario had a pretty great year - particularly GLB, who could probably fill a top 10 list by themselves.