Top 10 new Ontario beers of 2012

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:39 am

1 - House Ales Swag Out Stout (Canadian Oak-Aged) (4.8/5)
2 - Muskoka Twice As Mad Tom IPA (4.8/5)
3 - Great Lakes Brewing 25th Anniversary Imperial Black IPA (4.6/5)
4 - Oast House Saison (4.5/5)
5 - Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour Pale Ale (4.4/5)
6 - Muskoka Spring Oddity (4.3/5)
7 - Nickel Brook Wet Hop Series Underground (4.3/5)
8 - Great Lakes Brewing Karma Citra (single hop) (4.2/5)
9 - Great Lakes Brewing Harry Porter (4.2/5)
10 - Nickel Brook Old Kentucky Bastard Imperial Stout (4.2/5)

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:42 am

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

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:24 pm

The more interesting list (to me at least) is only those beers that are new in 2012. So here is mine, with apologies in advance if some beers originated before 2012 as I'm not certain in all cases:

1. Amsterdam Tempest, 2012 Barrel-Aged edition
2. Great Lakes Harry Porter and the Vanilla Bean ...
3. Mad and Noisy India Pale Lager
4. Indie Ale House Pumpkin Abbey
5. Granite The Chai Wallah Has a Moustache
6. Spearhead Moroccan Brown
7. House Ales Robust Porter
8. Wellington Chocolate Milk Stout
9. Silversmith Black Lager
10 Muskoka Twice as Mad Tom

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:35 pm

Great Lakes Brewing Dirtbag McQuaig’s Malt Liquor For Fine Gentlemen 5/5
Great Lakes Brewing Apocalypse Later Imperial Black IPA 4.3
Great Lakes Brewing Stalin’s Choice Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout 4.2
Bellwoods Hellwoods 4.1

All of these got a 4:
Bellwoods Witchshark Imperial IPA
House Ales X Murdoch Night Train
Flying Monkeys Fuck Knight
Bellwoods Fortune Cookie Tripel
Amsterdam X Animal Farm Boxer
Great Lakes Brewing Pumpkin Wound
Great Lakes Brewing Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Great Lakes Brewing 25th Anniversary Imperial Black IPA
Indie Alehouse Jump the Shark
Amsterdam Vin de Hop (Hop Wine)
Nickel Brook Bolshevik Bastard (Pinot Noir BA)

Not a bad year, there were a bunch of 3.9s as well!

atomeyes · Post by **atomeyes** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:03 am

Bellwoods' RIS
Nickelbrook Bolshevik thingy that was barrel aged
Amsterdam's Maverick and Gose
House Ales Snowball
Beer for Boobs Biere de Mars
Bellwoods Fruit Helmut vs 2.0
Amsterdam Tempest
Amsterdam belgian blonde in pinot noir barrels
and i'm sure a beer or 2 from GLB, but i forget which ones.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:44 am

1. BA Amsterdam Tempest
2. GLB Stalin's Choice
3. House Ales Swag Out
4. GLB 25th Imperial Black IPA
5. Bellwoods Hellwoods
6. GLB BA Robust Porter
7. GLB (regular) Robust Porter
8. GLB Vanilla Bean Espresso Stout
9. Full City Tempest (w/ coffee)
10. Amsterdam Goudenvond.

(wow - half of them GLB...)

heebes · Post by **heebes** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:03 pm

Camerons Rye Pale Ale initial bottle release spring
Great Lakes Karma Citra project x bottles
Bellwoods Hellwoods
Amsterdam Tempest, regular lcbo bottles release

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:55 pm

1. Bellwoods Hellwoods
2. Cameron's RPA
3. Bellwoods Witchshark
4. Amsterdam Sleeping Giant
5. Great Lakes Unicorn Ale
6. Amsterdam Calm Before the Storm
7. Great Lakes Karma Citra
8. Bellwoods Grandma's Boy
9. Bellwoods Petalhead
10. Great Lakes/Biergotter Nazgul

Edit: Oops, forgot to remove my two "honourable mention" beers that did not crack my top 10. The half written one was Bolshevic Bastard of course.

cmadd · Post by **cmadd** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:07 am

TheSevenDuffs wrote:1. Bellwoods Hellwoods
2. Cameron's RPA
3. Bellwoods Witchshark
4. Amsterdam Sleeping Giant
5. Great Lakes Unicorn Ale
6. Amsterdam Calm Before the Storm
7. Great Lakes Karma Citra
8. Bellwoods Grandma's Boy
9. Bellwoods Petalhead
10. Great Lakes/Biergotter Nazgul

Amsterdam Boneshaker
Nickel Brook Bolsk

Pretty much going to agree with this, with the exception of the ones I haven't tried. But the top 4 are definitely the best I've had.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 7:46 am

Forgot about Calm Before the Storm!

Would have added that too. Missed out on the Sleeping Giant unfortunately.

Soods · Post by **Soods** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:34 am

I'll put down 10 but not sure of exact order.

GLB Thrust IPA (best new IPA of the year for me!)
BA Amsterdam Tempest
Bellwoods Hellwoods
GLB Harry Porter and the Boubon Soaked Vanilla Bean
Cameron's RPA
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour
GLB Karma Citra
GLB Vanilla Bean Imperial Espresso Stout
Nickel Brook Bolshevik
GLB Imperial Black IPA

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:45 am

Soods wrote:I'll put down 10 but not sure of exact order.

GLB Thrust IPA (best new IPA of the year for me!)

I need to try this ...

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:02 pm

Lots of good Ontario beer this year, but Stalin's Choice and the Hellwoods with Cherry from cask days were the "best of" beers from Ontario for me this year.

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:22 am

Were Cameron's RPA and GL Karma Citra first released in 2012? Karma Citra in particular I could swear I saw in 2011. If they were, they would certainly be on my list too.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:42 am

midlife crisis wrote:Were Cameron's RPA and GL Karma Citra first released in 2012? Karma Citra in particular I could swear I saw in 2011. If they were, they would certainly be on my list too.

I think you are right on the Karma Citra.