We sampled a lot of amazing beers in 2012, and thanks in large part to this blog, we have met a lot of wonderful new people. When compiling this list of our top beers of 2012, we eschewed any pretense of objective analysis, and simply chose our most mutually memorable first-time beer experiences. Cheers to another year of great beer!
OUR TOP 10 BEERS OF 2012:
Adam/Fred (Hair of the Dog Brewing Company – 12 oz. bottles, purchased at The Bruery Provisions, Orange)
Black Butte XXIV (Deschutes Brewery – 22 oz. bottle, purchased at Taylor’s Market)
Boda Savaje (Peruvian wedding beer home brewed by Marie – draft, sampled at Scott and Becky’s wedding)
Dos Cone Es – aged on oak chips (Cismontane Brewing Company – draft, purchased at Beer Revolution, Oakland)
Enjoy By 09.21.12 IPA (Stone Brewing Company – 22 oz. bottle, purchased at Stone Brewery, Escondido)
Every Man’s DIPA (Societe Brewing Company – draft, purchased at Blind Lady Ale House, San Diego)
Jack N Jolly (Drake’s Brewing– draft, purchased at The Page, San Francisco)
Old Stock Ale (2009) Cellar Reserve (North Coast Brewing – 16.9 oz. bottle, purchased at Pangaea Bottle Shoppe)
Smoking Wood – Bourbon Barrel-Aged (The Bruery – purchased at The Bruery Tasting Room, Placentia)
Sweet and Sour (HaandBryggeriet – 16.9 oz. bottle, purchased at Pangaea Bottle Shoppe)
IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN…
Pliny the Younger (Russian River Brewing Company)
Trappist Westvleteren 12
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Anniversary Barley Wine (Uinta Brewing)
Black Hole (Mikkeller)
Elliot Brew (De Struise Brouwers/Mikkeller collaboration)
FiringsQuad (Alpine Beer Company)
Imperial Smoked Porter (Sierra Nevada Brewing Company)
Jewbelation 15 (He’Brew Beer)
Madrugada Obscura (Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales)
3 Days (Hitachino Nest Beer)
URKontinent (Dogfish Head)
Waldo’s 420 Ale (Lagunitas Brewing Company)
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