Top 5 beers from 2009

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Message italarican P beers 1548 º places 115 º 15:03 Wed 12/9/2009 This has really been my first year of craft beer, so my top 50 of the year pretty much wipes away anything I’d had before. My Top 5 of what I first tried this year (not the most original list, I know): 1. Bell’s Expedition 2. Hoppin Frog BORIS the Crusher 3. La Folie 4. Dark Lord 5. Pliny the Elder
Message Ibrew2or3 P beers 10533 º places 353 º 16:22 Wed 12/9/2009 Originally posted by fishingnet Originally posted by gunhaver Originally posted by Ibrew2or3 What an amazing year. From memory I’ve got: 5. Mélange #3 4. Russian River Pliny the Younger 3. 3F Oak Aged Dark Lord 2. M 1. Rascal Creek Old Incinerator Brandy Barrel Barleywine when did you try the M At the tasting that you and I were never informed about. What do you mean, I wash my feet with that stuff
Message malrubius beers 3502 º places 33 º 16:49 Wed 12/9/2009 My top stuff that was new to me in 09: Schlenkerla Fastenbier Dreadnaught RR Consecration Beer Geek Breakfast RR Beatification Alpha Klaus Les Trois Mousquetaires S.S. Rauchbier

Message Sean9689 beers 286 º places 12 º 17:24 Wed 12/9/2009 My top 5 rated in 2009: 1. Yellow Bus 2. Cantillon Blåbær Lambik 3. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (on nitro @ Founders) 4. Vanilla Bean Aged Dark Lord (@ DLD 09) 5. Oak Aged Dark Lord Imperial Stout (@ DLD 09) Other memorable brews: Cable Car, Veritas 004, J&J Blauw, Isabelle, Duck Duck Gueze, Wooden Hell, CBS, 16 Grit, Tea Bagged Furious, Bell’s Bourbon Barrel Aged Expedition/Double Cream Blend, Bell’s Batch 7000, Sinners 08, Mango Mama, etc...
Message Schroppfy beers 2362 º places 13 º 19:23 Fri 12/18/2009 Originally posted by Magicdave6 De Dolle Oerbier Reserva Vertical in The Kulminator and 750 shared with mesandsim. Iv completly gone off belgian ales, i just cant take the yeasty sweet unclean nature of them anymore. But this one ownes them. It stays clean even though its 13%, its acidity cuts through the sweetness, the alcohol is incredibly well hidden and its massivly tasty. Was the Oerbier Reserva labeled 2008? I’ve not seen that beer in 750s before, until recently. Does anyone know how many were made?
Message ryan beers 3185 º places 13 º 06:53 Sat 12/19/2009 Originally posted by Borresteijn Jandrain-Jeandrenouille IV Saison. The top beer of the Bruges Beer Festival for me, I even went back for more of the same. Definitely one of my top beers of the year. The others that stick out for me: Saint-Germain Page 24 Bière de Printemps Founders Double Trouble Jolly Pumpkin Perseguidor (Batch 4) Lost Abbey Veritas 004
Message Schroppfy beers 2362 º places 13 º 08:29 Sat 12/19/2009 Originally posted by ryan Jolly Pumpkin Perseguidor (Batch 4) It really is a super beer!

Message MaxxDaddy P beers 415 º places 32 º 08:45 Sat 12/19/2009 Cantillon Crianza Helena Cantillon Frambozenlambik Bells Batch 7000 Southampton Berliner Weisse Yellow Bus
Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 08:48 Sat 12/19/2009 LA veritas 004 Red Eye imperium New Glarus crac’d wheat Central Waters peruvian morning Grumpy Troll slow eddie
Message hopscotch beers 11919 º places 307 º 09:10 Sat 12/19/2009 Not including new batches of old classics; just going by beers that were new to me in 2009: 1. Cigar City Bourbon Barrel Aged Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout (My 3rd 5.0... would’ve given it a 5.1 if possible) 2. 5 Seasons North The Grape Ape Imperial Oatmeal Stout 3. Lost Abbey Veritas 004 4. Domaine Leduc-Piedimonte Cidre de Glace 5. Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout Tasting in Tampa last night. Lots of 4.0+ ratings given. This list could already be outdated.