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Best New Beers

For the year 2018

JAN 25, 2019

These are the top new releases of 2018 out of a field of more than 108,000 beers (less than half of the top one one-thousandth percent). Congratulations to all our winners. This list evenly weights overall and style percentile based scores and is presented in alphabetical order. All beers listed here are eligible for medallion and certificate awards.

beer	brewer	city	state	country
3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot II.ii: Robijn Blended & Alive	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	Lot, Beersel	-	Belgium
3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot VII.iii: Braam + Hommage - Blended & Alive	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	Lot, Beersel	-	Belgium
3 Sons BA Scoop	3 Sons Brewing Company	Dania Beach	Florida	USA
3 Sons Chocolate Bourbon Summation	3 Sons Brewing Company	Dania Beach	Florida	USA
3 Sons Hug Hug Kiss Kiss	3 Sons Brewing Company	Dania Beach	Florida	USA
3 Sons JBM 35	3 Sons Brewing Company	Dania Beach	Florida	USA
3 Sons S'Mortal Kombat	3 Sons Brewing Company	Dania Beach	Florida	USA
Angry Chair Rocky Road - Bourbon Barrel Aged	Angry Chair Brewing	Tampa	Florida	USA
Bas-Canada HYPA #7	Brasserie du Bas-Canada	Gatineau	Quebec	Canada
Bas-Canada HYPA #9	Brasserie du Bas-Canada	Gatineau	Quebec	Canada
Beavertown / Cloudwater Do Not Open Until 1985	Beavertown Brewery (Heineken)	Tottenham Hale	Greater London	England
Bevog Hagger Blend 0318	Bevog Brewery	Bad Radkersburg	-	Austria
Brew By Numbers 42/02 DDH Pale Ale - Number Two	Brew By Numbers	Bermondsey	Greater London	England
Brokreacja Potion #2	Brokreacja	Kraków	-	Poland
Cantillon Kriek Fût Whisky	Cantillon	Brussels	-	Belgium
Chimay Grande Réserve Vieillie En Barriques (2018) Whisky Edition	Chimay	Baileux	-	Belgium
Cloudwater DDH IPA Citra BBC	Cloudwater Brew Co	Manchester	Greater Manchester	England
Cloudwater DDH IPA Enigma Chinook	Cloudwater Brew Co	Manchester	Greater Manchester	England
Cloudwater DDH IPA Vic Secret	Cloudwater Brew Co	Manchester	Greater Manchester	England
Cloudwater DDH Pale Citra Ekuanot	Cloudwater Brew Co	Manchester	Greater Manchester	England
Cycle Greatest Hits &+	Cycle Brewing	Saint Petersburg	Florida	USA
De la Senne / Jester King JESTER ZINNE	Brasserie de la Senne	Brussels	-	Belgium
De Molen / Hair of the Dog Binkie Claws (2018) Woodford Reserve BA	Brouwerij De Molen	Bodegraven	-	Netherlands
De Molen Hutje & Mutje Woodford Reserve Barrel Aged	Brouwerij De Molen	Bodegraven	-	Netherlands
Equilibrium Austin - Boysenberry	Equilibrium Brewery	Middletown	New York	USA
Equilibrium Hop Wave 2	Equilibrium Brewery	Middletown	New York	USA
Fanø Red Wedding	Fanø Bryghus	Nordby, Fanø	-	Denmark
Hill Farmstead Flora - Pear	Hill Farmstead Brewery	Greensboro	Vermont	USA
J. Wakefield / Inu Island / Moksa I Let My Tape Rock	J. Wakefield Brewing	Miami	Florida	USA
Magic Rock Neo-Human Cannonball	Magic Rock Brewing	Huddersfield	West Yorkshire	England
Malterfakker Vesalius Schaarbeekse Krieken	Malterfakker	Breisem	-	Belgium
Maryensztadt Gwiazda Północy	Browar Maryensztadt	Zwoleń	-	Poland
Mikkeller Baghaven Stevnsbær	Mikkeller Baghaven	Copenhagen	-	Denmark
Mikkeller NYC / Thin Man Filthy Flow	Mikkeller Brewing NYC	Queens	New York	USA
Mikkeller San Diego Resting Brew Face	Mikkeller San Diego	San Diego	California	USA
Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	San Diego	California	USA
Monkish Battle-Scarred Shogun	Monkish Brewing Company	Torrance	California	USA
Nómada Petrolaco	Nómada Brewing	Sabadell (Barcelona)	-	Spain
Northern Monk / Other Half / Equilibrium Patrons Project 13.01 Infinity Vortex	Northern Monk Brew Co.	Leeds	West Yorkshire	England
Northern Monk Northern Rising - Raising The Faith	Northern Monk Brew Co.	Leeds	West Yorkshire	England
Ommegang Double Barrel Dubbel	Brewery Ommegang (Duvel-Moortgat)	Cooperstown	New York	USA
Põhjala Cellar Series - Sajand	Põhjala	Tallinn	-	Estonia
Siren Maiden 2017	Siren	Finchampstead	Berkshire	England
Soma Plants From the Same Family	Soma Beer	Girona	-	Spain
Tempest All The Leaves Are Brown Bourbon Barrel	Tempest	Tweedbank, Scottish Borders	-	Scotland
The Kernel India Double Porter Citra Galaxy	The Kernel Brewery	Bermondsey	Greater London	England
Totenhopfen Lux Ale Original	Totenhopfen Brauhaus	Luxembourg	-	Luxembourg
Verdant Fruit Car Sight Exhibition	Verdant Brewing Co	Falmouth	Cornwall	England
Verdant Quiet Charge	Verdant Brewing Co	Falmouth	Cornwall	England
Wylam Room 237	Wylam	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	England