Best Beers of 2009
After writing up the 2009 year in review last night, I began to think of the many brews that I had enjoyed this year and figured I’d compile a list of my favorites. I mean, who doesn’t love a pretentious “best of” list?
This is something that I probably should have included in that first post, but will serve nicely as an addendum. So, in no particular order or ranking, here are a few of my favorite beers of 2009:
- 2008 Victory Brewing Old Horizontal
- Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
- Salvator Doppel Bock
- Grotten Brown (Pierre Celis Signature)
- Avery Collaboration Not Litigation Ale
- Shipyard XXXX IPA *
- Founders Centennial IPA
- Harpoon Leviathan Imperial IPA
- Southern Tier Mokah
- Founders Breakfast Stout
- Thirsty Dog Siberian Night
- Terrapin Rye Squared
- Nøgne Ø Porter
- Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Extra! Ale
- Karl Strauss Big Barrel Double IPA *
- Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale
- Karl Strauss To The 9’s *
- De Proef Van Twee *
There were so many great beers that I had over the past year, but I just couldn’t list them all. That’s what the “Reviews” category link in the sidebar is for. There are a few others that I’ve enjoyed recently that haven’t yet received a full review, but will shortly — Brewdog Paradox Islay, De Proef Witte Noire and a few others. Stay tuned.
In the spirit of full disclosure, those items flagged with the * were bottles that I received as samples from their respective brewery or PR agency.