Rick’s Top Beers
Top Beers – Off the top of my head
The Pales and Easy Drinking Beers
1. Sierra Nevada Celebration
2. Blue Frog Hefe
3. Franziskaner Hefe
4. Full Sail Session Lager
5. Hopf Hefe
The Hopped List
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
2. Moylan’s Hopsickle
3. Lucky Lab Super Duper Dog
4. Pizza Port Hop 15
5. Alpine Pure Hoppiness
6. Dogfish Head 90 Minute
7. Bear Republic Racer 5
8. Walking Man Homo Erectus
9. Sequoia Log Splitter
10. Lagunitas/Sonoma Farmhouse Hop Stoopid
The Sours – a limited list
1. Hansen’s Oude Kriek
2. Russian River Temptation
3. Cantillon Gueze
4. Russian River Supplication
5. New Glarus Raspberry
The Light Darks (non-Imperials)
1. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
2. Alaskan Smoked Porter
3. Stone Smoked Porter
The Heavy Darks
1. North Coast Old Rasputin
2. Stone RIS
3. Rogue RIS
4. North Coast Old Stock
5. He’Brew Jewbelation (2005)
Barley Wines
1. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
2. Midnight Sun Arctic Devil
3. Lost Abbey Angel’s Share
4. Anchor Old Foghorn
5. Rubicon Winter Wheat Wine
I noticed you and Mike do not list Belgians on your either of your lists. Any reason?
No Full Sail amber or pale or Bridgeport IPA. Hmmmm.
I’d like to see you trim your lists down a little to what you think is the very best.
I was happy to see Old Rasputin, one of my favorites, and I don’t think it gets as much respect as it deserves.