Nominate The Best Craft Beer of 2014
We are back with our annual tradition of having you, the readers of The Full Pint, selecting the best craft beer of 2014. This is no easy task as we have never seen so many new breweries an products in an entire year before. We will kick off this poll Monday December 29th, and would love your help in putting exceptional beers that debuted in 2014 up on the voting board. Here is some criteria for selecting a nominee.
Essentially, please nominate a beer that was new to market in 2014. Here are some tips in nominating:
- Did it start getting bottled in 2014 (Firestone Walker Stickee Monkee)? Add it.
- Is it a beer that’s new to you, ie: Kern River Citra? Don’t add it.
- Has it been piloted for years at your local breweries tap room, but in 2014 is making it to local bars or started getting bottled? Add it.
- Has it been bottled for years, but got a new label and name? Maybe, ask the group?
Here’s what we have off the top of our heads. Please add your choices to the comment section below.
- AleSmith/Eagle Rock Milk Tank
- Almanac Valley Of The Heart’s Delight
- Ballast Point Grunion
- Bootlegger’s Rocco Red
- Boulevard Love Child No. 4
- Chris Banker/Stone/Insurgente Xocovez Stout
- Deschutes Not The Stoic
- Firestone Walker Easy Jack
- Jester King Montmorency vs. Balaton
- Kern River Shuttle Bunny
- Lagunitas Born Yesterday Pale Ale
- New Belgium Lips of Faith Belgian Salted Caramel Chocolate
- New Glarus Oud Bruin
- Ninkasi ReNEWale 2014 Alt Pale Ale
- Noble AleWorks Nelson Showers
- Sixpoint Rad
- Stout
- TAPS Remy Con Java
- The Bruery Mocha Wednesday
- Toppling Goliath King Sue
March 10, 2015 @ 9:11 pm
Treehouse -Julius IPA, Haze DIPA
Trilium -Congress St, Mettle, Heavy Mettle DIPA & Congress St pale ale
Night Shift- Morph, whirlpool
Worm town- Be Hoppy
January 2, 2015 @ 9:42 am
+1 for Lizard’s Mouth
December 31, 2014 @ 9:28 am
Lizard’s Mouth, Figueroa Brewery! The best!
December 31, 2014 @ 7:20 am
#lizardsmouth
December 30, 2014 @ 6:58 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Lizards Mouth IPA!
December 30, 2014 @ 5:10 pm
Kane – Sunday Brunch.
December 30, 2014 @ 3:21 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewery’s Lizard’s Mouth
December 30, 2014 @ 2:19 pm
Lizard’s Mouth Double IPA #FigMtnBrew
December 30, 2014 @ 1:28 pm
Telegraph Reserve Wheat!!!
December 30, 2014 @ 12:49 pm
Figueroa Mountain Lizards Mouth Imperial IPA
December 30, 2014 @ 11:09 am
Fig Mtn Lizards Mouth IPA
December 29, 2014 @ 10:05 am
Lizards Mouth Imperial IPA
December 29, 2014 @ 7:53 am
Lizards mouth IIPA
December 29, 2014 @ 12:30 am
Macleod Ale Brewing Co. “The Little Spree” – Yorkshire Pale Ale (Cask Conditioned)
December 28, 2014 @ 9:24 pm
Fig Mtn Lizards Mouth
December 28, 2014 @ 8:53 pm
Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA, Figueroa Mountain Brewing #LizardsMouth
December 28, 2014 @ 6:45 pm
Brunch Money, The Original Imperial Golden Stout – Armadillo Ale Works
December 28, 2014 @ 5:30 pm
Lizard’s Fig Mtn Brew!
December 28, 2014 @ 5:09 pm
Figueroa Mountain Lizards Mouth Imperial IPA
December 28, 2014 @ 3:46 pm
FIt Mountain Brewing – Lizards Mouth!
December 28, 2014 @ 11:54 am
Evil Genius Beer Company
Purple Monkey Dishwasher Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter
December 28, 2014 @ 9:35 am
Figueroa Mountain, Lizard’s Mouth.
9.2% tropical and amazing.
December 28, 2014 @ 8:40 am
Lizards Mouth!
December 28, 2014 @ 6:54 am
Figueroa Mountain Brewery – Lizards Mouth Imperial IPA!
December 27, 2014 @ 9:39 pm
Figueroa Mtn. Lizards ale ipa is awesome!
December 27, 2014 @ 8:36 pm
#lizards mouth
Fig mtn brew
December 27, 2014 @ 7:53 pm
Defiance Brewing Company, Hays, KS Fuzzy Knuckles
December 27, 2014 @ 6:05 pm
Lizards mouth from fig!
December 27, 2014 @ 5:52 pm
Fig Mountain Brew! Lizard’s Mouth!!! Simply the Best
December 27, 2014 @ 5:49 pm
Have to nominate Lizard’s Mouth IIPA as new favorite of the year!
December 27, 2014 @ 3:37 pm
Figueroa mountain Lizards mouth imperial IPA
December 27, 2014 @ 3:35 pm
DEFIANCE BREWERY
December 27, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewery-Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA. Yum!
December 27, 2014 @ 2:12 pm
Kern River Gravity Check.
December 27, 2014 @ 2:05 pm
Fig lizard mouth! It came from heaven.
December 27, 2014 @ 1:54 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. LIZARD’S MOUTH IMPERIAL IPA
December 27, 2014 @ 1:47 pm
Founder Dark Penance
December 27, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
Quakertown Stout – Armadillo Ale Works
December 27, 2014 @ 12:17 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co – Lizards Mouth is the BEST!
December 27, 2014 @ 12:15 pm
Lizards Mouth – Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. #1
December 27, 2014 @ 12:13 pm
Lizards Mouth is the BEST – next to all their other Beers – Figueroa Mountain Brewing!
December 27, 2014 @ 11:59 am
Penrose Proto Gradus
December 27, 2014 @ 11:45 am
Stone Sprocketbier!
December 27, 2014 @ 11:22 am
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. LIZARD’S MOUTH IMPERIAL IPA
December 27, 2014 @ 8:24 am
Fig Mtn Brew – Lizards Mouth IPA. Amazing!!! So easy to drink and tasty but beware!!!! Kicks your butt!
The other would be Firestones Mocha Merlin. Delish!!! Just very limited though
December 27, 2014 @ 8:10 am
Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA from Figueroa Mountain Brewing.
December 27, 2014 @ 8:08 am
Willy Nilly – Difiance Brewery
December 27, 2014 @ 7:18 am
Figueroa Mountain Brewery
Lizards Mouth IPA!!!!!
December 27, 2014 @ 6:13 am
Lizards Mouth IPA by Figueroa Mountain brewery to complement an awesome day on the Central Coast of California.
December 27, 2014 @ 5:01 am
Lizards Mouth IPA Figueroa Mountain
December 26, 2014 @ 10:09 pm
Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA–Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.
December 25, 2014 @ 3:35 pm
I select Lizards Mouth IPA by Figueroa Mountain brewery to complement an awesome day on the Central Coast of California.
December 23, 2014 @ 10:21 pm
Fig Mtn’s Lizard’s Mouth. Just had a glass at the Glendale Tap and was shocked to learn that it was 9.2%. So complex and smooth. Totally disguises the strength in the best way. Unreal.
December 23, 2014 @ 8:01 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company Lizards Mouth Imperial IPA !
December 23, 2014 @ 6:20 pm
Lizards Mouth from Figueroa Mountain brewery. A well balanced Imperial IPA that offers a very smooth mouth feel.
December 23, 2014 @ 1:23 pm
Figeroa Mtn. Brewery – Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA
December 23, 2014 @ 12:32 pm
Figueroa Mountain Lizards Mouth!!
December 23, 2014 @ 11:37 am
Lizards mouth imperial IPA fron Figueroa mountain brewing company. It’s the best
December 23, 2014 @ 7:40 am
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Lizard’s Mouth!!!!!!!!!!!
December 22, 2014 @ 8:09 pm
Stickee monkee from what I’ve had. These best beer awards are always flawed because the beers with the largest distribution have the advantage. What you should do is have a large list of potential beers and have everyone select which beers they have had and then their choice of favorite. Then you guys could figure out favorite beer per beer had. Please next commentors reiterate this point.
December 22, 2014 @ 7:48 pm
Lizard’s Mouth by Figueroa Mountain Brewing. Such great flavors and so powerful. Just enjoyed one tonight actually.
December 22, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
Fig Mountain #LizardsMouth. I drive 4 hours to get it at the source!
December 22, 2014 @ 7:32 pm
Figueroa mountain Lizards mouth imperial IPA
December 22, 2014 @ 6:07 pm
Figueroa Mountain Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA!!!
December 22, 2014 @ 6:06 pm
Alpine Beer Company – “HFS”
December 22, 2014 @ 5:23 pm
Lizards Mouth Imperial IPA ~ Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company
December 22, 2014 @ 3:42 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company.
Lizard’s Mouth.
It is soooo sick!
#2
Mocha Machine
Beachwood BBQ and Brewing!
Unreal…
December 22, 2014 @ 3:32 pm
Toppling goliath Sol Hunter
December 22, 2014 @ 3:00 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA
December 22, 2014 @ 2:56 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewery – Lizards Mouth Imperial IPA
December 22, 2014 @ 2:48 pm
Definitely Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company Lizard’s Mouth! So yummy! #lizardsmouth
December 22, 2014 @ 2:44 pm
Fig Mtn Lizards Mouth!
December 22, 2014 @ 2:38 pm
My favorite of 2014 is Figueroa Mountain Brewing’s Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA
December 22, 2014 @ 1:35 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA
December 22, 2014 @ 1:28 pm
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. LIZARD’S MOUTH IMPERIAL IPA
December 22, 2014 @ 11:57 am
El Segundo brewing company
Wallet dropper dipa
Ka-Pau! Ipa
Fresh mosaic ipa
December 22, 2014 @ 11:39 am
Figueroa Mountain Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA
December 22, 2014 @ 11:27 am
Yellow Rose IPA – Lone Pint Brewing
Pirate BOMB! – Prairie Artisan Ales
Flyin’ Monks Belgian Quad – Adelbert’s Brewery
Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout – Epic Brewing
Figlet – Jester King
December 22, 2014 @ 10:51 am
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.– Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA
December 22, 2014 @ 10:40 am
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.– Lizard’s Mouth Imperial IPA
December 22, 2014 @ 10:22 am
Drakes – 1500
Deschutes – Fresh Squeezed IPA
21st Amendment – Bitter American
Speakeasy – Scarlet Red Rye
December 18, 2014 @ 3:36 pm
El Segundo Brewing Company – Power Plant Triple IPA
December 17, 2014 @ 7:21 am
Side Project Oude Fermier
Side Project Saison de Rouge
December 16, 2014 @ 7:58 pm
Crooked Stave Oak Aged Nightmare on Brett
December 16, 2014 @ 5:08 pm
ska brewing – molé stout
December 16, 2014 @ 1:54 pm
Smog City Brewing
Grape Ape IPA
Coffee Porter
Saber Toothed Squirrel
December 16, 2014 @ 10:15 am
Mispillion River Holy Crap!
December 16, 2014 @ 9:16 am
Saranac Imperial IPA
December 16, 2014 @ 6:43 am
Modern Times – Blazing World
December 16, 2014 @ 5:17 am
Boulevard Tank 7
Troeggs Mad Elf
December 15, 2014 @ 6:15 pm
Smog City Brewing –
Coffee Porter
Saber Toothed Squirrel Amber Ale
December 15, 2014 @ 4:00 pm
Cigar City – Double Barrel Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout
Cigar City – Caffe Americano Double Stout
Funky Buddha – Maple Bacon Coffee Porter (officially bottled for the first time in Jan.)
De Garde – Black Raz Bu
De Garde – Cherry Raz Bu
December 15, 2014 @ 2:33 pm
Firestone’s Stickee Monkee
December 15, 2014 @ 11:44 am
Pearl Street Brewery- Me, Myself, and IPA
December 15, 2014 @ 9:58 am
Firestone Walkers Mocha Merlin an incredible tasting variation of Velvet merlin infused with Cocoa and chocolate absolutely delicious
December 15, 2014 @ 9:01 am
Off Color Apex Predator
Stillwater/Westbrook Gose Gone Wild
The Bruery Mash & Coconut
December 15, 2014 @ 8:24 am
Free State Brewing Co – Old Backus Barleywine
December 14, 2014 @ 2:58 pm
51/50 IPA Ironfire Brewing Company!
December 14, 2014 @ 11:55 am
Weendigo, a Russian Imperial Stout by Forked River Brewing Co. In London Canada
December 14, 2014 @ 11:17 am
DESTIHL Wild Sour Here Gose Nothin
December 14, 2014 @ 5:16 am
Fiddlehead Mastermind
December 13, 2014 @ 7:34 pm
Jester King Colour 5
December 13, 2014 @ 7:00 pm
18th Street Imperial Blue
18th Street Vanilla Hunter
December 13, 2014 @ 5:30 pm
Southern Tier Tiere de Garde
December 13, 2014 @ 5:22 pm
OEC Brewing – anything in their lineup really but since I have to choose one it would be Exilis.
December 13, 2014 @ 5:01 pm
Founders Dissenter IPL
Founders Mosaic Promise
Bell’s Mars
Rogue Farms 7 Hop IPA
New Belgium Lips of Faith Gratzer with 3 Floyds
December 13, 2014 @ 4:11 pm
Pipeworks Sure Bet
December 13, 2014 @ 3:55 pm
Odell -Trellis
December 11, 2014 @ 9:03 pm
Real Ale Brewing Hans Pils
December 11, 2014 @ 6:15 am
Founders – Big Lushious or Dark Penance
Bell’s – Mars: The Bringer of War
December 11, 2014 @ 5:24 am
Brewery Vivant – Wizard Burial Ground
December 10, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
Green Flash Soul Style IPA
December 10, 2014 @ 3:55 pm
Blackrocks 5k IPA
December 10, 2014 @ 9:13 am
Founders Dark penence or anything new for Founders is what i would recccemmend.
December 9, 2014 @ 9:19 pm
Smog City – Coffee Porter
SMog City – GrapeApe IPA
Smog City – Sabre-Toothed Squirrel Amber Ale
December 9, 2014 @ 6:45 pm
Urbn St. Brewing Co. Saison.
Urbn St. Brewing Co. Belgian IPA: Hypocrite.
Urbn St. Brewing Co. /Stone Liberty Station Collaboration “Cafecito ” Triple Brown with coffee.
December 9, 2014 @ 6:03 pm
Beachwood Brewing & BBQ – Greenshift DIPA
Beachwood Brewing & BBQ – Mocha Machine Imperial Coffee Chocolate Porter
Chris Banker/Stone/Insurgente – Xocoveza Mocha Stout
Deschutes Brewery – Mirror Mirror 2014
Smog City Brewing Co. – Coffee Porter
Stone/Beachwood/Heretic – Unapologetic IPA
December 9, 2014 @ 2:06 pm
PipeWorks – Nelson Sauvin, Sure Bet
December 9, 2014 @ 1:26 pm
Stillwater/Westbrook Gose Gone Wild
December 9, 2014 @ 9:50 am
Beachwood BBQ & Brewing – Pride of cHops
December 9, 2014 @ 8:46 am
Smog City Brewing Coffee Porter
December 9, 2014 @ 7:56 am
RJ Rockers- Bobby and the School Haus Rockers
December 9, 2014 @ 7:54 am
Berghoff Oak-Aged Stock Ale
December 9, 2014 @ 7:28 am
Parish Brewing – Ghost in the Machine
Parish Brewing – Imperial Reserve
Great Raft Brewing – Grace and Grit
Great Raft Brewing – All My Tomorrows
Great Raft Brewing – At Arm’s Length
December 9, 2014 @ 7:24 am
Lucky Town Brewing from Jackson, MS: Pub Ale & The Flare Incident
http://www.luckytownbrewing.com/Lucky_Town_Brewing_Company/Our_Beer.html
December 9, 2014 @ 6:11 am
Maine Beer Company – Dinner
Trillium – Vicinity
Trillium – Congress St
Trillium – Fort Point Pale Ale Dry Hopped with Galaxy
December 8, 2014 @ 10:13 pm
Avery Tweak
December 8, 2014 @ 10:10 pm
Beachwood Brewing Mocha Machine!
I think this year was the first time they bottled it, I could be wrong though!
December 8, 2014 @ 5:30 pm
Feral One-Firestone Walker
Fen Tao-Jester King
Mocha Wednesday-The Bruery
Double Barrel Huna-Cigar City
December 8, 2014 @ 4:16 pm
Beachwood BBQ Mocha Machine Porter
Alesmith – BA Vietnamese Speedway Stout
December 8, 2014 @ 4:16 pm
Founders All Day IPA Cans
December 8, 2014 @ 4:15 pm
Xocoveza Mocha Stout–Chris Banker/Stone/Insurgente
December 8, 2014 @ 3:00 pm
Melange 9
December 8, 2014 @ 2:57 pm
Golden Road Brewery: Get Up Offa That Brown, Brown Ale
December 8, 2014 @ 2:48 pm
Coachella Valley Brewing Company’s Whopper Imperial Milk Stout aged in bourbon barrels.
December 8, 2014 @ 2:38 pm
Hangar 24 Pugachev’s Cobra 25 Year Bourbon Barrel
December 8, 2014 @ 2:19 pm
Stone Stochasticity Project Master of Diguise
December 8, 2014 @ 2:13 pm
Any of the 18th Street Hunter variants!
December 8, 2014 @ 2:10 pm
Night Shift – Morph IPA
Trillium – Sinister Kid
Otter Creek – Overgrown
Bissell Brothers – Bucolia
December 8, 2014 @ 1:58 pm
Chris Banker/Stone/Insurgente Xocovez Stout – this beer was amazing
December 8, 2014 @ 1:57 pm
DC Brau Stone of Arbroath
Port City Long Black Veil
December 8, 2014 @ 1:56 pm
Jester King 分桃 (Fēn Táo)
December 8, 2014 @ 1:52 pm
Adelbert’s Brewery Contemplating Waterloo or The Traveler
Oddwood Ales Saison
December 8, 2014 @ 1:40 pm
Karl Strauss Mosaic
December 8, 2014 @ 1:39 pm
Faction Anomoly
December 8, 2014 @ 1:24 pm
Ensorcelled – The Rare Barrel
December 8, 2014 @ 1:20 pm
Mother earth brewing company zingaro
December 8, 2014 @ 1:10 pm
R&D Wild Peach – New Glarus Brewing Company