Please Nominate The Best Craft Beers of 2018
Since 2009, we have asked the loyal readers of The Full Pint to nominate and vote for the best craft beer of the calendar year in our year end poll. A lot has changed since 2009 in the world of craft beer. Specifically, how one learns about beers and subsequently obtains and enjoys beers. Previously, the biggest criteria we set for the poll was that the beer must be distributed and reasonably available. With the explosion and shift towards hyper local support of tasting rooms, onsite can sales coupled with a much larger beer trading base, small batches of beer have a much bigger presence than ever before. Keep in mind, there is an even larger base of craft beer drinkers that still buy their beer at big box stores, super markets, online retailers, liquor stores, bars and the like.
Enough rambling, we would like you to nominate the best DISTRIBUTED craft beer of 2018 and the best BREWERY ONLY craft beer of 2018. Please leave your choice or choices in the comment section below. Here is some guidelines to submitting your choice. The poll will begin December 12th and run until
Guidelines
- The distributed beer nomination must be new to the calendar year. Sure, the beer could have launched December 2017, it takes a little bit to fully launch. ie: Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA. Check Untappd to get an idea of a beer’s life cycle.
- For either distributed or brewery only, the nomination must be defined as craft beer by the Brewers Association [link here].
- We have added our own nominees as well, based on observed impact the beers have made this year.
December 6, 2018 @ 1:44 pm
Prince of Dankness, Wild Barrel Brewing.
December 5, 2018 @ 10:16 am
Distributed – Offshoot Relax It’s Just a Hazy IPA
Brewery – Bottle Logic / Modern Times collab. Absolute Unit
December 5, 2018 @ 8:38 am
New Belgium Oakspire
December 4, 2018 @ 5:15 pm
DDH IPA Series Tupps Brewing
December 4, 2018 @ 6:44 am
Brewers Day Off Gose by D9 Brewing Company Cornelius NC
December 3, 2018 @ 9:32 pm
Beachwood Blendery – Funk Yeah!
December 3, 2018 @ 2:34 pm
New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Liquid Paradise IPA
December 3, 2018 @ 8:04 am
Central Coast Brewing – Juice Almighty — Fair State Brewing Collective Mirror Universe –Alvarado Brewing Contains No Juice
December 2, 2018 @ 10:43 am
Ft myers florida brewing mindbender, high 5, bubbling crude……..cant beat any of those!!!
December 1, 2018 @ 8:29 am
New Belgium Hemperor IPA
November 30, 2018 @ 9:56 pm
The Hand and Malt Brewing Co.
Mawang Imperial Stout
November 30, 2018 @ 9:33 pm
Anything Hop Valley Springfield Oregon. My wife knows I have a citrus mistress.
December 3, 2018 @ 8:08 am
Unfortunately that’s a MillerCoors beer.
November 30, 2018 @ 8:16 pm
#1 Stone Brewing ///Fear.Movie.Lions
Unfiltered Double IPA
Stone Notorious P.O.G tropical Berliner Weisse
Stone White Geist True Authentic Berliner Weisse
Stone Ruination 2.0 San Filtre
November 30, 2018 @ 5:49 pm
River Styx Brewing (Fitchburg, MA) – Typhon Father of all Monsters
November 30, 2018 @ 4:56 pm
Dank Shake – Alvarado Street Brewery / Great Notion
November 30, 2018 @ 4:39 pm
Brewery Only: Modern Times Modem Tones
November 30, 2018 @ 4:32 pm
Three Floyds, Zombie Dust.
December 3, 2018 @ 8:09 am
That is not a new beer, but none the less a good one.
November 30, 2018 @ 4:16 pm
Distributed:
Fundamental Observation – Bottle Logic
Celebration Ale – Sierra Nevada
Saison Dupont – Brasserie Dupont
Eater of Worlds – Electric
Brewery Only:
Julius – Tree House
Adiós Ghost (Batch 2) – Monkish
Water Balloon Fight Club – Monkish
Baies & Arbres – de Garde (collab w/ Side Project)
The Rougess – de Garde
Pliny the Younger – Russian River
Cactus Elbow – Highland Park
Free Fall – Hudson Valley
Monster Tones – Modern Times
Mockeries – Monkish
Milkshake IPA (Triple Extra Vanilla) – Tired Hands
Spaced Out – Alvarado Street (collab w/ Moonraker)
Relax Your Mind – Monkish
DDH Mylar Bags – Other Half
Oodelalie – Yeast of Eden
Triple Sunshine – Lawson’s Finest Liquids
December 3, 2018 @ 8:10 am
Could you pick something new to 2018. Thanks.
November 30, 2018 @ 2:36 pm
Distributed – Nelson, Baby! – Alvarado Street Brewery
November 30, 2018 @ 2:27 pm
Electric Brewing Co. Ohno Kenzo
November 30, 2018 @ 12:51 pm
Fresh Haze-Deschutes
November 30, 2018 @ 9:26 am
Distributed – Hop Butcher: Reply Hazy, Try Again
Brew Only – Corridor: Color of Life