Nominate The Best Craft Beer of 2013 for Year End Poll
We are getting ready for our flagship poll, The Best Craft Beer of 2013. We want your help nominating the very best of 2013.
Criteria: Must have made it’s “outside the tap room” debut and or bottle debut in 2013. For example, Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin has been a tap room one off for years, but was finally bottled, labeled and distributed in 2013.
Please save your comments for the comments section here, not Facebook. It will help us gather and organize better.
Tips: Just because you tried Heady Topper this year, doesn’t mean it’s new. A vintage of a beer does not count. A rename of an existing beer does not count. Feel free to correct us or other participants of this thread. We will go live with the Best Craft Beer of 2013 Poll January 6, 2014.
Please put your nomination, agreement or disagreement in the comment section below.
Aleman/Two Brothers/Stone Dayman IPA
AleSmith Barrel Aged Kopi Luwak Speedway Stout
Allagash FV13
Alpine Magnificent Seven
Beachwood Brewing Udder Love
Bootlegger’s Farout IPA
Cigar City 110k + OT Batch 6.
Deschutes Black Butte XV
Drakes Reunion Barleywine
Dogfish Head Sixty-One
Eagle Rock Threes
El Segundo Double Tank IPA
Founders Mango Magnifico
Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin
Golden Road Heal The Bay IPA
Green Flash Green Bullet
Hangar 24 Barrel Roll No. 06: Slow Roll – 5th Anniversary Belgian-Style Golden
Hill Farmstead ??
Jester King Atrial Rubicite
Listermann Nutcase Peanut Butter Porter
New Belgium Lips of Faith Imperial Coffee Chocolate Stout
New Glarus Strawberry Rhubarb
Noble AleWorks Naughty Sauce
Perennial Barrel Aged Abaraxas
Pipeworks/Tired Hands MariLime Law Ninja
Prairie Artisan Ales Pirate Bomb!
Port Brewing Board Meeting Brown Ale
River North Bourbon Barrel Aged Quad
Saint Arnold ??
Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA
The Bruery Batch #1000: Bryeian
The Dudes Double Trunk Double IPA
Toppling Goliath Kentucky Brunch
Tired Hands HandFarm
Upslope Craft Lager
Widmer Alchemy Ale
January 31, 2014 @ 3:48 pm
Serenac is the best craft beer i have ever had!!!
January 7, 2014 @ 1:36 pm
RIVER NORTH BOURBAN BARREL QUAD.
A must try!!!!!
January 3, 2014 @ 7:18 pm
Electric Tower IPA from Santa Clara Valley Brewing. Fantastic beer.
December 31, 2013 @ 8:22 am
Golden Road: Better a Weather IPA
December 30, 2013 @ 4:59 pm
Lakewood brewing Goatman
December 30, 2013 @ 4:50 pm
Lakewood Brewing’s Brabo’s Cut.
December 30, 2013 @ 10:57 am
I agree with a few of the others, it would be criminal not to have Pivo Pils on there. Almost a perfect beer…even if it isn’t Double Barrel Aged with 8 lbs of hops per oz and fermented with 8 different kinds of belgian yeast by monks wearing nothing but Miley Cyrus Robes.
December 30, 2013 @ 10:53 am
Bale Breaker Field 41 Pale
December 30, 2013 @ 7:33 am
Avery XX
December 26, 2013 @ 12:31 pm
Toppling Goliath – Sosus
December 25, 2013 @ 9:05 am
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales – Cask 200 (I would nominate West Ashley but it came out last year!)
December 20, 2013 @ 3:32 pm
Alesmith BA Kopi Speedway
December 19, 2013 @ 10:52 am
Almanac Heirloom pumpkin barleywine. R
December 18, 2013 @ 10:53 pm
Kane Barrel Aged Morning Bell
December 17, 2013 @ 2:18 pm
Look no further than Electric Tower IPA from Santa Clara Valley Brewing. Good clean, hoppy fun.
December 17, 2013 @ 11:39 am
Definitely Electric Tower IPA. Added this treat to my regular arsenal!
December 17, 2013 @ 10:32 am
Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA
December 17, 2013 @ 8:58 am
Santa Clara Valley Brewing: Electric Tower IPA – the cleanest, best tasting beer in years!
December 17, 2013 @ 7:41 am
Santa Clara Valley Brewing, Electric Tower IPA
December 17, 2013 @ 7:16 am
I would like to nominate Santa Clara Brewing..Electric IPA
December 17, 2013 @ 5:07 am
Electric Tower IPA
December 16, 2013 @ 11:21 pm
Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA
December 16, 2013 @ 10:53 pm
Santa Clara Valley Brewing – Electric Tower IPA
December 16, 2013 @ 5:28 pm
Heal the Bay by Golden Road. Delightful.
December 16, 2013 @ 9:39 am
Golden Road Heal the Bay
December 16, 2013 @ 9:23 am
Bootlegger’s Far Out IPA!
December 16, 2013 @ 8:58 am
I nominate Golden Road Heal the Bay!
December 13, 2013 @ 5:50 am
Jester King Atrial Rubicite. Jester King, while not as widely distributed as some of the others on the list, they craft some of the best beers around. Pretty much all of their beer is delicious.
December 12, 2013 @ 7:32 pm
Golden Road – Better Weather IPA
New for this year with a later October release, I think this is the best beer released this year. I’m so happy this beer came from LA.
December 12, 2013 @ 6:21 pm
Hoparazzi Mission Impechable. A legend is born. A new era of beer is here. Or if you want to quibble over whether or not it was technically “available” in 2013 (it was, a couple of times if you knew where to be), it’s an early front-runner for Best of 2014.
December 12, 2013 @ 7:13 pm
As the ambassador for Mission Impechable, choose wisely. I’m hoping that marvelous shit will be bottled.
December 12, 2013 @ 6:20 pm
I know it’s novelty, but not a sauce is the clear and present winner. It’s an incredible brew that breaks the mold of what a beer can be.
December 6, 2013 @ 1:49 pm
Valiant Brewing’s Jericho Imperial IPA – had this in bottles finally and it’s top shelf! Great body, rolling hop bitterness throughout and just plain gorgeous!!
December 6, 2013 @ 12:50 pm
Jericho Imperial IPA from Valiant Brewing!
this is one of the best IIPA’s I have ever had and they just started bottling too!
December 6, 2013 @ 12:23 pm
Jericho Imperial IPA, Valiant Brewing Co! Amazing!
December 6, 2013 @ 12:22 pm
Jericho Imperial IPA! At Valiant Brewing Co. Just released this year in November.
December 6, 2013 @ 11:02 am
Noble Ale Work’s Tongue Tickles and Valiant Brewing’s Jericho
December 3, 2013 @ 7:57 am
Oops, I have to remove my previous nomination since it is draft only.
Then I say Lakewood Brewing’s Brabo’s Cut!! It has wonderful brown sugar notes on the nose and beautiful honey drops on the palate. It is best when served at room temperature and with a few months of age in the bottle. This is by far my favorite Belgian Dark Strong of 2013.
December 3, 2013 @ 7:49 am
Brabos cut lakewood brewing company.
December 3, 2013 @ 7:45 am
Till and toil by lakewood brewing company. Om nom nom!
December 3, 2013 @ 7:39 am
Lakewood Brewing Till & Toil!!! This is my favorite Saison of 2013!! It is so refreshing and crisp!!
December 3, 2013 @ 12:32 am
I don’t think Velvet Merlin should be included since it was available in 6packs last December.
I would like to nominate Inland Empire Rivertucky
December 2, 2013 @ 8:48 pm
Flora Satsuma. If more people had tried it, it would win bar none.
December 2, 2013 @ 6:19 pm
Cigar City 110k + OT Batch 6
Had it at the Rare Beer Fest during GABF week and it was the most memorable of the event.
December 2, 2013 @ 6:07 pm
Smuttynose Durty. It was in their short batch series this year but will be more widely available next year. Here in NH we loved this hoppy brown ale immensely both on draft and in bottles. Possibly the best thing they have ever brewed.
December 2, 2013 @ 5:48 pm
Three Floyds / Half Acre- Anicca. American IPA
December 2, 2013 @ 5:28 pm
Monkish Feminist
November 30, 2013 @ 1:09 am
Firestone Walker Pivo Hoppy Pilsner
November 30, 2013 @ 1:08 am
Firestone Walker Pivo Hoppy Pils
November 29, 2013 @ 11:56 am
Williamsburg Alewerks Cafe Royale
November 29, 2013 @ 10:49 am
Goatman India Black Lager by Lakewood Brewing Co. – Danky & delicious!
November 29, 2013 @ 9:14 am
3 Floyd’s War Mullet
November 28, 2013 @ 6:01 pm
Saranac Legacy IPA
November 28, 2013 @ 7:28 am
Stone Dayman changed the way you look at a coffee beer. It’s fantastic, well crafted, and if you tasted it blind…you would never guess the beer. Genius.
November 28, 2013 @ 5:58 am
RJ Rockers Day Drinker IPA
Released this summer as a limited release. Great session ipa. Low abv with great citrus and hop taste. A real easy drinker
November 27, 2013 @ 9:26 pm
Weyerbacher Insanity (barrel aged barleywine).
November 27, 2013 @ 9:13 pm
Victory Dirt Wolf 2x IPA…
November 27, 2013 @ 6:05 pm
First off, it’s hilarious that there’s so many puerile who either can’t read or can’t follow simple directions.
Secondly, The Bruery Batch 1000? People actually like that beer?
I’d like to nominate Crooked Stave Raspberry Dark Origins.
November 27, 2013 @ 4:14 pm
Port Brewing – Board Meeting!
November 27, 2013 @ 3:33 pm
Firestone 17th Anniversary
November 27, 2013 @ 3:24 pm
Stillwater Classique — hands down the best new beer of 2013!
November 27, 2013 @ 2:30 pm
Port City Two
November 27, 2013 @ 2:06 pm
Dragonhosen Imperial Oktoberfest, released September 2013
November 27, 2013 @ 2:05 pm
Shake Chocolate Porter, released in October 2013. Taking the market by storm!
November 27, 2013 @ 1:48 pm
Perhaps the title of the competition should be “Best New Craft Beer of 2013” or “Best Craft Beer Introduced in 2013” to avoid confusion. And I would like to nominate Stone Southern Charred.
November 27, 2013 @ 1:35 pm
New Glarus Strawberry Rhubarb
November 27, 2013 @ 12:34 pm
Anything from Sante Adairius! Not sure if it counts, but Cigar City Dry Hopped on the High Seas was also great.
November 27, 2013 @ 12:24 pm
FIrestone Walker Pivo Pils!
November 27, 2013 @ 12:22 pm
Firestone Walker Pivo Pils. Just an incredibly delicious beer:)
side note- I work for FW, so i kind of being a homer on this one, but it is just too good not to include!
November 27, 2013 @ 11:54 am
I would nominate El Segundo’s Two 5 Left Double IPA, a wonderful juicy piece of Hop Head heaven!
November 27, 2013 @ 11:29 am
HF Damon is awesome… best thing I had all year.
November 27, 2013 @ 10:52 am
Bruery – Rye Barrel aged Bois
November 27, 2013 @ 10:48 am
I nominate Caldera (Ashland Or) – Mogli (Porter) – http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1075/60990
VERY good beer. My wife’s new favorite, and VERY high up on my list.
November 27, 2013 @ 10:34 am
I would like to nominate Societe Brewing Company – The Bachelor: Citra
Thanks.
Mike
November 27, 2013 @ 10:31 am
Trinity Red Swingline
This sour IPA (they call it “IPA primatif”) is the best beer I’ve had this year. A real game changer.