Best Beers of 2015!

My list of best beers poured into my mouth during 2015:

1. Side Project Pulling Nails Blend 2 – My favorite series from my favorite brewery

2. De Garde The Broken Truck – My breakout brewery of 2015, beyond the Bu’s

3. De Garde Nectarine Premier – Juice in a glass

4. De Garde The Anniversary – The end of the De Garde run, almost as good as Broken Truck

5. Side Project Le Saisonnier – So much wine barrel greatness from Side Project

6. 18^th Street Bitch's Bank – Some of my favorite stouts come from this brewery

7. Casey Oak Theory – Oaky and Gueuze-like

8. 4 Hands Madagascar – This beer is deserving of the hype and easier to obtain.  A GTMW Standout

9. Olde Hickory Omega Point – Blurring the lines between barleywine and old ale equals perfection

10. Side Project Frambois du Fermier – By far my favorite of this series

11. Westbrook AB Siberian Black Panther – Apple brandy barrel complemented this beer perfectly

12. Drie Fonteinen Armand’4 Oude Gueuze Herfst – This was my favorite of the 4 seasons

13. Drie Fonteinen Armand’4 Oude Gueuze Winter – The most unique of the bunch

14. Toppling Goliath Hopsmack! – My first hoppy beer on the list and took out some big competition for the best beer in the DIPA category at Great Taste of Cottage Grove

15. BottleLogic Fundamental Observation – Vanilla heaven

16. Hill Farmstead Le Sarassin – I am overly critical of this brewery.  Went head to head with Stenciled Pages and beat it out

17. SARA Stenciled Pages – Nuanced and beautiful, everything I am looking for in a saison

18. Tired Hands Parageusia 1 – Oaky, white wine, gueuze like.  The best of the series

19. New Glarus R&D Vintage – Got in line over and over again at GTMW to drink this beer.  One of the best American Gueuzes

20. Tired Hands Parageusia 3 – Super funky, one of the most odd sours I have ever had, loved every second of it

21. Westbrook Barrel Aged Mexican Cake – I had the bourbon and double barrel versions both this year.  The barrel adds much needed body

22. Perennial/Side Project ProCATStination – Two of my favorite breweries combined to make a perfectly balanced Saison

23. Drie Fonteinen Framboos – Hype may have hurt this one a bit, jammy goodness

24. Forest & Main Hapi – I love everything from this brewery and this dry hopped, barrel aged saison is a culmination of their greatness

25. Allagash Farm to Face – Peach heaven in a bottle