2020 was one hell of a year filled with an abundance of beers at home. I don’t know about you, but I am hoping for more beers on tap and less crowlers in 2021!
In no particular order, here are the best beers I had in 2020:
I Learned It By Watching You collaboration brew from Burial Beer Co. in Asheville, North Carolina and Other Half Brewing in New York City. Double IPA with Citra, Riwaka, Motueka, and Citra Cryo hops.
Blueberry Cobbler from WeldWerks Brewing in Greeley, Colorado. Berliner Sour Wheat Ale with vanilla, milk sugar, graham cracker, and blueberry purée.
Sleeping On The Blacktop collaboration brew from Resident Culture Brewing in Charlotte, North Carolina and Other Half Brewing in New York City. Triple IPA with Citra, Simcoe and HBC 692 hops.
LAX 2 JFK in the Clouds collaboration brew from Other Half Brewing in New York City and Monkish Brewing in Torrance, California. Triple Imperial Oat Cream IPA with Simcoe, Motueka and Citra hops along with oats and milk sugar.
Balloonhead from Newgrass Brewing in Shelby, North Carolina. Berliner Weisse brewed with black currant, boysenberry, and raspberry.
Flora Pear from Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro Bend, Vermont. Farmhouse Ale that is the wine barrel-aged version of Florence, a Farmstead Wheat Ale, aged atop organic pears.
Portal Beyond Nonexistence from Burial Beer Co. in Asheville, North Carolina. Imperial Stout aged on French Broad Chocolate cocoa nibs, Tahitian vanilla beans, Vietnamese cinnamon, and Maplewood Smoked Sea Salt.
Alpha Abstraction Vol. 11 from Wild Leap Brewing in LaGrange, Georgia. Double Dry Hopped Double IPA with Experimental Hop HBC 472.
Twice The Daily Serving from Trillium Brewing in Boston, Massachusetts. Berliner Weisse with blackberry and pomegranate.
Perception is Spoonfed collaboration brew from Divine Barrel Brewing in Charlotte, North Carolina and Vitamin Sea Brewing in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dessert-style Berliner Weisse with key lime, coconut, lactose, vanilla, marshmallow, and graham cracker.
Double Dry Hopped Ghost in the Machine from Parish Brewing in Broussard, Louisiana. Double IPA with Citra hops.
Poppin’ Pastels from Transient Artisan Ales in Bridgman, Michigan. Fruited Sour Ale with blackberry, raspberry, lemon, vanilla, and lactose.
Scoring Discrepancies collaboration brew from Listermann Brewing in Cincinnati, Ohio and Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim, California. Imperial Pastry Stout with raspberries, peanut butter, and marshmallows.
Eclectic Potion Triple IPA from Cerebral Brewing in Denver, Colorado. TIPA with Citra, Idaho 7, and Nelson hops with added Gewürztraminer grape juice.
Quadrupole Mother of Berries Joose from The Answer in Richmond, Virginia. Fruited Sour with Boysenberries, Loganberries, Blackberries, and Raspberries.
Insert Hip Hop Reference There collaboration brew from Trillium Brewing in Boston, Massachusetts and Monkish Brewing in Torrance, California. Triple IPA with Citra hops.
