Does such a thing exist? If speaking of the North American market, is it the low carb stuff which I doubt I will ever try or is that the boondoggle of the year? Personally, I will have to review my notes in the review archives but suspect it will be American and it will be hop-heavy. Maybe it was a particular pint in a particular pub? I will have to do some thinking about this...
What was yours?
Alan is apparently a Gen X-er who has hit 40...err...44...err...45... and edits and writes about other stuff at his personal website Gen X at 40. Please email Alan or any of the authors at this blog's gmail account - please write if you want to join the ranks of authors of this site or just want to send in a story on your favorite beer or photo of your regular pub.
Compare cheap life assurance. Free personal injury claims advice.
Comments
Joe Reed - December 30, 2004 2:33 pm
The one excellent new (to me) beer I tried was Troeg's Oatmeal Stout. I'm not sure if it was the first year it was brewed or not.
Alan - December 30, 2004 3:50 pm
Sadly that was not in the excellent Troeg's mixed 24 I got to have this summer but the rest of their stuff was excellent...except maybe the Brown Ale but I do not get the hoppier US brown ales as a style.
David Akin - January 1, 2005 2:56 pm
I wish I'd been able to drink enough new beers to be able to intelligently discuss "Beers of the Year" but I haven't. (Perhaps that's my New Year's Resolution: Find more beer!) I can, though, offer up two beers I'm glad to have discovered this year: Kitsalano Maple Cream Ale brewed at Granville Island Brewery in Vancouver and St. Ambroise Black, brewed in Montreal by McAuslan.
If you're interested, I posted a note at my blog about these and my other favourite beers.
Alan - January 1, 2005 3:27 pm
I am interested and if you would like to report from the Left Coast for us that would be great. We can get the Oatmeal Stout from McAuslan but the BC local micros are being withheld from us by the <strike>KGBO</strike> LCBO.
Joe Reed - January 1, 2005 4:20 pm
I believe the Oatmeal Stout is a late fall/early winter seasonal.
Alan - January 1, 2005 4:48 pm
The McAuslan Oatmeal stout is year round up here. We should figure out how to do a Troeg and McAuslan side-by-side.
lambic - January 1, 2005 5:44 pm
I drink the St Ambroise oatmeal stout at Hurley's in Montreal, makes a nice change from guinness. Sweeter and slightly thicker, almost dessert-like ;)
LM Moore - March 7, 2005 7:08 pm
Anybody got plus-minus experience with the x-treme beers listed on
www.samueladams.com
??
ALan - March 7, 2005 7:32 pm
I can't help you as I somehow messed up the insane Sam Adams age verification process on their webpage and now my computer is blocked from using their site. Remind me to never drink a Sam Adams again.
Cristopher - January 20, 2006 2:54 pm
I can offer up to four beers I'm glad to have discovered this year.
aizik - May 14, 2007 6:54 am
Alan
I have the same issue with the website. That age verification thing is messed up. Perhaps someone knows a way to fix it, or reset the site. After all I made a simple typo on the year and now .. I cant get in.