I really also dug Belt Line’s 20 From Pilsner for a crushable beer. Locally, I loved Pressure Drop’s Neptune Dreams and Thin Man’s Minkey Boodle is one of my fav. Collective Arts Spatial Relations Imperial Gose, their collab with Verdant Brewing in the UK, was another top for me along with Sloop’s Bomb Series.
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I basically have loved everything they have done but I’m a sucker for Oat Creams and their Eternal Daydream Imperial Oat Cream IPA was my fav, along with the Chroma Series they have been putting out. Lots of new friends and new beers and I personally can’t wait to see what 2020 holds both locally and nationally. That said I’m also a fan of the Buffalo-style IPA emerging with its juicy haze combined with at least some bitterness, and West Shore Brewing’s Green Flyer in cans was also great. Lastly, I have to say the beer I drank the most of was certainly Big Ditch’s F/C…by far my favorite and I’d say most flavorful session IPA around. Cheers to 2020!”Įrik Roesser & Blake Jacoby, Operations & Brewing, Steelbound Brewery: “Rounding out my first 8 months in the craft beer industry, it was an eye opening and exciting time. I also thought Old First Ward Brewing’s Hefeweizen was just outstanding. Pressure Drop’s Struggle Bus was a crisp and clean hoppy Double IPA that was the right beer at the right time for me as even in the midst of the haze craze, I still love and long for and enjoy those West Coast IPA’s. Joseph Marshall, Owner, Lilly Belle Meads: “Most of the beer I get to drink these days is from local breweries either through stopping by to say hi or at brew festivals, and that’s fine by me! My favorite beers this year included Sato Brewpub’s Shudo-In, a Belgian Dubbel with persimmon juice added. Malty and sweet while still being balanced and crisp…so delicious. It was very smooth and its rich malt profile of chocolate, dark fruit, burnt sugar and coffee blended so well with the bourbon character. I wish we had this year round! Big Ditch’s 2018 Bourbon Barrel Aged Towpath was quite the treat on Christmas. It resulted in a more balanced beer with a very bright hop character. We brewed it more towards the New England-style of IPA’s and changed the hop profile slightly. I would love to get my hands on more of this! This year’s version of Dudette (our Triple IPA) we brewed at New York Beer Project was just phenomenal.
The acidity balanced the malt and hops beautifully. Light malt and fruity with a moderate Brett funk. Its flavor was quite complex, yet I found all the aspects of the beer to be balanced. I enjoyed this at the Shelton Brothers Festival and was blown away. Jason Crossett, Head Brewer, New York Beer Project: “One of my favorite beers from this past year is from Kent Falls and their Everything is Everywhere blended American Wild Ale. So, settle in, pour yourself a fitting libation and prepare to find out your favorite brewers’ favorite beer of 2019. This year I polled personnel from New York Beer Project, Lilly Belle Meads, Resurgence, Big Ditch, Steelbound, Eli Fish, Five & 20, Thin Man, Hamburg, Pearl Street, Woodcock, Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association, 12 Gates, Hofbrauhaus Buffalo, SATO, Ellicottville Brewing, Pressure Drop, Flying Bison, Buffalo Beer Goddesses and Brickyard Brewing. It seems that this piece gets longer each year I write it, which is great honestly, because the more people that want to take part, the better. Find out what beer inspired them to brew your favorite beers as well as the beer that filled their glasses most often from this past year. It’s the one time of the year when I turn things over to the very people who brew the beer I drink, obsess over and write about – the brewers themselves, as well as the brewery owners and their teams – in order to find out the best beers they drank over the course of the past year. This is an article I look forward to writing every year.
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