For the past three years, I've been citing just one "best" of the year--the Satori Award. It honors the best beer released that year that is designed to be a regular beer for the brewery (seasonals allowed). It must have been released in Beervana or at least Greater Beervana (I would poach an exceptional Washington beer, possibly). Last year I did a kind of people's choice satori award, too, which was fun. (My pick was Cascade Apricot, yours was The Dissident.)
Anyway, I was looking through the archive to see if I could get a list of eligible beers. Below is a list of releases this year--not all of which qualify. Some were single releases, and I did a poor job of documenting single-release beers for brewpubs. Have a look and see if you can remember what I missed. These are all the releases I could recall; the bolded beers are Satori-eligible.
Hair of the Dog Michael
MacTarnahan's
Humbug'r/Goose Bump/Lipstinger/Grifter
Double Mountain Vaporizer
Full Sail
Saison a Pleine Voile/LTD 03/Chris's Summer D-Lite Berlinner Weisse/Session Black/Keelhauler
Ninkasi
Radiant/Spring Reign
Standing Stone
Double IPA/saison (Probably not new last year, but new to me)
Hopworks Secession
Cascade Gose*
Widmer
Double Alt/Cherry doppel/Drifter/W 09
Upright
Four/Five/Six/Seven (plus many one-offs)
Bend Rocksy Stone
Three Creeks Stonefly Rye (2008, but some allowances may be made for breweries outside my usual catchment area)
BridgePort Fallen Friar/Highland Ambush
Roots Flanders Red
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*Recurring, I think
Deschutes - Red Chair
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Kevin
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Oh, and both Fire Mountian brews.
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Steam Fired Stout
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Kevin
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Fresh Hop Mirror Pond
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2009 Cherry Adam from the Wood
Cascade Mouton Rouge
Those were probably my favorite locals of the year, but a year is a long time, so I'm probably missing some other great ones.
I nominate Fresh-hopped Mirror Pond. Right now it's my favorite beer of all time.
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Cascade Vlad and Sang Royale
Heater Allen Doggie Claws
Upright 4
ReplyDeleteDoes the fresh hopped Mirror Pond count? Was it ever bottled?
Kevin, was Red Chair released this year or last? Thought it was last. Okay, Fresh Hop Mirror Pond is in the list--especially when I do the People's Choice poll.
ReplyDeleteI think Vlad and Sang Royal are regular beers--were they released in '09? I thought at least Vlad had been around a couple years.
The beer doesn't have to have been bottled--it just needs to be a regular beer. I assume fresh hop Mirror Pond is going to make a regular appearance.
Killer Green
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ReplyDeleteI think Red Chair debuted this May, but I could be wrong about that.
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Kevin
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Killer green was first made in 2007
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