This will be sweet and simple (and sometimes hoppy and complex). A list of the ten best beers I tried for the first time in 2015. See my full list of beer reviews for more.
8.2 – Ballast Point Wahoo White
8.1 – Jacks Abby Sunny Ridge
8.1 – Von Trapp Golden Helles
8.1 – Lagunitas Brown Shugga’ Ale
8.0 – Allagash Saison Ale
7.6 – Ithaca Dark Vine
7.6 – Cambridge Breweing Bo-Steam-Ian Lager
7.6 – B. Nektar Black Fang
7.5 – Samuel Adams Boston 375 Colonial Ale
7.5 – Harpoon EHOP Collaboration
7.5 – Post Road Pumpkin Ale
Some other beer highlights of 2015
- I toured the Samuel Adams brewery for the first time!
- I took up homebrewing, but not in my home. My friend Mike got a Mr. Beer kit and we and other fathers have been experimenting with different varieties at what is now called the Daddy Brew Club.
- I visited the most excellent Whetstone Station brew pub in Brattleboro, Vermont.