Brewpublic's Best of 2012
So, before we go to lengths to over-think this one, we are offering a number of “Best ofs” for 2012. Agree or disagree, we feel strongly that these beers are indisputably delicious and worthy of world class esteem. This is a fleeting list, so expect it to change on a monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, or even minutely basis. Cheers!
10 Best West Coast Wild Beers
Cascade Blueberry
Logsdon Peche N’ Brett
The Commons Plum Brett
Lost Abbey Red Poppy
Upright Blend Love
Block 15 Provisions
Ale Apothecary La Tache
Russian River Supplication
Russian River Toronado 25th Anniversary
The Commons Flemish Kiss
Top 10 IPAs
Boneyard RPM IPA
Port Brewing Wipeout IPA
Breakside IPA
GoodLife Descender IPA
Laurelwood Workhorse IPA
Hill Farmstead Society and Solitude #5
Bear Republic Racer 5000
Pelican Silverspot IPA
Ballast Point Sculpin
Georgetown Brewing Lucille
Top 10 Imperial IPAs
Boneyard Hop Venom
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Hopworks Ace of Spades
Iron Springs Casey Jones
Port Brewing Mongo
Knee Deep Hoptologist
Firestone Walker Double Jack
10 Barrel DUB
Berryessa Double Tap IPA with Brett and Pineapple
Stone Enjoy By 12.21.12
Top 10 Triple IPAs
Boneyard Notorious
Russian River Pliny the Younger
Knee Deep Hop Shortage
Moylan’s Hopsickle
Knee Deep Simtra
New Belgium/Alpine Super IPA
Port Brewing Hop 15
Fort George Omega Tex
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
Stone Ruination 10th Anniversary
Top 10 Stouts
Highwater Campfire Stout
Marin San Quentin Breakout Stout
Silver Moon Darkside Stout
Alesmith Speedway Stout
10 Barrel American Stout
Columbia River Stumbler’s Stout
Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin
Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout
Pike XXXXX Stout
GoodLife Pass Stout
Oakshire Overcast Espresso Stout
Top 10 Barrel-Aged/Fermented Beers
Ovila Wine Barrel-Aged Dubbel
Oakshire Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
Ovila Brandy Barrel-Aged Quad
The Commons Brotherly Love
Upright Lactovasilios
Drake’s Bourbon Barrel-Aged Jolly Roger Barleywine
Cascade Vlad the Imp Aler
Boneyard Bourbon Barrel-Aged Suge Knite
Upright Fantasia Barrel-Aged Five
Cascade Barrel-Aged Crude Diesel
Top 10 Oregon Breweries
The Commons
Breakside
10 Barrel
Barley Brown’s
Silver Moon
Boneyard
Cascade
Oakshire
Upright
Laurelwood
Top 10 Oregon Brewpubs
Block 15
Laurelwood
Barley Brown’s
Hopworks Urban Brewery
Columbia River Brewing
Double Mountain
Pelican
Burnside
GoodLife
Coalition
Top 10 Oregon Craft Beer Bars
Bailey’s Taproom
The Bier Stein
The BeerMongers
Saraveza
Roscoe’s
The Horse Brass
Apex
The Hop & Vine
Belmont Station
Plew’s Brews
Top 10 Oregon Bottle Shops
The BeerMongers
Belmont Station
The Bier Stein
The Hop & Vine
Bottles
Bridgetown Beerhouse
Volcanic
Hoppy Brewer
Broken Top Bottle Shop
Corvallis Brewing Supply
Top 10 Washington Breweries
Elysian
Chuckanut
Silver City
Naked City
Black Raven
Fremont Brewing
Walking Man
Foggy Noggin
Boundary Bay
Laht Neppur
Top 10 California Breweries
Russian River
Firestone Walker
Stone
Sierra Nevada
Pizza Port
Lost Abbey
Ale Smith
Green Flash
Marin
Iron Springs
Top 10 Oregon Craft Beer Towns
Portland
Bend
Eugene
Hood River
Corvallis
Astoria
Ashland
Pacific City
Salem
Joseph
Top 10 West Coast German-style Sour
Commons Killer Weiss
10 Barrel German Sparkle Party
Commons Berliner Weiss
Money Paw Monkey Gose Bananas
Burnside Wild Plum Gose
Golden Road Berliner Weiss
Upright Brewing Lactovasilios
Block 15 Berliner Weiss
Cascade Summer Gose
Sierra Nevada Anything Gose
Top 10 West Coast Lagers
Trumer Pils
Moonlight Death & Taxes
Columbia River Paddler’s Porter
Silver Moon Bridge Creek Pils
Southern Oregon Na Z’dravi
Iron Springs Czeckered Past Pils
Upright Engelberg Pils
Firestone Walker Pivo Pils
Iron Springs Oktoberfest
Top 10 West Coast Session Beers (< 5% ABV)
Trumer Pils
Iron Springs Election Session
Solera Pêche Bier
Coalition Wu Cream
The Commons Berliner Weiss
It Takes a Lot of Great Beer to Make Great Wine
Dying Vines Hop Candi
Brewers Union Local #180 Tastes Like Chicken
Magnolia Kalifornia Kolsch
Moonlight Reality Czeck Pils
Top 10 Beers of 2012
Trumer Pils
Moonlight Reality Czeck
Cascade Blueberry Sour Ale
The Commons Berliner Weiss
10 Barrel German Sparkle Party
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Upright Lactovasilios
Marin Bluebeery Ale
Monkey Paw Monkey Gose Bananas
The Commons Plum Brett
Chuckanut Kolsch
About The Author
Angelo
Angelo grew up in Maine and is proud to call New England his original home. Cascadia is now his home. He fell in love with great beer in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. He has been a correspondent for the Portland Tribune's Guest on Tap column, LivePDX.com, and has been featured in publications such as Beer Northwest and PDX Magazine. Angelo also has a great interest in independent music, and has been a booker and organizer for shows around the Portland under the name Pop Tomorrow! Angelo garnered much knowledge regarding beer from his experiences homebrewing, working at Belmont Station, Pyramid Brewing, Upright Brewing, By the Bottle, Beer Revolution, Olde Depot Public House, Falling Sky Brewing, Cascade Brewing, and from many many knowledgeable, passionate, and loving people along the way. It is Angelo's mission to bring "infotainment" and "edumation" to the readers of this website. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to contribute, please contact me at angelo@brewpublic.com
Not one single mention of Heater Allen here? Please!
Sweet lists! Living near Toronto Canada Ive got my work cut out for me to try and find some of these. Likely special order. Great blog, and I love your Instagram, where the beer flows like wine! JSJ
I was thinking the same thing about Heater Allen. Most of their beers could easily make the top 10 west coast lagers list.
Great lists! Just surprised that Sierra Nevada Narwhal isn’t on the stout list. It was one of my favorite beers of 2012.
This will be a great reference point for our upcoming beer road trip to Oregon to pick up our brewhouse!