The 2019 Top New Beer List
As with the beginning of every year, I present my annual “Top 50 New Beers I Drank Last Year” list. Everything below is something I tried for the first time, and I’ve excluded the beers that are limited release each year (so Bourbon County; I had the 2019 for the first time, but it’s not included); I do include variations on beers that are limited (I had the 2019 BCS Wheatwine for the first time, since that’s a new variation to me).
Here are the Top 50:
| Rank | Brewery | Beer | Style |
| 1 | Off Color | Coffee Dino S’Mores | Imperial Russian Stout |
| 2 | Toppling Goliath | King Sue | Imperial NE IPA |
| 3 | Side Project | Maltvin | English Barleywine |
| 4 | Narrow Gauge | Zavtrak | Imperial Stout |
| 5 | Narrow Gauge | Brummel | Sour IPA |
| 6 | Pipeworks | Ninja vs Unicorn | Imperial IPA |
| 7 | City Barrel | Rad AF | NE IPA |
| 8 | The Veil | White Russian Hornswoggler | Milk Stout |
| 9 | Perennial | Barrel-Aged Fantastic Voyage | Imperial Stout |
| 10 | Logboat | Side Whip | Session IPA |
| 11 | 2nd Shift | Casual Expreimentation #3 | NE IPA |
| 12 | Off Color | Dino S’mores | Imperial Russian Stout |
| 13 | Narrow Gauge | DDH Fallen Flag | NE IPA |
| 14 | Rockwell | Patio Potion #3 | Sour |
| 15 | Pipeworks | Speed of Sound | NE IPA |
| 16 | Central State | Lono | Saison |
| 17 | 2nd Shift | River Des Peres White Caps | NE IPA |
| 18 | Toppling Goliath | Gamma, Gamma Ray! | Imperial NE IPA |
| 19 | Anheuser Busch | Underground Collection: Endgame | NE IPA |
| 20 | Maplewood | Juice Pants | NE IPA |
| 21 | Hoof Hearted | Dorks of Hazard | NE IPA |
| 22 | Perennial | Barrel-Aged 17 | Imperial Stout |
| 23 | Hoof Hearted | Everybody Wants Some “Bru-1” | Imperial IPA |
| 24 | White Rooster | Late July | Saison |
| 25 | Prairie | Barrel Aged Birthday Bomb! | Imperial Stout |
| 26 | Founders | CBS | Imperial Stout |
| 27 | BKS | Counterculture | NE IPA |
| 28 | Wellspent | BB-001 | Imperial Stout |
| 29 | Parish | Ghost in the Machine | Imperial IPA |
| 30 | Side Project | Marietta Ave Blend 4 | Belgian Pale Ale |
| 31 | Off Color | House Lion | Saison |
| 32 | Omnipollo | Zodiak Multiverse | Imperial NE IPA |
| 33 | Petrichor | Get Shifty | Kolsch |
| 34 | Pipeworks | Supremium Hypster Beast Mode | NE Pale Ale |
| 35 | Goose Island | BCS Bramble Rye Stout | Imperial Stout |
| 36 | After Hours | Tropical AF | Berliner Weisse |
| 37 | Rockwell | Bizness Ethics | American Pale Wheat |
| 38 | Odell | Barreled Treasuer | Imperial Stout |
| 39 | Scofflaw | Hooligan | American IPA |
| 40 | Firestone Walker | Sucaba | English Barleywine |
| 41 | Goose Island | BCS Wheatwine | Wheat Wine |
| 42 | 4×4 Brewing | Toates M’Goats | Saison |
| 43 | Tighthead | Boxcar Porter | American Porter |
| 44 | Surly | One Man Mosh Pit | NE IPA |
| 45 | Good News | India Pale Ale | NE IPA |
| 46 | Stillwater | Duck Sauce | Imperial IPA |
| 47 | Logboat | Patrick Swayzon | Saison |
| 48 | Third Wheel | On Moak IPA | American IPA |
| 49 | Crane | SHOCKtober | Berliner Weisse |
| 50 | Mother’s | Social Brew | Pilsner |
2019 In Review Per Untappd
357 Check-Ins, 305 Unique, 117 different breweries, 72 styles, 364 Badges.
Most Checked-In Beers: 4 Hands City Wide, Pipeworks Ninja vs. Unicorn, Nyrdcast Mad Dog Mosaic, Bell’s Hopslam, Urban Chestnut Big Shark Lemon Radler.
Most Checked-In Breweries: 4 Hands, Logboat, Pipeworks, Petrichor, Toppling Goliath.ful Accent 5;
