Categories: Beer

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;