The Hopslam was good, but my palate has been ruined by all the New England's over the last year. So the Hopslam tasted super malty this year.
So next year I will be cutting my Hopslam order in half. That's $250 extra in my pocket anyways. I always thought Hopslam was super expensive until I've seen some of the releases this year. Just unreal
This one was okay at best.
My top 3 this year were 2 sours and a Tap Room only release from Old Nation.
the Old Nation one was a strawberry version of their supremely popular m-43 New England IPA. It was out of this world. I got that back in early May the other two are as follows.
And my personal number one :
This one was so sour it was damn near vinegar. Perfection in the sour category in my humble opinion
I actually just forgot about an Alaskan smoked Porter that I got at a bar the same day that I got the strawberry M43. I ordered the smoked Porter and they brought me out a 13 year old bottle, much to my delight. It was exquisite.
so fit that into my top three somewhere for sure. I'm actually aging several bottles of it in my cellar right now hoping to get that same experience once again