Tuesday Top Ten: Top 100 Beers of 2017

Apologies again for failing to post a Tuesday Top Ten yesterday.  Between work, shoveling snow, and the meth, time got away from me.  To make it up to you, I am going to give you a list of 100 things!  And, even better, those things are beer!

Last week, Beer Connoisseur magazine released its list of the Top 100 Rated Beers of 2017.  The staff of the magazine -- which I really need to figure out a way to become a part of -- rated beers over the course of the year, and then compiled a list of their Top 100.  All of the beers had a rating of 91 or higher out of 100.  A subscription is required to view anything other than 90-100, but I've taken the liberty of transcribing the entire list to a more reader-friendly format.  Because I'm not an animal (and because many of the beer names are ambiguous as to style), I am including a general description of the style in parentheses on each line.  There are far too many sours and IPAs for my liking, but such is the state of craft beer that we live in.  For brevity's sake, "BA" means barrel-aged.  Also, for sake of ease and not giving a shit, I am grouping all IPAs into "IPA," rather than breaking it down into double IPAs, triple IPAs, imperial IPAs, American IPAs, fruity IPAs, session IPAs, or whatever other abominations are brewed with too many hops.

Anyway, here's the list.  I can't wait to try approximately one-third of these.

100.  Phantom Bride IPA - Belching Beaver Brewing Co. (IPA)

99.  Pulp Friction Grapefruit IPA - Motorworks Brewing (IPA)

98.  Bone-A-Fide Pale Ale - Boneyard Beer (Pale ale)

97.  Sour Saison - New Belgium Brewing Co. (Sour)

96.  Four Seasons Autumn '17 - Mother Earth Brew Co. (BA imperial stout)

95.  Funke Hop Farm - Sudwerk Brewing Co. (BA sour)

94.  Kolschy Clouds - SØLE Artisan Ales (Kölsch)

93.  Bourbon County Stout Original - Goose Island Brewing Co. (BA stout)

92.  Jomax - Wren House Brewing (Oatmeal stout)

91.  Overly Friendly IPA - Holy City Brewing (IPA)

90.  Roxanne - Southbound Brewing Co. (BA sour)

89.  Casey - Equilibrium Brewery (Saison)

88.  Postcard Porter - Diebolt Brewing Co. (Porter)

87.  Double D Double IPA - Fordham & Dominion Brewery (IPA)

86.  Independence Pass Ale - Aspen Brewing Co. (IPA)

85.  Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout - Anderson Valley Brewing Co. (Oatmeal stout)

84.  Strawberry Beards Forever - Holy City Brewing (Berliner wiess)

83.  Stone Ripper - Stone Brewing Co. (Pale ale)

82.  Stone Mocha IPA - Stone Brewing Co. (IPA)

81.  RecreationAle - Terrapin Beer Co. (IPA)

80.  Local's Stash Reserve Series: Rum Barrel-Aged Dark Ale w/ Ginger and Lime - Crazy Mountain Brewing Co. (BA dark ale)

79.  Juicy Watermelon - New Belgium Brewing Co. (Fruit beer)

78.  Grevensteiner - Brauerei C. & A. Veltins (Amber kellerbier)

77.  Buffalo Bill's Strawberry Doppel Weizen - Buffalo Bill's Brewery (Wheat beer)

76.  Midnight Espresso - Motorworks Brewing (Porter)

75.  Hefe Berry Lime - Widmer Brothers Brewing (Wheat beer)

74.  Local's Stash: Raspberry Belgian Style Quad - Crazy Mountain Brewing Co. (Belgian dark strong ale)

73.  Stash IPA - Independence Brewing Co. (IPA)

72.  Hardywood Gingerbread Stout - Hardywood Park Craft Brewery (Stout)

71.  Dank IPA - pFriem Family Brewers (IPA)

70.  Rider - Midnight Sun Brewing Co. (BA lager)

69.  Cliff Top Bock - Cliff Top Brewing Co. (Dark bock)

68.  Bocholt - Brouwerij Martens (Lager)

67.  Last Leaf Maple Brown Ale - Starr Hill Brewery (Brown ale)

66.  Hoppyum IPA - Foothills Brewing Co. (IPA)

65.  This Season's Blonde - Aspen Brewing Co. (Blonde ale)

64.  Orange King of Hop - Starr Hill Brewery (IPA)

63.  Dragon's Milk Reserve Triple Mashed - New Holland Brewing Co. (BA stout)

62.  Blood Orange Wheat Ale - Full Sail Brewing Co. (Wheat beer)

61.  Beavers Milk Nitro - Belching Beaver Brewing Co. (Milk stout)

60.  Sour Reserve - Upland Brewing Co. (Sour)

59.  Darken - Upland Brewing Co. (Oud bruin)

58.  Sin Tax - Mother Earth Brew Co. (Imperial stout)

57.  Berserker - Midnight Sun Brewing Co. (BA imperial stout)

56.  Black Lager - Devils Backbone Brewing Co. (Schwarzbier)

55.  Boughs of Barley - Cape May Brewing Co. (BA barleywine)

54.  Standard Lager - Fulton Beer (Lager)

53.  Tundra Wookie - Midnight Sun Brewing Co. (Sour Belgian special dark ale)

52.  Vladislav Russian Imperial Stout - Diebolt Brewing Co. (Imperial stout)

51.  Glorious - Lord Hobo Brewing Co. (Pale ale)

50.  Festie Oktoberfest Lager - Starr Hill Brewery (Festbier)

49.  Cuvée des Jacobins Prestige - Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Flanders red ale)

48.  Lune de Miel – Unibroue (Belgian tripel)

47.  Drifter Pale - Widmer Brothers Brewing (Pale ale)

46.  Better Life Choices IPA - Atwater Brewery (IPA)

45.  16 Point IPA - Devils Backbone Brewing Co. (IPA)

44.  Blackbeard's Breakfast - Heavy Seas Beer (BA porter)

43.  Mystery Ship - Southbound Brewing Co. (Imperial red ale)

42.  Paradise - Holy City Brewing Co. (IPA)

41.  MC² - Equilibrium Brewery (IPA)

40.  Insurrection - Fulton Beer (IPA)

39.  Warehouse Pils - Starr Hill Brewery (Pilsner)

38.  Osiris Pale Ale - Sun King Brewing (Pale ale)

37.  21 Anniversary Ale - Heavy Seas Beer (BA imperial ESB)

36.  White Caps - Cape May Brewing Co. (IPA)

35.  pFriem Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout - pFriem Family Brewers (BA imperial stout)

34.  Morning Wood - Funky Buddha Brewery (BA porter)

33.  Free Time - Upland Brewing Co. (Lager)

32.  Dryades - NOLA Brewing Co. (BA sour)

31.  Brewery Lane Series: Oak Aged Saison - Breckenridge Brewery (BA saison)

30.  Kiss From A Gose - Peace Tree Brewing Co. (Gose)

29.  Blonde Fatale - Peace Tree Brewing Co. (Belgian pale ale)

28.  Pawpaw - Upland Brewing Co. (Sour)

27.  Grateful Pale Ale - Starr Hill Brewery (Pale ale)

26.  Kentucky Cream Barrel Aged Pale Ale - Full Sail Brewing Co. (BA pale ale)

25.  Luau Krunkles - Terrapin Beer Co. (IPA)

24.  Mo Honey Mo Problems - Mockery Brewing Co. (BA braggot)

23.  Stone 21st Anniversary: Hail to the Hop Thief - Stone Brewing Co. (IPA)

22.  MILF - Mother's Brewing Co. (BA stout)

21.  Apple Pie Pale Ale - Garage Brewing Co. (Pale ale)

20.  Sesiόn Cerveza - Full Sail Brewing Co. (Lager)

19.  Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout - Anderson Valley Brewing Co. (BA stout)

18.  Cherry - Upland Brewing Co. (BA sour)

17.  Hoppyright Infringement - NOLA Brewing Co. (IPA)

16.  Declaration - Reformation Brewery (Imperial stout)

15.  Alaskan Brewing Amber - Alaskan Brewing Co. (Altbier)

14.  Reviver Red IPA - Starr Hill Brewery (IPA)

13.  The Scupper - Cape May Brewing Co. (BA saison)

12.  pFriem Flanders Blonde - pFriem Family Brewers (Sour)

11.  Cursed Kettles - Upland Brewing Co. & Prairie Artisan Ales (BA sour)

10.  Four Seasons Spring '17 - Mother Earth Brew Co. (Saison)

9.  Fruitage - Brouwerij Rodenbach (BA sour)

8.  Double Bass Mocha Double Chocolate Stout - Starr Hill Brewery (Stout)

7.  La Trappe Quadrupel Oak-Aged - Trappist Brewery Koningshoeven (Belgian dark strong ale)

6.  Below Decks - Heavy Seas Beer (Barleywine)

5.  Four Seasons Winter '16 - Mother Earth Brew Co. (BA stout)

4.  Brewery Lane Series: Barrel Aged Imperial Cherry Stout - Breckenridge Brewery (BA imperial stout)

3.  The Partner Ships Series: Imperial Brown IPA - Stone Brewing Co. and Heavy Seas Beer (IPA)

2.  Vintage 2015 - Brouwerij Rodenbach (Flanders red ale)

1.  The Topsail - Cape May Brewing Co. (Sour)