Beer 362: Top 25 Recap and St. Sebastian Dark

With just five beer reviews to go, I figured it was time to revisit my Top 25. OK, so right now it's starting off as a Top 48.  Whatever. Let's see what has made the cut.  

• Cascade Sang Noir
• Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout
• Youngs Double Chocolate Stout 
• Left Hand Milk Stout
• Russian River Supplication
• Brasserie Trois Dames Sainte Ni Touche (flanders red ale)
• Brew Dog Old World IPASt. Peter's Old Style Porter
• The Alchemist Heady Topper (double IPA)
• Cantillon Gueuze
• Aspall's Perronelle Blush (cider)
• North Coast Scrimshaw (pilsner)
• de Troch Lambrucha (sour)
• 3 Monts Grande Reserve (biere de garde)
• Firestone Walker 14th Anniversary Ale
• Mestreechts Aajt Flanders Oud Bruin
• Revolution Cider
• Saison d'Erpe Mere
• Uncommon Brewers Baltic Porter
• Emelisse Imperial Russian Stout
• Leelanau's Good Golden Harbor (biere de garde)
• Jolly Pumpkin Madrugada Obscura (sour stout)
• Petrus Aged Pale 
•  Leipziger Gose
• Abbaye du Val-Dieu Grand Cru Belgian Abbey Ale
• Duchesse de Bourgogne Flanders Red Ale
• Ommegang Aphrodite (fruit beer)
• Anchorage Love Buzz Saison 
• 1809 Berlinerweisse
• Allagash Interlude (wild ale) 

Oh hell. I've been editing that list for 25 minutes now and am just going to live with a Top 30.  So there. Previous contenders for Top 25: 

Three Floyds Gumball Head (pale wheat ale)

'na Biretta Rossa (bock)

Caracole Nostradamus (Belgian strong dark ale)

Oskar Blues Gubna (imperial IPA)
LoverBeer Madamin (sour) I admited it tasted a bit watery compared to other sours

Duvel Belgian Golden Ale

Delirium Tremens  Making more room...

Ayinger Weizen Bock

Chimay Grande Reserve

St. Somewhere Saison Athene Off the list...the review wasn't as enthusiastic as others.

Saison Dupont   I've had more unique saisons.

Schneider Weisse Mein Grunes (saison)  Something else had to go.

Urthel Hibernus Quentum (tripel)

Birrificio Bruton 10 (abbey ale)

Jack's Cider

New  Holland Dragon's Milk (stout)

Crispin Cider

del Ducato L'Ultima Luna (barleywine)

Wandering Aengus Anthem Cherry (cider)

Tonight's beer, which is good but not Top 30 material, is the St. Sebastian Dark from Brouwerij Sterkens in Belgium.  It's a dubbel with a 6.2% ABV.  It poured a very dark brown with a big fluffy tan head.  It smells like malt. The flavor is mild...cola and malt.  It has a rich mouthfeel with slightly prickly carbonation. There's light fruit in there too. I find it interesting that as I near the end of year one, one of the final beers of the blog was in the same style as the first blog beer.  I loved that beer then and I still love it.  Cheers.