Best beers of 2008

Of the 864 beers I tasted in 2008, these 46 — about 5.3% — got a perfect "20" score. They're the best of the best!

• 3 Fonteinen Doesjel


• Anchor Old Foghorn 2007


• Avery Out of Bounds Stout


• Baladin Xyauyú Copper


• Baltika 4 Original / № 4 Оригиналное



• Boulevard Double Wide I.P.A.


• BridgePort Old Knucklehead 2008


• De Proef Brewmaster's Collaboration Signature Ale


• Dieu du Ciel! Péché Mortel


• Eldridge Pope Thomas Hardy's Ale 1998


• Empyrean Espresso Porter


• Flözlinger Hefeweizen


• Flözlinger Spezial unfiltriert


• Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2008



• Gordon Biersch (San Jose) Schwarzbier


• Grand Teton Bitch Creek ESB


• Great Divide Hades Ale


• Green Flash Trippel


• Haand (Drammen) Norwegian Wood


• Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12 Year


• Harviestoun Ola Dubh 30 Year


• Jopen Koyt Gruit Beer


• Lefebvre Abbaye de Floreffe Prima Melior



• Lindemans Cuvée René Grand Cru Gueuze Lambic


• Musketeers Troubadour Blonde


• Nebraska 11th Hour Rye IPA


• North Coast Le Merle


• Ølfabrikken Jule Ale


• Ommegang Ommegeddon


• Oppigårds Winter Ale


• Pizza Beer Mamma Mia!


• Rathaus Heubier



• Red Eye Veruca Stout


• Ridgeway Insanely Bad Elf


• Rodenbach Vin de Céréal


• Schneider Hopfen-Weisse


• Schneider Wiesen Edel Weisse


• Schwert Dunkles Lagerbier


• Schwert Dunkles Weizenbier


• Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2002


• Sierra Nevada Torpedo Ale



• Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard


• Tyranena Devil Over A Barrel


• Van Honsebrouck Brigand


• Victory Storm King Imperial Stout


• Warteck Lager