Beers To Try Before you Die or the Beer Bucket 52 List 52 of 52 Sam Adams Octoberfest

So I am going with an old standby on this list the beer that started it all. The beer that got me away from the boring no taste light lagers out there the classic .Sam Adams Octoberfest

Trying a bunch of new beers this year I have had new an amazing beers, but this post is sentimental since it was a venture into the craft beer side of things for me (along with Sam Adams Boston Lager and Sam Light) There is not much to say that has not already been said about this beer over the past year in this blog, it may have gotten bumped as my "GO TO Beer" if I were to use an all time favorite these days I really love Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA, but the cost is a bit too much for a regular treat at about 20 bucks a 4 pack, but this will always be the standard I look back on and the beer I look forward to opening come the fall season. They say no matter what in life you never forget your first love, I don't know about that, but I do know that I will never forget my first craft beer love....So I am topping this one out at  a 6 Pack rating.

It's very own Six pack........ 

To view what all the ratings mean go to the 52 Beers to try Before You die Bucket list page

Disclaimer I am a beer drinker and a beginner home brewer the above is only my taste buds telling me what I enjoy, it is not the law or rule of the land, these would be the beers that I am grateful to have tried before the day comes when I pass on and meet my maker.

.Beers To Try Before you Die or the Beer Bucket 52 List 51 of 52 Urban Chestnut Count Orlock

I am pulling from the fall season for this one, I first tried it because 1. I have enjoyed many a beers from locally owned St Louis Urban Chestnut Brewing Company and B...Look at the label, how cool is this?

From their Revolution Series Count Orlok is a Black pumpkin wheat Ale that at the tale end of trying this years Pumpkin Ales and I was about done this one was the cream of the crop.

Like any seasonal I enjoy the first few and after maybe a few different brands I am good till the next year. This one was a four pack (granted a four pack of pints) that my wife and I kept buying until we reached the Winter beer season. So much flavor and it is very refreshing. I don't know how far out from St Louis you can get this, but if you are in town try it.

An absolute 6 pack in my book

To view what all the ratings mean go to the 52 Beers to try Before You die Bucket list page

Disclaimer I am a beer drinker and a beginner home brewer the above is only my taste buds telling me what I enjoy, it is not the law or rule of the land, these would be the beers that I am grateful to have tried before the day comes when I pass on and meet my maker.

.Beers To Try Before you Die or the Beer Bucket 52 List 50 of 52 Schlafly Kolcsh

Another beer I had never had before this year was a Kolsch. We decided to make a big batch of it during our Memorial day Brew 

and I decided if I am making a beer I should partake in some already made by others. 

My favorite during these trials (yeah really hard for me to try a beer) was brewed right here in St Louis, one of the older breweries here in the city. No Not that one.

This one...

Picture from the Schlafly Website

 Schlafly Brewery and Restaurant.  It is Schlafly's own Kolcsh 

Now for those who do not know what a Kolsch is, it is a Ale version of a lager, similar tastes but more flavor (the big breweries could have more flavor to anything they just choose to have watered down beer, and hey if you like it you like it) But a Kolsch may be your gateway beer to craft, it is similar and light like your light lagers but is a step up (way up) in flavor. So that is why I must include this beer in this list. No it is not a Hop filled bonanza, or a heavy beer, or even some type of crazy hybrid, but it is something I think if your average AB, Miller Coors fan stopped being stubborn and tried they would like it. I love it. 

With that I am giving the Kolsch a 4 beer salute, 

in the summer I may rate it higher as high as a 5 beer with a shot but overall it is just a damn good beer.

To view what all the ratings mean go to the 52 Beers to try Before You die Bucket list page

Disclaimer I am a beer drinker and a beginner home brewer the above is only my taste buds telling me what I enjoy, it is not the law or rule of the land, these would be the beers that I am grateful to have tried before the day comes when I pass on and meet my maker.

Yearender on the beer side!!!

So I was really holding out for a beer or two that would absolutely knock my socks off for the last three on my 52 Beers You should try before you die bucket list.

We had some great beers like as of this moment my new all time favorite Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA  

and Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA 

We had really good brews like Dragon's Milk Stout from New Holland Brewing  and Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter  the list goes on and on from Kirkwood Station Brewing Co Midnight Train  to  Lagunitas Sucks  to Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout IPAs ran a muck this year more than I have ever tried some of the top ones include  Rouge Brutal IPA, Sam Adams Rebel Rouser Double IPA , Boulevard Brewing Co. Calling IPA, and Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA among others. 

I only had one that was absolutly awful to my taste (as well as my wife and sister in law who try beers with me often) Biere De Mars French Style Stock Ale was the lone Skunky beer face beer this year I guess I am not a fan of sour beers because sour (or Puke flavored with an touch of citrus is what I tasted) 
                             

So as I post the final few know I tried well over a Hundred new beers along with retrying beers from a new perspective this year. I honestly have a couple in the fridge right now I have yet to try. I would have to look at the exact numbers, but the this little experiment was a success in many way. Before this year I was not a huge IPA fan, but I became one. I tried IPAs I may have skipped in the past. I became a bigger fan of Scotch Ale. I ventured past my standard Octoberfests, stouts, porters lagers and became a huge fan of Kolsch 

Even making a five gallon version ( Our Memorial Day Veterans Kolsch ) which turned out to be one of the best brews of 2015.

 So I may post some old standbys fro the final few, but know that this coming year I will continue to try some new ones, But perhaps have a beer of the month. Still rated on a 1 beer to 6 pack scale, but with in a months time I will find the best (not one in the 52 when possible but you never know) and throw it out there. We all have diferent tastes but just like I read about the newest and greatest beers and want to try them based on others reviews I hope these help you guys to try and expand your taste buds...Cheers and Beers From Dirt in My Beer Watch for the final three posted later today....For a full list of the Beers to try before you die or the 52 beer bucket list follow link