tried the alaskan brewing's smoked porter and rogue chocolate stout over the weekend. both were very good. really enjoyed that smoked porter, unique flavor and pretty delicious.
picked up a few beers i am very excited to try:
ska brewing rudie session ipa
breckenridge avalanche
odell's levity
i got those because i have been drinking a lot of heavy stouts and porters and wanted something lighter that i could drink over a longer period.
but i still could not resist getting breckenridge's vanilla porter and tallgrass' buffalo sweat vanilla bean. both of those are extremely solid with really good flavor. i particularly like the vanilla bean for the coffee notes.
a friend of mine also gave me a bottle of the boulevard/odell silver anniversary ale. i think that will be pretty solid.
should be ready for the NYE celebration.