One sentence reviews of my twenty favorite beers of 2020.
Black is Beautiful

A beautiful Imperial Stout for a beautiful cause.
Plan Bee PitZ

Tart, funky, and peachy.
Anchorage A Deal with the Devil

This barley wine lived up to the hype.
Soquel Fermentation Project Golden Sour #7 with Raspberry

A delightful raspberry sour from the wizards at Soquel.
Sierra Nevada Farm Trail Harvest

A taste of Nor Cal in the form of a tasty Baltic Porter.
Jester King Bière de Blanc du Bois

Another Jester King masterpiece.
Drekker CHONK Raspberry & Chocolate

I tried a bunch of Pastry Sours this year, and this was my fave.
Evil Twin Zach’s Authentic Key Lime Sour

“Authentic Key Lime Sour” is a bold claim, and this beer pulls it off.
Secret Trail Delta Breeze

This is the beer that got me through the COVID Summer.
Roadhouse X Maui Pono Life

A taste of the islands, via Wyoming.
Moonlight Reality Czeck

Does anyone outside of Northern California know that some of the world’s best lagers are brewed in a 21-barrel brewhouse in Santa Rosa?
Old Nation M-43

Loaded with flavor and a nice sweetness; this NEIPA is like a fruity dessert.
SingleCut Fuzzbox

This dangerously smooth IIPA is loaded with tropical fruit flavor.
Black Project Tombstone

The dry-hopping adds some nice fruity notes to this delightful, funky sour.
Scratch Barrel-Aged Apple

The first apple beer I’ve ever really enjoyed from one of the most interesting breweries in the world.
Mikkeler Double Blush

A Raspberry, Coffee, Berliner Weisse shouldn’t make this much sense.
Run & Hide Fuque De French

I’d never heard of Run & Hide until they offered to send me this beer, and it blew me away.
Eel River Single Origin Mocha Stout

A taste of Humboldt County, brewed to perfection.
Slice Blurry Dreams

Stoked to finally try an IPA from Slice!
3 Fonteinen Kriek

Zero people were shocked that this was the best Kriek in our tasting.
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