Indiana On Tap’s First Anniversary Favorites!

We’ve attended lots of festivals, visited a lot of breweries, and tried a lot of beer over our first year. In honor of our anniversary, we’ve decided to share with you some of our personal favorites. Each member of the Indiana On Tap team picked their 5 favorite new beers from 2014. Keep in mind that these are not “the best” beers, or even our all time personal favorites, some aren’t even truly “new”, they are just our favorites that we have tried for the first time in 2014. 

The list includes 58 different beers from 36 different breweries. Scarlet Lane Brewing made the list with 3 different beers and a total of 8 mentions, the highest of any brewery. Their Dorian Coconut Stout is the individual beer mentioned the most, with 6 mentions! Sun King Brewing had the widest variety of beers on the list with 5 different beers mentioned, while Bloomington Brewing had 4 different beers and 3 Floyds, BIER Brewery, and Upland each had 3 different beers. Have you tried all of these yet? What was your favorite new beer you tried this year? Let us know in the comments! 

Adam

• La Maison Saison– Taxman Brewing
• Truth IPA – Rhinegeist
• Coastbuster Imperial IPA – Upland Brewing
• Grapefruit Jungle IPA – Sun King Brewing
• Hop For Teacher Pale Ale – Fountain Square Brewing

Andy

• Space Station: Middle Finger Pale Ale – 3 Floyds Brewing
• Dorian Coconut Stout – Scarlet Lane Brewing
• Ruby Bloom Amber - Bloomington Brewing 
• Imperfect Backside Oatmeal Stout - Grand Junction Brewing
• Ring of Dingle Irish Stout – Sun King Brewing

Donovan

• Floyd’s Folly Scottish Ale – Cutters Brewing 
• Busted Knuckle Porter – Quaff ON! Brewing
• Dorian Coconut Stout – Scarlet Lane Brewing
• Pride and Joy Mild Ale – 3 Floyds Brewing
• Flying Coffin IPA - Props Brewery and Grill

Gordon

• Milk Stout – Function Brewing
• Yum Yum Session Ale – 3 Floyds Brewing
• 10 Speedy Hoppy Wheat – Bloomington Brewing
• Cherry Ale – Great Crescent Brewery
• Englishman – Chapman’s Brewing

James

• Belgian Pale – Function Brewing
• Houndmouth Hoppy Wheat – New Albanian Brewing
• Sessie Belgian Session Ale – BIER Brewery
• BYB Full 90 Pale Ale – Flat 12 Bierwerks
• Backcountry Session IPA – Bloomington Brewing

Jared

• Whip Fight (Barrel aged Wee Heavy) – Sun King Brewing
• Notorious Triple IPA - Boneyard Beer Co
• Imperial Biscotti Break Stout - Evil Twin Brewing 
• Dorian Coconut Stout - Scarlet Lane Brewing
• Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout - Epic Brewing 

Jay

• Dorian Coconut Stout – Scarlet Lane Brewing
  
• Training Day IPA – Danny Boy Beer Works
• Tap IPA – The Tap Beer Co
• Batch #1 Bourbon Oatmeal Stout – Triton Brewing 
• Blackbeard’s Delight Rye IPA – Evil Czech Brewery

Jonathan

• Eville Wheat – Carson’s Brewery
• HomeGrown Ale – Bloomington Brewing
• Coastbuster Imperial IPA – Upland Brewing
• Moonbeam IPA – Half Moon Restaurant and Brewery
• Red Collar Imperial Amber – Indiana City Brewing

Joel

• Vivian IPA – Scarlet Lane Brewing
• Grandma’s Oatmeal Stout – Big Dawg Brewhaus
• Mail Order Bride Russian Imperial Stout – Bare Hands Brewery
• Lift Off IPA – Daredevil Brewing
• Voodoo Vanilla Rye Porter – Evil Czech Brewery

Justin

• Dorian Coconut Stout - Scarlet Lane Brewing
• Lift Off IPA - Daredevil Brewing 
• Hare Trigger IPA - Quaff ON! Brewing 
• Overlord Imperial IPA - Tin Man Brewing
• Infinite Wisdom Tripel - Upland Brewing

Michelle

• Speedway stout (Vietnamese coffee) - AleSmith Brewing
• Belgian Dubbel – BIER Brewery
• Prairie Bomb! Imperial Stout - Prairie Artisan Ales
• Oktoberfest – Upland Brewing
• Love Child no. 3 Barrel-Aged Wild Ale - Boulevard Brewing 

Mike

• RIPA Red IPA – Carson’s Brewery
• Stay Classy Scotch Ale – Fountain Square Brewing
• Katrina Brown Ale – Scarlet Lane Brewing
• The Standard Abbey Blonde – Taxman Brewing
• Wet Hopped and Sticky IPA – Sun King Brewing

Nathan

• Crimson Bombshell Imperial Barrel Aged Amber Ale - Indiana City Brewing
• Dorian Coconut Stout – Scarlet Lane Brewing 
• Port Barrel Wee Mac – Sun King Brewing 
• Sanitarium Belgian Quad– BIER Brewery 
• Epically Strange Imperial Stout – Epic Brewing