SUIP!

At a time of year best known for sweeping summative statements, it only feels appropriate to link to the best top ten beers list I have yet found online. Hoptopia’s Lee Williams provides a well-considered, image-based list. He writes:

Over the course of 2011 I had the privilege of tasting somewhere in the region of 1300-1400 different beers. Selecting only 10 to highlight as the best I tasted all year might seem like a daunting task. I would argue however, that selecting the best actually becomes easier, the more beers you taste. Taste 5 porters and it’s quite hard to say with any sense of authority which ones truly shine. Taste 30 or 40 porters and the best ones begin to emerge that much brighter.

So I present ten exceptional beers that ignited my senses more than any other in 2011. Ten beers I would happily drink for the rest of my life. Ten beers every beer lover, regardless of personal preferences, is advised to seek out and taste in 2012.

Although he doesn’t put in any personal notes on any of the beers, I still enjoyed exploring the beers he recommends on Ratebeer and elsewhere online, and I thought you probably would too.

My top ten for last year? Well, I’d have to have a good think about that. Maybe that’s for next week, but until then, have fun looking through Lee’s choices.