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Best Beers of May 2022

The Premier League finished this month and with it came post-mortems and best of and worst of lists. What these lists has in common was expectations. A player expected to score goals who did vs one who didn’t. A player who was injured vs one who wasn’t.

Or a player who came cheap and overperformed vs an expensive player that was just OK.

Same can be said of beers, a beer gifted to you vs. a beer you hunted down and paid top dollar for.

This month, I was kindly gifted two beers from Shades Brewing in Utah. Had never heard of the brewery before and they were sours which I have less of due to stomach responses.

But the Passion Fruit Sour and Plum Berliner Weisse were easily the best of the bunch and if ever in the Salt Lake state, I would encourage a visit.

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Best Beers of the Month – May 2020

Four beers were in the running for the best of May but in the end it was a style that I normally scoff at that took home the prize for the month. But first, here are the runners up…

First up is Even Sassier Rye IPA from Three Weavers Brewing. I picked up an orphan can at my Trader Joe’s knowing it would be good. But can number one really exceeded my expectations. So much so that I grabbed another can the next week. A rare action for me.

Next up is Stigmata labeled as an experimental IPA from Brouwerij West. It was heavy on tea flavors which I found really cool.

Runner up status went to the Lost Abbey beer Righteous Son which I got from the Rare Beer Club. Big and boozy but an old ale which is great to see.

My favorite though was a milkshake IPA collaboration between Ogopogo and North Park Brewing. What is amazing, in addition to not not being a fan of the style, is that it was mango centered which is not one of my favorite flavors. But Archers on Lunch Break really worked well.