Interesting. I do wonder if seasonal creep has affected some of the quality. It wouldn't be different for the spice only beers, but for ones that use sugar pumpkins or yams it could definitely be the case.

With Funky Buddha around, Cigar City is arguably not even the best brewery in Florida.

Is it worth driving West of Worcester for?

Considering she was a Boston girl, yeah, it had to be the beer.

I've got a buddy in my homebrew club who saves some every year; by his account it's been in decline since 2011 with this year's being the worst. I remember loving it in 2012, thinking it wasn't as good last year, and this year, well, you saw how it placed.

I don't think I've ever had it, to be honest. A lot of the beer stores I shop at won't even carry Blue Moon (hipster beer stores).

I think so, but I had it earlier in the year and it still wasn't good. It wasn't 26 out of 27 bad either, though.

Almanac's sours are excellent. I'll keep an eye out for that one when I'm travelling. Thanks!

I'm heading to DC next month, I'll have to keep an eye out for it. Thanks!

It tied for sixth. (They don't distribute to MA and I don't have pull with distributors)

Pumking WAS delicious a few years ago, but they altered the recipe for some ungodly reason and it is terrible now. Absolutely terrible. I've had it 2-3 times already this year and I'm surprised each time by how bad it is.

It tied for 6th.

This was initially a Snooki joke, but it was cut on account of it no longer being 2008.

Everything I've had by Cigar City has been excellent. I don't doubt Good Gourd would've ranked highly.

Unfortunately the imperial didn't make it up to Boston, at least not at the 1-2 places I shop.

Welcome to the dark side.

I've heard that from multiple people. Elysian doesn't make it's way up to Boston, sadly.

Dogfish Head, surprisingly enough, is less hop-forward than Smutty. But other than that aspect they're fairly similar.

That's next week's article.

So he "dangled" around a traffic cone and "sniped" a goalie who doesn't know to keep his glove up when he butterflies? Nice to see JB taking it to guys that would be laughed out of a C Division.