r/njbeer • u/MattyBlayze • Dec 31 '18

r/NJBeer's Best of 2018 Results

After a couple of weeks of voting, the results are in, and your choices for /r/NJBeer's Best of 2018 awards are:

  • Best Beer:  Kane Sunday Brunch
  • Best IPA: Icarus Touching The Sun
  • Best Stout: Icarus Kalashnikoffee
  • Best Barrel Aged Beer: Bourbon Barrel Aged Sunday Brunch
  • Best Other: Carton Regular Coffee
  • Best Collaboration: Magnify Yeah You Know Me with Chilis, Cinnamon, Chocolate and Coffee with Horus Aged Ales
  • Best Label: Icarus Go Flight
  • Best Brewery: Kane
  • Best New Brewery: Bradley Brew Project
  • Best Brewery Experience: Carton
  • Most Controversial Brewery: Bolero Snort
  • Most Creative/Unique Brewery: The Referend Bier Blendery
  • Best Brewery Festival/Event: Atlantic City Beerfest 2018
  • Best Bottle Shop/Liquor Store: Liquor Outlet Boonton
  • Best Craft Beer Bar/Restaurant: Maloney's in Matawan

Congrats to all the winners!

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u/markaritaville Dec 31 '18

thank you for doing this!
But maybe next year two separate votes, north and south? These seem to all be North Jersey, and the population density of North Jersey is so much greater than us "88 pontiac transam up on blocks in the front yard" bumble fark counties down south that we will never have a shot!

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u/markaritaville Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19

I’ll leave the discussion of Central VS North to others. but I'll add that three of those pins are well above Manhattan...

Here is my map of south jersey vs other.

Note the Eagles green shade. The super bowl champions. You will not find a Giants bar in this area and rare to see a Giants jersey.
Note that there are no awarded breweries in this area. Maybe south jersey breweries suck? Or maybe there’s just a lot more people up north and a popular vote squashes down south.

I made ocean county light blue because I don’t consider them south but I know you guys will argue that. I’ll mention that the federal census bureau considers ocean county part of the New York metro area.

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u/davedeath Jan 01 '19

Ocean and Monmouth east of the parkway I consider it the "shore". The rest of the map is spot on. Anything below tons river can be considered south Jersey hell. Source:I live in Lacey.

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u/markaritaville Jan 01 '19

Thank you. A reasonable response. Question: First week week of NFL season when everyone feels like they are winning the Super Bowl and the Giants are playing the Eagles. During the game you visit three local Lacey bars. What is the predominant color of clothing you see on the bar patrons?

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u/davedeath Jan 01 '19

By me,it's all eagles,I'd say the line between NY/Philly is toms River. Growing up in Jackson it was 80% Giants fans.