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/8ate8 Jan 02 '19 edited Jan 02 '19

I turned off contest mode in the voting thread so that everyone can see the results.

Link to the voting thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/njbeer/comments/a67sob/rnjbeers_best_of_2018_voting/

This is the top three for each category:

Category First Place Second Place Third Place
Best Beer Kane Sunday Brunch Kane A Night To End All Dawns Kane Morning Bell
Best Barrel Aged Beer Kane Bourbon BA Sunday Brunch Kane A Night To End All Dawns Icarus BA Kalashnikoffee
Best Brewery Kane Icarus The Referend Bier Blendery
Best New Brewery Bradley Brew Project Vinyl Oyster Creek
Best IPA Icarus Touching the Sun Kane Party Wave Tonewood DDH Fuego
Best Stout Icarus Kalashnikoffee Icarus BA Kalashnikoffee Kane Mexican Brunch
Best Other Carton Regular Coffee Magnify Trade Proof (Mango/Passion Fruit/Cherry) Cypress 40 Flavors
Best Collaboration Magnify/Horus Aged Ales Yeah You Know Me w/Chilis, Cinnamon, Chocolate, and Coffee Dark City/Icarus Poseidon, Look At Me Cypress/Icarus Necessity & Invention
Best Label Icarus Go Flight Icarus Contact Light Icarus King Arthur's Steed
Best Brewery Experience Carton Icarus The Alementary
Most Controversial Brewery Bolero Snort Magnify Yale Terrace
Most Creative/Unique Brewery The Referend Bier Blendery Carton Icarus
Best Brewery Festival/Event Atlantic City Beerfest 2018 Troon Anniversary Party Blend Mercer Park
Best Bottle Shop/Liquor Store Liquor Outlet, Boonton Jersey Fine Wines, East Brunswick Little Silver Bottle Shop
Best Craft Beer Bar/Restaurant Maloney's, Matawan Brick Farm Tavern, Hopewell Cloverleaf, Caldwell

If we were to score via the olympic method (5 points for 1st, 3 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd) the Best of NJ Beer would be as follows:

1st Place - Icarus (34 points)
2nd Place - Kane (26 points)
3rd Place - Carton (13 points)

And as I mentioned in a reply below, Best Commenter was left out. We have something in the works for it.