Beer Baronâs Beers of the Year 2020: Worst Year Ever Edition
Letâs take inventory of the most unforgettable, symbolic and just downright delicious beers of 2020.
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This was not the best new beer Madisonâs Ale Asylum released this year, but it was unquestionably the most successful, and itâs obvious why without even cracking open the can. This beerâs label perfectly captured the zeitgeist at the time of its release in early April, and it never really stopped resonating. The pilsner was followed by a hazy pale ale version, and both were taken national by the new Wisconsin-based distributor Brew Pipeline. Locally, the brewery has offered the FVCK COVID duo and many of its other beers for $6 a six-pack for most of the year. By the way, my favorite new Ale Asylum beer also had a âugh, 2020â theme: MRDR HRNT, the first in a new âApocalypse Bingoâ series. Itâs a pale ale heavily dosed with Mosaic, Denali and Trident hops that create an intense, nearly hard seltzer-like lemongrass-lime character.