Thursday 31 December 2015

My 2015 in Beer

In 2015 i tried 3537 new beers from 1034 different breweries.

My Average beer score for 2015 (on the RateBeer scale) was 3.4

My 5 most tried styles of 2015 were
340 India Pale Ales
268 Golden/Blond Ales
239 Imperial Stouts
236 American Pale Ales
167 Saisons

My 5 most tried countries of 2015 were
England 1431 Beers
Scotland 659 Beer
United States 485 Beers
Denmark 167 Beers
Netherlands 140 Beers

My  5 most tried Breweries  of 2015 were
Stewart Brewing with 127 beers
Brewdog with 61 beers
Mikkeller with 61 Beers
Alpha Project with  60 Beers
The Kernel with 50 Beers


My Top 5 Styles of 2015 were
Imperial Stout  with an average score of 3.86
Imperial Porter  with an average score of 3.84
Sweet Stout  with an average score of 3.77
Black IPA  with an average score of 3.6
Stout with an average score of 3.59


My top 10 Breweries of 2015 were (min of 5 new beers)
Alesmith  tried 5 with an average score of 3.86
Avery tried 5 with an average score of 3.86
Põhjala tried 5 with an average score of 3.84
Prairie tried 15 with an average score of 3.8
Jackie O's tried 7 with an average score of 3.86
Buxton tried 17 with an average score of 3.78
Hawkshead tried 15 with an average score of 3.78
Loch Lomond tried 5 with an average score of 3.78
Magic Rock tried 20 with an average score of 3.76
Cellarmaker tried 7 with an average score of 3.57

My Top 10(well 11 as score changed at 11) beers of 2015 were
Cellarmaker Imperial Coffee and Cigarettes  with a score of  4.6
Magic Rock Bearded Lady Dessert Edition with a score of  4.6
Pipeworks Coffee Break Abduction Imperial Stout with a score of  4.4
Nøgne Ø Quadrupel (Red Wine Barrel Edition)  with a score of  4.4
Magic Rock Bourbon Barrel Bearded Lady  with a score of  4.4
Beavertown / Prairie Ales  Barrel Aged 'Spresso  with a score of  4.4
Fyne Ales / De Molen Mills and Hills  with a score of  4.4
Struise CapSoul    De Struise Brouwers   with a score of  4.4
Perennial Barrel Aged Abraxas  with a score of  4.4
Founders Backstage Series #11: Big Lushious  with a score of  4.4
Loch Lomond Jaffa the Hutt   with a score of  4.4 

But a special mention goes to both
Hawkshead / Crooked Stave for  Key Lime Tau
Mad Hatter for  Tzatziki Sour
Both of which Scored 4.3 as unlike the whole  top 11 these were not BIG beers.