50 different beers in 2024

Hertford Tiger

Dec 2023

9:15am, 10 Dec 2023

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Hertford Tiger

I have to say it is geeky but I do like a spreadsheet since I retired I don’t get many opportunities. Next job is to merge the last two years and see what that looks like.

Ocelot Spleens

Dec 2023

9:59am, 10 Dec 2023

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Ocelot Spleens

Don't cross the streams!

Hertford Tiger

Dec 2023

9:04am, 13 Dec 2023

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Hertford Tiger

Two to add both Milds but very different

119 AK McMullens light mild

120 Blackwater Mild Crouch Vale

BaronessBL

Dec 2023

8:45pm, 13 Dec 2023

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BaronessBL

I haven't had a McMullens AK since I first started going to pubs so at least *checks own age* 40 years. I recall I didn't like anything much that McMullens produced but that may have been a combination of being young, only just 'discovering' drinking and possibly because it actually was horrible. Next time I see it I will have to give it a try for old times sake. I do however like pretty much everything I've ever had from Crouch Vale.

Hertford Tiger

Dec 2023

8:36am, 14 Dec 2023

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Hertford Tiger

McMullens is not my favourite in fact I actively avoid it if I can, but it is our town brewery and they do own a lot of local pubs. Every time I have have one of these it has been because Mrs HT has wanted to go to the Salisbury Arms which is a bit more upmarket than my favoured drinking establishments.

They keep the beer well and the AK wasn’t unpleasant just very dull.

On the plus side the Blackwater was a real treat. Lovely beer

Ocelot Spleens

Dec 2023

6:14pm, 14 Dec 2023

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Ocelot Spleens

Isn't that funny? Robinson's is my local big brewer and I avoid it all the time, but if you go to one of their pubs, it will be well kept and a fair enough pint. They are trying to pep up their beer portfolio with some snazzy stuff that hasn't quite worked yet, but they're trying.

Hertford Tiger

Dec 2023

8:47pm, 14 Dec 2023

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Hertford Tiger

Yes Macs went as far as creating a new brand to showcase their new brews “Rivertown Brewery”. I do like these when served as cask but mostly they’re served from kegs and a bit fizzy.

Ocelot Spleens

Dec 2023

9:05pm, 14 Dec 2023

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Ocelot Spleens

Holts and Hydes of Manchester have done a similar thing, where they punt out a few modern styles, Hydes have produced a few that I like. One of my beer drinking mates is coming to Manchester in the new year and I have earmarked a couple of Hydes pubs because of that.

Ocelot Spleens

8 Jan

10:33am, 8 Jan 2024

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Ocelot Spleens

Update, Housekeeping.

CASK

1. Flacks, Double Drop, bitter 3.7%
2. Robinson, Unicorn, bitter, 4.3%
3. Bombardier, Eagle!, Amber!, 4.1%
4. Robinson, Tom and Berry, Winter Ale, 4.6%
5. Strange Times, Coyote APA, 4.5%
6. Big Trip Microdose, Session IPA, 3.5%
7. Mallinsons, Amarillo, Pale Ale, 4.3%
8. Navigation, Rebel, Pale Ale, 4.2%
9. Strange Times, Revenent, Stout, 4.8%
10. Semer Water, Wensleydale, Golden, 4.1%
11. Astral, Distant Hills, Black IPA, 5.3%
12. Telegram, Neighbourhood, Best Bitter, 3.8%
13. Knowle Spring, Timothy Taylor, Blonde, 4.2%
14. Pub Ale:best, Jack In The Box, 4%
15. Premium Gold, Lister's, Golden, 5% (my 1000th different beer since 2016)
16. Wainright Gold, Golden, Marston's, 4.1%
17. Mosaic Pale, Adnams, 4.1%
18. Lone Wolves Still How, Best, Steelfish, 4.1%
19. American IPA, Blackedge, 5.8% (I gave this 5/5!)
20. CHiron, Pale, Thornbridge, 5%
21. Lit, Beartown, American Pale, 4.5%
22. Add The Cryo, Mill Hill, NE Pale, 4.2%
23. Hooky, Bitter, Hook Norton, 3.5% (old School)
24. Pure Gold, Purity, Golden, 3.8%
25. Butty Bach, Wye Valley, Pale, 4.5% (Best Kept beer in ages)
26. Jimbo, Purity, Bitter, 4%
27. Sussex Hoppy, Lister's, Pale, 3.8%
28. Buster IPA, Bowland, 4.5% (I swear this is the bitter of a couple of years ago renamed)
29. Headless, Redwillow, 3,9%
30. Captain Smiths, Strong Ale, Titanic, ,5.2%
31. Odin, Brightside Blonde Ale, 3.8%
32. Manchester SKyline, Brightside, 4.6%
33. Best, Bitter, Long Mand, 4% (Very good)
34. Landlord, Pale, T.Taylor, 4.3%
35. Hinterland, Abbeydale, Pale, 4.5% (very good)
36. Doctor Morton's Angler Management, Pale, Abbeydale, 4.1%
37. Coronation Gold, Golden, Milestone, 4.5%
38. Moonshine, Abbeydale, Pale Ale, 4.3%
39. Waimea, Stockport, Pale Ale NZ, 3.8 % (badly kept, should be good)
40. Cock and Hoop, Nottingham, Bitter, 4.3%
41. Isolater, Slaughterhouse 4.8%, Pale
42. Crusader, Milestone, Blonde, 4.4%
43. Best Bitter, Theakston, 3.8%
44. Green Lane, Chadkirk, Best Bitter, 4.4%
45. Blonde, Stancill, 3.9%
46. American Pale ALe, Listers, 4.2%
47. White Horses, Wheat Beer, Neptune, 4.6% (Football Beer Bet)
48. American Five Hop v63, Pale Ale, Blue Bee, 4.3% (Football Beer Bet)
49. Alphito, Neepsend, Pale Ale, 4.7% (Football Beer Bet)
50. Coyote, Neepsend, IPA, 6.4% (Football Beer Bet)
51. Bethnal Green Bitter, Best Bitter, Brodie's, 4% (Football Beer Bet)
52. Endless Summer, IPA, Black Iris, 4.5% (Football Beer Bet)
53. Off Balance, Salopian, Golden, 4.5% (Football Beer Bet)
54. Penpol, Verdant, American Pale Ale, 3.8%
55. Sonnet, Hophurst, Blonde, 4.2%
56. Yakima Valley, Bridge Beers, Pale, 4%
56. Irk Street Pale, Blackjack, 4%
57. He's Behind You, IPA, Thornsett, 4.2%
58. Dark Flagon, Porter, Wily Fox, 4.4%
59. Grinlow, Session IPA, Buxton, 4.6%
60. Bakewell Best Bitter, Paek Ales, 4.2%
61. SPace Taxi, Frome, Pale, 4.5%
62. Hazy Little Session, Pale, Blackjack, 3.8%
63. Best Bitter, Blackjack, 4%
64. Dizzy Blonde, Blonde, Robinsons, 3.8%
65. Bollington Best, 4.2%
66. Level Head, Greene King, 4% (piss, cricket)
67. UBU, bitter, Purity, 4.5%
68. Amarillo Gold, Wadworth, 3.9%
69. Horizon, Wadworth Gold, 4%
70. Kinder Down Fall, Red ALe, Theakstn, 4.5%
71. Big Bang, IPA (not), Unicorn Brewing (not, robinson), 4.6% (not a fan)
72. Warlock, Pale, Slaughterhouse, 4.5% (poorly kept, shame)
73. Cs with Rye, Rye Beer, Brew York, 6%
74. Wincle Waller, Pale, Wincle, 3.8%
75. Listers, Brown, 4.7%
76. Blonde Vixen, 3.8%
77. Alf, Pale, Marble 5.4%
78. Kentish Red Ale, Westerham, 3.8%
79. Jute, IPA, SALT, 4.2%
80. Butterley, Best Bitter, Ossett, 3.8%
81. Titus, Best BItter, Saltaire, 3.9%
82. Hetton Pale Ale, Dark Horse, 4.2%
83. Goosse Eye Bitter, Goose Eye, 3.9%
84. Pale, Lamb Brewery, 3.9%
85. Gold, Thwaites, 4.1%
86, Falconer, Bitter, Wensleydale, 3.9%
87. Sunbeam, Banks, Blonde, 4.2%
88. Red, Lancaster, 4.8%
89. Singletrack, Kirkby Lonsdale Blonde, 4.0%
90. Pale, Kirkstall, 4.0%
91, Throwaway IPA, 7 Brothers, 5.0%
92. DDH Pale, NorthxRivington, Pale, 5.5%
93. Riplyey's Reserve, Kirkstall, Tudor Ale, 5.9%
94. Stitch Up, IPA, Two Flints Brewery, 7%
95. Fog ON THe Tarn, Lakes Brew, IPA, 7%
96. Medusas Gaze, Rum Barrle Aged, Stout, 8%
97. Blindfold Off, CHapter, Best Bitter, 4.2%
98. Farmer's Blonde, Bradfield, 4.0%
99. Manchester Bitter, Marble, 4.2%
100. Discovery Ossett, Abbeydale, Pale, 4.1%
101. Monty's Pale, Monty's Brewery, 3.8%
102. Sparkler, Blackjack, bitter, 4.0%
103. Ghangly Ghoul, Greene King, bitter, 4.1% GREENE KING!
104. Salvation, Blackjack, Session IPA, 4.5%
106. Sonic Reducer, Pentrich, Pale, 5.3%
107. Autumn Bitter, Runaway Brewery, 4.4%
108. NZ Pale, Runaway, 4.2%
109. Ibex, Millstone, Pale, 4.2%
110. Rhyd, Red Ale, 4.2%
111. Swan Blonde, Bowness, 4%
112. Thirst Rescue, Golden, Keswick, 3.8%
113. Fox Dark, Mild, Keswick, 4%
114. Don't Worry Be hoppy, Facer, Pale, 4.1%
115. Archangel, Pale, Abbeydale, 4.5%
116. Pale Gale ALe, Storm, 4.4%
117. True Grit, Pale, Millstone, 5%
118. Hopster, Blonde, Hydes, 3.8%
119, Weathermakers Dragon, Buntingford, Golden, 4.2%
120. Pimp My Sleigh, Stockport, IPA, 4.1%
121. Mrs Claus, Bitter, Stancil, 3.8%
122. Perridge Pale, Flower Pots, Pale, 3.6%
123. Hophead, Blonde, Dark Star, 3.8%
124. Alton's Pride, Bitter, fff brewery, 3.8%
125. Proper Job, IPA!, St Austell, 4.5% (NOT AN IPA)
126. Seafarer.s, Fullers (ASAHI), bitter NOT!, 3.6% PISS WATER

KEG

1. Vocation, Devil's Leap, Best BItter, 4.3% (poor)
2. Paulaner, HefeWeisbier, Wheat Beer, 5.5%
3. Spezialbier, Pustertaler Freiheit, Dortmunder Lager, 5.5% (the local holiday beer)
4. Kronen, Lager Helles, Forst, 5.2% (the other local brewer)
5. Hefeweisbier, Weihenstephaner, Wheat Beer, 5.4%
6. Luxus Light,Forst, Lager Helles, 2.9% ( i was up the top of a steep slope)
7. Premium, Lager Helles, Forst, 4.8%
8. Pilsner, Bitburger, 4.8%
9. Let's Go Bananas, Dunkelweizen,, 6.3%
10. Dunkel, Augustiner, Munich Dunkel, 5.6% (best holiday beer)
11. Amstel, Lager, 5.2%
12. Malt Bag Ghillie Suit, IPA Heist, 6.4% (Football Beer Bet, best beer)
13. I'm A Times New Roman 3, Table Beer, 2.4% (Football Beer Bet)
14. Kingfisher, Lager, 5%
15. Ittiger Amber Lager, 5.6%
16. Schwarz Monch, Schwarzbier, 5% (Champion Holiday Beer of Switzerland)
17. Gurten Lager, Feldschlosschen, 4.8%
18. Einsiedler Lager, Rosengarten, 4.8%
19. Speciale Pilsner Lager, Valaisanne, 5.2%
20. Weizen Blonde, Wheat, Feldschlosschen, 5.2%
21. Lager Helles, Valaisanne, 4.8%
22. Pravha, Straopramen, 4% (cricket beer, piss, worst beer of 2023)
23. Easy Pale, Fierce Beer, 4.2%
24. Pale, Crafty Baa, 6%

BOTTLE
1. Ortler, Steigl, Plsner, 5%
2. La Rossa, Distelhauser, Zwickelbier, 5.1% (I don't understand what a Zwickelbier is)
3. Erdinger Dunkel, dark wheat beer, 5.3%
4. Aira Force, IPA, 5.9%, Brack 'N' Brew
5. Ullswater Blonde, Tirill, Blonde, 3.8%
6. Windemere Pale, Hawkeshead, PAle Ale, 3.5%
7. Mosaic Pale Ale, Hawkeshead, Pale Ale, 4%
8. Lakeland Pale, Hawkeshead, Golden, 4.4%
9. American Pale ALe, SHipyard, 4.5%
10. Ghost Ship, Adnams, Pale Ale, 4.5%
11. Legendares Bugel, Eichof, Lager Helles, 4.9%
12. Jungfrau Helles, 4.8%
13. Rugenbrau Helles, 4.8%
14. Thunbier Helles, 4.7%
15. Jungfrau Rotes, Lager, 5.4%
16. Spezial Dunkel, Rugenbrau, 5.2%
17. Spezial Heeles Lager, Rugenbrau, 5.2%
18. Cardinal Blonde, Lager, 4.8%
19. Hazy CLimber, NEIPA, Locher, 5%
20. Hopfenperle, Lager Pils, Felschlosschen, 5.2%
21. Original, Lager Helles, Feldsschlosschen, 4.8%
22. Matterhorn, Lager, 5%
23. Edelstoff, Augustiner, Dortmunder Lager, 5.6% (very good)
24. Brau Mare Hell, Lager Helles, 4.9%
25. Augustiner Dunkel, 5.6%
26. Augustiner Hell, 5.2%
27. Flotzinfger Hell, 5.2%
28. Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, 5.5%
29. Southern Cross, Weetwood, Pale, 3.6%
30. Cheshire Cat, Weetwood, Blonde, 4.0%
31. Old Dog, Weetwood, bitter, 4.5%
32. Kessin Blonde, 3.8%
33. Heifer Hefe, Wheat, Tractor Shed, 5%
34. Warrior IPA, Lancaster, 4.5%
35. Blonde, Lancaster, 4%

CAN

1. Northern Monk, Faith, Pale, 5.4%
2. Distant Hills, Manna, IPA, 5.8% ( best so far)
3. Distant Hills, Odyssey, IPA, 5.6%
4. Brewdog, Jet Stream, Pale Ale, 4.2% (really piss poor)
5. Haze Craze, Thirst Class Ales, American Pale, 5.2%
6. Perceptionless, RedWillow, NEIP, 6.6% (excellent)
7. Little Petal, Polly's Brew, American Pale, 5.4%
8. Wreckless, RedWillow, American Pale, 4.8%
9. Weightless, RedWillow, Sesh IPA, 4.2%
10. Midnight Drive, 7 Brothers, Sesh IPA, 4.5%
11. Hoop, Full Circle, 5.6% (gluten free)
12. Happy, Pale, Cloudwater, 3.5%
13. Tom Made Me Brew It, Pale (Hazy), Thirst Class, 5.5% (Homebrew comp winner)
14. Antipodean Pale, Thirst Class, 4.8%
15. Fuzzy, Cloudwater, Pale, 4.2%
16. Repeater, Full CIrcle, IPA, 4.1% (not an IPA)
17. Redwillow, Nelso SMash IPA, Pale Ale!!!, 5.2%, single hop variety!
18. Happy Birthday, CLoudwater, Pale Ale, 3.5% (rip off, re-labled beer)
19. Assembly, Track, Pale Hazy, 4.5%, some sort of collab, very similar to a lot of others.
20. Lagonda, Marble, Pale Ale, 5%
21. Feckless, Redwillow, bitter, 4.1%
22. Rise, Pale, Beak, 5%
23. Pages, Hazy Pale, Beak 5%
24. Parade, NEIPA, Beak, 6%
25. I don't Want To Change The World, Thirst Class, NEIPA, 5.3%
26 Tilda, Lager, Blackjack, 3.8%
27. Visibility Unlimited, Track, Pale, 5%
28. Lupu Lion, Brew York, Pale, 5%
29. DIstant North, FIerce, Cold IPA, 8.1%!!!!
30. Border Hoppy, Vocation, Pale 5.0%
31. Memento Mori, IPA, Strange Times, 5.5%
32. Pontis, Buxton, NEIPA, 5.4%
33. Atlantis, Pale, North, 4.1%
34. Sputnik, Pale, North, 5%
35. Neo Cosmo Blonde, STrange Times, 4.1%
36. Ruff Times, IPA, Blackjack 6%
37. Shangri-La, IPA, Arbor, 4.2%
38 Best, Buxton, 4.2%
39. Mosaic Gluten Free, Pale, Arbor, 4% (PISS WATER)
40. Thorn Tree IN The Garden, Turning Point, 4.7%

CIDER

1. Cornish Golden, Cornish Orchards, Trad. Cider, 5.0%
2. Vintage Medium Cider, Westons, 8.2%, very nice.

Not a bad Year at all! Overall I drank darker beers, and I think more of everything than last year, YAY! GO ME!

Beers of the year were Blackedge IPA, and Titanic Captain Smith. Plus lots of thers getting very high ratings, so looks good. Two beer festivals too. Somehow I managed nigh on 60 new pubs and bars in 2023! I need to verify!

One quibble, getting very tired of big breweries re-labelling beers as IPA, bitter etc, when ther are NOT! I am looking at you Proper Job and the like. Considering Prode, and Fullers was always my go to beer back in the ay when I Lived in West London, they don't half produce some shite now, Pride is not eh beer it was, and Seafarers was piss water. Asahi has scrwed it, but they were always going to, I remeber when they bought the brewery, they kept emntioning the 'estate', not the beer.

Shame.

Roll on the rest of 2024, been good so far!

Ocelot Spleens

8 Jan

11:38am, 8 Jan 2024

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I am beside myself with joy, after checking I managed to visit 75 new bars and pubs in 2023...I am nt beating that this year. I think it's thanks to 3 big hiking holidays, the Dolomites, Switzerland and Yorkshire, plus 2 mini weekends......75, Seventy Five :-)

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Hertford Tiger Dec 2023 9:15am, 10 Dec 2023 1,149 posts	0 Hertford Tiger I have to say it is geeky but I do like a spreadsheet since I retired I don’t get many opportunities. Next job is to merge the last two years and see what that looks like.
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2023 9:59am, 10 Dec 2023 38,324 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Don't cross the streams!
Hertford Tiger Dec 2023 9:04am, 13 Dec 2023 1,156 posts	0 Hertford Tiger Two to add both Milds but very different 119 AK McMullens light mild 120 Blackwater Mild Crouch Vale
BaronessBL Dec 2023 8:45pm, 13 Dec 2023 10,505 posts	0 BaronessBL I haven't had a McMullens AK since I first started going to pubs so at least checks own age 40 years. I recall I didn't like anything much that McMullens produced but that may have been a combination of being young, only just 'discovering' drinking and possibly because it actually was horrible. Next time I see it I will have to give it a try for old times sake. I do however like pretty much everything I've ever had from Crouch Vale.
Hertford Tiger Dec 2023 8:36am, 14 Dec 2023 1,157 posts	0 Hertford Tiger McMullens is not my favourite in fact I actively avoid it if I can, but it is our town brewery and they do own a lot of local pubs. Every time I have have one of these it has been because Mrs HT has wanted to go to the Salisbury Arms which is a bit more upmarket than my favoured drinking establishments. They keep the beer well and the AK wasn’t unpleasant just very dull. On the plus side the Blackwater was a real treat. Lovely beer
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2023 6:14pm, 14 Dec 2023 38,362 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Isn't that funny? Robinson's is my local big brewer and I avoid it all the time, but if you go to one of their pubs, it will be well kept and a fair enough pint. They are trying to pep up their beer portfolio with some snazzy stuff that hasn't quite worked yet, but they're trying.
Hertford Tiger Dec 2023 8:47pm, 14 Dec 2023 1,159 posts	0 Hertford Tiger Yes Macs went as far as creating a new brand to showcase their new brews “Rivertown Brewery”. I do like these when served as cask but mostly they’re served from kegs and a bit fizzy.
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2023 9:05pm, 14 Dec 2023 38,365 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Holts and Hydes of Manchester have done a similar thing, where they punt out a few modern styles, Hydes have produced a few that I like. One of my beer drinking mates is coming to Manchester in the new year and I have earmarked a couple of Hydes pubs because of that.
Ocelot Spleens 8 Jan 10:33am, 8 Jan 2024 38,516 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Update, Housekeeping. CASK 1. Flacks, Double Drop, bitter 3.7% 2. Robinson, Unicorn, bitter, 4.3% 3. Bombardier, Eagle!, Amber!, 4.1% 4. Robinson, Tom and Berry, Winter Ale, 4.6% 5. Strange Times, Coyote APA, 4.5% 6. Big Trip Microdose, Session IPA, 3.5% 7. Mallinsons, Amarillo, Pale Ale, 4.3% 8. Navigation, Rebel, Pale Ale, 4.2% 9. Strange Times, Revenent, Stout, 4.8% 10. Semer Water, Wensleydale, Golden, 4.1% 11. Astral, Distant Hills, Black IPA, 5.3% 12. Telegram, Neighbourhood, Best Bitter, 3.8% 13. Knowle Spring, Timothy Taylor, Blonde, 4.2% 14. Pub Ale:best, Jack In The Box, 4% 15. Premium Gold, Lister's, Golden, 5% (my 1000th different beer since 2016) 16. Wainright Gold, Golden, Marston's, 4.1% 17. Mosaic Pale, Adnams, 4.1% 18. Lone Wolves Still How, Best, Steelfish, 4.1% 19. American IPA, Blackedge, 5.8% (I gave this 5/5!) 20. CHiron, Pale, Thornbridge, 5% 21. Lit, Beartown, American Pale, 4.5% 22. Add The Cryo, Mill Hill, NE Pale, 4.2% 23. Hooky, Bitter, Hook Norton, 3.5% (old School) 24. Pure Gold, Purity, Golden, 3.8% 25. Butty Bach, Wye Valley, Pale, 4.5% (Best Kept beer in ages) 26. Jimbo, Purity, Bitter, 4% 27. Sussex Hoppy, Lister's, Pale, 3.8% 28. Buster IPA, Bowland, 4.5% (I swear this is the bitter of a couple of years ago renamed) 29. Headless, Redwillow, 3,9% 30. Captain Smiths, Strong Ale, Titanic, ,5.2% 31. Odin, Brightside Blonde Ale, 3.8% 32. Manchester SKyline, Brightside, 4.6% 33. Best, Bitter, Long Mand, 4% (Very good) 34. Landlord, Pale, T.Taylor, 4.3% 35. Hinterland, Abbeydale, Pale, 4.5% (very good) 36. Doctor Morton's Angler Management, Pale, Abbeydale, 4.1% 37. Coronation Gold, Golden, Milestone, 4.5% 38. Moonshine, Abbeydale, Pale Ale, 4.3% 39. Waimea, Stockport, Pale Ale NZ, 3.8 % (badly kept, should be good) 40. Cock and Hoop, Nottingham, Bitter, 4.3% 41. Isolater, Slaughterhouse 4.8%, Pale 42. Crusader, Milestone, Blonde, 4.4% 43. Best Bitter, Theakston, 3.8% 44. Green Lane, Chadkirk, Best Bitter, 4.4% 45. Blonde, Stancill, 3.9% 46. American Pale ALe, Listers, 4.2% 47. White Horses, Wheat Beer, Neptune, 4.6% (Football Beer Bet) 48. American Five Hop v63, Pale Ale, Blue Bee, 4.3% (Football Beer Bet) 49. Alphito, Neepsend, Pale Ale, 4.7% (Football Beer Bet) 50. Coyote, Neepsend, IPA, 6.4% (Football Beer Bet) 51. Bethnal Green Bitter, Best Bitter, Brodie's, 4% (Football Beer Bet) 52. Endless Summer, IPA, Black Iris, 4.5% (Football Beer Bet) 53. Off Balance, Salopian, Golden, 4.5% (Football Beer Bet) 54. Penpol, Verdant, American Pale Ale, 3.8% 55. Sonnet, Hophurst, Blonde, 4.2% 56. Yakima Valley, Bridge Beers, Pale, 4% 56. Irk Street Pale, Blackjack, 4% 57. He's Behind You, IPA, Thornsett, 4.2% 58. Dark Flagon, Porter, Wily Fox, 4.4% 59. Grinlow, Session IPA, Buxton, 4.6% 60. Bakewell Best Bitter, Paek Ales, 4.2% 61. SPace Taxi, Frome, Pale, 4.5% 62. Hazy Little Session, Pale, Blackjack, 3.8% 63. Best Bitter, Blackjack, 4% 64. Dizzy Blonde, Blonde, Robinsons, 3.8% 65. Bollington Best, 4.2% 66. Level Head, Greene King, 4% (piss, cricket) 67. UBU, bitter, Purity, 4.5% 68. Amarillo Gold, Wadworth, 3.9% 69. Horizon, Wadworth Gold, 4% 70. Kinder Down Fall, Red ALe, Theakstn, 4.5% 71. Big Bang, IPA (not), Unicorn Brewing (not, robinson), 4.6% (not a fan) 72. Warlock, Pale, Slaughterhouse, 4.5% (poorly kept, shame) 73. Cs with Rye, Rye Beer, Brew York, 6% 74. Wincle Waller, Pale, Wincle, 3.8% 75. Listers, Brown, 4.7% 76. Blonde Vixen, 3.8% 77. Alf, Pale, Marble 5.4% 78. Kentish Red Ale, Westerham, 3.8% 79. Jute, IPA, SALT, 4.2% 80. Butterley, Best Bitter, Ossett, 3.8% 81. Titus, Best BItter, Saltaire, 3.9% 82. Hetton Pale Ale, Dark Horse, 4.2% 83. Goosse Eye Bitter, Goose Eye, 3.9% 84. Pale, Lamb Brewery, 3.9% 85. Gold, Thwaites, 4.1% 86, Falconer, Bitter, Wensleydale, 3.9% 87. Sunbeam, Banks, Blonde, 4.2% 88. Red, Lancaster, 4.8% 89. Singletrack, Kirkby Lonsdale Blonde, 4.0% 90. Pale, Kirkstall, 4.0% 91, Throwaway IPA, 7 Brothers, 5.0% 92. DDH Pale, NorthxRivington, Pale, 5.5% 93. Riplyey's Reserve, Kirkstall, Tudor Ale, 5.9% 94. Stitch Up, IPA, Two Flints Brewery, 7% 95. Fog ON THe Tarn, Lakes Brew, IPA, 7% 96. Medusas Gaze, Rum Barrle Aged, Stout, 8% 97. Blindfold Off, CHapter, Best Bitter, 4.2% 98. Farmer's Blonde, Bradfield, 4.0% 99. Manchester Bitter, Marble, 4.2% 100. Discovery Ossett, Abbeydale, Pale, 4.1% 101. Monty's Pale, Monty's Brewery, 3.8% 102. Sparkler, Blackjack, bitter, 4.0% 103. Ghangly Ghoul, Greene King, bitter, 4.1% GREENE KING! 104. Salvation, Blackjack, Session IPA, 4.5% 106. Sonic Reducer, Pentrich, Pale, 5.3% 107. Autumn Bitter, Runaway Brewery, 4.4% 108. NZ Pale, Runaway, 4.2% 109. Ibex, Millstone, Pale, 4.2% 110. Rhyd, Red Ale, 4.2% 111. Swan Blonde, Bowness, 4% 112. Thirst Rescue, Golden, Keswick, 3.8% 113. Fox Dark, Mild, Keswick, 4% 114. Don't Worry Be hoppy, Facer, Pale, 4.1% 115. Archangel, Pale, Abbeydale, 4.5% 116. Pale Gale ALe, Storm, 4.4% 117. True Grit, Pale, Millstone, 5% 118. Hopster, Blonde, Hydes, 3.8% 119, Weathermakers Dragon, Buntingford, Golden, 4.2% 120. Pimp My Sleigh, Stockport, IPA, 4.1% 121. Mrs Claus, Bitter, Stancil, 3.8% 122. Perridge Pale, Flower Pots, Pale, 3.6% 123. Hophead, Blonde, Dark Star, 3.8% 124. Alton's Pride, Bitter, fff brewery, 3.8% 125. Proper Job, IPA!, St Austell, 4.5% (NOT AN IPA) 126. Seafarer.s, Fullers (ASAHI), bitter NOT!, 3.6% PISS WATER KEG 1. Vocation, Devil's Leap, Best BItter, 4.3% (poor) 2. Paulaner, HefeWeisbier, Wheat Beer, 5.5% 3. Spezialbier, Pustertaler Freiheit, Dortmunder Lager, 5.5% (the local holiday beer) 4. Kronen, Lager Helles, Forst, 5.2% (the other local brewer) 5. Hefeweisbier, Weihenstephaner, Wheat Beer, 5.4% 6. Luxus Light,Forst, Lager Helles, 2.9% ( i was up the top of a steep slope) 7. Premium, Lager Helles, Forst, 4.8% 8. Pilsner, Bitburger, 4.8% 9. Let's Go Bananas, Dunkelweizen,, 6.3% 10. Dunkel, Augustiner, Munich Dunkel, 5.6% (best holiday beer) 11. Amstel, Lager, 5.2% 12. Malt Bag Ghillie Suit, IPA Heist, 6.4% (Football Beer Bet, best beer) 13. I'm A Times New Roman 3, Table Beer, 2.4% (Football Beer Bet) 14. Kingfisher, Lager, 5% 15. Ittiger Amber Lager, 5.6% 16. Schwarz Monch, Schwarzbier, 5% (Champion Holiday Beer of Switzerland) 17. Gurten Lager, Feldschlosschen, 4.8% 18. Einsiedler Lager, Rosengarten, 4.8% 19. Speciale Pilsner Lager, Valaisanne, 5.2% 20. Weizen Blonde, Wheat, Feldschlosschen, 5.2% 21. Lager Helles, Valaisanne, 4.8% 22. Pravha, Straopramen, 4% (cricket beer, piss, worst beer of 2023) 23. Easy Pale, Fierce Beer, 4.2% 24. Pale, Crafty Baa, 6% BOTTLE 1. Ortler, Steigl, Plsner, 5% 2. La Rossa, Distelhauser, Zwickelbier, 5.1% (I don't understand what a Zwickelbier is) 3. Erdinger Dunkel, dark wheat beer, 5.3% 4. Aira Force, IPA, 5.9%, Brack 'N' Brew 5. Ullswater Blonde, Tirill, Blonde, 3.8% 6. Windemere Pale, Hawkeshead, PAle Ale, 3.5% 7. Mosaic Pale Ale, Hawkeshead, Pale Ale, 4% 8. Lakeland Pale, Hawkeshead, Golden, 4.4% 9. American Pale ALe, SHipyard, 4.5% 10. Ghost Ship, Adnams, Pale Ale, 4.5% 11. Legendares Bugel, Eichof, Lager Helles, 4.9% 12. Jungfrau Helles, 4.8% 13. Rugenbrau Helles, 4.8% 14. Thunbier Helles, 4.7% 15. Jungfrau Rotes, Lager, 5.4% 16. Spezial Dunkel, Rugenbrau, 5.2% 17. Spezial Heeles Lager, Rugenbrau, 5.2% 18. Cardinal Blonde, Lager, 4.8% 19. Hazy CLimber, NEIPA, Locher, 5% 20. Hopfenperle, Lager Pils, Felschlosschen, 5.2% 21. Original, Lager Helles, Feldsschlosschen, 4.8% 22. Matterhorn, Lager, 5% 23. Edelstoff, Augustiner, Dortmunder Lager, 5.6% (very good) 24. Brau Mare Hell, Lager Helles, 4.9% 25. Augustiner Dunkel, 5.6% 26. Augustiner Hell, 5.2% 27. Flotzinfger Hell, 5.2% 28. Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, 5.5% 29. Southern Cross, Weetwood, Pale, 3.6% 30. Cheshire Cat, Weetwood, Blonde, 4.0% 31. Old Dog, Weetwood, bitter, 4.5% 32. Kessin Blonde, 3.8% 33. Heifer Hefe, Wheat, Tractor Shed, 5% 34. Warrior IPA, Lancaster, 4.5% 35. Blonde, Lancaster, 4% CAN 1. Northern Monk, Faith, Pale, 5.4% 2. Distant Hills, Manna, IPA, 5.8% ( best so far) 3. Distant Hills, Odyssey, IPA, 5.6% 4. Brewdog, Jet Stream, Pale Ale, 4.2% (really piss poor) 5. Haze Craze, Thirst Class Ales, American Pale, 5.2% 6. Perceptionless, RedWillow, NEIP, 6.6% (excellent) 7. Little Petal, Polly's Brew, American Pale, 5.4% 8. Wreckless, RedWillow, American Pale, 4.8% 9. Weightless, RedWillow, Sesh IPA, 4.2% 10. Midnight Drive, 7 Brothers, Sesh IPA, 4.5% 11. Hoop, Full Circle, 5.6% (gluten free) 12. Happy, Pale, Cloudwater, 3.5% 13. Tom Made Me Brew It, Pale (Hazy), Thirst Class, 5.5% (Homebrew comp winner) 14. Antipodean Pale, Thirst Class, 4.8% 15. Fuzzy, Cloudwater, Pale, 4.2% 16. Repeater, Full CIrcle, IPA, 4.1% (not an IPA) 17. Redwillow, Nelso SMash IPA, Pale Ale!!!, 5.2%, single hop variety! 18. Happy Birthday, CLoudwater, Pale Ale, 3.5% (rip off, re-labled beer) 19. Assembly, Track, Pale Hazy, 4.5%, some sort of collab, very similar to a lot of others. 20. Lagonda, Marble, Pale Ale, 5% 21. Feckless, Redwillow, bitter, 4.1% 22. Rise, Pale, Beak, 5% 23. Pages, Hazy Pale, Beak 5% 24. Parade, NEIPA, Beak, 6% 25. I don't Want To Change The World, Thirst Class, NEIPA, 5.3% 26 Tilda, Lager, Blackjack, 3.8% 27. Visibility Unlimited, Track, Pale, 5% 28. Lupu Lion, Brew York, Pale, 5% 29. DIstant North, FIerce, Cold IPA, 8.1%!!!! 30. Border Hoppy, Vocation, Pale 5.0% 31. Memento Mori, IPA, Strange Times, 5.5% 32. Pontis, Buxton, NEIPA, 5.4% 33. Atlantis, Pale, North, 4.1% 34. Sputnik, Pale, North, 5% 35. Neo Cosmo Blonde, STrange Times, 4.1% 36. Ruff Times, IPA, Blackjack 6% 37. Shangri-La, IPA, Arbor, 4.2% 38 Best, Buxton, 4.2% 39. Mosaic Gluten Free, Pale, Arbor, 4% (PISS WATER) 40. Thorn Tree IN The Garden, Turning Point, 4.7% CIDER 1. Cornish Golden, Cornish Orchards, Trad. Cider, 5.0% 2. Vintage Medium Cider, Westons, 8.2%, very nice. Not a bad Year at all! Overall I drank darker beers, and I think more of everything than last year, YAY! GO ME! Beers of the year were Blackedge IPA, and Titanic Captain Smith. Plus lots of thers getting very high ratings, so looks good. Two beer festivals too. Somehow I managed nigh on 60 new pubs and bars in 2023! I need to verify! One quibble, getting very tired of big breweries re-labelling beers as IPA, bitter etc, when ther are NOT! I am looking at you Proper Job and the like. Considering Prode, and Fullers was always my go to beer back in the ay when I Lived in West London, they don't half produce some shite now, Pride is not eh beer it was, and Seafarers was piss water. Asahi has scrwed it, but they were always going to, I remeber when they bought the brewery, they kept emntioning the 'estate', not the beer. Shame. Roll on the rest of 2024, been good so far!
Ocelot Spleens 8 Jan 11:38am, 8 Jan 2024 38,517 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I am beside myself with joy, after checking I managed to visit 75 new bars and pubs in 2023...I am nt beating that this year. I think it's thanks to 3 big hiking holidays, the Dolomites, Switzerland and Yorkshire, plus 2 mini weekends......75, Seventy Five