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Beers I Have Known and Loved 2017

§Introduction

So you're actually reading this. You aren't sick of me talking about beer all day everyday forever. ... Cool. Some people do music, some people do events, I'm gonna talk about all the beer I tried this year.

❧Things You Should Know

I've ignored counts of less than 5 in the superlatives. That is, best/worst of X only includes Xes that I have more than 5 entries for in the year. If there's a percentage in the parentheses, it's an ABV. If there's no percentage, it's a rating. I use a 0-5 rating scale that more or less corresponds to how I would describe the beer to someone asking my opinion.

  • Undrinkable (0)
  • Not That Good (1)
  • Fine (2)
  • Good (3)
  • Really Good (4)
  • Great (5)

§TL;DR

Total: 655 beers
Average Rating: 2.3
Average ABV: 6.77%

§Beers

❧Best

  1. BrewDog Dog C (5.0, 15.1%, Imperial Stout, Scotland)
  2. Fieldwork Viking's Lament (5.0, 13.5%, Imperial Porter, USA)
  3. Firestone Walker Bravo (5.0, 13.5%, American Strong Ale, USA)

❧Worst

  1. Grain Belt Lock and Dam (0.0, 5.0%, Premium Lager, USA)
  2. Triple Voodoo Anxiety (0.0, 5.1%, Pilsener, USA)
  3. Triple Voodoo Far East (0.0, 7.0%, Saison, USA)

§Months

Average: 54.58 per month
Most: September (111)
Least: October (28)
Best: December (2.56)
Worst: January (1.75)
Booziest: October (7.49%)
Soberest: May (6.46%)

§Places

❧Cities Visited

36 different cities
Best: New York City (3.18)
Worst: Eden Prairie (1.57)
Booziest: Hoboken (8.84%)
Soberest: Baxter (5.19%)

❧Countries Visited

8 different countries
Best: Hong Kong (2.77)
Worst: Israel (1.86)
Booziest: Hong Kong (6.93%)
Soberest: Argentina (5.59%)

❧Brewery Countries

29 different brewery countries
Best: Scotland (3.0)
Worst: England (1.71)
Booziest: Scotland (8.74%)
Soberst: Hong Kong (5.37%)

§Styles

66 different styles
Most: IPA (113)
Least: Abbey Tripel (5)
Best: American Strong Ale (3.4)
Worst: Fruit Beer (0.91)
Booziest: American Strong Ale (12.61%)
Soberst: Berliner Weisse (4.04%)

§ABV

❧Strongest

  1. Drake's The Void (2.0, 18.6%, Imperial Stout, USA)
  2. Dogfish Head World Wide Stout (3.0, 18.0%, Imperial Stout, USA)
  3. 8 Wired Bumaye (2.0, 16.0%, Imperial Stout, New Zealand)

❧Weakest

  1. Golden Road Tart Mango Cart (1.0, 3.2%, Fruit Beer, USA)
  2. Sierra Nevada Queen of the Woods (2.0, 3.2%, Sahti, USA)
  3. Evil Twin James Beer (4.0, 3.5%, Berliner Weisse, USA)

§Breweries

268 different breweries
Most: Rare Barrel (41)
Least: Henhouse (5)
Best: BrewDog (3.22)
Worst: INC 82 (1.0)
Booziest: BrewDog (9.18%)
Soberst: Jack Pine (5.19%)