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Beers I Have Known and Loved 2020

§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: 383 beers
Average Rating: 2.55
Average ABV: 6.59%

§Beers

❧Best

  1. Surly Fourteen (5.0, 11.0%, Barley Wine, USA)
  2. Untitled Art Sweet and Sour Graperfuit IPA (5.0, 7.0%, IPA, USA)
  3. Indeed Old Breed (4.0, 9.9%, Barley Wine, USA)

❧Worst

  1. Oliphant Super Squishy (0.0, 5.0%, Sour, USA)
  2. Inbound Contains Bees (0.0, 5.2%, Golden Ale, USA)
  3. Fat Orange Cat Sweet Jane Pineapple (0.0, 7.3%, IPA, USA)

§Months

Average: 31.92 per month
Most: February (55)
Least: April (24)
Best: November (2.88)
Worst: May (2.07)
Booziest: January (7.83%)
Soberest: July (5.98%)

§Places

❧Cities Visited

13 different cities
Best: St Paul (3.17)
Worst: Golden Valley (2.14)
Booziest: St Louis Park (10.98%)
Soberest: Merrifield (5.5%)

❧Countries Visited

4 different countries
Best: Switzerland (2.71)
Worst: USA (2.54)
Booziest: USA (6.7%)
Soberest: Switzerland (5.58%)

❧Brewery Countries

13 different brewery countries
Best: Switzerland (2.73)
Worst: Germany (2.29)
Booziest: USA (6.8%)
Soberst: Germany (5.56%)

§Styles

58 different styles
Most: IPA (74)
Least: Belgian White (5)
Best: Barley Wine (3.44)
Worst: Pale Lager (1.5)
Booziest: Barley Wine (12.09%)
Soberst: Pale Lager (4.68%)

§ABV

❧Strongest

  1. Steel Toe Lunker (3.0, 14.4%, Barley Wine, USA)
  2. Central Waters Barleywine Ale (2.0, 14.3%, Barley Wine, USA)
  3. Steel Toe Lunker - Red Wine (2.0, 13.5%, Barley Wine, USA)

❧Weakest

  1. The Bruery Brite (4.0, 3.0%, Sour, USA)
  2. Sisyphus Neverlasting Gobstopper - Guava Key Lime (2.0, 3.0%, Sour, USA)
  3. Central Waters Key Lime Gose (3.0, 3.3%, Gose, USA)

§Breweries

160 different breweries
Most: Surly (12)
Least: Bent Paddle (5)
Best: Deschutes (3.33)
Worst: Modist (1.43)
Booziest: Steel Toe (10.07%)
Soberst: Bent Paddle (4.98%)