Beers I Have Known and Loved 2023

§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: 464 beers
Average Rating: 2.47
Average ABV: 6.39%

§Beers

❧Best

1. Bent Paddle Double Shot Double Black (5.0, 10.0%, Imperial Stout, USA)
2. Wild Minds Barrel Fermented Piwo Grodziskie (5.0, 5.0%, Grodziskie, USA)
3. Bent Paddle Barrel-Aged Double Black (5.0, 10.4%, Imperial Stout, USA)

❧Worst

1. Copper Trail Copper Sunrise (0.0, 5.6%, Sour, USA)
2. Bad Weather Green Sky (0.0, 8.4%, Double IPA, USA)
3. Staropolskie Złoty (0.0, 5.6%, Golden Ale, Poland)

§Months

Average: 38.67 per month
Most: August (77)
Least: October (21)
Best: December (2.73)
Worst: February (2.17)
Booziest: December (7.47%)
Soberest: July (5.78%)

§Places

❧Cities Visited

28 different cities
Best: Warsaw (3.18)
Worst: Winchester (1.83)
Booziest: Merrifield (7.7%)
Soberest: San José del Cabo (5.0%)

❧Countries Visited

7 different countries
Best: Poland (3.18)
Worst: Mexico (2.25)
Booziest: USA (6.56%)
Soberest: Mexico (4.94%)

❧Brewery Countries

17 different brewery countries
Best: Belgium (3.0)
Worst: Mexico (2.25)
Booziest: Belgium (7.9%)
Soberst: Lithuania (4.94%)

§Styles

73 different styles
Most: IPA (73)
Least: Barley Wine (5)
Best: Grodziskie (4.0)
Worst: Oktoberfest (1.75)
Booziest: Barley Wine (12.02%)
Soberst: Grodziskie (3.96%)

§ABV

❧Strongest

1. Revolution Rye Way to Heaven (3.0, 15.8%, Barley Wine, USA)
2. Untitled Art Barrel-Aged American Imperial Stout (3.0, 15.7%, Imperial Stout, USA)
3. Blackstack Sixth Sense (3.0, 14.3%, Imperial Stout, USA)

❧Weakest

1. Volfas Engelmann Imperial Gira (1.0, 0.5%, Kvass, Lithuania)
2. Gubernija Duonos Gira (2.0, 0.5%, Kvass, Lithuania)
3. Квас Тарас Чорний (1.0, 1.2%, Kvass, Ukraine)

§Breweries

205 different breweries
Most: Blackstack (25)
Least: Berkeley Springs (5)
Best: Forager (3.4)
Worst: Castle Danger (1.8)
Booziest: Lupulin (9.06%)
Soberst: Castle Danger (5.0%)