REC

RD

Beers I Have Known and Loved 2024

§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: 369 beers
Average Rating: 2.57
Average ABV: 6.44%

§Beers

❧Best

  1. Dual Citizen Mischief and Mayhem (5.0, 11.5%, Barley Wine, USA)
  2. Schlenkerla Weichsel - Rotbier (5.0, 4.6%, Smoked, Germany)
  3. Stiegl-Gut Wildshut Sonnenkönig Barrique XXIII (5.0, 10.5%, Dunkelweizen, Austria)

❧Worst

  1. Half Acre Snow Melt (0.0, 6.0%, IPA, USA)
  2. Arbeiter Arbeiteren (0.0, 5.4%, Sour, USA)
  3. Junkyard Church Giggles (0.0, 5.9%, Sour, USA)

§Months

Average: 30.75 per month
Most: June (56)
Least: July (17)
Best: June (2.84)
Worst: September (2.14)
Booziest: November (8.22%)
Soberest: July (5.06%)

§Places

❧Cities Visited

33 different cities
Best: St. Pantaleon (4.2)
Worst: Chicago (2.0)
Booziest: Rochester, MN (7.99%)
Soberest: Edina (5.25%)

❧Countries Visited

4 different countries
Best: Austria (2.97)
Worst: USA (2.5)
Booziest: USA (6.59%)
Soberest: Germany (5.66%)

❧Brewery Countries

14 different brewery countries
Best: Germany (2.95)
Worst: USA (2.49)
Booziest: Belgium (8.12%)
Soberst: Germany (5.15%)

§Styles

69 different styles
Most: IPA (46)
Least: Amber Ale (5)
Best: Spice (3.5)
Worst: Fruit Beer (1.75)
Booziest: Imperial Stout (11.93%)
Soberst: Fruit Beer (4.08%)

§ABV

❧Strongest

  1. New Holland Dragon's Milk Triple Mash (3.0, 18.7%, Imperial Stout, USA)
  2. Forager Your Secret's Safe With Us (3.0, 14.8%, Barley Wine, USA)
  3. Alesmith Barrel-Aged Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee (3.0, 14.2%, Imperial Stout, USA)

❧Weakest

  1. Gösser Radler (2.0, 2.0%, Fruit Beer, Austria)
  2. Hofbräu Radler (2.0, 2.3%, Fruit Beer, Germany)
  3. Hopf Russ'n (1.0, 2.7%, Fruit Beer, Germany)

§Breweries

162 different breweries
Most: Blackstack (12)
Least: Barrel + Beam (5)
Best: Stiegl-Gut Wildshut (4.29)
Worst: Arbeiter (1.73)
Booziest: Forager (8.49%)
Soberst: Lupulin (5.5%)