beer

beer taps

Beer I’d like to try and beer I’ve tried. good I liked, ok were just ok, bad I didn’t like. Also see wine, chocolate, and other lists.

Naturally, this isn’t comprehensive – I’ve tried others that aren’t listed here – and it’s biased toward my taste. If I mark a beer bad, I may still think it’s good overall, but just doesn’t match my own personal taste, and vice versa. I tend to prefer IPAs and darker beers like stouts and porters. I don’t mind lighter ales and lagers, but some, like lambics, I’m not a fan of.

To try:

Wasatch Brewery Polygamy Porter, misc

Squatters misc

De Struise Brouwers Pannepot (quadrupel)

Linden Street Burning Oak Black Lager

Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA

O’Hanlon’s Ruby Stout

Brouwerij ‘t IJ miscellaneous

Mayfield Brewing Iconoclast Nocturna (imperial stout)

Brasserie d’Achouffe Chouffe Bok (amber)

Magic Hat (various)

Westvleteren 12 (bock)

Russian River Brewing Pliny the Younger (double IPA)

Tried:

Prescott Ponderosa IPA ok

New Belgium Fat Tire (amber) ok

Anderson Valley Hop Ottin’ IPA ok

Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin (oatmeal stout) good, Velvet Merkin (oatmeal stout aged in bourbon barrels) bad, Double Jack (imperial IPA) good

Brouwerij Het Anker Gouden Carolus Noël (Belgian dark) bad

World Brews Four In Hand IPA ok

Bison Chocolate Stout good

Fort Collins Incredible Hop #1 (black IPA) good

Rahr & Sons Ass Kisser Double IPA bad

Hermitage Brewing Ale of the Hermit bad, Maltopia Double Scotch Ale bad

Hermitage Irondale “Swanton Rea’s” Double Chocolate Stout good

Coronado Idiot Ipa ok

Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout bad

Midnight Sun Arctic Rhino Coffee Porter good

Emelisse Espresso Stout ok, Imperial Russian Stout ok

Valeir Extra (Belgian IPA) good

Full Sail IPA good, Amber good

Brùton Barley Ale ok

Victory V-Twelve (quadrupel) good

Birrificio Le Baladin Super Baladin bad

Fuller’s London Porter good (with nitrogen good)

Brouwerij Smisje Catherine The Great (imperial stout) good

Brasserie St. Feuillien Triple ok

Redhook ESB ok, Long Hammer IPA ok

Echigo Stout ok

Hair Of The Dog Adam good

Avery “The Czar” Imperial Stout good

Ballast Point Victory At Sea Imperial Porter ok

Stone Brewing Co. Old Guardian (barley wine)

Spaten Optimator (doppelbock) good

Fish Brewing Fish Tale IPA good

Dick’s Double Diamond Winter Ale ok

Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA good, Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout ok, 14 Anniversary Ale good

Tied House Hoptopia (double IPA) good, Cascade Amber bad, Ironwood Dark ok, Menage A Singe (black IPA) ok

Pyramid Snow Cap good, Hefeweizen ok

Napa Smith Bonfire (imperial porter) good

Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel (double imperial stout) ok, Big Worse (Bourbon Barrel Edition) good, Koppi Coffee IPA good, Beer Geek Bacon aka Rauch Geek Breakfast bad

Schmaltz aka He’Brew Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A. (double IPA) ok

Harvey & Son Le Coq Imperial Extra Double Stout bad

Jolly Pumpkin La Roja (wild amber) bad, Bam Noire (dark farmhouse ale) bad

Russian River Brewing Blind Pig (IPA) ok, Damnation (golden ale) ok, Pliny the Elder (double IPA) good, Supplication (oaked cherry ale) bad

Lucky Hand Black Lager bad

Kona Pipeline Porter good, Koko Brown ok, Fire Rock Pale Ale ok, Big Wave Golden Ale bad

Ska Brewing Ten Pin Porter ok

Durango Brewing Blueberry Wheat ok, Amber bad

Carver Brewing Iron Horse Oatmeal Stout good, Raspberry Wheat bad, Cascade Canyon Cask IPA good, Oatmeal Pale Ale ok, Colorado Uncommon good

Brasserie Lebbe L’Amalthée ok

Brasserie Dupont Saison Dupont Vielle Provision ok

Birrificio Troll Palanfrina (dark ale) good

Brouwerij Rodenbach Grand Cru (Flanders red ale) bad

Brasserie de Rochefort Trappistes Rochefort 6 (Belgian dark ale) ok, 8 (Belgian dark ale), ok, 10 (quadrupel) ok

Eel River Brewing Organic Porter bad, Blonde bad, Acai Berry Wheat bad

Ninkasi Total Domination IPA bad, Oatis (oatmeal stout) ok, Believer (double red ale) ok

Mehana Volcano Red good, Sunset Amber ok

MacTarnahan’s Summer Grifter (IPA) good

Coastal Fog IPA bad

Nectar Ales Black Xantus bad

Port Brewing Hop 15 (double IPA) ok, Wipeout IPA good, Santa’s Little Helper (imperial stout) good, High Tide Fresh Hop IPA bad, Old Viscosity bad

Iron Springs Sless’ Oatmeal Stout ok

Tui IPA ok

Mad River Steelhead Double IPA ok, Serious Madness (black ale) good, Mad Belgian (Belgian pale ale) ok

Butte Creek Organic IPA ok, Organic Porter good, Organic Pale Ale ok

De Struise Brouwers Black Albert (royal stout) good

Brouwerij Van Steenberge Gentse Tripel ok, Gulden Draak (dark tripel) good

Brouwerij Slaapmutske Nightcap ok

Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel Péché Mortel (coffee stout) good, Route Des Épices (rye) ok

Brasserie Dubuisson Bush De Noël aka Scaldis Noël (dark ale) ok, Scaldis Noël Premium (dark ale) bad, Bush De Nuits (dark ale) good

BridgePort Hop Czar (double IPA) good

Firehouse Grill & Brewery Palo Alto Brewing Barely Legal Coconut Porter good

Moylan’s Moylander Double IPA ok

Browar Okocim Porter bad

Pivovar Náchod Primátor Double Bock bad

Buckbean Tule Duck Red ok, Black Noddy Lager ok

Uncommon Baltic Porter bad

Cold Spring John Henry 3 Lick Spiker Ale ok

Ale Industries Bill Brand Brown good

Oskar Blues Ten FIDY (imperial stout) ok, Gubna IPA good, Old Chub (scotch ale) good

Cucapá Obscura bad

Blue Moon Belgian White ok

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale ok, Torpedo Extra IPA ok, Stout ok, Porter good, Glissade bad, Tumbler (brown) ok, 30th Anniversary Fritz and Ken’s Ale (stout) good, 30th Anniversary Charlie, Fred, and Ken’s Bock (helles bock) good, 30th Anniversary Jack and Ken’s Ale (barleywine) ok

Magnolia Stout of Circumstance ok

Weihenstephaner Korbinian Hefeweissbier Dark good

Caledonian Great Scot Pale Ale bad

Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck Kasteel Tripel good, St. Louis Gueuze Fond Tradition bad

Valley Brewing Decadence Pomegranate Saison ok

Avery Mephistopheles Stout bad

Grand Teton Black Cauldron (imperial stout) ok, Lost Continent (double IPA)

McAuslan St-Ambroise Oatmeal Stout ok

Wolaver’s (organic) Brown Ale ok

BrewDog (with Stone) Bashah (black Belgian double IPA) good

Koningshoeven Quadrupel good, Dubbel bad

New Belgium 1554 (black ale) ok, Mothership Wit good, Ranger IPA ok, Hoptober (golden ale) ok, 2° Below (ESB) good, Trippel good

AleSmith Anvil ESB Ale ok, Speedway Stout ok

Goose Island Stockyard Oatmeal Stout good, Bourbon County Imperial Stout ok, Sofie (saison) ok, Pere Jacques (dubbel) ok, Matilda (Belgian ale) good, Pepe Nero ok

FiftyFifty 2009 Eclipse Imperial Stout ok, Concentrated Evil bad

Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru ok

Michelob Shock Top (Belgian white) ok

Carlsberg Sverige D. Carnegie & Co. Stark-porter good

El Toro Poppy Jasper Amber good

Abita Turbodog (dark brown ale) ok, Amber (Vienna lager) bad

Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat Buffalo Belgian Stout ok

Estrella Damm Inedit good

Orval blonde ale bad

Chimay Red (dubbel) ok, Blue (dark ale) ok

Speakeasy Hunters Point Porter good, Prohibition Ale good, Big Daddy IPA ok, Payback Porter ok, Double Daddy (imperial IPA) good, Betrayal (imperial red ale) ok

Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat Maredsous 6 Blonde ok, 8 Dubbel good, 10 Tripel good

Marin Brewing Co. San Quentin’s Breakout Stout, St. Brendan’s Irish Red ok, Albion Amber bad

Brasserie des Garrigues “La Belle en Goguette” (blonde) ok, “Saison des Amours” (amber) ok, “Nuit de Goguette” (brown) good

Mauritius Brauerei Perlenbacher Premium Pils (pilsner) bad

Wychwood Wychcraft bad (blonde ale)

Lost Abbey Serpent’s Stout bad, Red Barn Ale ok, Angel’s Share (barleywine) good, Inferno Ale ok , Carnevale (saison) bad

Williams Brothers Fraoch Heather Ale good

Westmalle Tripel good, Dubbel good

Devil’s Canyon Dedication Ale (amber) ok, Full Boar Scotch Ale good, California Sunshine Rye Ipa ok

St. Bernardus ABT 12 (dark ale) good, Tripel good , Christmas Ale ok

Haand Bryggeriet Odin’s Tipple (dark ale) good good

Malheur 12 (quadrupel, dark ale) good

Brasserie d’Achouffe Houblon (IPA) good, McChouffe (dark ale), good, N’ice Chouffe (dark ale) good,

North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout good, Brother Thelonious Abbey Ale good, No. 38 Stout bad, ACME California IPA bad

The Bruery Trade Winds Tripel good, Autumn Maple good

Green Flash Imperial IPA ok, Grand Cru (dark ale) ?, West Coast IPA good, Nut Brown Ale ok, Le Freak (Belgian IPA) good, Hop Head Red ok

Meantime London Porter ok, Scotch Ale good

Moonlight Death and Taxes Black Lager good

Black Sheep Riggwelter (dark ale) ok

Baltika #6 Porter good

Moorhouse’s Black Cat (dark ale)

Murphy’s Stout ok

Black Diamond Imperial Porter ok, Freestyle (blonde) ok, Jagged Edge IPA good

Shipyard Pugsley’s Signature Imperial Porter ok, Pugsley IPA ok, Blue Fin Stout ok

Belhaven Wee Heavy (Scotch ale) bad

Cháu Tiên Pale Ale (more like an amber) ok

Mendocino Brewing Co. Eye of the Hawk (ale) good, IPA (don’t know which one :( ) ok, Red Tail (red ale) good, Oatmeal Stout good

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock bad

Brouwerij Van Eecke Poperings Hommel (Belgian IPA) good

Half Moon Bay Brewing Co. Lunacy (sour ale) bad, Wipe Out Imperial Stout ok, Bootlegger’s Brown Ale ok, Old Princeton Landing IPA ok, Pillar Point Pale Ale bad, Sandy Beach Blonde (hefeweizen) ok, Double IPA good, Smuggler’s Stout bad

Unibroue Terrible (dark ale) good, Fin du Monde (tripel) good, Maudite good

Blue Frog Red Frog (red ale) ok

Drake’s Imperial Stout good, Dry Stout ok, IPA ok, Denogginizer (double IPA) good

Nogne Ø Imperial Stout good

Deschutes Black Butte Porter good, Black Butte XXI (porter) good, Abyss (imperial stout) good, Inversion IPA good, Mirror Pond Pale Ale bad, Obsidian Stout good

El Toro Oatmeal Stout good

Anderson Valley Boont (amber ale) ok, Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout good

Ommegang Abbey Ale (red ale) ok, Chocolate Indulgence (stout) good, Adoration (dark winter ale) ok Three Philosophers (quadrupel) good, Hennepin good

Affligem Dubbel (dark red ale) ok, Tripel ok

Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (black ale) good, Ola Dubh (black ale)

Anchor Porter ok, Christmas Ale bad, Old Foghorn (barleywine) ok

St. Peter’s Cream Stout good, Old-Style Porter, IPA bad

Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar (brown ale) bad, Mocha Porter bad, Shakespeare Stout good, XS Imperial IPA ok, XS Imperial Porter ok, St. Rogue Red good, Dead Guy Ale bad

Lion Stout good

Stone Brewing Co. Arrogant Bastard Ale good, Smoked Porter good, Imperial Russian Stout good, Vertical Epic 09.09.09 (imperial porter) ok, Sublimely Self Righteous (black ale) ok, Levitation Ale good, Ruination good, IPA good

Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA good, 90 Minute IPA good, Palo Santo Marron (brown ale) bad, World Wide Stout ok, Sah’tea good, Theobroma (chile light ale) bad, Festina Pêche (peach Weissbeir) bad, Burton Baton (imperial IPA) ok

Lagunitas IPA good, Capuccino Stout bad, The Censored (copper ale) ok Imperial Red (copper ale) good, Imperial Stout ok, Lucky 13 good, Hop Stoopid ok, Maximus (imperial IPA) ok, A Little Sumpin’ Wild (ale) ok, SF Fusion (IPA) ok, The Hairy Eyeball (ale) good, Waldos Special Ale (imperial IPA) good

Allagash Black (stout) bad, Victoria Ale (with chardonnay grapes) ok

Alaskan Brewing Co. Smoked Porter ok, Baltic Porter Ale good, IPA ok

21st Amendment Watermelon Wheat good, Amendment Pale Ale ok, Oyster Stout good, Double Trouble Imperial IPA good, Rustico ok, Brew Free or Die! IPA good, Back in Black IPA good, St. Patrick O’Sullivan’s Irish Red ok, Diesel Smoked Imperial Stout ok, Pyramid Thunderhead IPA ok, Roasted American Amber bad, Bitter American ok, Mo’Tcho Risin’ (imperial chocolate stout) ok, Eurail (Belgian IPA) good, Golden Doom (Belgian pale ale) ok, Hop Crisis good, Hendrik’s Russian Imperial Stout bad, 2000-2010 Tenure (saison) ok , North Star Red ok, Papa Park’s Porter ok, Ugly Sweater IPA bad, Drake’s Black Robusto Porter ok, McCoy’s Serious Stout good

Young’s Double Chocolate Stout good

Guinness (stout) good

Gordon Biersch Märzen bad, Schwarzbier ok

Dos Equis (amber lager) good

Bass (pale ale) good

Newcastle Brown Ale good, Summer Ale ok, Winter IPA bad

Negra Modelo (Grupo Modelo; Vienna lager) good

Samuel Smith Imperial Stout good, Oatmeal Stout good, Nut Brown Ale good, Pale Ale ok, Winter Welcome Ale good

Bear Republic Red Rocket (red ale) good, Racer 5 IPA good, Hop Rod Rye good

Abita Turbodog (dark brown ale), good Jockamo IPA bad

Spetzl Shiner Bock ok, Shiner Hefeweizen ok

Widmer Hefeweizen bad, Drifter Pale Ale bad

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