Max Beer Awards

The Best Beers of each Style

tasted before 31/12/2003

The styles with a good choice of good beers I could taste have been considered (excluding lambics).
The styles are not exactly those in the database, some have been put together for convenience. Also some beers with a + rating have been included. The numbers mean: %alc, Plato, rating.

PILSENER


KUR PILS GER UNSER BURGERBRAU 5 -/- 8.50
PRIMA PILS USA VICTORY 5 -/- 8.50
PILSNER URQUELL CEC PLZN (PILSEN) 5.0 12 8.25

PALE LAGER


FALKENTURM GER DEININGER KRONENBRAU 5.4 -/- 8.25
SAMUEL ADAMS BOSTON LAGERUSA BOSTON BEER CO. 5 -/- 7.50
YEBISU JAP SAPPORO 5.0 -/- 7.25

AMBER LAGER


AMBER SHOCK ITA BIRRIFICIO ITALIANO 7.0 17.7 8.50
PASKE BRYG DEN CARLSBERG 8.7 -/- 8.50
LA ROSSA FRIULANA ITA MORETTI -/- 16.8 8.25

DARK LAGER


ASASHI BLACK BEER JAP ASASHI 5.0 -/- 8.50
KNEITINGER DUNKEL GER KNEITING 5.0 -/- 8.50
MOTOR OIL ITA BEBA 8.0 18 8.25

EXTRA STRONG LAGER


SAMICHLAUS AUT EGGENBERGER 14 27.3 9.00
BIERE DU DEMON FRA ENFANTS DE GAYANT 12 21.7 8.50
KULMINATOR URTYP HELL GER ERSTE KULMBACHER ACTIENB. 11 29.5 8.25

BOCK


BIBOCK ITA BIRRIFICIO ITALIANO 6.2 16 8.75
EGGENBERGER URBOCK AUT EGGENBERGER 9.9 25 8.50
NIAGARA EISBOCK CAN NIAGARA 8.0 -/- 8.50

DOPPELBOCK


CORONATOR GER ARCOBRAU 7.5 18.2 9.25
EISBOCK REICHELBRAU GER REICHELBRAU 10 24 9.00
AYINGER WINTER BOCK GER AYINGER 6.7 18.5 8.75

BITTER & PALE ALE


LANDLORD ENG TIMOTHY TAYLOR 4.3 -/- 9.00
YANKEES ENG ROOSTER 4.3 -/- 8.75
MOONDANCE ENG TRIPLE F 4.2 -/- 8.75

STRONG BITTER & PALE ALE


SPECIAL LONDON ALE ENG YOUNG'S 6.4 -/- 9.00
FULLER'S 1845 ENG FULLER'S 6.3 -/- 9.00
EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER ENG FULLER 5.5 13.4 8.75

INDIA & AMERICAN PALE ALE


LIBERTY ALE USA ANCHOR 6.1 14.1 9.00
HOPDEVIL IPA USA VICTORY 6.7 -/- 12 9.00
STONE IPA USA STONE 6.9 7.5 -/- 8.75

OLD ALE


PRIZE OLD ALE 1985* ENG GALE'S 9.5 22.7 9.75
FINAL SELECTION ENG WHITBREAD -/- -/- 9.25
STRONG SUFFOLK ENG GREENE KING 6 -/- 8.75

BROWN ALE


HAZELNUT BROWN USA ROGUE 5.2 -/- 8.75
BROOKLYN BROWN USA BROOKLYN 5.2 -/- 8.00
CASTA MORENA MEX ESPECIALIDADES CERVECERAS 6.0 -/- 8.00

SCOTCH ALE


MC EWANS SCOTCH ALE SCO SCOTTISH & NEWCASTLE 8 21.1 9.50
DOUGLAS SCOTCH SCO JOHN MARTIN 8.6 21.6 9.00
SCOTCH DE SILLY BEL SILLY 9 -/- 9.00

BARLEY WINE


BIGFOOT USA SIERRA NEVADA 10.1 23 9.75
DOMESDAY (STRONGEST) ENG DEVENISH 15.9 32.7 9.75
OLD FOGHORN ANCHOR 9.0 23.7 9.75

GARDE


JENLAIN (sur lie)* FRA DUYCK 6.5 16.6 8.25
BALADIN AMBREEITA BALADIN 6.2 -/- 8.25
GAVROCHE FRA S. SYLVESTRE 8.5 -/- 8.25

BELGIAN STRONG ALE


WESTVLETEREN 12 BEL TRAPPIST ABB. WESTVLETEREN 10.8 23 10.00
ROCHEFORT 10 BEL TRAPPIST ABB. ROCHEFORT 11.3 24 10.00
WESTVLETEREN 8 BEL TRAPPIST ABB. WESTVELETEREN 8 19 9.75

DOUBLE


WESTMALLE DOUBLE BEL TRAPPIST ABB. WESTMALLE 6.5 15.5 8.75
CHARLES QUINT BEL HAACHT 7 -/- 8.25
LA TRAPPE DUBBEL NED TRAPPIST ABB. KOENIGHOEVEN 6.5 17.3 8.25

TRIPLE


WESTMALLE TRIPLE BEL TRAPPIST ABB. WESTMALLE 9 19.3 9.25
GOLDEN MONKEY USA VICTORY 9.5 -/- 9.00
TRIPLE MOINE BEL DU BOCQ 7 18 8.50

FLEMISH RED - BRUIN


OERBIER BEL DE DOLLE BROUWERS 7.5 -/- 9.25
RODENBACH GRAND CRU BEL RODENBACH 5.2 28/10/1988 9.00
LIEFMANS GOUDENBANDBEL LIEFMANS 6 13.2 8.50

GOLDEN ALE


DUVEL BEL MOORTGAT 8.6 17.8 9.00
HENNEPIN USA OMMEGANG 7.5 -/- 8.25
JUDAS BEL UNION 8.5 -/- 8.25

BLONDE ALE


WESTVLETEREN BLONDE BEL TRAPPIST ABB. WESTVLETEREN 5.8 15.0 9.50
ROCHEFORTOISE BLONDE BEL ROCHEFORTOISE 6.2 -/- 8.50
ACHEL BLOND BEL TRAPPIST ABB. ACHEL 8.0 -/- 7.50

BELGIAN ALE


QUINTINE AMBREE BEL ELLEZOISE 8.5 -/- 9.75
GAULOISE BEL DU BOCQ 8.2 20 9.00
DOUBLE ENGHIEN BEL DE SILLY 8.0 -/- 9.00

DRY STOUT


DOUBLE BLACK STOUT USA REDHOOK 6.7 -/- 9.00
D'ARCY STOUT IRL DUBLIN 4.7 -/- 9.00
WRASSLER'S XXX IRL PORTRHOUSE 5.0 -/- 8.75

FOREIGN STOUT


GUINNESS FOREIGN IRL GUINNESS 7.5 -/- 9.00
ABC STOUT SING ASIA PACIFIC 8.1 17.8 8.75
KIRIN STOUT JAP KIRIN 8.0 -/- 8.25

IMPERIAL STOUT


IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT ENG COURAGE 9.5 24 10.00
OLD BARLEY IMPERIAL ENG BASS 5.4 -/- 9.75
ALBANI PORTER DEN ALBANI 7.8 20 9.50

SWEET & OATMEAL STOUT


DOUBLE CHOCOLATE STOUT ENG YOUNG'S 5.0 -/- 8.75
BANDERSNATCH SWEET STOUT USA BANDERSNATCH 6.0 -/- 8.75
FARMER JOE'S OATMEAL STOUT USA HEARTLAND -/- -/- 8.50

PORTER


LONDON PORTER ENG FULLER'S 4.5 -/- 9.0
1850 LONDON PORTER ENG PITFIELD 5.0 -/- 8.50
LIQUORICE PORTER ENG PITFIELD -/- -/- 8.25

WIT


BLANCHE DES HONNELLES BEL ABBAYE DE ROCS 6.0 -/- 8.75
ISAAC ITA BALADIN 4.6 -/- 8.25
HOEGAARDS WIT BEL DE KLUIS 5 12 8.25

WEIZEN


AYINGER WEISSE GER AYINGER -/- -/- 8.25
GER TRIFTERN WEISSE TRIFTERN BAUER 5.5 12.5 8.25
WEIHENSTEPHAN GER WEIHENSTEPHAN 5.4 12.2 7.75

SMOKED & PEATED


AECHT SCHENKERLA GER HELLER 5 13 9.25
STONE SMOKED PORTER USA STONE 5.9 -/- 8.75
GHISA ITA LAMBRATE 5.6 -/- 8.5

SPECIALTIES - FRUIT


CASTAGNASCA ITA BUSALLA 5.7 -/- 8.75
CASSISSONA ITA BIRRIFICIO ITALIANO -/- -/- 8.75
NORA ITA BALADIN 7.0 16.0 8.75

EXTRA-STYLE


KING'S ALE ENG BASS -/- -/- 9.5
ORVAL BEL TRAPPIST ABB. ORVAL 5.6 -/- 9.25
IMMORT'ALE USA DOGFISH HEAD 11.0 -/- 9.25

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE


Si tratta di birre che hanno voti molto alti, a volte superiori alle precedenti, ma che appartengono a categorie particolarmente affollate di ottime birre.

BARLEY WINE


GOLD LABEL ENG WHITBREAD 10.4 22.0 9.50
VINTAGE ALE 1997 ENG FULLER 8.5 -/- 9.50
BUSH BEER BEL DUBUISSON 12.0 24.0 9.25
OLD HORIZONTAL USA VICTORY 11.0 -/- 9.25
BISHOP'S ALE ENG RIDLEY -/- -/- 9
DOMESDAY ANNIVERSARY ENG DEVENISH 9.5 20.7 9
IMPERIAL OLD ALE 89 ENG WOLVERHAMPTON & DUDLEY -/- 23.5 9
BANDERSNATCH 25TH USA BANDERSNATCH 9.2 -/- 9
OLD SAGUARO USA SONORA -/- -/- 9
OLD STOCK USA NORTH COAST 11.4 -/- 9

BELGIAN STRONG


ABBAYE DES ROCS BEL ROCS 9.0 -/- 9.50
HET KAPITTEL PRIOR BEL VAN EECKE 9.0 -/- 9.50
ROCHEFORT 8 BEL TRAPPIST ABB. ROCHEFORT 9.2 19.6 9.50
CHIMAY TAPPO BLU BEL TRAPPIST ABB. DE SCOURMONT 9.0 19.6 9.25
NOEL DU BALADIN ITA BALADIN 9.0 -/- 9.25
CHIMAY TAPPO BIANCO BEL TRAPPIST ABB. DE SCOURMONT 8.0 17.3 9
HET KAPITTEL ABT BEL VAN EECKE 10.0 -/- 9
S. SIXTUS (BERN.) ABT BEL S. BERNARDUS 10.0 -/- 9
TROSI PISTOLES CAN UNIBROUE 9.0 -/- 9

DOUGLAS XMAS SCO JOHN MARTIN 8.6 21.6 9

QUINTINE BEL ELLEZELLOISE 8.0 -/- 9.50

MONKSCROFT HOUSE ALE SCO BELHAVEN - MONKSCROFT -/- -/- 9

IMPERIAL STOUT


EXPEDITION STOUT USA BELL'S 10.0 -/- 9.25
HERCULE STOUT BEL ELLEZELLOISE 9.0 -/- 9
ZYWIEC PORTER POL ZYVIEC 9.3 -/- 9
ALMOND IMPERIAL STOUT USA BANDERSNATCH 9.0 -/- 9
IMPERIAL STOUT USA ROGUE 11.8 26.0 9
OLD RASPUTIN USA NORTH COAST 8.9 -/- 9



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