Ohhh... My Head...

Australia had long been severely underrepresented at OMH, but thanks to duff we were able to sample some of the great beers from down under. As if this weren't enough we also have jca_lbi to thank for a big number of outstanding US microbrews. Furthermore we'd like to thank Yuusuf Faarax for the Ethiopian beer, and Mats Åberg for the Fijian beer. Thanks guys!!

With this lot of good beer the winner was surprising. No, not so surprising that the Fijian beers won. No brew from Carlton Fiji will ever win anything, I'm sure... Instead the winner was on of jca_lbi's home brews. You wanted improvement suggestions? Here's one: Open a brewery and start selling this potent complex beer in massive amounts!

The Australian beers came in all styles. The hoppy, clean and quaffable Little Creatures Pale Ale scored the highest, but was closely followed by the malty Scottish style Grand Ridge Moonshine, the fruity/malty Burragorang Bock Beer and the clean, refreshing, true to style James Squire Original Pilsener.

We had a whole bunch of nice specialty beers from Stoudts, all of the delicious. Of those the super malty Scotch Style Ale was judged the winner, just ahead of the complex Abbey Double.

Beers rated April 2002

POS

BEER

COUNTRY

SCORE

JZ

PS

LS

FH

OH

FN

ABV

STYLE

57

Jo & Jim's Christmas Cheer 1999, homebrew aged 3 years

USA

4,26

4

5-

4+

4-

4

5

12,0%

Ale, British style

66

Little Creatures Pale Ale

Australia

4,24

4+

5-

4+

4-

4+

 

5,2%

Ale, British style

71

Stoudt's Scotch Style Ale

USA

4,23

4

5-

4+

4

4

4+

 

Ale, British style

116

Stoudt's Abbey Double

USA

4,15

4+

5-

4

4+

3+

4

 

Ale, Belgian style

133

Grand Ridge Moonshine

Australia

4,10

4

4+

4

4

4

4+

8,5%

Ale, British style

152

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

USA

4,06

4+

4

4+

3+

5-

4-

9,0%

Ale, British style

175

Stoudt's Abbey Triple

USA

4,05

4

4

5-

3

5-

4

 

Ale, Belgian style

197

Burragorang Bock Beer

Australia

4,03

3-

5-

4

5-

5-

4-

6,4%

Lager, Bock

199

Stoudt's Anniversary

USA

4,03

4-

4+

4

4

4-

5-

 

Lager, Bock

284

James Squire Original Pilsener

Australia

3,92

4+

4+

4

3-

4+

 

5,0%

Lager, Light

332

Grand Ridge Yarra Valley Gold

Australia

3,88

4

4-

4

4

4

 

4,9%

Ale, British style

352

Stoudt's Holiday Reserve Beer

USA

3,87

4+

4

4

4-

4-

3+

 

Ale, British style

380

Matilda Bay Dogbolter

Australia

3,84

4-

4

4+

4

3+

 

5,2%

Lager, Dark

614

Southwark Old Stout

Australia

3,68

3

4

4-

4-

4

4

7,4%

Porter/Stout

793

Coopers Special Old Stout

Australia

3,56

4

3

4

3-

4-

4+

6,8%

Porter/Stout

833

Coopers Extra Strong Vintage Ale 2000, aged 2 years

Australia

3,53

4-

3+

3+

4

4-

3+

7,1%

Ale, British style

1187

Gritty McDuff's Best Bitter

USA

3,33

4-

3-

3+

4

3+

 

5,0%

Ale, British style

1339

Matilda Bay Redback Original

Australia

3,26

3+

4-

3+

3

3

 

4,7%

Wheat beer

1375

Toohey's Old Black Ale

Australia

3,24

3+

3

3+

4-

3

3+

4,4%

Ale, British style

2962

Bedele Beer

Ethiopia

2,35

2

3

3-

2+

2-

 

4,3%

Lager, Light

3738

Fiji Gold

Fiji

1,21

1+

1+

1

2

0+

 

4,6%

Lager, Light

3740

Fiji Bitter

Fiji

1,21

2-

1

1

2

0+

 

4,6%

Lager, Light

Rated by: Johan Zetterlund, Per Samuelsson, Lars Samuelsson, Fredrik Huldt, Oscar Hansson and Fredrik Nyström

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Updated 2002-05-23 Per Samuelsson