Canadian microbrews and other summer ratings
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The highlight of these rating sesssions were the package of Canadian
beer sent to us by Josh Oakes. The package included a wide variety
of beers ranging from the light, orange peel spiced witbier
Sailor Hägar's Belgian Wit Ale, one of the best in that style I've ever encountered,
over to the mighty Tall Ship Russian Imperial Stout, passing the lovely
Hermannator Ice Bock, a fantastic interpretation of this rare style. The Brewpub
Sailor Hägar also got the chance to prove us that they not only make a great witbier,
but also a huge barley wine, and a Amber Scandinavian Lager, which is modelled after
the Scandinavian Vienna style lagers, and to be honest, is probably better than most,
if not all, of them.Many thanks Josh!!
There was also time for a pub hop around Stockholm. As we hadn't before rated draught Guinness we did that, and as it is an easy and straight forward beer, nearly everybody enjoyed just enough to rate it as 5, which meant that it went straight up to #1! Another sensational top-10 finisher was the cask conditioned version of the local microbrewery, Tärnös, Nils Oscar NO:6 Ale, a fantasticly fresh, balanced and complex ale. At a fairly new belgian style pub, Hörnans Kök & Belgo Bar, we tried a fair number of new Belgian beer with the highlight being St Feuillien Triple, a lively golden tripel from Brasserie Friart. At Oliver Twist we went for bottled British beers, where the malty Daleside Old Legover grabbed a top-100 position. The ist far from stops there. For instance we were given the excellent Hansa Urbock as a gift from Kathy Kitchin from South Africa. Another interesting african beer was Chikoto Marula Beer which is made from fermented Marula fruit, and was sweet and fruity like lemonade. Slottskällan has produced the first commercial hefeweizen in Sweden, and what a beer it is. Rich complex banana aroma, deep yellow colour, but not quite as lively as the Bavarian counterparts. Delicious. With our German neighbour as brewmaster parts of the group were involved in homebrewing hefeweizen. The result was very encouraging, and definitely a notch above the for instance Erdingers beer. The result were called Örbräu Hefeweizen and scored fairly well. Hopefully noone is going to sue us for corruption or being overly partial now...
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| Beers rated the dry & hot July 1999 | |||||||||||||||
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| Place | Beer | Country | Score | JZ | ML | PS | LS | CG | FH | AH | LG | OH | MH | ABV | Style |
| 1 | Guinness, draught | Ireland | 4.95 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Porter/Stout | |||||
| 7 | Nils Oscar NO:6 Ale, cask | Sweden | 4.56 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Ale, British style | |||||||
| 14 | St Feuillien Triple | Belgium | 4.42 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8.5% | Ale, Belgian style | |||||
| 20 | Vit | Sweden | 4.36 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5.2% | Wheat beer | |||
| 21 | Sailor Hägar's Belgian Wit Ale | Canada | 4.36 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.5% | Wheat beer | ||||
| 26 | La Chouffe Blonde d'Ardenne, draught | Belgium | 4.32 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | Ale, Belgian style | ||||
| 44 | Hoegaarden Blanche, draught | Belgium | 4.18 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Wheat beer | ||||||
| 47 | Pauwel Kwak, draught | Belgium | 4.14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Ale, Belgian style | ||||||
| 53 | De Koninck, draught | Belgium | 4.11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ale, Belgian style | ||||||
| 97 | Daleside Old Legover | England | 4.01 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.1% | Ale, British style | |||||
| 108 | St Feuillien Blonde | Belgium | 3.98 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7.5% | Ale, Belgian style | |||||
| 116 | Blond | Sweden | 3.96 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5.0% | Lager, Light | |||
| 146 | Örbräu Hefeweizen #2, homebrew | Sweden | 3.84 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Wheat beer | |||||
| 175 | Rooster's Cream, cask | England | 3.80 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Ale, British style | ||||||
| 180 | Barbãr, draught | Belgium | 3.77 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Ale, Belgian style | ||||||
| 218 | Hell | Sweden | 3.71 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5.1% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 243 | Bolten Ur-Alt | Germany | 3.68 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.8% | Ale, German style | |||
| 257 | Scoresby Stout | England | 3.67 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.2% | Porter/Stout | |||||
| 282 | Usher's Ruby Ale 1998 | England | 3.63 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Ale, British style | ||||
| 329 | Örbräu Dunkles Hefeweizen #1, homebrew | Sweden | 3.55 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Wheat beer | |||||
| 376 | St Feuillien Brune | Belgium | 3.47 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7.5% | Ale, Belgian style | |||||
| 394 | Popperings Hommelbier, draught | Belgium | 3.44 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ale, Belgian style | |||||||
| 395 | Spendrup's Old Gold (unpasteurized), draught | Sweden | 3.44 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Lager, Light | ||||||
| 400 | Usher's Tawny Ale 1998 | England | 3.44 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Ale, British style | ||||
| 410 | Ash Vine Penguin Porter | England | 3.42 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4.2% | Porter/Stout | |||||
| 410 | Theakston's Old Peculier, cask | England | 3.42 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ale, British style | ||||||
| 419 | Steendonks Brabant Witbier, draught | Belgium | 3.41 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Wheat beer | ||||||
| 470 | Cantillon Vigneronne | Belgium | 3.36 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Gueuze/Lambic | ||||||
| 477 | Teignworthy Beachcomber | England | 3.35 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.5% | Lager, Light | |||||
| 494 | Sailor Hägar's Amber Scandinavian Lager | Canada | 3.33 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5.5% | Lager, Dark | ||||
| 502 | Hermannator Ice Bock | Canada | 3.33 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9.0% | Lager, Bock | ||||
| 586 | Hansa Urbock | Namibia | 3.24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7.0% | Lager, Bock | ||||||
| 602 | Ayinger Altbairish Dunkel, draught | Germany | 3.21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Lager, Dark | ||||||
| 635 | Maredsous 8 Donker, draught | Belgium | 3.18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ale, Belgian style | ||||||
| 635 | S:t Benoit Brune | Belgium | 3.18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ale, Belgian style | ||||||
| 635 | Lindemans Gueuze, draught | Belgium | 3.18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Gueuze/Lambic | ||||||
| 661 | Lunator Dubbelbock | Sweden | 3.15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8.1% | Lager, Bock | ||||
| 691 | Jahki Giðða | Sweden | 3.13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5.0% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 889 | Teignworthy Maltster's Ale | England | 2.97 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5.0% | Ale, British style | |||||
| 953 | Boltens Ur-Weizen | Germany | 2.90 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5.4% | Wheat beer | |||
| 998 | Lindemans Cassis, draught | Belgium | 2.84 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Gueuze/Lambic | ||||||
| 1032 | Stockholm Öhl | Sweden | 2.80 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5.6% | Lager, Light | |||
| 1083 | Okanagan Spring Old Englinsh Porter | Canada | 2.74 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8.5% | Porter/Stout | ||||
| 1102 | Maredsous 6 Ambree, draught | Belgium | 2.72 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ale, Belgian style | ||||||
| 1139 | Chikoto Marula Beer | South Africa | 2.67 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Special | ||||
| 1144 | Old Father Time | England | 2.67 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Ale, British style | ||||
| 1153 | S:t Benoit Tripel | Belgium | 2.66 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ale, Belgian style | ||||||
| 1287 | Lunda Pilsner | Sweden | 2.53 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4.6% | Lager, Light | |||
| 1325 | Kloster 2.8% | Czech Rep. | 2.48 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.8% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1501 | Bajen Fans Bärs | Sweden | 2.26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5.0% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1501 | Zeunerts Midsommaröl 3.5% | Sweden | 2.26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.5% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1509 | Aass Lager | Norway | 2.25 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5.0% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1518 | Tall Ship Russian Imperial Stout | Canada | 2.24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9.5% | Porter/Stout | ||||
| 1538 | Sailor Hägar's Thor's Hammer 1998 | Canada | 2.20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12.0% | Ale, British style | ||||
| 1546 | Pig Rye Lager | England | 2.19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5.0% | Special | |||
| 1653 | STÖL | Sweden | 2.00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5.2% | Lager, Light | |||
| 1693 | PF Guld | Sweden | 1.95 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.3% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1725 | Two Dogs Lemon Brew | Australia | 1.91 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4.6% | Special | ||||
| 1729 | Blue Tiger | Sweden | 1.90 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5.2% | Lager, Light | |||
| 1749 | Mackeson XXX Milk Stout* | England | 1.85 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Porter/Stout | ||||
| 1847 | Pillage Premium Red Lager | USA | 1.60 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5.2% | Lager, Dark | ||||
| 1859 | Continente Cerveja Holandesa | Netherlands | 1.56 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5.0% | Lager, Light | |||
| 1870 | Pillage Premium Green Lager | USA | 1.52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.7% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1901 | Nykøbing Den Danske Blå | Denmark | 1.42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.5% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1907 | Kaiserdom Edel 6,3%* | Germany | 1.40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6.3% | Lager, Bock | |||
| 1916 | Hofbräu Premium Lager | South Africa | 1.36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1927 | Pillage Premium Blue Lager | USA | 1.33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.2% | Lager, Light | |||
| 1936 | Birka 3,5% | Sweden | 1.30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ale, German style | ||||
| 1950 | Amsterdam Liberator | Netherlands | 1.20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.8% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1953 | Pripps Bayerbräu, klass II | Sweden | 1.17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.8% | Lager, Dark | ||||
| 1966 | Millenium Starköl | Sweden | 1.05 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.3% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 1970 | Kopparbergs Peach Beer, klass II | Sweden | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.5% | Special | |||
| 1980 | Pripps Bayerbräu, klass I | Sweden | 0.95 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.2% | Lager, Dark | ||||
| 1986 | Burton Porter | England | 0.92 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5% | Porter/Stout | ||||||
| 1988 | Malmöhus Guld | Sweden | 0.87 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.6% | Lager, Light | |||
| 1997 | Nykøbing Grøn | Denmark | 0.66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.8% | Lager, Light | ||||
| 2000 | Crest Super | England | 0.57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.0% | Lager, Bock | |||
| Rated by: Johan Zetterlund, Mattias Leidebjer, Per Samuelsson, Lars Samuelsson, Cecilia Gårdebäck, Fredrik Huldt, Anna Hultén, Lars Granström, Oscar Hansson and Minna Hytönen | |||||||||||||||
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