Here's a look at the glasses my aunt and uncle had made for me. This would hopefully be the label for my brewery, if not just my home brewery for now. My aunt did the design and I love it!
This is taken with my Pliny the Toddler (Russian River clone) homebrew in the glass, which shaped up to be a very fine brew!
I live in Rochester, NY. This blog highlights my quest for all things beer. From home brewing, to breweries, tastings, fun with friends and the knowledge/experiences I gather along the way.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Best of 2014
This post will highlight the best beers I've tasted in 2014 by style category according to BJCP guidelines. I've included some of the new styles according to the BCJP 2014 guidelines that will be going into effect in 2015. All ratings were made out of 5 stars. I have not differentiated between ratings of the same number of stars, if multiples exist with the same rating they are considered tied and not ranked in the order they are presented.
The hyperlinks on the left will take you to the BJCP.org website so you can see more about each style.
STYLE WINNING BEER BREWERY STARS
The hyperlinks on the left will take you to the BJCP.org website so you can see more about each style.
STYLE WINNING BEER BREWERY STARS
- 1. LIGHT LAGER
- 1A. Lite American Lager NA
- 1B. Standard American Lager NA
- 1C. Premium American Lager NA
- - 2014 style International Pale Lager Saku Originaal Saku Olletehase 3
- 1D. Munich Helles NA
- 1E. Dortmunder Export NA
- 2. PILSNER
- 2A. German Pilsner (Pils) S.O.S. (Save Our Shore) Abita Brewing Co. 2.5
- Bavik Premium Pils Brouwerij de Brabandere 2.5
- 2B. Bohemian Pilsener Mama's Little Yella Pils Oskar Blues Brewery 3.5
- 2C. Classic American Pilsner NA
- 3. EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
- 3A. Vienna Lager Elliot Ness Great Lakes Brewing Co. 2.5
- Samuel Adams Boston Lager Boston Beer Co. 2.5
- 3B. Oktoberfest OAKtoberfest Firestone Walker Brewing Co. 3
- 4. DARK LAGER
- 4A. Dark American Lager Gunny Mac American Black Lager War Horse Brewing Co. 3
- 4B. Munich Dunkel Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel Brauerei Aying 2
- 4C. Schwarzbier (Black Beer) Guinness Black Lager Guinness 2.5
- 5. BOCK
- 5A. Maibock/Helles Bock NA
- 5B. Traditional Bock Kozlak Browar Amber 2.5
- 5C. Doppelbock Ayinger Celebrator Brauerei Aying 4
- 5D. Eisbock NA
- 6. LIGHT HYBRID BEER
- 6A. Cream Ale Common Sense Ale Upstate Brewing Co. 2.5
- Sweet Action Sixpoint Brewery 2.5
- 6B. Blonde Ale Export Ale Shipyard Brewing Co. 3
- Catt County Cuvee Ellicottville Brewing Co. 3
- 6C. Kölsch Saranac Kolsch The Matt Brewing Co. 2
- 6D. American Wheat or Rye Beer Intrepid Ale Custom Brewcrafters Craft Brewers 3.5
- 7. AMBER HYBRID BEER
- 7A. Northern German Altbier Old Hob Foley Brothers 3
- 7B. California Common Beer Tarnation Baxter Brewing Co. 3
- 7C. Düsseldorf Altbier NA
- 8. ENGLISH PALE ALE
- 8A. Standard/Ordinary Bitter The King's English IPA Greene King 2
- 8B. Special/Best/Premium Bitter Honker's Ale Goose Island Beer Co. 3
- 8c. Extra Special/Strong Bitter English Double E.S.B. Davidson Brothers 4
- 9. SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
- 9A. Scottish Light 60/- NA
- 9B. Scottish Heavy 70/- NA
- 9C. Scottish Export 80/- Scottish Ale Belhaven Brewery 2
- 9D. Irish Red Ale Irish Red Davidson Brothers 3.5
- 9E. Strong Scotch Ale Scotch Ale Davidson Brothers 4
- 10. AMERICAN ALE
- 10A. American Pale Ale Bitter American 21st Amendment Brewery 3.5
- Pamola Xtra Pale Ale Baxter Brewing Co. 3
- 10B. American Amber Ale Amber Ale Bell's Brewery, Inc. 3
- 10C. American Brown Ale Sixth Day Goose Island Beer Co. 4
- 11. ENGLISH BROWN ALE
- 11A. Mild Dark Mild Rohrbach's Brewing Co. 2.5
- 11B. Southern English Brown Brown Ale (cask) Davidson Brothers 3.5
- Slow-fermented Brown Ale Switchback Brewing Co. 3.5
- 11C. Northern English Brown NA
- 12. PORTER
- 12A. Brown Porter Brown Porter BSG Handcraft (Homebrew) 0.5
- 12B. Robust Porter Embrr Rye Porter Ithaca Beer Co. 4
- 12C. Baltic Porter Zyviec Porter Grupa Zyviec 4
- 13. STOUT
- 13A. Dry Stout Guinness Extra Stout Guinness 3
- Donneybrook Stout Victory Brewing Co. 3
- 13B. Sweet Stout Organic Chocolate Stout Samuel Smith's Old Brewery 3.5
- 13C. Oatmeal Stout Oatmeal Stout Samuel Smith's Old Brewery 3.5
- Oatmeal Stout Brown's Brewing 3.5
- 13D. Foreign Extra Stout Phantom Punch Winter Stout Baxter Brewing Co. 4
- 13E. American Stout Sam Adams Merry Maker Gingerbread Stout Boston Beer Co. 4.5
- 13F. Russian Imperial Stout Blackout Stout Great Lakes Brewing Co. 4.5
- 14. INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
- 14A. English IPA India Pale Ale Goose Island Beer Co. 3
- India Ale Samuel Smith's Old Brewery 3
- IPA Davidson Brothers 3
- 14B. American IPA Two Hearted Ale Bell's Brewery, Inc. 3.5
- Hop Nosh IPA Uinta Brewing Co. 3.5
- Space Dust IPA Elysian Brewing 3.5
- 14C. Imperial IPA Heady Topper The Alchemist 4.5
- -2014 styles Specialty IPA (white) White IPA Rohrbach Brewing Co. 2.5
- (black) Great Dismal IPA O'Connor Brewing Co. 3
- Back in Black 21st Amendment Brewery 3
- (belgian) Belgian Style IPA Good Nature Farm Brewery & Tap Room 3
- (rye) Red Rye IPA Founders Brewing Co. 3.5
- (double/imperial) Dubhe Imperial Black IPA Uinta Brewing Co. 4
- 15. GERMAN WHEAT / RYE BEER
- 15A. Weizen/Weissbier Circus Boy Magic Hat Brewing Co. 2.5
- 15B. Dunkelweizen Ayinger Ur-Weisse Brauerei Aying 3
- 15C. Weizenbock Weihenstephaner Vitus Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan 2.5
- 15D. Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) NA
- 16. BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
- 16A. Witbier Namaste Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 3.5
- White Allagash Brewing Co. 3.5
- 16B. Belgian Pale Ale Rare Vos Brewery Ommegang 2.5
- 16C. Saison Blood Orange Saison Resurgence 2.5
- Les Raisonniers Wagner Valley Brewing Co. 2.5
- 16D. Bière de Garde Scythe and Sickle Brewery Ommegang 3
- 16E. Belgian Specialty Ale Three Philosopheres Brewery Ommegang 4
- 17. SOUR ALE
- 17A. Berliner Weisse Festina Peche Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 2.5
- 17B. Flanders Red Ale Duchess de Bourgogne Brouwerij Verhaege 3
- 17C. Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin NA
- 17D. Straight (Unblended) Lambic NA
- 17E. Gueuze NA
- 17F. Fruit Lambic NA
- 18. BELGIAN STRONG ALE
- 18A. Belgian Blond Ale NA
- 18B. Belgian Dubbel Chimay Rouge (Premiere) Bieres de Chimay 3.5
- 18C. Belgian Tripel Maredsous 10 Tripel Abbaye de Maredsous 4
- 18D. Belgian Golden Strong Ale Delerium Tremens Brauerei Huyghe 3.5
- 18E. Belgian Dark Strong Ale Monk's Blood 21st Amendment Brewery 4
- Exelsior! Anniversary Sixteen Ithaca Beer Co. 4
- 19. STRONG ALE
- 19A. Old Ale Old Ale Rohrbach Brewing Co. 4
- 19B. English Barleywine NA
- 19C. American Barleywine Vermonster Rock Art Brewery 3.5
- - 2014 style American Strong Ale Arrogant Bastard Ale Stone Brewing Co. 4.5
- 20. FRUIT BEER
- 20. Fruit Beer Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale Atlantic Brewing Co. 4
- 21. SPICE / HERB / VEGETABLE BEER
- 21A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Sam Adams Fat Jack Boston Beer Co. 4
- He Said (Belgian Tripel) 21st Amendment/Elysian Brewery 4
- Imperial Pumpkin Spice Ale Rohrbach Brewing Co. 4
- 21B. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer Winter Ale Davidson Brothers 4
- 22. SMOKE-FLAVORED / WOOD-AGED BEER
- 22A. Classic Rauchbier NA
- 22B. Other Smoked Beer Old Chub Oskar Blues Brewery 3
- 22C. Wood-Aged Beer Royal Kilt Inspector Oak Aged Scotch Ale War Horse Brewing Co.
- 3.5
- 23. SPECIALTY BEER
- 23. Specialty Beer Palo Santo Marron Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 5
- 27. STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY
- 27A. Common Cider Premium Draft Hard Cider Blackbird Cider Works 3.5
- 27B. English Cider NA
- 27C. French Cider NA
- 27D. Common Perry NA
- 27E. Traditional Perry NA
- 28. SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
- 28A. New England Cider NA
- 28B. Fruit Cider NA
- 28C. Applewine Vizcarra Vineyards Spiced Apple Becker Farms 3
- 28D. Other Specialty Cider/Perry The Dirty Mayor Citizen Cider 4
- 2014 Historical Styles:
- Gose: Blood Orange Saison Anderson Valley Brewing Co. 2.5
Homebrew: Pliny the Toddler (Russian River clone) Shew Brew 3.5
The winning brew of 2014 is Palo Santo Marron by Dogfish Head with the only 5 star rating!
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