I've had 44 of the top 100 beers....

How many of them were high-gravity and.or hop monsters?

-- Lew Bryson

"As for talking shit in this NG, Lew, you're the undisputed king, and that's no SHITE." -- Bob Skilnik, 1/31/02

Good answer. :-)

OK, 42.

I can claim 50 for certain, 8 where I'd have to check the exact label/vintage/version (Belgians).

But of course, that's the 100 list as of 2 PM EDT 28-10-2004.

So what do I win?

Pat on the back, permission to come back.

-- Lew Bryson

God Bless America. "They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin, 1759.

From what I glance, aside from some lambics and New Glarus fruit beers, and maybe a few stouts, there's nothing on that list that I wouldn't consider high gravity. There are a few doppelbocks on there, Trappists and Baltic porters, so not everything's a hopfest.

And, if I counted correctly, I've had 65 off the list. Whee.

-Steve

"J. Alstrom" schreef in bericht news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com...

Well, geez, I didn't know this was going to turn into a dick-wagging contest.

But... I've only had 25 of ratebeer's top 50.

It didn't, but in an emoticon-free world, there was no obvious add-on in the form of a ":-/" or ":-|" needed.

And I don't get to various bits of flyover country or out-of-the way locales to bother with much of whatever dopey-ass craft beers I haven't tried, either. Pleny of them in my own backyard, thanks just the same. The New Beer Provincialism is alive and well.

Have had 29 of their top 50, 46 of their top 100.

Aside from the high grav stuff, RB's top 50 biases towards the obscure and hard to find stuff. e.g. Dieu du Ciel, Barrel Aged Speedway, Free State, Dave (not on the list anymore but was for a time).

Of course I really want to try that Danish double IPA.

Yeah, I noticed that. I only got to 25 becuase of stuff like the Cuvee du Tommi I had at GABF.

But that sort of bias for such lists was the impetous behind my original good-natured quip on the topic.

"J. Alstrom" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

If Shite rings in at 77 and "Ow!" Jackson at 65, I gotta say I detect some bias. I'm familiar with the aforementioned f****it's beer-travel budgets, and with a 71 average, I gotta say "IN with the red currants!" No...wait, that's not it...

That said, great web site Jason. Always has been.

BTW, where's the Top 100? Can't find it...Is chicha on the list? Given a good URL, I'm gonna call my shot at around 40.

Scott Kaczorowski Seal Beach, CA INITIALS(sk)@xb-70.com

Geez, Spot, you'd know from experience, but you haven't been up north to this neck o' the woods in, like, forever. Howcumzat, hah?

BTW, guess which company finally lost all sense of perspective and hired me back ... ! Or maybe it's me that's lost all sense.

Eh, don't sell yourself short. At least 42.