Best beers in the world??

Quite a good site though for tasting notes.

I also find it strange that so many Imperial Stouts are in this list, considering that *most* Americans seem to prefer anything cold with no taste whatsoever!

Only one English ale, astonishing! That coming from a Scotsman too.

Possibly compiled by a handful of punters who prefer that style.

They do have a very comprehensive list of my local's micro brewery beers (Fyfe) on this site though.

Alan

Well five it looks like, so a handful would be right!!

Alan

Beer is good.

Even cold fizzy stuff sold in Zero Degrees.

US beer connoiseurs like botlled beer, strong beer, and highly characterful beer. Subtle 4% hand-pulled ales are therefore largely excluded, but the UK's loss is Belgium's gain

The connoissuers amongst them have as much contempt for Bud and its drinkers as any CAMRA type

As an Americun I resemble that remark. I live in the US and I hate, detest, will not drink most fizzy, cold, lict-braus. I way prefer hand-pulled ales ... just not the fizzy blonde ones.

All that and no Riggwelter??? Wot a waste.

And no Coniston Old Man Ale either.

Fuller's rates before OP???? Why is that??

It would be interesting to do a similar survey in this country. Perhaps CAMRA could be persuaded to do something along those lines.

My list would start with Oakham Bishop's Farewell, with Thornbridge Kipling, St Peters Grapefruit Beer and Goose Eye Chinook coming in second, third and fourth.

What no St Petersburg, Old Peculier, SH Dark Ruby Mild etc? :~\ (lopsided grin)

I'm wondering if there is something wrong with the way that site works: very strong beers seem always to top the list, and even superbly well-balanced beers don't do as well. Most of the beers being tasted are in bottle, which knocks the life out of delicate real ales. (IMO, YMMV, ect.)

I suspect that the marks out of ten for aroma, taste, and palate end up being not how *good* they are but how *much* they are: the more the better. If so, that's a systemic failure of the site.

Andrew.

As a Brit. in America, and new to this group, I can confirm that the Three Floyds beers are good. The elder Floyd was originally an Englishman, which helps.

Westvletern 12 probably overrated, due to its rarity >

I have no idea about it, I was commenting on the Three Floyds.

Kinda. it's very good, but the kudos/boasting factor probably pushes it up the list past other very good beers. [whispers] I think Chimay Bleue ages better