Top 25 Beers of 2009

It's that time of year again where I rate the top 25 beers I have drank, out of the many brews that I have tried throughout 2009. Click on the link to see what my exact thoughts were on the beer. What new beers have you tried that are awesome? Leave me a comment.

	Beer	Style	My Rating
1	Saint Arnold Christmas Ale	English Strong Ale	4.2
2	Deschutes Black Butte Porter	Porter	4.2
3	Unibroue Éphémère Apple	Fruit Beer	4.2
4	Orval	Belgian Ale	4.1
5	Big Sky Moose Drool Brown Ale	Brown Ale	4.1
6	Saint Arnold Winter Stout	Stout	4.1
7	SKA Modus Hoperandi IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	4
8	Avery The Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest	Oktoberfest/Märzen	4
9	Wolavers Pat Leavys All-American Ale	Amber Ale	4
10	Leinenkugels Classic Amber	Premium Lager	4
11	Duvel	Belgian Strong Ale	4
12	Magic Hat Roxy Rolles	Amber Ale	3.9
13	Silver City Whoop Pass Double IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	3.9
14	Tommyknocker Pick Axe Pale Ale	English Pale Ale	3.9
15	Spaten München Dunkel	Dunkel	3.9
16	Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	3.8
17	Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale	Amber Ale	3.8
18	Widmer Brothers Drifter Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	3.8
19	Sterkens White Ale	Belgian White (Witbier)	3.8
20	Brooklyn Lager	Vienna	3.8
21	Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale	English Strong Ale	3.7
22	Lagunitas Censored (Kronik)	American Strong Ale	3.7
23	Southampton Altbier	Altbier	3.7
24	Lefebvre Floreffe Wit	Belgian White (Witbier)	3.7
25	Lagunitas New DogTown Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	3.7

Arrowhead Beer - Real Beer for Real Men

Miller High Life: Hell's Lane-gels

Way cool homemade commercial for Miller High Life. Rockin' song too... April Wine - Roller.

Beer Bottle Dominoes

Whoever these guys are they deserve an award...

Why Are These Guys So Happy?

Funny Dutch commercial reminds us that a huge walk-in closet is almost every woman's dream. But, what do guys go nuts over?

Beer Caps Game

The game of Memory, but with Beer Caps.

Top 25 Beers of 2008

It's that time of year again, LLCoolDave's annual year end list of his top 25 beers of the year. Click on the link to see my opinion of the beer. What beers have you tasted this year that you think are awesome? Leave me a comment...

1. Beer: New Belgium 1554 Brussels Style Black Ale
   Brewer: New Belgium Brewing Company
   Style: Traditional Ale
   Ranking (1-5): 4.3
   



2. Beer: Weihenstephaner Korbinian
   Brewer: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
   Style: Doppelbock
   Ranking (1-5): 4.3
   



3. Beer: Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan
   Brewer: Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
   Style: Brown Ale
   Ranking (1-5): 4.2
   



4. Beer: Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
   Brewer: Brauerei Aying
   Style: Doppelbock
   Ranking (1-5): 4.1
   



5. Beer: Wychwood Hobgoblin (Pasteurised)
   Brewer: Wychwood Refresh (Marstons plc)
   Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
   Ranking (1-5): 4.1
   



6. Beer: Odell India Pale Ale (IPA)
   Brewer: Odell Brewing Company
   Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
   Ranking (1-5): 4
   



7. Beer: Starr Hill Amber
   Brewer: Starr Hill
   Style: Brown Ale
   Ranking (1-5): 4
   



8. Beer: Scuttlebutt Gale Force IPA
   Brewer: Scuttlebutt Brewing Co.
   Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
   Ranking (1-5): 4
   



9. Beer: Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier
   Brewer: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
   Style: German Kristallweizen
   Ranking (1-5): 4
   



10. Beer: Great Divide Hibernation Ale
    Brewer: Great Divide Brewing Company
    Style: American Strong Ale
    Ranking (1-5): 3.9
    



11. Beer: Hofbräu München Dunkel
    Brewer: Staatliches Hofbräuhaus München
    Style: Dunkel
    Ranking (1-5): 3.9
    



12. Beer: Dominion Oak Barrel Stout
    Brewer: Old Dominion Brewing Co.
    Style: Stout
    Ranking (1-5): 3.9
    



13. Beer: Xingu
    Brewer: Kaiser (Brazil) (MolsonCoors)
    Style: Schwarzbier
    Ranking (1-5): 3.9
    



14. Beer: Shiner Holiday Cheer
    Brewer: Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
    Style: Fruit Beer
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



15. Beer: Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale
    Brewer: Dogfish Head Brewery
    Style: Brown Ale
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



16. Beer: Southern Star Pine Belt Pale
    Brewer: Southern Star Brewing Co.
    Style: American Pale Ale
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



17. Beer: Black Sheep Monty Pythons Holy Grail
    Brewer: Black Sheep
    Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



18. Beer: Samuel Adams Octoberfest
    Brewer: Boston Beer Company
    Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



19. Beer: Santa Fe Pale Ale
    Brewer: Santa Fe Brewing Company
    Style: American Pale Ale
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



20. Beer: Clipper City Pale Ale
    Brewer: Clipper City Brewing Co.
    Style: American Pale Ale
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



21. Beer: Rogue Mocha Porter
    Brewer: Rogue Ales
    Style: Porter
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



22. Beer: Heineken Dark Lager
    Brewer: Heineken Nederland
    Style: American Dark Lager
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



23. Beer: Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale
    Brewer: Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
    Style: American Pale Ale
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



24. Beer: Julius Echter Hefe-Weissbier Hell
    Brewer: Würzburger Hofbräu (Schörghuber)
    Style: German Hefeweizen
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8
    



25. Beer: Fullers ESB
    Brewer: Fullers
    Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
    Ranking (1-5): 3.8

The Ten Oldest Bars in the US

I am proud to say that I got plastered (many times over when I worked for the US Treasury Dept) at the Old Ebbit Grill, number 4 on the list of the Ten Oldest Bars in the US.

Drink American!

Coors, Miller, and now Anheuser-Busch are owned by foriegn companies; Pabst Brewing, maker of Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) is now the largest American owned brewery in the country. Here's a list of the top ten American Owned breweries. I'm also proud to say that Spoetzl Brewing (which brews a personal favorite of mine Shiner Bock) is number 7 on the list. Looks like I'm going to have to start picking up a case of PBR every now and then to support our American owned breweries.

It's Willer Time!

LLCoolDave's Top 10 Beers of 2007

The beers listed below are the best beers I've tasted this year. What beer's have you tasted this year that you think are awesome? Leave me a comment...

1. Beer: Anchor Porter
   Brewer: Anchor Brewing Company
   Style: Porter
   Ranking (1-5): 4.8
   


2. Beer: Mackeson XXX Stout
   Brewer: Boston Beer Company
   Style: Sweet Stout
   Ranking (1-5): 4.6
   


3. Beer: St Peters Cream Stout
   Brewer: St Peters (UK)
   Style: Stout
   Ranking (1-5): 4.3
   


4. Beer: Samuel Smiths Nut Brown Ale
   Brewer: Samuel Smith
   Style: Brown Ale
   Ranking (1-5): 4.3
   


5. Beer: Köstritzer Schwarzbier
   Brewer: Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei (Bitburger)
   Style: Schwarzbier
   Ranking (1-5): 4.1
   


6. Beer: Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout
   Brewer: Samuel Smith
   Style: Imperial Stout
   Ranking (1-5): 4.1
   


7. Beer: Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
   Brewer: Wells & Youngs
   Style: Stout
   Ranking (1-5): 4.1
   


8. Beer: Anchor Bock
   Brewer: Anchor Brewing Company
   Style: Dunkler Bock
   Ranking (1-5): 4.1
   


9. Beer: Shiner Dunkelweizen (Winter Ale)
   Brewer: Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
   Style: Dunkelweizen
   Ranking (1-5): 4
   


10. Beer: Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel
    Brewer: Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu (InBev)
    Style: Dunkelweizen
    Ranking (1-5): 4

Man charged over Guinness kegs theft

Really, can you blame him???

Forget gas prices: Beer is going up

Small brewers from Australia to Oregon face the daunting prospect of tweaking their recipes or experimenting less with new brews thanks to a worldwide shortage of one key beer ingredient and rising prices for others. Brewmasters say shortage of barley and wheat will raise beer prices. Fans of boutique beers will be hardest hit.

Drinking Stories That Put Yours to Shame

History is full of drinking stories that are hard to swallow. See if any of your stories can match these...

Binge Drinking 'led to four-week hangover'

It may be the longest hangover in the history of binge beer drinking. When a 37-year old man walked into a hospital emergency room in Glasgow, Scotland last October complaining of "wavy" vision and a non-stop headache that had lasted four weeks, doctors were at first stumped, the British journal The Lancet reported today.

Stella Artois' New Cinematic Website

Stella Artois released thier new international "Cinematic" website on Sept 18th. I checked it it out and it's actually pretty cool! A lot of neat things to explore. One game challenges you to pour the perfect Stella. I got an 8.6 out of 10. Top that...

Enjoy Oktoberfest Like a Local

Mastering a little Oktoberfest etiquette -- such as learning where, when and how to eat and drink what -- is key to experiencing Munich's two-week celebration of beer and Bavarian culture.

Half a Million for One Bottle of Beer

A full bottle of Allsopp’s Arctic Ale, brewed and bottled in 1852, sold recently on eBay for a record $503,300. Sir Edward Belcher led an arctic expedition in 1852 to search for the lost explorer Sir John Franklin. The Expedition needed a brew that could withstand arctic and sub arctic temperatures, and provide a degree of sustenance and nutritious value.

Rate Beer

RateBeer is a nifty site I stumbled upon. You can create an account for free and rate beers that you try. It's very scientific. So far I've only rated 4 beers but I hope to add more soon. Drop me a message, my user name on RateBeer is, you guessed it, llcooldave.

Yea! A second Brewpub is opening up in town...

It's about friggin' time... Freetail will be closer to me so I'll probably be frequenting it more than the other Brewpub in town, Blue Star.