How do I list my favourite ales of 2015, task that I was not looking forward to as on Untppd I have tried 452 different ales this year, thats quite a few.
So a bit of history .. I have always been a lager drinker, eek bad times, and then one day I decided to start drinking ales, I thought why not, I started with pale ales and then moved onto stouts and porter which are my favourites, then got involved with various fruity flavours and the more bizzare the more I wanted to try it.
The rest is as they say .. is history, then through my love of ales this website started.
So … how do I pick my favourite ales, well best thing is to see what Untppd says is my favourites I have drunk the most of this year, we shall do it by styles and I shall add the strength and what I rated the ales.
- Pale Ale – English= 56
- Stout – other = 55
- English Bitter = 45
- Porter – other = 37
- Golden Ale = 40
- Pale Ale – American = 17
- Porter – English = 15
Pale Ale – English
Not often drink pale ales when stouts and porters are available, but below does state true to what I would have.
- Landlord – Timothy Taylor – 4.3%, rated 4.5
- Moonshine – Abbeydale Brewery – 4.3% rated 4.5
- Atlantic – Sharp – 4.2% – rated 4.75
- Ghost Ship – Adnams – 4.5% rated 5.00
- New World – Marstons – 4.1% rated 5.00
Strongest tried :
- Orange Cream Soda – Hand Dawn Monkey – 6%
- Farmers Sixer – Bradfield Brewery – 6%
- Millenial Pale Ale – Black Country Ales – 6%
Stout – Other
- Baize – Thornbridge – 5.5% rated 5.00
- Stout – Exit 33 – 5% rated 5.00
- Tempest Stout – Blue Bee – 4.8% rated 4.5
- Stout – Titanic – 4.5% rated 5.00
- Black Mass – Abbeydale Brewery – 6.66% rated 5.00
strongest tried:
- Marshmellow Meltdown Stout – Abbeydale Brewery – 7%
- Black Mass – Abbeydale Brewery – 6.66%
- Manifesto – Revolutions – 6%
- Chocolate Orange – The Great Yorkshire Brewery – 6%
- Red Velvet Stout – Stancil – 6%
English Bitter
- Well Bombardier – Charles Wells Brewery – 4.1% – rated 4.75
- Daily Bread – Abbeydale Brewery – 3.8% – rated 5.00
- Five Rivers – Sheffield Brewery Company – 3.8% – rated 5.00
- Pure UBU – Purity Brewing Co – 4.5% – rated 4.5
- Lancaster Bomber – Thwaites – 4.4% – rated 5.00
strongest tried:
- Tawny Mild – Naylors Brewery – 5.1%
- Flying Scotsman – Little Ale Cart Brewery – 5%
- Townend Twist – Ossett Brewery – 5%
- Forgemasters – Sheffield Brewery Company – 4.8%
Porter – other
- Plum Porter – Titanic – 4.9% rated 5.00
- Anubus Porter – Raw Brewing Company – 5.2% rated 5.00
- Old Moor Porter – Acorn Brewery – 4.4% rated 4.5
- Cocoa Wonderland – Thornbridge – 6.8% rated 5.00
- 1872 Porter – Elland Brewery – 6.5% rated 5.00
strongest tried :
- Cocoa Wonderland – Thornbridge – 6.8%
- 1872 Porter – Elland Brewery
- Gunsmoke – Dukeries Brewery – 5.5%
- Londinium – Roosters – 5.5%
Golden Ale
- Deception – Abbeydale Brewery – 4.1% rated 5.00
- Wainwright – Thwaites – 4.1% rated 5.00
- Unicorn – Robinsons Brewery – 4.2% rated 5.00
- Brother Rabbit – Thornbridge – 4% rated 4.5
- Henrietta – Welbeck Brewery – 3.6% rated 4.75
strongest tried:
- UK IPA – Sentinel Brewing co – 6.5%
- Summer Lightening – Hop Back Brewery – 5%
- Wells Bombardier Burning Gold – Charles Wells Brewery – 4.7%
- The Ratnificent 7 – Rat Brewery – 4.7%
The strongest I have had this year:
- Bourbon Country Brand Stout – Goose Island Beer Co – 14.2%
- Chai-spiced Imperial Russian Stout – Stone Brewing Co – 10.6%
- Bracia – Thornbridge – 10%
- Jaipur X – Thornbridge – 10%
- Cocoa Psycho – Brwedog – 10%
- Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale – Boulevard Brewing Co – 8.5%
- Annexation – Brass Castle Brewery – 8.3%
So which one do I rave about the most and love: