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.

1. Pale Ale – English= 56
2. Stout – other = 55
3. English Bitter = 45
4. Porter – other = 37
5. Golden Ale = 40
6. Pale Ale – American = 17
7. 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.

1. Landlord – Timothy Taylor – 4.3%, rated 4.5
2. Moonshine – Abbeydale Brewery – 4.3% rated 4.5
3. Atlantic – Sharp – 4.2% – rated 4.75
4. Ghost Ship – Adnams – 4.5% rated 5.00
5. 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

1. Baize – Thornbridge – 5.5% rated 5.00
2. Stout – Exit 33 – 5% rated 5.00
3. Tempest Stout – Blue Bee – 4.8% rated 4.5
4. Stout – Titanic – 4.5% rated 5.00
5. 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

1. Well Bombardier – Charles Wells Brewery – 4.1% – rated 4.75
2. Daily Bread – Abbeydale Brewery – 3.8% – rated 5.00
3. Five Rivers – Sheffield Brewery Company – 3.8% – rated 5.00
4. Pure UBU – Purity Brewing Co – 4.5% – rated 4.5
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

1. Plum Porter – Titanic – 4.9% rated 5.00
2. Anubus Porter – Raw Brewing Company – 5.2% rated 5.00
3. Old Moor Porter – Acorn Brewery – 4.4% rated 4.5
4. Cocoa Wonderland – Thornbridge – 6.8% rated 5.00
5. 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

1. Deception – Abbeydale Brewery – 4.1% rated 5.00
2. Wainwright – Thwaites – 4.1% rated 5.00
3. Unicorn – Robinsons Brewery – 4.2% rated 5.00
4. Brother Rabbit – Thornbridge – 4% rated 4.5
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:

1. Bourbon Country Brand Stout – Goose Island Beer Co – 14.2%
2. Chai-spiced Imperial Russian Stout – Stone Brewing Co – 10.6%
3. Bracia – Thornbridge – 10%
4. Jaipur X – Thornbridge – 10%
5. Cocoa Psycho – Brwedog – 10%
6. Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale – Boulevard Brewing Co – 8.5%
7. Annexation – Brass Castle Brewery – 8.3%

 

So which one do I rave about the most and love: