Highest Scoring Beer: 4.5/5 – BA Saison Brut
Lowest Scoring Beer :2.75/5 – Two Hoots (Holts), Bitter (Holts) and Dinosaurs Will Die
Number of beers( not including unknown homebrew): 61
If excluding ones I drank at home and they were not event or pre-event beers : 58
Number of countries beer originated from: 9
Total number of events attended: 12 (but one was Heineken at which we did not drink, but got some cans in the goody bag which are yet to be drunk)
[Editor: It should be noted that many of the 61 were samples of less than one third of a pint and none were more than half a pint. All of the Homebrew Expo samples were 100-150ml. ]
Sun 8th July – Homebrew Expo
Lots of homebrew – 4-12% – UK
Special RealAletionship – Brick Field Brewery – Blonde Ale – 4.8% – UK
Sat 7th July – Temperance Street Party & SQUAWK Open Day
Cthulhu Brew – Beer Nouveau – Imperial Lager – 8.2% – UK
Raspberry Wit – Origami Brewing Company – Fruit Beer – 5.7% -UK
Belgian Witbier – SQUAWK Brewing Company – Witbier – 4.8% – UK
Dhana (Strawberry and Coriander Seed) – SQUAWK Brewing Company – IPA International – 4.6% – UK
Cloaking Device – Brooklyn Brewery – Imperial Porter – 10.5% – USA
Dry Hopped Sour – Blackjack Beers – Sour – 4.3% – UK
Rhubarb & Peppercorn With the Creameries – ???? – Saison/Farmhouse – 5.8% – UK
Thai Wheat – Thirst Class Ale – Pale Wheat Ale American – 5% – UK
Fri 6th July – Beer Nouveau
Knee Panda – Origami Brewing Company – Pale Ale American – 4% – UK
Don’t Wear Slippers – Beer Nouveau – Export Stout – 8% – UK
Fri 6th July – Holts Tour
Fool’s Gold – The Bootleg Brewing Co./Joseph Holt Brewery – Blonde Ale – 3.9% – UK
Chorlton Pale Ale – The Bootleg Brewing Co./Joseph Holt Brewery – English Pale Ale – 4% – UK
Diamond – Jospeh Holt Brewery – Lager – 5% – UK
Mild – Jospeh Holt Brewery – English Mild – 3.2% – UK
Two Hoots – Jospeh Holt Brewery – Golden Ale – 4.2% – UK
Bitter – Jospeh Holt Brewery – English Bitter – 4% – UK
Lionbrew – Jospeh Holt Brewery – English Pale Ale – 3.5% – UK
IPA – Jospeh Holt Brewery – English IPA – 3.8% – UK
Thurs 5th July – day off from events – drank at home
Blood Wolf – Derby Brewing Company – American Red Ale – 4.8% – UK
KS Gose Verde – Keith Sowerby – Sour/Gose – 5% – UK
Wed 4th July – Evolution of IPA
Guillotine – Marble Beers – International IPA – 7.1% – UK
IPA Citra Enigma – Cloudwater – New England IPA – 6.5% – UK
One Way Ticket to Pluto – Torrside Brewing – West Coast IPA – 6.8% – UK
TEIPA – Beer Nouveau – English IPA – 6.6% – UK
Barclay’s X Wood Cask – Beer Nouveau – 8.4% – UK
Wed 4th July – Cole & Cole Food & Beer event
Dinosaurs Will Die – Marble Beers – Sour/Gose – 4.1% – UK
Lagonda – Marble Beers – English IPA – 5% – UK
Tue 3rd July – Yeast Event
BA Saison Brut – Cloudwater – Saison/Farmhouse – 8% – UK
Genesi – Birra dell’Eremo – Biere de Champagne/Biere Brut – 9% – Italy
Orval 2014 – Brasserie d’Orval – Belgian Pale Ale – 6.2% – Belgium
Orval 2018 – Brasserie d’Orval – Belgian Pale Ale – 6.2% – Belgium
Rodenbach Grand Cru – Brouwerji Rodenbach – Sour Flanders Red Ale – 6% – Belgium
Oude Gueuze – Hanssens Artisanaal – Lambic Gueuze – 6% – Belgium
Tzatzki Sour – Mad Hatter Brewing – Sour Ale – 4.3% – UK
Seven – Upright Brewing Company – Saison/Farmhouse – 8% – USA
Saison Dupont – Brasserie Dupont – Saison/Farmhouse – 6.5% – Belgium
Tue 3rd July – Ply scadanavian takeover
Ben – Brewski – Imperial Stout – 9.5% – Sweden
Stick A Finger In The Soil – Mikkeller – 4.6% – Denmark
GBG Beer Week 2018 (Strawberry Sour) – Dugges Bryggeri – Berliner Weisse – 5% – Sweden
Mon 2nd July – Furture of Lager
Running With Sceptres – Lost and Grounded Brewers – Lager – 5.2% – UK
Keller Pils – Lost and Grounded Brewers – Kellerbier/Lager – 4.8% – UK
Paulaner Original Munchner Hell – Paulaner Brauerei – Lager – 4.9% – Germany
Bitburger Premium Pils – Bitburger Braugruppe – Pilsner – 4.8% – Germany
Pilsner Urquell – Plzensky Prazdroj – Pilsner – 4.4% – Czech Republic
Hacker-Pschorr Muncher Kellerbier – Kellerbier /Lager – 5.5% – Germany
Paulaner Ur-Dunkel Naturtrub – Lager Dunkel – 5% – Germany
Dream House – Left Handed Giant Brewing – American Pale – 5.9% – UK
Mon 2nd July – Fairfield Social Club on way to Future of Lager
Pale – Nomadic Beers – English Pale Ale – 3.9% – UK
Sun 1st July – day off from event – drank at home
Cleric’s Cure – Three Tuns Brewey – English IPA – 5% – UK
Sat 30th June – Four Kings Open Day
Four Kings IPA – Four Kings Brewery – English IPA – 4% – UK
Easy Dark Mild – Four Kings Brewery – English Mild Ale – 3.9% – UK
Gold – Four Kings Brewery – English Bitter – 4% – UK
Fri 29th June – Ol Croatian Nova Runda event
ThroaTTwisteR – Nova Runda – Imperial IPA (?) – 9% – Croatia
APA – Nova Runda – American Pale Ale – 5.2% – Croatia
Hill 438 – Nova Runda – American IPA – 6.5% – Croatia
Hladovina – Nova Runda – Session IPA – 4.9% – Croatia
C4 – Nova Runda – American IPA – 6.3% – Croatia
Smiley Smile – Ol Nano Bar and Brewery – 4.4% – UK
Fri 29th June – Beer Nouveau
Victorian Brown – Beer Nouveau – English Brown Ale – 6.6% – UK
Manchester ExPorter – Beer Nouveau – 6% – UK (this was one of the Clash of Cities beers)