Beer of the month

Inspired by Bov’s work (see: https://www.bov.ch/beer/b_month.htm )
I went through my latest 12 month to check what delicious beers I’ve had. Here is the top three (+ ties) for each month:

Aug-2018
4.4 Nynäshamns Kalkskär Källaröl SWE
Hummel-Bräu Festbier Hell GER
4.1 St. Georgen Bräu Heller Bock GER

Jul-2018
4.5 Nynäshamns Bötet Barley Wine Oloroso SWE
4.2 Iris Christel SWE
4.1 HaandBryggeriet Tindbic NOR

Jun-2018
4.6 Aecht Schlenkerla Kräusen GER
4.5 Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vandervelden 135 years BEL
4.4 De Ranke Hop Harvest 2017 BEL

May-2018
4.6 Ayinger Maibock GER
4.4 Nynäshamns Majbock Specialbrygd #19 Ofiltrerad SWE
4.1 O/O Ichor – Mosaic SWE

Apr-2018
4.2 Nynäshamns Majbock Specialbrygd #19 SWE
4.1 Ängöl Grand Cru SWE
4.0 Waza S.I. Pils SWE
Mariatorgets Barley Wine SWE
FiftyFifty Imperial Eclipse Stout - Brewmaster’s Grand Cru Blend 2016 USA

Mar-2018
4.4 Cantillon Nath BEL
4.3 Krug-Bräu Kraft-Stoff (Urstoff) GER
4.2 Ängöl Påskens Weißbock SWE
Moa Festive IPA (Black Edition) NZD

Feb-2018
4.3 Moinette Ambrée BEL
4.2 Saint Rieul Ambrée FRA
4.0 St. Glinglin Wood Edition 2.0 FRA
Apex Single Hop IPA (Citra) SWE

Jan-2018
4.2 Prins Katts Chocolate Bar Stout SWE
4.0 Wessinge Aurora Borealis SWE
Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) USA

Dec-2017
4.1 Jemtehed & Brande La Bestia e la bella SWE
Pax Polaris SWE
Ängöl Jenny Nyström Julöl SWE
Qvänum santAclaes Julöl SWE

Nov-2017
4.2 Broadway Vent d’Anges CAN
4.1 Brygghuset Finn Winter Bock SWE
Brasserie Générale Bordo Birra 2016 CAN
Benelux Grande Armada Réserve 2016 (10e anniversaire) CAN

Oct-2017
4.2 Stockholm Neneh SWE
Stigbergets New & Improved! GBG SWE
De Cam Trosbessen BEL

Sep-2017
4.5 Boon Oude Geuze VAT 110 BEL
4.3 Boon Oude Geuze VAT 91 BEL
Tilquin Oude Pinot Noir à l’Ancienne BEL

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very nice!

Aug-2018:
4.7 - AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Vietnamese Coffee
4.3 - BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2009) - Spirit Barrel
4.1 - Hummel-Bräu Kellerbier - not a new tick, but upped from 3.7 to 4.1 after having it from gravity pour for the first time at this year’s Sandkerwa.

Jul-2018: (that was a very good month!)
4.4 - BFM Degustator - la Jeandy
4.3 - Oud Beersel Rozenblaadjes
4.3 - Omnipollo / 3 Sons Gideon’s Pancake Stack (surprisingly, it actually worked!)
4.3 - Tired Hands Dualism

Jun-2018:
4.5 - Hill Farmstead Double Galaxy
4.4 - Liefmans Goudenband
4.3 - BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2015) - Like a VirJin

May-2018:
5 - Superstition Cherion
4.8 - Perennial Abraxas - Barrel Aged
4.7 - Brännlands Iscider Fatlagrad 2013

Apr-2018:
4.8 - Struise Aarmonnik / Earthmonk
4.5 - Oud Beersel Kriekenlambiek
4.4 - 3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot VI.i: Witte Perzik Raw & Uncut
4.4 - 3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot IV.i: Ferme Braam Raw & Uncut
4.4 - Superstition Blue Berry White
4.4 - Genussbauernhof Distelberger Pyrus Glacialis Eis.birne No. 1

Mar-2018:
4.6 - 3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera Solera
4.5 - Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout - Double Barrel Aged
4.4 - BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2013) - Frenchy Sparkling Wine
4.4 - Gänstaller Bräu Gans Weiss
4.4 - Gänstaller Bräu Kellerbier Traditionell (2018-)

Feb-2018:
4.6 - Omnipollo Noa Pecan Mud Cake - Bourbon
4.3 - Ugly Duck Juicy Pony
4.2 - Schneeeule Otto
4.2 - Jackie O’s Dark Apparition - Bourbon Barrel Aged

Jan-2018:
4.3 - Lost Abbey Red Poppy Ale
4.2 - Jopen / Lervig Don’t tRYE This @home!! BA Port & Sherry Finish
4.0 - Alvinne Undressed
4.0 - Blackwell Peat & Brett
4.0 - De Molen Hemel & Hel

Dec-2017:
4.5 - Perennial Abraxas
4.3 - Apis Dwójniak Dominikański
4.3 - Knoblach Schammelsdorfer Festbier
4.3 - Hill Farmstead Anna

Nov-2017:
4.6 - Lieberth Kellerbier
4.6 - Baladin Xyauyù Barrel
4.5 - Des Salamandres Poiré Édition Limitée

Oct-2017:
4.7 - De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis 666
4.4 - De Molen Mooi & Machtig (Cognac Barrel)
4.4 - Old Chimneys Good King Henry Special Reserve
4.4 - Oskar Blues Ten FIDY - Bourbon Barrel Aged

Sep-2017:
4.8 - Three Floyds Dark Lord - De Muerte (Bourbon)
4.7 - Westbrook Mexican Cake Imperial Stout - Pappy Barrel
4.5 - Omnipollo / Evil Twin / Dugges Jesus Mud
4.5 - Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel (Bourbon)

Aug 2018
4.0 Seven Island Regulus Double IPA
3.9 Wylam / Anchor Kill Phil Pt. 1
3.8 Amazing Bliss The Blissert, Pontus Monster Brews - Carcinus

Jul 2018
4.3 Omnipollo / 3 Sons Gideon’s Pancake Stack
4.2 Galway Bay / Boundary Brewing Harmonic Convergence
4.1 FrauGruber Thunderstorms and Neon Lights

Jun 2018
4.5 AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Vietnamese Coffee
4.4 Põhjala Talveöö
4.3 Four Fathers Barrel Aged Wheel House Double Barrel

May 2018
4.2 De Moersleutel Willy Tonka 2.1
4.0 Kees Pineapple / Coriander Smoothy
3.9 Oedipus / Cloudwater Planet Oedipus Lifeform No. 6 - PO17-CW-NBPA

April 2018
4.1 Kees / AF Brew High on Vitamin Sea
4.0 Uiltje Mind Your Step Maple Edition
4.0 Cloudwater / Beavertown Good Night, Future Boy!

March 2018
4.2 De Moersleutel Bountyhunter
4.1 Hope Beer Limited Edition No.9 Vienna Oatmeal IPA
4.1 Uiltje Mosaic Moustache

Feb 2018
3.9 De Moersleutel Motorolie Mexican Vanilla
3.8 Kleiburg Quadrupel Bock (Oak Aged)
3.7 Brothers in Law India Pale Lager

Jan 2018
4.4 Whiplash / Galway Bay Gravity’s Rainbow
4.2 Kees Barrel Project 17.04
4.2 Stadsbrouwerij Eindhoven 400 Volt

Dec 2017
4.4 Põhjala Bänger
4.3 Põhjala / To Øl Cellar Series - Taanilinn Cognac BA
4.2 Emelisse White Label Imperial Russian Stout (Old Smokey Moonshine BA)

Nov 2017
4.4 AleSmith Speedway Stout
4.3 Kees Imperial Stout 1850
4.1 Walhalla Daemon #4 Baba Yaga

Oct 2017
4.4 Emelisse White Label Imperial Doppelbock (Bruichladdich BA)
4.4 Voodoo Imperial Breakfast Stout - Woodford Reserve Bourbon
4.2 Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation, J. Wakefield / Horus Boss Tycoon, De Molen Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Sep 2017
4.0 Passarola Double Oatmeal Stout (Café da Guatemala)
4.0 Post Scriptum / Cervejaria Heroica Cryo Hoperation
4.0 Galway Bay Buried At Sea
4.0 La Quince Hop Fiction

Jealous any time I see a German beer mentioned, miss them so much!

Nice with the links! Made it easy to find interesting new Nederlandse brewers to look out for :slight_smile:

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Cheers! Took some time to finish it though :sweat_smile: The list is heavy on the imperial stouts and DIPAs, you won’t find much refinement there.

Aug 2018

4.8 - Evil Twin Double Barrel Imperial Biscotti Break
4.5 - Evil Twin / Westbrook Maple Bourbon BA Imperial Mexican Biscotti Churros Cake Bk
4.4 - Verdant Maybe One More PSI?
4.4 - Mikkeller SpontanDoubleRaspberry

Jul 2018

4.4 - Cascade Midnight Bramble
4.3 - Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus
4.3 - Northern Monk / Wylam Moobing On Up
4.3 - Dieu du Ciel! Péché Mortel Extra Café
4.3 - Garage Project / Craftwerk / Bitburger Verbotene Fruchte
4.3 - Magic Rock Citrus Circus

Jun 2018

4.5 - Magic Rock Bearded Lady Dessert Edition: Toasted Pecan Praline Bourbon BA
4.3 - Magic Rock Bourbon Barrel Bearded Lady Dessert Edition
4.3 - 8 Wired Lokomotiv Merlot
4.3 - Wilderness Sunset
4.3 - Thornbridge Raspberry Blonde

May 2018

4.2 - Craftwork / North End Terroir Blend
4.2 - Behemoth (Chur) Humorous Ludicrous Hazy Lupulin Hopped IPA
4.2 - The Kernel Imperial Brown Stout (Auchentoshan)

Apr 2018

4.8 - Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)
4.5 - AleSmith Speedway Stout
4.4 - Arrogant Double Bastard Ale in the Rye

Mar 2018

4.5 - Mikkeller George! Barrel Aged (Cognac Edition)
4.5 - Boatrocker Roger Ramjet
4.4 - Boatrocker Wilde Cherry

Feb 2018

4.2 - 8 Wired Snakecharmer
4.2 - McLeod’s 802 #7 IPA Lemondrop Centennial
4.2 - McLeod’s 802 #8 IPA Galaxy Chinook Lemondrop
4.2 - Tiny Rebel Peaches & Cream IPA
4.2 - North End Old Island Burton Ale
4.2 - North End Salt and Wood La Mūre Extra

Jan 2018

4.4 - Epic Big Bad Baptista
4.4 - Omnipollo Hypnopompa - Rum
4.2 - Northern Monk / Wylam I Like To Moob It Moob It
4.2 - To Øl Black Ball Porter
4.2 - Northern Monk Mango Lassi Heathen

Dec 2017

4.8 - Omnipollo / Buxton Original Maple Truffle Ice Cream Waffle
4.5 - Cloudwater / Lervig Black Forest Stout (Speyside BA)
4.4 - Wild Beer Fruitbooter
4.4 - Cloudwater / To Øl Christmas Cake Imperial Stout (Bourbon BA)

Nov 2017

4.5 - BrewDog Black Eyed King Imp Vietnamese Coffee Edition (Can)
4.4 - Evil Twin / Westbrook Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break
4.4 - Mikkeller 黑 / Black (Tequila/Speyside Edition)

Oct 2017

4.8 - Omnipollo Noa Pecan Mud Cake
4.4 - BrewDog Dog A
4.3 - BrewDog Dog D
4.3 - Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Nectarine

Sep 2017

4.7 - Boatrocker Ramjet Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
4.5 - Garage Project Mutiny on the Bounty
4.4 - Cantillon Fou’ Foune
4.4 - 8 Wired iStout Unchained
4.4 - Rodenbach Vintage

Too many ties for me to list three per month I think…

Aug 18: Tempest The Old Fashioned 4.4
July 18: Turning Point Rainbow Road 3.9
June 18: Magic Rock Un-Human Cannonball 4.3
May 18: Siren Maiden 2018 4.5
April 18: Thornbridge Love Among the Ruins 4.2
March 18: Green Valley Rum Tiddly Tum 4.3
Feb 18: Founders Barrel Aged CBS 4.4
Jan 18: Tiny Rebel Imperial Puft 4.3