Greater London top 50 Raters

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Just wandering around the site and discovered that @Leighton has had more beers from London than I’ve had beers from the whole of England. That’s some going for an American lad (well, he is a lot younger than me) who hasn’t been here all his drinking life.

https://www.ratebeer.com/Users/TopRatersBeerByState.asp?StateID=79&Letter=G

I am nowhere on that top 50 list and most likely never will be; top of Shropshire though!

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London must be the hardest to get into the top 50. I scraped into the top 50 earlier in the year, and struggle to move up far.

I’m top in 3 of my local Counties, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland. I’m off to the Nottingham Beer Festival this week so hope to increase some of my lower counties.

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I have always prioritised London breweries! Way too many to stay on top of these days, though. It was fun tracking down new London beers back in the early days (2010-2013, give or take) but in the past few years the number of breweries has surged. Think we’re up to about 130 in greater London now. So now I prioritise the convenient London breweries!

I would be close to 5k London ratings now but I lost almost 100 when Redchurch relocated from Bethnal Green to Essex.

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I’ve got some decent stats but I doubt I shall ever see the top 50 of London…

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My brother Matthew has just come up to stay with us a for a few days and has brought me 10 new London beers (too me), bless him. Still nowhere near the top 50 but it is my second English region beer total wise, even though I never look out for them.

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With Partizan moving out of London, many of us old-school London scoopers will lose a lot of rates (several hundred for me I think).

@BlackHaddock if you haven’t had many from Partizan, this could be quite helpful in your pursuit of London Top 50 Rater fame!

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Just looked at Partizan, which has already been switched to a Leicestershire brewery.

A mere 557 rates now required to get into the top 50 of Greater London tickers.

The cut off for the Leicestershire top 50 was 27 ticks, now 53… I see you’re up to 3rd for Leicestershire @Leighton and still miles ahead in Greater London.

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With Leicestershire, it’s a bit silly for me now. Aside from my 305 Partizan ratings, I only have 31 other ratings from the county!

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@Leighton, I have had a huge 8 beers from Partizan, so not much has changed totals wise, for me London sits at 483 and Leicestershire 91 now.

I am staying in London for a night next week, but I don’t expect to be drinking much beer, saving myself for the week in Berlin that follows.

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I trust you won’t drink any and that you sent your brothers London beer gifts back

Pretty sure you said in a recent thread you hated London beer … Parochial London chip on the shoulder etc and the fact some cockney dipped his balls in your spam during the war … or something similar ?

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I never said I hated London beers, just that I didn’t seek them out. I’ve had 483 of the bloody things and still have plenty in my stash.

I do think London is expensive compared to ‘Up North’ and I would rather help keep Northern brewers going than London ones. Never liked Spam or Cockney Balls, not that keen on wars either to be honest!

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So you’re not saying you ‘hate’ cockney balls ?

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‘Hate’ is a strong word and often used when dislike is a better word for the circumstance.

Cockney Balls on Pasta with a pleasant hot tomato based sauce might go down well with some London beers I suppose.

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Up to 27th since Partizan moved. A couple of prior moves out of London helped me get into the Top 50. And have been making steady progress since lockdown when I decided to start ticking off as many of the London breweries as possible. Although no lockdown and keeping working in London a few times a month may well have had the same results.

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Despite my London loathing I am now just 5 short of 500 Greater London rates (with well over 5 in my stash).

I can see Shropshire being overtaken as my number 1 county if I’m not careful. Still a long way from being in the top 50 though, that stands at 558 currently.

https://www.ratebeer.com/Users/TopRatersBeerByState.asp?StateID=79&Letter=G

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I find that London Brewery beers find me rather than the other way round. I do seek them out when they are a new brewery to me, then after that they just seem to be everywhere.

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