Quite a simple one but it might be fun.
Look down your top rated breweries, what are your top ten European breweries, but here’s the twist only one brewery per country, so if you already had one from that country move on.
As an example based on mine…
I pass on Port / Lost Abbey as not European, Glasshouse will be 1 (England), Apex 2 (Sweden), pass on Neon Raptor, Verdant and Deya (already have a English brewery), Ca Del Brado 3 (Italy), and so on.
I will post mine shortly.
So here wo go…
| Place | Brewery | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasshouse | England | 3.98 |
| 2 | Apex | Sweden | 3.98 |
| 3 | Ca’ del Brado | Italy | 3.95 |
| 4 | Polly’s | Wales | 3.91 |
| 5 | Vault City | Scotland | 3.85 |
| 6 | Ārpus | Latvia | 3.84 |
| 7 | Van Moll | Netherlands | 3.82 |
| 8 | Spain | Spain | 3.8 |
| 9 | O Brother | Ireland | 3.8 |
| 10 | Põhjala | Estonia | 3.78 |
I went through my top 29 breweries.
Here’s my top 10, more than half are cideries:
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen – Belgium 4.03
Find & Foster Fine Ciders – England 3.96
Brännland Cider – Sweden 3.88
Amager Bryghus - Denmark 3.8
Skyborry Cider & Perry – Wales 3.7
Brouwerij De Molen (Swinkels Family Brewers) - Holland 3.66
Caledonian Cider Co - Scotland 3.66
Cidriculteur Eric Bordelet – France 3.64
Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg 3.6
Blakstoc – Austria 3.53
Took 96 to get the top 10!
This feels a bit incorrect since some of these I’ve only had a handful of beers from but all happened to be excellent…
Also some of these countries didn’t qualify for the Euros!
| Place | Brewery | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nerdbrewing | Sweden | 4.29 |
| 2 | Vault City | Scotland | 4.22 |
| 3 | De Moersleutel | Netherlands | 4.15 |
| 4 | Liquid Light | England | 4.14 |
| 5 | Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan | Germany | 4.06 |
| 6 | Soma Beer | Spain | 4.06 |
| 7 | Põhjala | Estonia | 3.97 |
| 8 | Hop Hooligans | Romania | 3.97 |
| 9 | Dry & Bitter | Denmark | 3.96 |
| 10 | Amundsen Bryggeri | Norway | 3.96 |
Cool stat! Here’s mine:
| De Struise Brouwers (Belgium) | 5 | 4.04 |
|---|---|---|
| Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn (Germany) | 6 | 4.03 |
| Omnipollo (Sweden) | 16 | 3.82 |
| Brouwerij 't IJ (Duvel Moortgat) (Netherlands) | 6 | 3.77 |
| Põhjala (Estonia) | 19 | 3.77 |
| Arbor Ales (England) | 16 | 3.71 |
| Mikkeller (Denmark) | 19 | 3.68 |
| Fierce Beer Co (Scotland) | 9 | 3.67 |
| Mad Scientist (Hungary) | 5 | 3.64 |
| Amundsen Bryggeri (Norway) | 7 | 3.64 |
5 were in the top 10 but it took me to 34 breweries to get them all.
I am afraid that Fantôme are in the Luxembourg region of Belgium, not Luxembourg the country.
I have so few breweries with 5+ rates from outside of England my list looks ridiculous! I’ve had to include a non-European country just to make a list of 10.
| Place | Brewery | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kernel | England | 3.96 |
| 2 | Brouweij Van Steenberge | Belgium | 3.73 |
| 3 | Drygate | Scotland | 3.68 |
| 4 | Dry & Bitter | Denmark | 3.64 |
| 5 | Brewski | Sweden | 3.58 |
| 6 | Tiny Rebel | Wales | 3.55 |
| 7 | Yeastie Boys | New Zealand | 3.50 |
| 8 | St James’s Gate | Ireland | 3.48 |
| 9 | Lowlander | Netherlands | 3.44 |
| 10 | Lidl Europe | Germany | 2.68 |
Yes you’re right, Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg 10 3.6 are just afew places below, correction duly noted
Let’s have a go at this -
I had to go right down to 45th place to land my last European and 3 came along at the same time.
Going with minimum 10 rates on breweries for this
No real shocks offered for me but thought a Danish brewer would be in the top 10 … theres a few just either side of 3.6 in my list
No Luxembourg (the country) rates for me yet, might give them a go!
Added an eleventh because the score is the same. Really surprised about some scores. Qualified for Euro 2020 in bold.
Breweries with 10+ ratings:
Het Anker - Belgium - 3.85
Stigbergets - Sweden - 3.8
Amundsen - Norway - 3.75
The Kernel - Englad - 3.73
Wild Creatures - Czech Republic - 3.71
Zagovor - Russia - 3.68
Lobik - Slovenia - 3.66
Pulfer - Croatia - 3.66
Amager (tie with To Øl, Amager has more ratings tho) - Denmark - 3.65
Põhjala - Estonia - 3.63
Interesting exercise
| Brewery | No of rates | Avg Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bokke Limburg | 7 | 4.39 |
| Mills Brewing Gloucestershire | 9 | 4.33 |
| Nerdbrewing Skåne | 5 | 4.22 |
| Pühaste Estonia | 13 | 4.12 |
| Vault City Brewing Lothian | 6 | 4.12 |
| Brouwerij De Moersleutel North Holland | 35 | 4.1 |
| Mikkeller Baghaven Denmark | 8 | 4.06 |
| Garage Beer Co Catalonia | 14 | 4.05 |
| La Débauche Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 5 | 4.04 |
| Polly’s Brew Co. Clwyd | 11 | 4.03 |
Took me 108 breweries to get to the last one.
| Place | Brewery | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaros* | Poland | 4.05 |
| 2 | Heller | Germany | 4.04 |
| 3 | Cantillon | Belgium | 4.02 |
| 4 | Koningshoeven | Netherlands | 3.79 |
| 5 | Brew Age | Austria | 3.73 |
| 6 | Beer Here | Denmark | 3.7 |
| 7 | Harviestoun | Scotland | 3.67 |
| 8 | Nøgne Ø | Norway | 3.65 |
| 9 | Ca’ del Brado | Italy | 3.64 |
| 10 | Moor | England | 3.62 |
*Assuming meaderies are allowed, if not Szalpiw with avg 3.66 would be Polish in top 10
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan Germany 3.82
De Struise Brouwers Belgium 3.8
Bierbrouwerij de Koningshoeven - La Trappe Trappist Holland 3.75
Old Chimneys Brewery England 3.71
Wild Horse Brewing Co. Wales 3.7
White Pony Microbirrificio Italy 3.68
Pivovar Matuška Czech Republic 3.64
Black Isle Brewing Scotland 3.61
Omnipollo Sweden 3.6
Nøgne Ø (Hansa Borg) Norway 3.54
Took me 56 Breweries to get down to Norway.
<*))))))><
Here we go:
| Place | Brewery | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cantillon | Belgium | 4.07 |
| 2 | Wylam Brewery | England | 3.86 |
| 3 | Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn | Germany | 3.85 |
| 4 | Whiplash | Ireland | 3.79 |
| 5 | Stigbergets Bryggeri | Sweden | 3.74 |
| 6 | Vault City | Scotland | 3.74 |
| 7 | Soma Beer | Spain | 3.72 |
| 8 | Bevog | Austria | 3.69 |
| 9 | Amager Bryghus | Denmark | 3.68 |
| 10 | AF Brew | Russia | 3.67 |
Really surprised about Wylam! Top-3 for me (just below Cantillon and 3F).
| 1 | Cantillon | Belgium | Brussels Capital Region | 38 | 4.19 |
| 2 | Heller-Bräu Trum | Germany | Bavaria | 9 | 4.18 |
| 3 | Zannekin | France | Hauts-de-France | 7 | 3.97 |
| 4 | Danko Beer | Sweden | Stockholm | 5 | 3.96 |
| 5 | BFM - Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes | Switzerland | Jura | 43 | 3.85 |
| 6 | Hesket Newmarket Brewery | England | Cumbria | 7 | 3.74 |
| 7 | Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg | Austria | - | 9 | 3.72 |
| 8 | Fyne Ales | Scotland | Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute | 15 | 3.71 |
| 9 | Gæðingur Brugghús | Iceland | - | 5 | 3.7 |
| 10 | Le Baladin | Italy | Piemonte | 20 | 3.67 |
The only brewery of these that opened in the last decade is currently not brewing.
Well this is an embarrassing exercise for me since I have so few breweries with 5 rates or more to show up on my breweries list - I’m only able to get a top 3 and those are the 3 ‘home’ countries for the UK!
England - Salopian Brewery (10 rates, Average 4.02)
Wales - Polly’s Brew (5 rates, Average 3.98)
Scotland - BrewDog (14 rates, Average 3.52)
I have taken these result and applied euro vision scoring to the top 10 (12, 10 then 8-1) for each persons list. This means I have worked out who will win the Euros.
This is obviously not scientific and is very biased as posted on the uk and Ireland forum. So the Euros will be won by……
England 🏴
The scoring was close with Belgium so maybe an England 🏴 Belgium 
final with England nicking it in extra time or on pens.
Sweden 
started strong but tailed off slightly towards the end. Maybe therefore a semi final place. The other Semi Final place (top 4 on my list) would be Scotland 🏴.
So now we know who wins, no need to watch any other matches.
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