So the other week it was your top ten UK and Ireland Breweries. I thought this time it would be good to extend this over Europe. So…
What are your top 10 European, but not UK and Ireland Brerweries?
Any surprises?
Again after a week if anyone else has posted a top ten I will compile an overall list.
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BREWERY Beers Rating Country
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen (16) 4.22 Belgium
Brouwerij Rodenbach (6) 4.10 Belgium
Geuzestekerij De Cam (5) 4.06 Belgium
Cantillon (14) 4.0 Belgium
Bryggeriet Ølfabrikken (Gourmetbryggeriet - Harboe) (7) 4.01 Denmark
BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes) (38) 4.00 Switzerland
Abbaye de Scourmont - Chimay (7) 3.99 Belgium
Gueuzerie Tilquin (6) 3.98 Belgium
De Struise Brouwers (37) 3.96 Belgium
Warpigs Brewpub (5) 3.96 Denmark
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jjsint
June 18, 2020, 11:41pm
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Schneider Weisse (5) 4.06 Germany
St. Bernardus Brouwerij (7) 4.01 Belgium
Braurerei Heller (7) 3.93 Germany
Omnipollo (16) 3.83 Sweden
Põhjala (18) 3.8 Estonia
Brouwerij t’ IJ (6) 3.77 Netherlands
Brasserie St-Feuillien / Friart (7) 3.73 Belgium
Amundsen Brewery (7) 3.72 Norway
Brouwerij De Molen (18) 3.7 Netherlands
Mikkeller (18) 3.7 Denmark
I’m happy with those, a good mix of trad and modern crazy.
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Not sure my stats should count - I only have two with over 5 ratings!
For what it’s worth:
Mikkeller (10) 3.56 Denmark
AB InBev Belgium (5) 2.56 Belgium
(If the Channel Islands count, I can also add in Liberation (5) 2.96 Jersey)
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Surprised by no 4 on the list.
Duvel 10 3.53 Belgium
Nogne 5 3.38 Netherlands
Kees 5 3.38 Netherlands
Edge 5 3.32 Spain
Sternberge 8 3.31 Belgium
Alken maes 6 3.28 Belgium
Paulaner 10 3.25 Germany
Poppels 5 3.24 Sweden
Brabandere 7 3.23 Belgium
To ol 11 3.22 Denmark
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I might be a bit ‘Old School’ by the looks of mine.
St Bernadus Brouwerij, Belgium, 8, 3.85
De Dolle Brouwers, Belgium, 7, 3.84
Brouwerij De Ranke, Belgium, 6, 3.80
De Struise Brouwers, Belgium, 9, 3.71
Brouwerij De Molen, Netherlands, 19, 3.69
Brasserie D’Achouffe, Belgium, 6, 3.68
Dubuisson, Belgium, 6, 3.63
Põhjala, Estonia, 6, 3.63
To Øl, Denmark, 22, 3.62
Uiltje Brewing Co., Netherlands, 8, 3.61
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Mostly German stuff. Surprised to see Septem among my top 10 (seems like I was very pleased to be able to drink something besides macro on my last trip to Cyprus). It’s a shame that the overall brewery score was removed. It would be interesting to see the overall rating vs. our own ratings.
St Bernadus Brouwerij, 5, 3.84 / Belgium
Mikkeller, 5, 3.74 / Denmark
Dogma Brewery, 5, 3.74 / Serbia
Brauerei Aying, 11, 3.72 / Germany
Brauerei Heller, 5, 3.72 / Germany
Septem Microbrewery, 5, 3.7 / Greece
Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH, 12, 3.69 / Germany
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, 13, 3.63 / Germany
Megobrebi Brewery, 11, 3.62 / Georgia
Bierbrouwerij de Koningshoeven - La Trappe Trappist, 5, 3.56 / Netherlands
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Gueuzerie Tilquin (Belgium) 7 @ 3.87
Jopen (Netherlands) 6 @ 3.86
Põhjala (Estonia) 16 @ 3.77
Omnipollo (Sweden) 6 @ 3.75
Sori (Estonia) 5 @ 3.7
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan (Germany) 5 @ 3.7
Uiltje (Netherlands) 5 @ 3.68
Lervig (Norway) 6 @ 3.66
Schneider Weisse (Germany) 5 @ 3.64
Brouwerij Oud Beersel (Belgium) 6 @ 3.63
So most of them qualify with the bare minimum. Surprised at Sori - although some were in the first stop of my 40th weekend in Helsinki so may have benefitted from my particularly good mood at the time.
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Here are the scores from a Haddock in Shropshire:
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan 11 at 3.84 (Germany)
De Struise Brouwers 25 at 3.8 (Belgium)
Brouwerji Het Nest 5 at 3.76 (Belgium)
Brauerei Ayling 7 at 3.76 (Germany)
St. Bernardus Brouwerij 12 at 3.75 (Belgium)
Bierbrouwerij de Koningshoeven - La Trappe Trappist 15 at 3.75 (Netherlands)
De Dolle Brouwers 9 at 3.74 (Belgium)
Brouwerij De Molen 15 at 3.71 (Netherlands)
White Pony Microbirrificio 6 at 3.68 (Italy / Belgium)
Uiltje Brewing Company 9 at 3.67 (Netherlands)
Happy with those, proves I am not a ‘Sour Puss’ and enjoy diverse beer styles.
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Ha @YantarCoast I have enjoyed some Septem beers, it’s OK to like Greek stuff. I also noticed we have a few of the same breweries in our top 10’s; we seem to have similar tastes.
PS. I promise not to stalk you!
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Did you say Top Belgian breweries?
danlo
June 19, 2020, 8:27pm
#12
Nice to see one cidermaker has got into my top 10!
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jjsint
June 20, 2020, 1:20am
#14
I’ve had a few Septem and found them quite tasty on the whole. Not in my top 10 but certainly reasonable scores.
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The results are in and using the Euro Vision scoring system of 12, 10, 8-1 for each person top ten. the overall top 10 is…
Pos
Brewery
Pts
1
St Bernardus
52
2
De Struise
37
3
Mikkeller
24
4
3 Fonteinen
24
5
Põhjala
22
6
Omnipollo
22
7
Weihenstephan
20
8
De Dolle
19
9
Schneider Weisse
18
10
Cantillon
17
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Brewery
Country
Beers
Score
Brauerei Heller
Germany
8
4.04
Jaros
Poland
7
4.03
Cantillon
Belgium
46
4.02
De Dolle Brouwers
Belgium
8
3.89
Bokke
Belgium
17
3.88
Gueuzerie Tilquin
Belgium
29
3.83
Brouwerij Girardin
Belgium
5
3.82
La Trappe
Netherlands
21
3.79
Boon
Belgium
18
3.77
3 Fonteinen
Belgium
33
3.77
I guess one could say that I like lambics or something.
If I would enter my untappd ratings, Antidoot would move to first, and Heller would move to third or fourth (as Hansla wasn’t very good), rest would probably stay the same.