Yes, I have now tried a handful of the 1,001 brews. I have now settled on a format and what type of info to capture for each beer. I won't bore everyone (anyone?) with the details, but you can see the full spreadsheet here. I will do a better job giving a quick overview with each beer that I've tried.
In the meantime, here are the few beers that I've tried over the past couple of weeks (mostly thanks to a gift from my good friend Harvey). NOTE: my rating scale is completely subjective, from 1-5 (5 being best):
Fuller's London Pride (Rating = 4)
Definitely had this in the old days in London, but it's been a while. Really a good drinking beer.
Old Peculier (Rating = 4.5)
My favorite of this batch so far. Great name, great taste. It is dark-ish, but still fairly light. Really tasty. Worth finding more of Old Peculiar (also Harvey's new nickname).
Ayinger Celebrator (Rating = 3.5)
It had a cool little horsey charm around the bottle. That was probably the highlight. It was dark, was ok. I might try it again, but would push down an old lady to get one (unless I was really thirsty).
EKU 28 (Rating 4)
This bad boy was potent. 11% alcohol kind of gave me a strong shove. It was good, but I can only imagine having a drinking session on this one.
Weihenstephaner Vitus (Rating = 4)
A solid wheat beer entry from Germany. I know they do some solid varieties (I think I might have actually had this once before on a trip to Germany). Great summer beer with a little spice. I'd have it again (notice the trend here?).
This from a recent Germany trip, I had the "small" beer while my colleague opted for a coffee (for the record, this wasn't an espresso, but it was one giant beer) in the airport lounge. Needless to say, I slept well on that flight.
Murphy's Irish Stout (Rating = 3.5)
I used to be a big fan of Murphy's back in my younger days. I thought it had a slightly sweeter taste than Guiness. But after revisiting it, I think I will stick with old reliable. Love the draught cans though.
Allagash Tripel Reserve (Rating = 4.5)
I love the big bottles. And this was a nice surprise. I do normally like Allagash generally, but this was even better than their normal Allagash White. Nicely balanced fruit and really smooth. When you can get a solid 2 beers from a bottle, that is living (Old English-style perhaps?).
Victory Golden Monkey (Rating = 4)
Victory Prima Pils (Rating = 3.5)
Victory Hop Devil (Rating = 3)
I found a nice treat at Julio's Liquors in Westborough a few weeks ago. They had a nice variety pack from Victory - which I had noticed rated 3 beers on this list. No real surprises here - wasn't a huge fan of the hoppy one, the pilsner was fine (nothing special) and the summer-y one was light and tasty (I think I did have it on a warmer night).
That will do it for this update for now, more to come.
In the meantime, here are the few beers that I've tried over the past couple of weeks (mostly thanks to a gift from my good friend Harvey). NOTE: my rating scale is completely subjective, from 1-5 (5 being best):
Fuller's London Pride (Rating = 4)
Definitely had this in the old days in London, but it's been a while. Really a good drinking beer.
Old Peculier (Rating = 4.5)
My favorite of this batch so far. Great name, great taste. It is dark-ish, but still fairly light. Really tasty. Worth finding more of Old Peculiar (also Harvey's new nickname).
Ayinger Celebrator (Rating = 3.5)
It had a cool little horsey charm around the bottle. That was probably the highlight. It was dark, was ok. I might try it again, but would push down an old lady to get one (unless I was really thirsty).
EKU 28 (Rating 4)
This bad boy was potent. 11% alcohol kind of gave me a strong shove. It was good, but I can only imagine having a drinking session on this one.
Weihenstephaner Vitus (Rating = 4)
A solid wheat beer entry from Germany. I know they do some solid varieties (I think I might have actually had this once before on a trip to Germany). Great summer beer with a little spice. I'd have it again (notice the trend here?).
Murphy's Irish Stout (Rating = 3.5)
I used to be a big fan of Murphy's back in my younger days. I thought it had a slightly sweeter taste than Guiness. But after revisiting it, I think I will stick with old reliable. Love the draught cans though.
Allagash Tripel Reserve (Rating = 4.5)
I love the big bottles. And this was a nice surprise. I do normally like Allagash generally, but this was even better than their normal Allagash White. Nicely balanced fruit and really smooth. When you can get a solid 2 beers from a bottle, that is living (Old English-style perhaps?).
Victory Golden Monkey (Rating = 4)
Victory Prima Pils (Rating = 3.5)
Victory Hop Devil (Rating = 3)
I found a nice treat at Julio's Liquors in Westborough a few weeks ago. They had a nice variety pack from Victory - which I had noticed rated 3 beers on this list. No real surprises here - wasn't a huge fan of the hoppy one, the pilsner was fine (nothing special) and the summer-y one was light and tasty (I think I did have it on a warmer night).
That will do it for this update for now, more to come.
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