While beer rating websites certainly have their issues and ratings are always subjective, we’re going to pick our beers for August 12th from the beers that are rated 100 on RateBeer.com. Whether the beers got their 100 ratings because they’re world class beers or just a popularity contest, let’s try a bunch of them and judge for ourselves.
Price: $15 (plus membership, $10)
Beers:
Cuvée van de Keizer – BlauwBrouwerij Het Anker(B-2800 Mechelen, Antwerpen)
Belgian Strong Dark AleABV: 11.0%, IBU: 15
Wookey JackFirestone Walker Brewing Company(Paso Robles, CA)
Black IPA / Cascadian Dark AleABV: 8.3%, IBU: 80
Trappistes Rochefort 10Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy(Rochefort, Belgium)
Belgian QuadABV: 11.3%, IBU: 27
The MaharajaAvery Brewing Company(Boulder, CO)
Imperial / Double IPAABV: 10.2%, IBU: 102
Imperial StoutNøgne Ø(Grimstad, Norway)
American Imperial / Double StoutABV: 9.0%, IBU: 75
La Folie (Lips of Faith)New Belgium Brewing Company(Fort Collins, CO)
Flanders Oud BruinABV: 7.0%, IBU: 18
CitraPipeworks Brewing Company(Chicago, IL)
Imperial / Double IPAABV: 9.5%
Cuivre (Bourbon Barrel Aged)The Bruery(Placentia, CA)
Old AleABV: 16.2%
YuleSmith (Summer)AleSmith Brewing Company(San Diego, CA)
Imperial / Double IPAABV: 8.5%, IBU: 105
Old Stock Ale (2013) Cellar ReserveNorth Coast Brewing Company(Fort Bragg, CA)
Old AleABV: 14.1%
Rodenbach Caractère RougeBrouwerij Rodenbach(Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen)
Flanders Red AleABV: 7.0%
Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS)Founders Brewing Co.(Grand Rapids, MI)
American Imperial / Double StoutABV: 11.2%, IBU: 70
