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Numenor

Message Numenor
 P  Richmond, Virginia, USA

Joined: Nov 5, 2005
Last seen: Oct 12, 2008

Beer Ratings: 818
Place Ratings: 20
Average Score: 3.38
My Average: 3.36

Favorite style: Barley Wine

Events: (4)

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Bio/beer Philosophy:

Always trying to sample new micros and foreign beers. I like just about every style there is to offer especially the stronger Ales, Barley Wines, Belgians, IPAs, and Stouts.

--My Rating Scale--
4.5 to 5.0 - Perfect
4.0 to 4.4 - Outstanding
3.5 to 3.9 - Excellent
3.0 to 3.4 - Good
2.5 to 2.9 - Fair
2.0 to 2.4 - Marginal
1.0 to 1.9 - Mass Drinking Beer
Below 1.0 - Swill

Perfect - As good as one can get in beers. Exceptional in all categories, and very hard to improve upon, if not impossible, in any way.

Outstanding - Great beer to drink, one which I’ll hunt for. Enjoyable in every respect but for some reason, not necessarily even a quantifiable one, I can’t give them a Perfect rating.

Excellent - A very nice beer. Easy to drink, enjoyable and tasty but doesn’t have the qualities of an Outstanding beer.

Good - The common beer to be found in most places. Not really exceptional in any regard, but overall quite nice. Generally a bit less refined than better quality beers, though by no means bad to drink.

Fair - A beer that is ok for drinking, but is not as good as higher ranked beers. Drinkable but nothing outstanding about it in any way.

Marginal - A beer which isn’t really worth it’s weight and one easily replaced by others more highly rated for the same price.

Mass Drinking Beer - This contains most of the American mass-production lagers and other swill people say is beer. Should never be drunk unless the point is to get drunk cheaply, or one has been out on a hot day and you want water.

Swill - Beers to be avoided at all costs. Not worth the cost of brewing them in the first place and one should be paid to drink them.


Beer Ratings Place Ratings  P  Statistics  
BeerBrewerStyle Score  My Rating  Date 
Westvleteren Abt 12
Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Abt/Quadrupel4.514.63/2/2006 
Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout
Three Floyds Brewing Company
Imperial Stout4.384.412/1/2006 
Rochefort Trappistes 10
Brasserie Rochefort
Abt/Quadrupel4.344.52/10/2006 
AleSmith Speedway Stout
AleSmith Brewing Company
Imperial Stout4.344.56/7/2008 
Bells Bourbon Barrel Double Cream/Expedition Stout
Bells Brewery
Imperial Stout4.344.41/7/2008 
Bells Expedition Stout
Bells Brewery
Imperial Stout4.324.45/27/2006 
Westvleteren Extra 8
Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Belgian Strong Ale4.264.43/2/2006 
Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA
Three Floyds Brewing Company
Imperial/Double IPA4.264.34/10/2006 
Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock
Kuhnhenn Brewing
Fruit Beer4.264.58/31/2006 
10 Lost Abbey The Angels Share (Bourbon Barrel)
Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Barley Wine4.254.14/23/2008 
11 Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Stone Brewing Co.
Imperial Stout4.224.311/28/2005 
12 Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition
Nøgne Ø
Imperial Stout4.224.64/23/2008 
13 Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%)
Dogfish Head Brewery
Imperial Stout4.184.212/16/2005 
14 Russian River Pliny the Elder
Russian River Brewing
Imperial/Double IPA4.184.13/1/2006 
15 Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
Great Divide Brewing Company
Imperial Stout4.184.12/7/2006 
16 St. Bernardus Abt 12
St. Bernard Brouwerij
Abt/Quadrupel4.174.312/10/2005 
17 Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Goose Island Beer Company
Imperial Stout4.173.711/30/2006 
18 Ølfabrikken Porter
Bryggeriet Ølfabrikken (Gourmetbryggeriet)
Porter4.144.34/30/2008 
19 Rochefort Trappistes 8
Brasserie Rochefort
Belgian Strong Ale4.133.92/3/2006 
20 Thirsty Dog Siberian Night Imperial Stout
Thirsty Dog Brewing Company
Imperial Stout4.133.94/30/2006 
21 Hair of the Dog Adam
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Traditional Ale4.124.110/12/2006 
22 Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
Brauerei Aying
Doppelbock4.1148/14/2006 
23 Russian River Supplication
Russian River Brewing
Sour Ale4.113.711/30/2006 
24 North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
North Coast Brewing Company
Imperial Stout4.14.22/12/2006 
25 AleSmith IPA
AleSmith Brewing Company
India Pale Ale (IPA)4.094.28/28/2006 
26 St. Bernardus Abt 12 Special Edition
St. Bernard Brouwerij
Abt/Quadrupel4.094.21/12/2007 
27 AleSmith YuleSmith (Winter) Imperial Red Ale
AleSmith Brewing Company
American Strong Ale 4.093.912/1/2006 
28 Victory Storm King Imperial Stout
Victory Brewing Company
Imperial Stout4.084.14/25/2006 
29 Fish Tale Poseidons Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers
Imperial Stout4.084.512/1/2006 
30 Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA
Dogfish Head Brewery
Imperial/Double IPA4.0741/12/2006 
31 Russian River Temptation
Russian River Brewing
Sour Ale4.073.912/1/2006 
32 Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout
Great Divide Brewing Company
Imperial Stout4.073.75/12/2006 
33 Oskar Blues Ten FIDY
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Imperial Stout4.074.25/12/2008 
34 Victory Old Horizontal
Victory Brewing Company
Barley Wine4.0642/22/2006 
35 Two Hearted Ale
Bells Brewery
India Pale Ale (IPA)4.064.18/2/2006 
36 Stone Ruination IPA
Stone Brewing Co.
Imperial/Double IPA4.064.111/5/2005 
37 Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Barley Wine4.064.37/2/2006 
38 Bells Kalamazoo Stout
Bells Brewery
Stout4.0548/17/2006 
39 Fish Tale Leviathan Barleywine (Barrel Aged)
Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers
Barley Wine4.054.32/18/2006 
40 Double Bastard Ale
Stone Brewing Co.
American Strong Ale 4.054.311/30/2005 
41 Three Floyds Alpha King
Three Floyds Brewing Company
American Pale Ale4.043.810/12/2006 
42 AleSmith Old Numbskull
AleSmith Brewing Company
Barley Wine4.044.56/7/2008 
43 Great Divide Hercules Double IPA
Great Divide Brewing Company
Imperial/Double IPA4.044.13/20/2006 
44 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter
Dogwood Brewing Company
Baltic Porter4.044.54/23/2008 
45 Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws (2003-)
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Barley Wine4.044.34/4/2008 
46 Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Brooklyn Brewery
Imperial Stout4.033.81/1/2006 
47 Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw/Blue
Brouwerij Het Anker
Belgian Strong Ale4.033.111/30/2005 
48 New Belgium La Folie
New Belgium Brewing Company
Sour Ale4.033.811/30/2006 
49 De Dolle Oerbier Special Reserva
De Dolle Brouwers
Belgian Strong Ale4.033.911/28/2006 
50 Bush Prestige (Scaldis Prestige)
Dubuisson
Belgian Strong Ale4.033.812/1/2006 
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