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name ABV score  ratings atyle  
1  Brewmeister Armageddon   65%  2.71  48  Eisbock  
2  Koelschip Start the Future   60%  2.6  1  Eisbock  
3  Schorschbräu Schorschbock 57% finis coronat opus   57.7%  2.62  29  Eisbock  
4  Tyranena Black IPA   56.5%  3.13  5  Black IPA  
5  Koelschip Obilix   45%  2.66  1  Eisbock  
6  Schorschbräu Schorschbock 43%    43.38%  2.9  32  Eisbock  
7  BrewDog Sink the Bismarck   41%  3.37  316  Imperial/Double IPA  
8  Baladin Esprit de Noel   40%    0  Belgian Strong Ale  
9  Struise Black Damnation VI - Messy   39%  3.87  102  Imperial Stout  
10  Revelation Cat Freeze the Penguin   35%  3.57  42  Barley Wine  
11  BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin   32%  3.29  411  Imperial Stout  
12  Schorschbräu Schorschbock 31%   30.86%  3.16  49  Eisbock  
13  Schorschbock Ice30%   30%    0  Eisbock  
14  Samuel Adams Utopias 10th Anniversary   29%    0  Barley Wine  
15  BrewDog Ghost Deer   28%  3.46  42  Belgian Strong Ale  
16  Schoppe XXL   27.6%  3.1  16  Eisbock  
17  Südstern XXL   27.6%    0  Eisbock  
18  Samuel Adams Utopias   27%  4.02  773  Barley Wine  
19  Struise Black Damnation V - Double Black   26%  4.1  216  Imperial Stout  
20  Struise Special Darkest Night   26%  3.36  6  Imperial Stout  
21  Struise Five Squared   25%  3.51  85  Abt/Quadrupel  
22  Smuggler’s Bollocks   25%    1  Brown Ale  
23  Emelisse XXV Imperial Russian Stout   25%  3.71  38  Imperial Stout  
24  Fleurac Octo-Pyroclastic Black IPA   24%  3.16  32  Black IPA  
25  Herkimer Toripuru Strong Bock   23%  3.25  5  Doppelbock  
26  Struise Black Damnation XI - Special K   22%  3.82  77  Imperial Stout  
27  Lagerhaus .44 Magnum Ale   22%  3.18  6  Barley Wine  
28  Brodies Elizabethan   22%  3.5  15  English Strong Ale  
29  DuClaw Colossus   21.92%  3.58  122  American Strong Ale  
30  Black Bottle Sex Panther   21.5%  2.8  5  American Strong Ale  
31  Rapp OMG 2012 Batch 001   21%  3.18  3  American Strong Ale  
32  Rapp OMG Batch 005   21%  3.08  2  Barley Wine  
33  Applewood Farm Iced Cider    21%  3.59  14  Ice Cider/Perry  
34  Mikkeller Festival Special Edition 2012 – Stella 3   20.1%  3.88  39  Imperial Stout  
35  Medieval Hung, Drawn and Quarters Barley Wine   20%    0  Barley Wine  
36  La Face Cachée de la Pomme Neige Noir   20%    0  Ice Cider/Perry  
37  Vergers Pedneault La Grande Glace   20%  3.27  6  Ice Cider/Perry  
38  Schorschbräu Schorschbock Ice 20 Dunkler Eisbock    20%  2.9  26  Eisbock  
39  Rapp OMG Batch 007   20%  3.38  10  American Strong Ale  
40  Smuttynose Iced Wheat Wine   20%  2.86  1  Barley Wine  
41  Rapp OMG Batch 008   20%  2.84  2  American Strong Ale  
42  Big Buck Imperial Porter   20%  3  3  Imperial/Strong Porter  
43  Lijiang Yinjiu   20%  3.18  1  Traditional Ale  
44  Sunset Blvd Hopshot   20%    0  Barley Wine  
45  Merciless Blood Stains   20%  3.68  32  Eisbock  
46  The Bruery Chocolate Rain   19.5%  4  172  Imperial Stout  
47  Small Town Root Beer Beer   19.5%    1  Spice/Herb/Vegetable  
48  Mikkeller Foręt Limousine (Medium Toasted)   19.3%  3.08  3  Barley Wine  
49  Mikkeller Foręt Limousine (Light Toasted)   19.3%  3.08  3  Barley Wine  
50  Mikkeller Foręt du Centre (Medium Toasted)   19.3%  3.09  3  Barley Wine  
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