My 2013 in Beer: drfabulous

drfabulous entered 667 beer reviews in 2013 from 258 breweries.
1432 breweries were tried for the first time, 11 of which opened in 2013.

Style Group	Avg	Count
Anglo-American Ales	3.69	306
Stout and Porter	3.77	125
Belgian-Style Ales	3.71	102
Lambic and Sour Ale	3.77	43
Lagers	3.57	37
Other *	3.55	32
Wheat Beer	3.43	22
* Specialty Grain, Spice/Herb/Vegetable, Smoked, Sahti/Gotlandsdricke/Koduõlu, Traditional Ale, Fruit Beer

Style	Avg	Count
IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double IPA	3.74	61
IPA	3.65	61
Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette	3.75	39
Stout - Imperial	3.87	38
Pale Ale - American (APA)	3.63	25
Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry	3.88	24
IPA - Black / Brown / Cascadian Dark	3.72	20
Barley Wine / Wheat Wine / Rye Wine	3.82	19
Strong Ale - American	3.71	17
Flavored - Other	3.61	14
Belgian Ale - Pale / Golden / Single	3.63	13
Porter	3.72	13
Belgian Ale - Strong Pale	3.69	12
Brown Ale	3.64	11
Pilsener / Pils / Pilsner	3.67	11

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Ratings by Month

Best of 2013
Hair of the Dog Otto from the Wood (4.3)	November 22
Goose Island Bourbon County Barleywine (4.2)	December 1
Cascade Noyaux (4.2)	June 21
Prairie Bomb! (4.2)	August 23
Almanac Dogpatch Sour (4.2)	October 15
Goose Island King Henry (4.2)	November 2
Hill Farmstead Vera Mae (2011-2015) (4.1)	October 18
Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue (4.1)	October 10
Country Boy Infinite Sadness (4.1)	August 1
Bell's Black Note Stout (4.1)	June 22
Cantillon Fou' Foune (4.1)	January 11
Rodenbach Caractère Rouge (4.1)	November 28
Cantillon Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (4.1)	November 28
Prairie Eliza5beth (4.1)	November 26
Blue Lobster / Prairie Artisan Ales Little Lobster on the Prairie (4)	November 18
Against the Grain / To Øl An Ale Pleasure (4)	November 8
Jack's Abby Hoponius Union (4)	November 10
Nebraska Reserve Series Sexy Betty (4)	November 29
Against the Grain Attila the Hen (4)	December 5
West Sixth Experimental: Mandarin Double IPA (4)	December 6
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Backyard Rye Barrel (4)	December 7
Crooked Stave Origins (4)	December 14
Nøgne Ø / Mikkeller / Brewdog Horizon Tokyo Black (4)	December 17
Country Boy Alpha Experiment: 05256 (4)	December 18
Evil Twin Imperial Doughnut Break (4)	December 30
Firestone Walker 16 (XVI Sixteenth Anniversary Ale) (4)	January 6
Bell's Batch 9000 Ale - Bourbon Barrel Aged (4)	January 23
Country Boy RX Strength Imperial Stout (4)	February 9
West Sixth Snakes in a Barrel (4)	February 9
Great Lakes Chillwave (4)	February 23
Cascade Drie Zwarte Pieten Sang Noir (4)	February 23
Pizza Boy Sunny Side Up - Double Coffee (4)	April 5
Prairie 'Merica (4)	April 6
Wicked Weed Weak Half Double IPA (4)	July 7
Fantôme / Hill Farmstead 5 Sciences Beer (4)	April 12
Prairie / Saint Somewhere Prairie Somewhere (4)	April 15
Surly Overrated West Coast Style IPA (4)	April 22
Against the Grain 70K (4)	May 18
Crooked Stave St. Bretta (Summer) (4)	July 27
Evil Twin Aún Más Café Jesús (4)	July 28
Crooked Stave Vieille Artisanal (4)	July 20
Crooked Stave Hop Savant (4)	July 19
Half Acre Navaja (4)	July 24
Half Acre Mecha Hugs (4)	July 24
Mother's Materfamilias (4)	July 12
Prairie Puncheon (4)	August 26
AleSmith Speedway Stout - Kopi Luwak (4)	August 30
Westbrook Mexican Cake Imperial Stout (4)	August 30
The Bruery Black Tuesday (4)	August 30
Crooked Stave Surette Provision Saison (4)	August 2

Country	Avg	Count
United States	3.68	616
Belgium	3.86	17
Denmark	3.81	12
Canada	3.8	4
Germany	3.65	4
Italy	3.73	3
Norway	3.85	2
Spain	3.75	2
Sweden	3.7	2
England	3.5	1

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