My 2013 in Beer: jesperhammer

jesperhammer entered 571 beer reviews in 2013 from 243 breweries.
824 breweries were tried for the first time, 5 of which opened in 2013.

Style Group	Avg	Count
Anglo-American Ales	3.5	227
Stout and Porter	3.85	131
Belgian-Style Ales	3.53	65
Lambic and Sour Ale	3.74	48
Lagers	2.7	46
Other *	3.08	30
Wheat Beer	3.12	18
Cider and Perry	2.44	5
Mead	3.6	1
* Specialty Grain, Spice/Herb/Vegetable, Smoked, Sahti/Gotlandsdricke/Koduõlu, Traditional Ale, Fruit Beer

Style	Avg	Count
Stout - Imperial	4.05	48
IPA	3.65	38
Pale Ale - American (APA)	3.37	31
IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double IPA	3.88	27
Barley Wine / Wheat Wine / Rye Wine	3.95	26
Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry	4.11	23
Belgian Ale - Strong Pale	3.67	16
Sour / Wild Beer	3.73	15
Brown Ale	3.16	14
IPA - Black / Brown / Cascadian Dark	3.86	14
Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette	3.28	13
Strong Ale - American	3.62	13
Lambic - Flavored	3.99	12
Stout	3.37	12
Porter	3.58	11

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Ratings by Month

Best of 2013
Cantillon Blåbær Lambik (5)	March 4
Mikkeller George! Barrel Aged (Cognac Edition) (4.9)	March 22
Cantillon Fou' Foune (4.7)	March 18
Mikkeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shake (4.7)	August 1
Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout (4.7)	September 15
Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Espresso (4.7)	December 1
Lervig Brewers Reserve Barley Wine Aged in Bourbon Barrels (13%) (4.6)	October 17
Cigar City / Mikkeller Dirac (4.6)	March 18
Founders Imperial Stout (4.6)	May 21
Birrificio del Ducato Verdi Imperial Stout (4.5)	May 6
Amager The Sinner Series Pride (4.5)	February 13
Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break (4.5)	November 15
Cigar City / Mikkeller Life Is Like... (4.5)	November 15
Mikkeller X Imperial Stout (4.5)	November 15
Lambrate Imperial Ghisa (4.5)	November 18
To Øl Liquid Confidence (Aged in Sherry Barrels) (4.5)	November 18
Olde Hickory The Event Horizon (4.5)	July 29
Stronzo 1000 EBC Morning Wood (4.5)	May 27
BrewDog Abstrakt AB:13 (4.4)	June 8
Hoppin' Frog / Amager Frog Hops From Amager (4.4)	July 29
Mikkeller X Big Tony 2006/2013 (4.4)	November 21
Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock (4.4)	November 5
Mikkeller Black As The Night (4.4)	October 16
De Molen / Flying Dog Bat Out Of Hell (4.4)	March 18
Det Lille Bryggeri 300 (4.4)	February 28
Brewfist Green Petrol (4.4)	May 6
Founders Backstage Series # 5: 15th Anniversary Bolt Cutter Barley Wine (4.4)	May 21
Goose Island Big John Imperial Stout (4.4)	March 27
He'Brew Jewbelation Fifteen (4.4)	March 29
To Øl Mine Is Bigger Than Yours Barley Wine (4.4)	April 13
To Øl Dangerously Close to Stupid (4.4)	April 29
Mikkeller Bedow Autumn Porter (4.3)	April 14
Stronzo Mr. Papsø's Sticky Rye - Smoked Juniper Wood (4.3)	May 22
Pipeworks Coffee Break Abduction Imperial Stout (4.3)	May 21
Mikkeller It's Alive! (Chardonnay Barrel with Mango Edition) (4.3)	February 25
Jolly Pumpkin Maracaibo Especial (4.3)	March 18
Unibroue 16 (4.3)	March 18
Thiriez Dalva Millésime Un an au fût (4.3)	October 21
Mont Salève Tzarine (13° version) (4.3)	October 21
Surly Furious (4.3)	October 26
Amager / Three Floyds Arctic SunStone (4.3)	October 28
Stronzo Swagger Juze (4.3)	September 16
Buxton Tsar (4.3)	November 1
Westbrook 2nd Anniversary - Cap'n Skoon's Ballistic Stout (4.3)	July 29
To Øl Black Malts & Body Salts Black Coffee IIPA (4.3)	August 9
Nørrebro Little Korkny Ale Niepoort Barrel (4.3)	May 27
Mountain Goat Triple Hightail Ale (4.3)	July 3
HaandBryggeriet Odin's Tipple Eikefatlagret (4.3)	July 3
Brash / Ska Brewing Skankin Dirty (4.2)	July 1
Mikkeller / Three Floyds Boogoop (Grand Marnier Edition) (4.2)	July 3

Country	Avg	Count
Denmark	3.51	234
United States	3.73	139
Italy	3.62	33
Belgium	3.4	24
England	3.31	23
Sweden	2.94	19
France	3.47	15
Norway	3.55	13
Spain	3.38	12
Germany	2.96	10

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