Copenhagen beer fests dominate Top Beers of the month

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Message Papsoe P beers 25039 º places 4 º 03:56 Fri 5/18/2012 The three Copenhagen beer festivals last week have a serious impact on the Top new beers of the month. I count 30 of the Top 50 being from these festivals! Tons of raters, tons of good beer. Excellent! (And even more would’ve been on there if the beers hadn’t been added to the site prior to May 1st)
Message Travlr P beers 34394 º places 4705 º 04:05 Fri 5/18/2012 A direct result of Mikkel and the brewers working hard to bring new and exciting (and hi quality!) stuff to the fest. And also a direct refute to those who complained about the beer selection....
Message Papsoe P beers 25039 º places 4 º 04:20 Fri 5/18/2012 Originally posted by Travlr A direct result of Mikkel and the brewers working hard to bring new and exciting (and hi quality!) stuff to the fest. And also a direct refute to those who complained about the beer selection.... completely agree - that line-up is hard to beat anywhere. Personally I find it a lot more satisfactory to find hidden gems instead of constantly going whale hunting. Some of my highlights at CBC were: Beachwood Knucklehead Red Cigar City El Murciélago Struise Rio Reserva Uncommon American Special Bitter And at CBF some of those heavy hittin’ Stronzo beers really impressed me.
Message cgarvieuk P beers 38846 º places 460 º 04:53 Fri 5/18/2012 cant say im surprised!!! hence my being very sad at not making it

Message AcctError159802 beers 13 º 05:19 Fri 5/18/2012 Originally posted by Travlr A direct result of Mikkel and the brewers working hard to bring new and exciting (and hi quality!) stuff to the fest. And also a direct refute to those who complained about the beer selection.... I think nobody complained about the lack of good beers, I think only some people mentioned that the American brewers could have brought some more interesting beers with them (some regular DL, or Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout for example, and cigar city brought just a few bottles of Marshal Zhukov). Probably for the average European beer drinker the American beers were maybe impressive, but for the bit more active traders among us, there was no real surprise at the American front. As a food scientist I also have to mention that it has been proven many times in scientific studies that the ambiance of a venue and the mental state of mind does very significantly influence the taste experience of a certain product. Since the ambiance at CBC was really great (lot’s of nice people and fun, nice venue) this will beyond any doubt bias the taste reviews in a positive way compared to drinking the same beer at home. That being sad, I agree with Papsoe that there were some extremely nice hidden germs to find. My personal highlights were some of the new Struise beers, the Mikkeller spontandoubleblueberry, de Molen Bommen on cascade, almost everything from to Ol and Evil twin cherry Berliner weisse. Only the price can be a bit lower maybe next time, paying around 55 bucks for entrance and still paying 6 bucks for 10 cl sample is slightly overdone.
Message drowland P beers 11069 º places 430 º 05:56 Fri 5/18/2012 Most likely
Message Nightfall P beers 1313 º places 45 º 06:20 Fri 5/18/2012 Originally posted by rvdoorn paying 6 bucks for 10 cl sample is slightly overdone. How did you calculate that ? If I am not mistaken it was 200 DKK for 15 tokens. That works out at less than 2,3 USD per token and about 2/3 of the beers could be bought with 1 token. Dirty Horse 1983 f.ex was 3 tokens, but I don’t think I am alone here when I am saying that I would have paid even more
Message AcctError159802 beers 13 º 06:34 Fri 5/18/2012 Originally posted by Nightfall Originally posted by rvdoorn paying 6 bucks for 10 cl sample is slightly overdone. How did you calculate that ? If I am not mistaken it was 200 DKK for 15 tokens. That works out at less than 2,3 USD per token and about 2/3 of the beers could be bought with 1 token. Dirty Horse 1983 f.ex was 3 tokens, but I don’t think I am alone here when I am saying that I would have paid even more Well, maybe I have an expensive taste , but I think the beers were two tokens average. But ok, let’s say 1.5 token per beer, that is still expensive after paying the entrance fee. Most other festivals I have been to, had OR free entrance (and 1-2 tokens per beer) OR paid entrance and the rest of the day free beer. I fully agree with your Dirty Horse statement though

Message _angst_ P beers 5019 º places 97 º 06:41 Fri 5/18/2012 As an attendant from Sweden I was happy to see how cheap everything was :)
Message AcctError159802 beers 13 º 06:59 Fri 5/18/2012 Originally posted by _angst_ As an attendant from Sweden I was happy to see how cheap everything was :) LOL
Message GT P beers 10002 º places 672 º 07:01 Fri 5/18/2012 As an attendant from Japan, everything was free for me