Bottle Fest.

On the 17th August I held the latest of my Bottled Beer Fests with a few of the usual suspects in attendance.
We had around 25 beers on offer and it was held in my garden in my own beer tent.

We eventually tried 15 beers and scored them out of 10

					Score (50)
1	Beavertown	Black Betty	Black IPA	7.2%	40
2	Brentwood Brewing Co.	Chockwork Orange	Dark Ale	6.5%	36
3	Westmalle	Trappist	Red/Brown Trappist	7.0%	34
4	Blue Moon Brew Co.	Blue Moon	Belgium White	5.4%	33
5	Ellenberg	Dark Smoky Wheat Beer	Dark Wheat Beer	6.5%	31
6	Thornbridge	Bracia	Rich Dark Ale	10.0%	30
7	Tyris	Oh Yeah	American Pale Ale	4.5%	28
7	Cerverceria Mexicana	DOA IPA	IPA	6.8%	28
7	Franziskaner	Weissbeir	Dark Yeast Beer	?	28
10	Bacchus	Kriek	Belgium Cherry Beer	5.8%	25
10	Gyle 59	Tourjours	Saison	4.0%	25
12	Gyle 59	The Favourite	Porter	6.6%	24
13	Gyle 59	Pale & Bitter	Pale Ale	5.0%	23
14	Clearwater	Devon Darter	Copper Ale	4.5%	17.5
15	St Ives	Boilers	Golden Ale	4.0%	7

The clear winner was the Beavertown Black Betty Black IPA which was a light and hoppy but jet black IPA at 7.2% and was enjoyed by all with the Brentwood Brewing Co's Chockwork Orange, a deep chocolate, malty beer in an 'old ale' classic style which has won numerous local SIBA awards in second place.

This was particularly pleasing for me as these beers were from my selections, purchased on line from www.alesbymail.co.uk

Less pleasing was the reaction to my special purchase of Thornbridge's 'Bracia' a very heavy dark ale at 10% and costing around £10 a bottle. Oh well cant win them all.