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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin |
20th Annual Festival Of Small Breweries 2008
About half of the forty brews avaialble were in for just the Festival: Amsterdam Oktoberfest, Big Rock Black Amber, Black Oak Wasabi Brown Ale, Grand River Highballer Pumpkin Ale, Great Lakes Pumplin Ale, Midland Beer Works Georgian Bay Dipper, Granite Hopping Mad, King Hopped-up Un-filtered Pilsner, Nickelbrook Oak-aged Kriek and Sahti Juniper Beer, Neustadt Elderbrau, Railway City Iron Spike Copper Ale, Scotch Irish Coporal Punishment, Okanagan Pale Ale, St. Ambroise Pumpkin Ale, Trafalgar Smoked Oatmeal Stout, True North Altbier, and Mill Street Witbier. In all, 4935 samples were sold (that's about one every four seconds). The voter turnout was also up as 16% of the samples were rated (up from 14% at the Spring Festival). Not quite election sized numbers but the contented citizen tends not to vote. The top four finishers were: In first for the third time in the past four festivals, Durham Hop Addict with a median score of 41 out of 50 followed by McAuslan Pumpkin Ale (40.5), C'est What Hazelnut Chocolate Ale (39.5), and Unibroue Chambly Noire (39.0). |
It seems that this craft beer thing is finally catching on. On Friday October 4 2008, at our 20th Annual Festival Of Small Breweries, hundreds upon hundreds of interested folks decided to join us for an evening of tasting, talking, (and spilling). We often had to resort to a line-up to stay within a safe capacity.|
Median scores - only brews with thirteen or more ratings are listed |
Appearance |
Aroma |
Flavour |
Aftertaste |
Likeability |
Total |
|
out of 4 |
out of 6 |
out of 22 |
out of 8 |
out of 10 |
out of 50 |
|
| Durham Hop Addict |
3.5 |
5.0 |
18.0 |
6.5 |
8.0 |
41.0 |
| St. Ambroise Pumpkin Ale |
4.0 |
5.0 |
18.0 |
6.0 |
7.5 |
40.5 |
| C'est What Hazelnut Chocolate Ale |
3.5 |
5.0 |
17.0 |
6.0 |
8.0 |
39.5 |
| Unibroue Chambly Noire - bottle |
4.0 |
4.0 |
18.0 |
5.0 |
8.0 |
39.0 |
|
C'est What Al's Cask Ale |
3.0 |
4.0 |
17.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
37.0 |
| Mill Street Helles Bock |
3.0 |
3.0 |
18.0 |
5.5 |
7.0 |
36.5 |
| Granite Hopping Mad |
3.0 |
4.0 |
17.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
36.0 |
| Wellington Iron Duke - cask |
3.0 |
4.0 |
16.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
36.0 |
| Grand River Hannenberg Pils |
3.0 |
4.0 |
16.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
36.0 |
| Amsterdam Oktoberfest |
3.0 |
4.0 |
16.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
35.0 |
| Grand River Bumbleberry Wheat |
3.0 |
4.0 |
17.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
35.0 |
| Unibroue Don De Dieu - bottle |
3.0 |
4.0 |
15.5 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
34.5 |
| McLean's Pale Ale - cask |
3.0 |
3.0 |
16.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
34.0 |
| Big Rock Black Amber - bottle |
3.0 |
4.0 |
15.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
34.0 |
| Scotch Irish Corporal Punishment |
3.0 |
4.0 |
16.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
34.0 |
| Great Lakes Pumpkin Ale |
3.0 |
4.0 |
15.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
33.0 |
| Grand River Highballer Pumpkin Ale |
3.0 |
4.0 |
15.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
33.0 |
| True North Altbier |
3.0 |
3.0 |
14.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
32.0 |
| Georgian Bay Dipper |
3.0 |
3.0 |
15.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
32.0 |
| Durham Witbier |
3.0 |
3.0 |
15.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
32.0 |
| King Hopped Up Un-filtered Pilsner |
3.0 |
3.0 |
14,5 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
31.5 |
| Mill Street Oktoberfest |
3.0 |
3.0 |
14.5 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
30.5 |
| Neustadt Elderbrau - cask |
3.0 |
3.0 |
13.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
29.0 |
| Okanagan Pale Ale |
3.0 |
3.0 |
13.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
29.0 |
| Amsterdam Pomegranate Wheat |
3.0 |
3.0 |
12.5 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
28.5 |
| Nickelbrook Oak Aged Kriek |
3.0 |
3.0 |
13.0 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
28.0 |
| Trafalgar Smoked Oatmeal Stout |
3.0 |
4.0 |
12.5 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
28.0 |
| Nickelbrook Sahti Juniper Beer |
3.0 |
3.5 |
11.5 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
27.0 |
| Black Oak Wasabi Brown Ale - cask |
2.0 |
3.0 |
12.0 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
26.0 |
| Railway City Iron Spike Copper Ale |
3.0 |
3.0 |
12.0 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
25.5 |
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