Beer Ratings List
by John Lock
Ratings code - **** Excellent, obtain at any cost
*** Good, worth keeping stocked
** Not Bad, might try again
* Poor, not worth repeating
- No Way, choose water instead
Alt
**** Boston Beer Sam Adams Boston Ale
**** Zum Uerige Zum Uerige Alt
*** St. Stan's Brewing St. Stan's Amber Alt
** Atlanta Beer Garten Alt
** Hannen Hannen Alt
** Pinkus Muller Munster Alt
** St. Stan's Brewing St. Stan's Dark Alt
American Brown Ale
**** Sierra Nevada Brown Ale
*** Rock Bottom Brewery Big Horn Nut Brown
** Pete's Brewing Pete's Wicked Ale
** Phoenix Brewing Co. Nut Brown Ale
* John Harvard's Georgia Nut Brown Ale
American Dark Lager
* Anheuser-Busch Michelob Dark
* Coors Killians Red
- Miller Lowenbrau Dark
American Pale Ale
**** Hale's Moss Bay Amber
**** Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
**** St. Stan's Brewing St. Stan's Red Sky Ale
*** Atlanta Brewing Red Brick Ale
*** Blind Pig Brewing Blind Pig Golden Ale
*** Crested Butte Brewery Red Lady Ale
*** Kennebunkport Brewing Shipyard Export Ale
*** La Jolla Red Roost Ale
*** Marthasville Martha's Pale Ale
*** North Coast Brewing Wolaver's Pale Ale
*** Old Marlborough Brewing Post Road Pale Ale
*** Phoenix Brewing Co. Lionheart Pale Ale
*** Pike Place Pike Place Pale Ale
*** Rock Bottom Brewery North Star Premium
*** Snake River Brewing Snake River Pale Ale
*** Summit Summit Extra Pale Ale
*** Sweetwater Sweetwater Ale
** Atlanta Beer Garten Buckhead Red
** Blind Man Pale Ale
** Chesapeake Brewing Wild Goose Amber
** Clipper City Classic Pale Ale
** Cold Spring Brewing Co. Red Ass Ale
** Dogwood Brewing Dogwood Pale Ale
** Genesee 12 Horse Ale
** John Harvard's Old Ivy Pale Ale
** Leinenkugel Auburn Ale
** Mendocino Brewing Blue Heron Pale Ale
** Miller Miller Reserve Amber Ale
** Palmetto Brewing Co. Palmetto Pale Ale
** Pete's Brewing Pete's Pale Ale
** Pyramid(Hart) Pyramid Pale Ale
** Rock Bottom Brewery Gopher Gold
** Rogue Rogue Dead Guy Ale
** SLO Brewing Co. Brickhouse Pale Ale
** St. Stan's Brewing St. Stan's Whistle Stop Ale
** Sweetwater 420 Ale
** The Mill (Atlanta) Amber Wave Ale
** Upper Canada Upper Canada Pale Ale
** Widmer Amberbier
* Cherokee Brewing Co. Cherokee Red
* Lion Brewery Brewery Hill Honey Amber
* Marthasville Atlanta Gold
* Marthasville Southern Ale
* Rock Bottom Brewery Erik the Red
* Wilmington Brewing Co. Dergy's Classic Ale
American Pale Lager
** Atlanta Brewing Red Brick Golden Lager
** Blitz/Weinhard Henry Weinhard Pvt. Reserve
** Blue Hen Beer Co. Blue Hen Lager
* F.X. Matt Saranac Amber
* Miller Miller Genuine Draft
* Miller Miller Reserve Lager
* Telluride Telluride Lager
- Anheuser-Busch Budweiser
- Anheuser-Busch Busch
- Anheuser-Busch Michelob
- Ballantine Ballantine Lager
- Coors Coors
- F.X. Matt Utica Club Lager
- Genesee Genesee Lager
- Latrobe Rolling Rock
- Miller Lowenbrau Lager
- Pabst Hamm's Lager
- Pabst Pabst Blue Ribbon
- Rheingold Rheingold Lager
- Schmidt Schmidt's Lager
- Stroh Old Milwaukee Lager
- Stroh Piels Lager
- Stroh Schaefer Lager
- Stroh Schlitz Lager
- Stroh Stroh's Lager
American Wheat
*** Wild Boar Wild Wheat
** Anderson Valley High Roller's Wheat
** Dogwood Brewing Dogwood Wheat
** Pyramid(Hart) Pyramid Hefe-weizen
** Widmer Brewing Widmer Hefeweizen
* Atlanta Brewing Red Brick American Wheat
- Red Mountain Red Mtn. Wheat
Barleywine
**** Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
*** Young's Young's Old Nick
Bavarian Wheat
**** Paulaner Paulaner Hefe-weizen
**** Spaten Franziskaner Hefe-weissbier
*** Matilda Bay Redback Wheat
*** Paulaner Hefe-Weizen Dunkel
*** Weihenstephan Hefe-weizen
*** Wurzburger Hofbrau Julius Echter Hefe-weissbier
** Ayinger Brau-Weisse
** Maisel Hefe-weiss
** Sailer Oberdorfer Dunkel
** Sailer Oberdorfer Weiss (krystal)
** Weihenstephan Hefe-weizen Dunkel
Belgian
** Ommegang Hennepin
Belgian Ale
**** Celis Celis Grand Cru
**** Moortgat Duvel
**** Unibroue Eau Benite
**** Unibroue La Maudite
**** Unibroue Tois Pistoles
*** Bavick Petrus Triple
*** Celis Celis White
*** De Gouden Boom Blanche de Bruges
*** Du Bocq Knight's Ale
*** Ommegang Ommegang
*** Rodenbach Rodenbach Grand Cru
*** St. Bernardus St. Sixtus
*** Sterkens Dubbel
*** Unibroue Fin du Monde
** Abbey des Rocs Abbey des Rocs Grand Cru
** Bavick Petrus Double
** Bavick Petrus Oak Aged Dark Beer
** Blue Moon Blue Moon Belgian White
** Celis Celis Pale Ale
** Celis Celis Pale Bock
** Corsendonk Monk's Brown Ale
** Haacht Malonne
** Rodenbach Alexander Rodenbach
** Rodenbach Rodenbach Red Ale
** Rogue Rogue Mo Ale
** Schoune La Belge
** Spring St. Brewing Wit!
** Unibroue Blanche de Chambly
** Unibroue Raftman
* Spring St. Brewing Wit! Black
Belian Ale
** Leffe Leffe Blond
Bitter
**** Fuller's Fuller's ESB
**** Shepherd Neame Spitfire
*** Anderson Valley Belk's ESB
*** Bateman Bateman's XXXB
*** Eldridge Pope Thomas Hardy Country Bitter
*** Felinfoel Welsh Ale
*** Felinfoel Welsh Bitter Ale
*** Fuller's 1845 Ale
*** Old Harbor Pilgrim ESB
*** Redhook Redhook ESB
*** Rogue Younger's Special Bitter
*** Shepherd Neame Percy Neame Premium Export
*** Young's Young's Ramrod
** Greene King Abbot Ale
** Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger
** Shepherd Neame Master Brew
** Strangeway Boddington's
** Wellington County Arkell Best Bitter
Bock
**** Ayinger Celebrator
**** Niagara Falls Brewing Eisbock
*** Augustiner Maximator
*** Ayinger Maibock
*** Grolsch Bok Bier
*** Paulaner Salvator
** EKU Kulminator 28
** Rock Bottom Brewery Eightball Bock
** Spaten Optimator
* Signature Brewing Co. Goat's Breath Pale Bock
California Common
*** Anchor Brewing Anchor Steam
English Brown Ale
**** Rogue Rogue Nut Brown Nectar
**** Samuel Smith Sam Smith's Nut Brown Ale
*** Abita Brewing Abita Turbodog
*** Brooklyn Brewing Co. Brown Ale
*** Cottonwood Brewery Low Down Brown
*** Newcastle Newcastle Brown Ale
** Blue Moon Blue Moon Nut Brown
** Cherokee Brewing Co. Brasstown Brown
** Marthasville Classic Ale
** Middlesex Brewing Co. Brown Ale
** Oregon Ale & Beer Oregon Nut Brown Ale
** The Mill (Atlanta) Smoky Nut Brown Ale
English Mild
*** New Knoxville Mild Ale
** Yakima Brewing Grant's Celtic Ale
English Pale Ale
**** Bass Worthington White Shield
**** Eldridge Pope Royal Oak Pale Ale
*** Brakspear Henley Pale Ale
*** Coopers Coopers Pale Ale
*** Fuller's London Pride
*** Ind Coope Double Diamond Ale
*** McAuslan Brewing Co. St. Ambroise Pale Ale
*** Nethergate Old Growler Pale Ale
*** Riverside Brewing Co. Pullman Pale Ale
*** Samuel Smith Sam Smith's Pale Ale
*** Underground Underground Premium Ale
*** Wellington County Special Pale Ale
** Bass Bass Ale
** Belhaven St. Andrews Ale
** Old World Brewing New York Style Harbor Ale
** Stag Watney's Red Barrel
** Whitbread Whitbread Pale Ale
German Dark Lager
*** Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel
*** Cervejaria Cacador Xingu Black Beer
** Atlanta Beer Garten Buffalo Skull Lager
** Dixie Brewing Blackened Voodoo
** Thomas Kemper Bohemian Dunkel
* Beck's Beck's Dark
German Pale Lager
**** Phoenix Brewing Co. Seven Sisters Muenchner
*** Ayinger Jahrhundert Bier
*** Sailer AltenMuenster (brown bottle)
*** Upper Canada Rebellion
** Atlanta Beer Garten Lunatic Lager
** Mohan Meakin Golden Eagle Lager
** Moretti Moretti La Rossa
** Spaten Spaten Lager
** St. Christoffel Christoffel Robertus
** Warsteiner Warsteiner Premium Lager
* Hubertus Hubertus Brau
India Pale Ale
**** Fuller's India Pale Ale
**** Old Dominion Tuppers' Hop Pocket
**** Samuel Smith Sam Smith's India Ale
**** Yakima Brewing Grant's IPA
**** Young's Young's Special London Ale
*** Anchor Brewing Anchor Liberty
*** Cherokee Brewing Co. Pale Face Ale
*** John Harvard's Old Willy IPA
*** Marston India Export
*** Morrells Oxford Castle Ale
*** New Glarus Brewing Co. Hearty Hop Ale
*** Rogue Rogue Brutal Bitter
*** Scottish & Newcastle McEwan's Export IPA
*** Shepherd Neame India Pale Ale
*** Sweetwater IPA
** Ballantine India Pale Ale
** Blind Pig Brewing Blind Pig Inaugural Ale
** Brooklyn Brewing Co. East India Pale Ale '95
** Chesapeake Brewing Wild Goose IPA
** The Mill (Atlanta) India Pale Ale
Kolsch
** H.C. Berger Mountain Kolsch
Lambic
**** Boon Framboise
*** Belle-Vue Framboise
** Boon Boon Gueuze
** Brewery de Troch Chapeau Framboise
** Lindeman Framboise Lambic
** Lindeman Kriek Lambic
** Lindeman Peche Lambic
Light Lager
** Atlanta Brewing Kelly's Light
- Coors Coors Lite
- Miller Miller Lite
Old/Strong Ale
**** Hair of the Dog Adambier
*** Kennebunkport Brewing Old Thumper
*** Theakston Old Peculier
*** Traquair House Traquair House Ale
*** Usher's 1824 Particular Ale
*** Young's Dirty Dick's Ale
** Eldridge Pope Thomas Hardy's Ale 1994
Pilsner
**** St. Christoffel Christoffel Blond
*** Boston Beer Same Adams Golden Pilsner
*** Dock Street Brewing Dock Street Bohemian Pils
*** Konig Pilsener
*** Phoenix Brewing Co. Phoenix Pils
*** Pilsner Urquell Pilsner Urquell
** Atlanta Brewing Laughing Skull Lager
** Boston Beer Sam Adams Boston Lager
** Cherokee Brewing Co. Buckhead Blonde
** Pete's Brewing Pete's Bohemian Pilsner
* Beck's Beck's Lager
* Boon Rawd Singha Lager
* Carlton & United Foster's Lager
* Grizzly Grizzly Beer
* Grolsch Grolsch Lager
* Heineken Heineken Lager
* Kirin Kirin Lager
* Molson Red Wolf
* Moosehead Moosehead Lager
* Moretti Moretti Pilsner
* Peroni Peroni Pilsner
* Red Stripe Red Stripe Lager
* St. Pauli Girl St. Pauli Girl Lager
* TsingTao TsingTao Lager
- Labatt Breweries Labatt's Lager
- Molson Molson Golden
- Molson Molson Lager
- Simpatico Simpatico Lager
Porter
**** Anchor Brewing Anchor Porter
**** Shepherd Neame Original Porter
*** Atlanta Beer Garten Plantation Porter
*** Chesapeake Brewing Wild Goose Porter
*** Chicago Brewing Co. Big Shoulders Porter
*** John Harvard's Twelve Oaks Porter
*** King & Barnes Old Porter
*** Nethergate Old Growler Porter
*** Rogue Rogue New Porter
*** Samuel Smith Sam Smith's Taddy Porter
*** Sherlock's Home Palace Porter
*** Sierra Nevada Porter
*** Summit Summit Great Northern Porter
*** The Mill (Atlanta) Piedmont Porter
** AB Pripps Brygerrier D. Carnegie & Co Porter
** Boston Beer Sam Adams Honey Porter
** Catamount Brewing Catamount Porter
** Palmetto Brewing Co. Palmetto Porter
** Pyramid(Hart) Pyramid Porter
** Sweetwater Exodus Porter
** Woodstock Brewing Big Indian Porter
** Yakima Brewing Grant's Perfect Porter
Scottish Ale
**** Riverside Brewing Co. Victoria Ave. Amber Ale
*** Scottish & Newcastle McEwan's Scotch Ale
** Belhaven Belhaven Scottish Ale
** Boston Beer Sam Adams Scotch Ale
** Calendonian McAndrew's Scotch Ale
** Highland Brewing Gaelic Ale
** Le Cheval Blanc Loch Ness
Seasonal
**** Affligem Noel
**** Anchor Brewing Anchor Christmas 1998
**** Anderson Valley Winter Solstice 1995
**** Fuller's Old Winter Ale
**** Paulaner Bavarian Alpine Extreme
**** Sierra Nevada Celebration 96
**** Unibroue Quelque Chose
*** Anchor Brewing Anchor Christmas 1994
*** Anchor Brewing Anchor Christmas 1995
*** Anchor Brewing Anchor Christmas 1997
*** Atlanta Brewing Red Brick Winter Brew
*** Bass Country Chase Ale
*** Hurlimann Samichlaus
*** King & Barnes Festive Ale
*** Middle Ages Brewing Wizard's Winter Ale
*** Rogue Santa's Private Reserve
*** Samuel Smith Sam Smith's Winter Welcome
*** Scaldis Noel
*** Sierra Nevada Celebration 95
*** Sweetwater Festive Ale 1997
*** Sweetwater Festive Ale 1998
** Anchor Brewing Anchor Christmas 1996
** Anchor Brewing Anchor Christmas 1999
** Boston Beer Sam Adams Old Fezziwig Ale
** Boston Beer Same Adams Summer Ale
** Breckenridge Avalanche
** Felinfoel Welsh Festive Ale
** Fuller's Summer Ale
** Pete's Brewing Pete's Winter Ale
** Redhook WinterHook
** St. Sylvester's Flanders Winter Ale
** Sweetwater Festive Ale 1999
* Atlanta Brewing Red Brick Summer Brew
* Coors Coors Winterfest
Specialty
*** Pete's Brewing Pete's Multi-Grain
*** Rogue Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar
** Atlanta Beer Garten Scarlet's Peach Wheat
** Friends Brewing Georgia Mountian Maple
** Friends Brewing Georgia Peach Wheat
** Leinenkugel Honey Weiss
** Marthasville Sweet Georgia Brown
** Niagara Falls Brewing Maple Wheat
** Redhook Redhook Rye
** Sweetwater Sweetwater Blue
** Unibroue La Gaillarde
* Cherokee Brewing Co. Paces Ferry Berry
* Pyramid(Hart) Pyramid Apricot Wheat
* The Mill (Atlanta) Honey Wheat Light Ale
Stout
**** Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
**** Carlton & United Sheaf Stout
**** Guinness Guinness Draught Stout
**** Hart Espresso Stout
**** North Coast Brewing Old No. 38 Stout
**** Redhook Double Black Stout
**** Samuel Smith Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout
**** Sherlock's Home Stags' Head Stout
**** Sierra Nevada Stout
**** Yakima Brewing Grant's Imperial Stout
*** Blind Man Espresso Stout
*** Coopers Coopers Extra Stout
*** Dogwood Brewing Stout
*** Guinness Guinness Extra Stout
*** John Harvard's Export Stout
*** Phoenix Brewing Co. St. Sandra's Oatmeal Stout
*** Riverside Brewing Co. 7th Street Stout
*** Rock Bottom Brewery Stillwater Stout
*** Rogue Rogue Shakespeare Stout
*** Samuel Smith Sam Smith's Imperial Stout
*** Snake River Brewing Zonker Stout
*** Star Imperial Stout
*** Young's Young's Oatmeal Stout
** Cherokee Brewing Co. Chattooga Stout
** Crested Butte Brewery Rodeo Oatmeal Stout
** Desnoes-Goeddes Dragon Stout
** Lowell Brewing Co. Mill City Oatmeal Stout
** Smokey Mountain Smokey Mtn. Stout
* Boston Beer Sam Adams Cream Stout
* Middlesex Brewing Co. Oatmeal Stout
Trappist
**** Chimay Chimay Bleue
**** Chimay Chimay Grande Reserve 1993
**** Chimay Chimay Grande Reserve 1994
**** Chimay Chimay Grande Reserve 1995
**** Chimay Chimay Grande Reserve 1996
**** Chimay Chimay Grande Reserve 1997
**** Chimay Chimay Grande Reserve 1998
*** Chimay Chimay Premiere
*** Orval Orval
*** Schaapskooi La Trappe Dubbel
** Schaapskooi La Trappe Enkel
Vienna/'Fest/Marzen
*** Algonquin Amber Lager
*** Friends Brewing Helenboch Oktoberfest
*** Gordon Biersch Maerzen
*** Modelo Negra Modelo
*** Paulaner Paulaner Oktoberfest
** Leinenkugel Red Lager
** Montezuma Dos Equis
** Spaten Spaten Oktoberfest
** Wild Boar Wild Boar Amber
There are 407 beers on this list.