Tastings

Reviews of individual beers form the backbone of this site, including detailed tasting notes and in most cases background information on breweries, beers and styles. Many of the reviews originally appeared elsewhere, either in print or online, but there are a growing number of original pieces. The quickest way to find a particular beer is to use the search function above, but you can also browse by country and region using the links under Categories: Tastings on the left, or use this page to browse featured breweries, also arranged by country and region.

Australia

• Carlton & United Melbourne, Victoria
• Coopers Regency Park, South Australia
• Little Creatures  Fremantle, Western Australia

Austria

• Schloss Eggenberg Vorchdorf, Oberösterreich

Belgium

Vlaanderen (including Brussel / Bruxelles)

• 3 Fonteinen Beersel, Vlaams-Brabant
• AB InBev Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant
• Achel Hamont-Achel, Limburg
• Alvinne Heule, West-Vlaanderen
• Het Anker Mechelen, Antwerpen
• Antwerps
• Bavik Bavikhove, West-Vlaanderen
• Boelens Belsele, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Boon Lembeek, Vlaams-Brabant
• Bosteels Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Cam Gooik, Vlaams-Brabant
• Cantillon Anderlecht, Brussel
• Deca Woesten-Vleteren, West-Vlaanderen
• Dochter van de Korenaar Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen
• Dolle Esen, West-Vlaanderen
• Duvel-Moortgat Breendonk-Puurs, Vlaams-Brabant
• Girardin Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, Vlaams-Brabant
• Glazen Toren Erpe-Mere, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Hanssens Dworp, Vlaams-Brabant
• Hoegaarden Hoegaarden, Vlaams-Brabant
• Hofbrouwerijke Beerzel, Antwerpen
• Keersmaeker (Mort Subite) Kobbegem, Vlaams-Brabant
• Leroy Boezinge, West-Vlaanderen
• Liefmans Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Lindemans Vlezenbeek, Vlaams-Brabant
• Loterbol Diest, Vlaams-Brabant
• Louwaege Kortemark, West-Vlaanderen (closed)
• Oud Beersel Beersel, Vlaams-Brabant
• Proef Lochristi, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Regenboog Assebroek (Brugge), West-Vlaanderen (closed: see Smisje)
• Rodenbach Roeselare, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Roman Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Schelde Meer, Antwerpen
• Slaghmuylder Ninove, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Smisje Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Struise
• Troch Wambeek, Vlaams-Brabant
• Van Steenberge Ertvelde, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Westmalle Malle, Antwerpen
• Van Eecke (Leroy) Watou, West-Vlaanderen

Wallonie

• Abbaye des Rocs Montignies-sur-Roc, Hainaut
• Achouffe Achouffe, Luxembourg
• Belgoo Binche, Hainaut
• Binchoise Binche, Hainaut
• Blaugies Blaugies-Dour, Hainaut
• Bocq Purnode, Namur
• Dupont Tourpes, Hainaut
• Écaussines Écaussines d’Enghien, Hainaut
• Ellezelloise Ellezelles, Hainaut
• Lefebvre Quenast, Brabant-Wallonie
• Millevertus Tintigny, Luxembourg
• Orval Viller-devant-Orval, Luxembourg
• Prignon Soy, Luxembourg
• Rulles Rulles, Luxembourg
• St Feuillien Le Rœulx, Hainault
• Sainte-Hélène  Èthe, Luxembourg
• Saint-Monon Nassogne, Luxembourg
• Tilquin Rebecq-Bierghes, Brabant-Wallonie
• Val-Dieu Aubel, Liège
• Vapeur Pipaix, Hainaut

Czech Republic

• Bernard Humpolec, Vysočina
• Broumov Broumov, Králové Hradecký kraj
• Budějovický Budvar České Budějovice, Jihočeský kraj
• Chodovar Chodová Planá, Plzeňský kraj
• Herold Březnice, Středočeský kraj
• Kocour Varnsdorf, Ústecký kraj
• Matuška Broumy, Středočeský kraj
• Medvidků Praha
• Modrá Hvězda Dobřany, Plzeňský kraj
• Plzeňský Prazdroj (SAB-Miller) Plzeň, Plzeňský kraj
• Polička Polička, Pardubický kraj
• Vyškov Vyškov, Jihomoravský kraj

Denmark

• Amager Kastrup, Hovedstaden
• Carlsberg København, Hovedstaden
• Mikkeller

Finland

• Hartwall Tornio/Lahti

France

• Artésienne Auchy-les Mines, Pas-de-Calais
• Bailleux Gussignies, Nord
• Craig Allan
• Gayant Douai, Nord
• Jenlain Jenlain, Nord
• Le Brewery Joué du Bois, Orne
• Oc’Ale Lafrançaise, Midi-Pyrénées
• Pays Flamand Blaringhem, Nord
• Rabourdin Courpalay, Seine-et-Marne
• St Rieul Trumilly, Oise
• Saint-Sylvestre Saint-Sylvestre-Kappel, Nord
• Sources Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, Nord
• Theillier Bavay, Nord
• Thiriez Escelbecq, Nord
• Tri Martolod Konk Kerne, Penn-ar-Bed

Germany

Bayern

• Allgäuer Kempten
• Arcobräu Moos
• Beck Trabelsdorf, Franken (closed)
• Blauer Löwe Höchstadt an der Aisch, Franken
• Erdinger Erding
• Grasser Huppendorf, Franken
• Griesbräu Murnau am Staffelsee
• Hebendanz Forchheim, Franken
• Held-Bräu Oberailsfeld, Franken
• Heller (Schlenkerla) Bamberg, Franken
• Hopf Miesbach
• Kaltenberg (König Ludwig) Fürstenfeldbruck
• Karg Murnau am Staffelsee
• Kulmbacher Kulmbach, Franken
• Neder Forchheim, Franken
• Oechsner Ochsenfurt, Franken
• Sailerbräu Altenmünster (closed: see Allgäuer)
• Schneider Kelheim
• Spaten-Lowenbräu München
• Trunk Vierzehnheiligen, Franken
• Weihenstephaner Freising (München)
• Weltenburger Kelheim

East

• Bayerischer Bahnhof Leipzig, Sachsen
• Berliner Kindl Schultheiss Berlin

North

• Jever Jever, Niedersachsen

West

• Früh Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Hoepfner Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg

Great Britain

Channel Islands

• Randall St Pierre Port, Guernesey (closed)

Cymru

• Brains Caerdydd
• Breconshire Aberhonddu, Powys
• Bryncelyn Ystradgynlais, Powys
• Conwy Conwy
• Cwmbran Cwmbrân Uchaf, Torfaen
• Ffos y Ffin Capel Dewi, Caerfyrddin
• Jolly Brewer Wrecsam
• Kingstone Tyndryrn, Sir Fynwy
• Mŵs Piws (Purple Moose) Porthmadog, Gwynedd
• Otley Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Pen-Lon Cottage Llanarth, Ceredigion
• Tudor Y Fenni, Sir Fynwy
• Ynys Môn Llangefni, Ynys Môn (closed)

England: East Midlands

• Alcazar Basford, Nottinghamshire
• Batemans Wainfleet, Lincolnshire
• Hoggleys Kislingbury, Northamptonshire
• Hopshackle Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
• Spire Chesterfield, Derbyshire
• Thornbridge Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire
• Whim Hartington, Derbyshire

England: East

• Adnams Southwold, Suffolk
• Banks & Taylor Shefford, Central Bedfordshire
• Bartrams Rougham, Suffolk
• Crouch Vale South Woodham Ferrers, Essex
• Elmtree Snetterton, Norfolk
• Farmer’s Ales Maldon, Essex
• Fenland (Isle of Ely) Little Downham, Cambridgeshire (closed)
• Fox Heacham, Norfolk
• Green Jack Lowestoft, Suffok
• Greene King Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• Humpty Dumpty Reedham, Norfolk
• Iceni Ickburgh, Norfolk
• Mauldon’s Sudbury, Suffolk
• Mighty Oak Maldon, Essex
• Nethergate Sudbury, Suffolk
• Old Chimneys Market Weston, Suffolk
• Ole Slewfoot Hainford, Norfolk
• Red Squirrel Hertford, Hertfordshire
• Tipples Acle, Norfolk
• Uncle Stuart’s Lingwood, Norfolk
• Wells & Young’s Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Why Not Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk
• Woodfordes Woodbastwick, Norfolk

England: London

• Brodie’s E10
• Camden Town NW5
• Freedom SW6/WC2 (moved to Staffordshire)
• Fuller’s W4
• Kernel SE1
• Meantime SE7
• Moncada W10
• Pitfields N1 (moved to Essex)
• Redemption N17
• Sambrook’s SW11
• Youngs SW18 (closed)

England: North East

• Allendale Allendale, Northumbria
• Camerons Hartlepool
• Castle Eden Castle Eden, Durham
• Darwin Sunderland
• Durham Bowburn, Durham
• Mordue North Shields, Tyne & Wear

England: North West

• Beckstones Millom, Cumbria
• Coniston Coniston, Cumbria
• Hardknott Millom, Cumbria
• Lees Rochdale
• Loweswater (now Cumbrian Legendary Ales) Loweswater, Cumbria
• Marble Manchester
• Outstanding Bury, Manchester
• Redwillow Macclesfield, Cheshire East
• Robinsons Stockport, Manchester
• Three B’s Feniscowles, Lancashire
• Wapping Liverpool

England: South East

• Appleford Wallingford, Oxfordshire
• Chiltern Terrick, Buckinghamshire
• Dark Star Ansty, West Sussex
• George Gale Horndean, Hampshire (closed)
• Harveys Lewes, East Sussex
• Hepworth Horsham, West Sussex
• Hogs Back Tongham, Surrey
• Hook Norton Hook Norton, Oxfordshire
• Itchen Valley New Alresford, Hampshire
• Rebellion Marlow, Buckinghamshire
• Ridgeway
• Shepherd Neame Faversham, Kent
• Swale: See Whitstable
• Suthwyk
• Vale Brill, Buckinghamshire
• Weltons Horsham, West Sussex
• West Berkshire Yattendon, West Berkshire
• Westerham Crockham Hill, Kent
• Whitstable (formerly Swale) Grafty Green, Kent
• Wychwood (Marstons) Witney, Oxfordshire

England: South West

• Arbor Bristol
• Atlantic Newquay, Cornwall
• Bath Warmley, South Gloucestershire
• Box Steam Colerne, Wiltshire
• Cheddar Cheddar, Somerset
• Cottage West Lydford, Somerset
• Downton Downton, Wiltshire
• Freeminer Cinderford, Gloucestershire
• Hop Back Downton, Wiltshire
• Moor Pitney, Somerset
• O’Hanlon’s Whimple, Devon
• RCH West Hewish, Somerset
• Sharp’s Rock, Cornwall
• St Austell St Austell, Cornwall
• Teignworthy Newton Abbot, Devon

England: West Midlands

• Blythe Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire
• Burton Bridge Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
• Corvedale Corfton, Shropshire
• Freedom Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire
• Hobsons Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire
• Salopian Hadnall (formerly Shrewsbury), Shropshire
• Sarah Hughes Sedgley, Dudley
• Teme Valley Knightwick, Worcestershire
• Titanic Stoke-on-Trent
• Tunnel Ansley, Warwickshire
• White Shield (Coors) Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
• Wood’s Winstantow, Shropshire
• Wye Valley Stoke Lacey, Herefordshire

England: Yorkshire & Humber

• Acorn Barnsley
• Concertina Mexborough, Doncaster
• Cropton Cropton, North Yorkshire
• Elland Elland, Calderdale
• Hambleton Melmerby, North Yorkshire
• Ilkley Ilkey, Bradford
• John Smith Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
• Kitchen Huddersfield, Kirklees (closed)
• Leeds Leeds
• Little Valley Hebden Bridge, Calderdale
• Magic Rock Huddersfield, Kirklees
• Roosters Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
• Samuel Smith Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
• Theakston Masham, North Yorkshire
• Timothy Taylor Keighley, West Yorkshire

Isle of Man

• Okell’s Kewaigue

Scotland

• Black Isle Munlochy, Highland
• BrewDog Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
• Caledonian Edinburgh
• Fyne Cairndow, Argyll & Bute
• Harviestoun Alva, Clackmannanshire
• Highland Swannay, Orkney
• Islay Bridgend, Islay (Argyll & Bute)
• Moulin Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross
• Orkney Quoyloo, Orkney
• Stewart Loanhead, Midlothian
• Tempest Kelso, Scottish Borders
• Traditional Scottish Ales Bridge of Allan, Stirling
• Traquair Innerleithen, Scottish Borders
• Tryst Larbert, Falkirk
• West Glasgow
• Williams Brothers Alloa, Clackmannanshire

Ireland

Northern Ireland

• Whitewater Kilkeel, Dúin

Italy

• Baladin Piozzo, Piemonte
• Borgo Borgorose, Latium
• Ducato Roncole Verdi, Emilia-Romagna
• Heineken Italia Milano, Lombardia
• Italiano Lurago Marinone, Lombardia
• Panil Torrechiara, Emilia-Romagna
• Revelation Cat

Japan

• Asahi Sumida, Tōkyō
• Ise Kadoya Ise, Kansai
• Kinshachi Nagoya, Chūbu

México

• Mexicana Penjamo, Guanajuato

Netherlands

• Bekeerde Suster Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
• Emelisse Kamperland, Zeeland
• Grolsch (SAB-Miller) Enschede, Overijssel
• Hertog Jan (AB-InBev) Arcen, Limburg
• IJ Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
• Koningshoeven (La Trappe) Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant
• Maximiliaan: see Bekeerde Suster
• Maximus Utrecht
• Molen Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland
• Schans Uithoorn, Noord-Holland
• Schelde ‘s-Gravenpolder, Zeeland (now moved — see also under Belgium: Vlaanderen)
• SNAB
• St Christoffel Roermond, Limburg
• Texel Ouderschild, Texel (Noord-Holland)

New Zealand

• Epic (see also Steam)
• Steam Otahuhu, Auckland

Nigeria

• Guinness (Nigeria) Ikeja

Norway

• Nøgne-Ø Grimstad, Aust-Agder

South Africa

• Shongweni Polo Pony, KwaZulu Natal

Spain

Catalunya

• Agullons Mediona, Barcelona

Sweden

• Nynäshamns Nynäshamn, Södermanland

Switzerland

• Bad Attitude
• Ticinese Stabio, Ticino

Ukraine

• Ridna Marka Radomyshl, Zhytomyr Oblast

United States of America

California

• AleSmith San Diego
• Alpine Alpine
• Anchor San Francisco
• Ballast Point San Diego
• Bear Republic Healdsburg
• Bruery Placentia
• Dying Vines
• FiftyFifty Truckee
• Green Flash Vista
• Knee Deep Lincoln
• Linden Street Oakland
• Moonlight Santa Rosa
• North Coast Fort Bragg
• Port San Marcos
• Russian River Santa Rosa
• Sierra Nevada Chico
• Societe San Diego
• Stone Escondido
• ThirstyBear San Francisco

Colorado

• Avery Boulder
• Dry Dock Aurora
• Left Hand Longmont
• Oskar Blues Longmont
• Ska Durango

Delaware

• Dogfish Head Milton

Florida

• Cigar City Tampa

Georgia

• SweetWater Atlanta

Hawaii

• Maui Lahaina

Illinois

• Goose Island Chicago

Maine

• Allagash Portland

Massachusetts

• Boston (Samuel Adams) Boston
• High & Mighty
• Paper City Holyoke

Missouri

• Boulevard Kansas City

New York

• Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York City
• Ithaca Ithaca
• Keegan Kingston
• Southampton Southampton
• Southern Tier Lakewood

North Carolina

• Duck-Rabbit Farmville
• Foothills Winston-Salem

Oregon

• Bend Bend
• Caldera Ashland
• Deschutes Bend
• Full Sail Hood River
• Hair of the Dog Portland
• Logsdon Hood River
• Pelican Pacific City
• Rogue Newport

Pennsylvania

• Tröegs Harrisburg
• Victory Downington

Texas

• Jester King Austin

Virginia

• Devils Backbone Roseland