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Amber AleThe 16th Annual Festival Of Small Breweries

Our 16th Festival Of Small Breweries on Friday October 1, 2004. There were thirty-five craft brews from which to choose. As usual, there was a full-house in attendance. The bustling crowd seemed more intent on sampling than in filling out their tasting forms but seemed to be enjoying themselves in that "kid in a candy store" manner. After careful scrutiny of the scores returned we were able to determine a few statistics of interest:

  • For the fifth time in the last six years was the St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout finished at the head of the pack with a record median score of 44.5 out of 50. We have already given McAuslan a lifetime achievement award for their Oatmeal Stout so Best Of The Festival is being awarded to Denison's Weissbier which finished with a rating of 42. Runners-up were the Unibroue Ephemere Apple at 41 points, and the Black Oak Nut Brown at 40.5
  • Little fault was found in most of the thirty-five sampled with only seven scoring under thirty-five.
  • The Most Curious award for the most tasted beer goes to King Dark Lager. Hockley Traditional Ale and St. George's Ale (Dragonslayer) were popular choices too.
  • This year the Kid In A Candy Store award officially goes to Gord Holder and Peeter Nielander who rated each and every one of the brews available. Don't try this at home folks, these men are obviously trained professionals.

Cheers!
Median scores for beers with at least 15 samples rated in rank order
Looks
Aroma
Flavour
Finish
Likeability
Total
Samples Rated

out of 4
out of 6
out of 22
out of 8
out of 10
out of 50

St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
4.0
5.0
19.5
7.0
9.0
44.5
20

Denison's Weissbier
4.0
5.0
19.0
6.0
8.0
42.0
22

Ephemere Apple
4.0
5.0
18.0
6.0
8.0
41.0
27

Black Oak Nut Brown
4.0
4.0
18.5
6.0
8.0
40.5
18

Amsterdam Framboise
4.0
5.0
18.0
6.0
7.0
40
19

Unibroue Raftman
3.75
4.0
18.0
6.0
8.0
39.75
24

C'est What Coffee Porter
4.0
4.0
18.0
6.0
7.0
39.0
21

C'est What Mild Brown Ale
4.0
4.0
18.0
6.0
7.0
39.0
20

Black Oak Summer Ale
4.0
4.5
16.5
6.0
7.0
38.0
26

McAuslan's Cream Ale
3.75
4.0
16.5
6.0
7.5
37.75
18

King Dark Lager
4.0
4.0
16.0
6.0
7.0
37.0
33

C'est What Chocolate Ale
3.0
4.0
17.0
6.0
7.0
37.0
30

Neustadt 10W30
3.0
4.0
17.0
6.0
7.0
37.0
29

Scotch Irish Sgt. Major
4.0
4.0
17.5
5.0
6.5
37.0
28

Durham ESB
3.0
4.0
17.0
6.0
7.0
37.0
27

Robinson's Black Cherry
3.0
4.0
17.0
6.0
7.0
37.0
26

C'est What Al's Cask Ale
3.0
4.0
17.0
5.5
7.0
36.5
20

Hockley Traditional Ale
3.0
4.0
15.5
6.0
6.5
35.0
32

Amsterdam Irish Stout
3.25
4.0
15.5
6.0
6.0
34.75
24

C'est What Rye Beer
3.0
3.0
15.0
6.0
7.0
34.0
17

Church Key Cranberry Maple Wheat
3.0
4.0
15.0
4.5
6.0
32.5
28

St. George's Ale (Dragonslayer)
3.0
3.0
15.0
5.0
6.0
32.0
31

C'est What Ginger Beer
3.0
3.0
14.0
4.0
5.0
29.0
25

Stratford Pilsner
3.0
3.0
11.0
5.0
6.0
28.0
25

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