As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve taken a break from reviewing. It involves a long business trip and catching a bug. While I’m home now, I’m still not well, and my sense of taste is thoroughly misaligned.

While I take this break to recuperate, I thought I should at least put up a retrospective of where I’ve traveled so far in my search for the Holy Beer.  And so, I hereby present to you a complete list of the Holy Grail Contenders, ordered by how high they scored:

  1. St. Sebastiaan Dark – 8.4
  2. Hairy Eyeball Ale – 8.2
  3. Eye of the Hawk Ale – 8.1
  4. Horn Dog Barley Wine – 8.1
  5. Maximus India Pale Ale – 8.1
  6. Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen – 7.7
  7. Samuel Adams Old Ale – 6.5
  8. Mackeson Triple Stout – 6.3
  9. Westmalle Tripel Trappist Ale – 6.3
  10. Saint Arnold Oktoberfest – 6.1
  11. Barbar Blonde – 6.0
  12. Full Sail Amber – 5.7
  13. Samuel Adams OctoberFest – 5.5
  14. Black Hawk Stout – 5.4
  15. Arrogant Bastard Ale – 5.3
  16. Morimoto Soba Ale – 5.2
  17. Millstream Schild Brau Amber – 5.0
  18. Old Speckled Hen – 4.8
  19. Flying Dog Dogtoberfest – 4.7
  20. Flying Dog Classic Pale Ale – 4.7
  21. Samuel Adams Hefeweizen – 4.7
  22. PranQster Belgian Style Golden Ale – 4.3
  23. Samuel Adams Boston Lager – 4.0
  24. Flensburger Weizen – 2.4

While the St. Sebastiaan Dark is listed as the top brew, my memories of the Hairy Eyeball are the strongest.

I think we’re going to have to have a rematch when the Hairy Eyeball comes back out.

I can’t wait!

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