Copyright Richard M. Hungerford

Mike Hungerford's
Beer Page


Over the last year or two, I've developed a great interest in craft beers, especially dark ales (porters, stouts, barley wines). Here is an alphabetical list of what I have sampled and how I place them on a simple scale from 0 to 5+:

5 = I'll take unnecessary risks to drink this.
4 = I'll go out of my way to drink this.
3 = I'll drink this whenever it's offered.
2 = I'll drink this if there's nothing better available.
1 = I'll drink this only if there's nothing else available.


Abita Amber Lager - 2

Abita Purple Haze - 2

Abita Turbo Dog - 4

Alaskan Amber - 3

Alaskan 2006 Smoked Porter - 5

Alaskan 2007 Smoked Porter - 5

AleSmith Anvil ESB - 3+

AleSmith Nautical Nut Brown - 5

AleSmith Old Numbskulll Barley Wine - 3+

AleSmith Speedway Stout - 5+

AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Stout - 4+

AleSmith YuleSmith Holiday Ale - 3

Alpine Captain Stout - 3+

Anchor "Our 32nd Christmas Ale" - 3

Anchor Porter - 3+

Anchor Small Beer - 2+

Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout - 4

Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale - 4

Avery Hog Heaven Barley Wine - 4

Avery Karma Ale - 4

Avery New World Porter - 4

Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter - 4

Ballast Point Piper Down Scottish ale - 4

Ballast Point Sea Monster Stout - 5

Ballast Point Sextant Stout - 3+

Ballast Point Wahoo Wheat Beer - 4

Baltika #6 Porter - 4

Bayhawk Ales Chocolate Porter - 3

Bear Republic Big Bear Black Stout - 4

Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye - 3+

Belhaven (Greene King) Wee Heavy Scottish Ale - 3+

Bison Organic Chocolate Stout - 3

Black Sheep Monty Python's Holy Grail Ale - 3

Brewery Ommegang Abbey Ale - 3+

Brouwerij Van Steenberge Piraat 10.5% - 4+

The Bruery Saison Rue - 4

Butte Creek Organic Porter - 4+

Butte Creek Train Wreck Barley Wine - 4

Carlsberg Sverige Stark Porter - 4

Central Coast Scotch Ale - 3+

Chimay Bleue Trappist Ale - 3+

Cooper's Best Extra Stout - 4+

Daleside Morocco Ale - 4+

De Proefbrouwerij Green's Endeavour Dubbel - 3+

Deschutes Black Butte Porter - 4

Deschutes Cinder Cone Seasonal Red Ale - 3+

Deschutes Jubelale - 4+

Deschutes Obsidian Stout - 4+

Dixie Brewing Blackened Voodoo Lager - 2+

Dogfish Head Midas Touch - 3+

Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron - 4

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale - 3

Drake's Denogginizer IPA - 4

Dundalk (Diageo) Smithwick's (Irish) Ale - 4+

Dunston (Scottish Courage - Scottish & Newcastle) Newcastle Brown Ale - 2+

Fischer Amber Tradition - 2

Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers Fish Tale Leviathan Barleywine - 3+

Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers Fish Tale Poseidon's Stout - 3+

Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter - 5

Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine - 4+

Flying Dog In-Heat Wheat - 4

Flying Dog Road Dog Scottish Porter - 4+

Flying Dog Wild Dog Colorado Saison Ale - 4

Fraoch/Heather Ales (Williams Brothers) Heather Ale - 3+

Fraoch/Heather Ales (Williams Brothers) Kelpie Seaweed Ale - 3+

Full Sail Wassail Winter Ale - 4

Fuller's 2006 Vintage Ale - 4+

Green Flash 3rd Anniversary Belgian Style Trippel - 3+

Green Flash Abbey Style Trippel - 3+

Green Flash Double Stout - 5

Green Flash Barleywine - 5

Grupo Modelo Negra Modelo - 2+

Hair of the Dog Adam "Hearty Old World Ale" - 5+

Hair of the Dog Fred Golden Ale (barley wine) - 4

Hambleton Nightmare Porter - 4+

Harviestoun (Caledonian) Old Engine Oil - 4

Hoppy Brewing Total Eclipse Black Ale - 4+

HopTown Oatmeal Breakfast Stout - 4

Humboldt (Nectar Ales) Hemp Ale - 3+

Kirin Ichiban - 2+

Kulmbacher Brauerei (Schörghuber) Mönchshof Schwarzbier - 3+

Lagunitas Brown Shugga' Barley Wine - 4-

Lagunitas Censored Rich Copper Ale - 3+

Lagunitas Gnarlywine Barley Wine - 4+

Lagunitas IPA - 3

Lagunitas Kill Ugly Radio IPA - 4

Lagunitas Lucky 13 Anniversary Ale - 4

Lagunitas Sirius Special Release Cream Ale - 4+

Lagunitas The Hairy Eyeball - 4

Lakefront Fuel Cafe - 2-

Left Coast/Oggi's Black Magic Stout - 4

Left Coast/Oggi's McGarvey's Scottish Ale - 2+

Left Coast/Oggi's Torrey Pines IPA - 3+

Lightning Brewery Black Lightning Porter - 5

Lindeman's Gueuze Lambic - 4+

The Lost Abbey Serpent's Stout - 5

Lost Coast Downtown Brown - 3

Lost Coast Eight-Ball Stout - 4

Mad River Steelhead Scotch Porter - 4

Main Street (Lamppost Pizza) Black Pearl Stout - 4+

Marin Brewing Hefe Weiss - 3+

Marin Brewing San Quentin's Breakout Stout - 4+

Marin Brewing Star Brew Triple Wheat Ale - 4

Maui Brewing CoCoNut Porter - 4

Moylan's Dragoons Dry Irish Stout - 4+

Moylan's Kilt Lifter Scotch-style Ale - 4

Moylan's Moylander Double IPA - 4+

Moylan's Old Blarney Barleywine - 5

Moylan's Ryan O'Sullivan's Imperial Stout - 4+

Nectar Ales (Humboldt) Red Nectar Ale - 4

New Belgium 1554 Black Ale - 3

New Belgium Fat Tire - 3

Nimbus Brown Ale - 3+

Nimbus Oatmeal Stout - 5

North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Russian Stout - 4+ (bottle; draft 2)

Ommegang Hennepin - 3+

Oskar Blues Old Chub Scotch Ale - 2+

Petrus Oud Bruin sour beer - 4+

Peroni lager - 2+

Pizzeria Uno Chicago Amber Ale - 2+

Port Brewing (Pizza Port) Great American Brown Ale - 4+

Port Brewing (Pizza Port) Old Viscosity Ale - 5

Port Brewing (Pizza Port) Stunna Shade Stout - 4+

Portland (Pyramid) MacTarnahan's Blackwatch Cream Porter - 2+

Pyramid Snow Cap winter ale - 4

ReaperAle Mortality Stout - 4+

ReaperAle Redemption Red - 4

ReaperAle Ritual Dark Ale - 4

Ridgeway (Hepworth) Santa's Butt Winter Porter - 3

Rogue Ales Dead Guy Ale - 3

Rogue Ales HazelNut Brown Nectar - 5

Rogue Ales Mocha Porter - 4

Rogue Ales MoM Hefeweizen - 4

Rogue Ales Morimoto Soba Ale - 3

Rogue Ales Shakepseare Stout - 4+

Russian River Damnation - 3

Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale - 3+

Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter - 4

San Marcos Brewery Belgian Brown - 2+

San Marcos Brewery Old Goat Oat Oatmeal Stout - 2

Schneider Weisse Original Hefe-Weizen - 3

Shmaltz He'Brew (The Chosen Beer) Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. - 3

Shmaltz He'Brew (The Chosen Beer) Genesis Ale - 3+

Shmaltz He'Brew (The Chosen Beer) Genesis 10:10 fruit beer - 3+

Shmaltz He'Brew (The Chosen Beer) Monumental Jewbelation - 3+

Shmaltz He'Brew (The Chosen Beer) Rejewvenator fig ale - 3+

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine - 5

Sierra Nevada Harvest Fresh Hop Ale - 4+

Sinebrychoff (Carlsberg) "Koff" Porter - 3+

Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu Hefe-Weissbier - 2

Speakeasy Old Godfather Barleywine - 4+

Stone 9th Anniversary Ale - 4

Stone 10th Anniversary IPA - 4 (draft; bottle 2+ - overwhelming pineapple flavor!)

Stone 11th Anniversary Ale - 4

Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout - 5

Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale - 3+

Stone Double Bastard Ale - 4

Stone Double Dry-hopped Ruination Double IPA - 4+

Stone India Pale Ale - 4

Stone India Pale Ale with Amarillo & Centennial Hops - 3 (handpump at Stone 12th)

Stone Imperial Russian Stout - 4

Stone Levitation Ale - 4

Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale - 4+

Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine 2004 - 4+

Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine 2005 - 5+

Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine 2006 - 4++/5-

Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine 2007 - 5

Stone Pale Ale - 3

Stone Ruination Double IPA - 4

Stone Smoked Porter - 4+

Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle peppers - 4

Stone Vertical Epic 06.06.06 - 4

Taps Imperial Russian Stout - 5+

Tijuana TJ Tijuana Morena - 1+

Uerige Doppel Sticke - 4+

Unibroue (Sapporo) Maudite - 2+

Victory Storm King Imperial Stout - 3+

Warsteiner Premium Verum - 2+

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel - 4

Wolaver's (Otter Creek) Oatmeal Stout - 4+

Wychwood (Refresh UK) Hobgoblin Dark English Ale - 3

Young's (Wells & Young's) Double Chocolate Stout - 4-

Young's (Wells & Young's) Old Nick barley wine - 4
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