Your Top 10 Beer Styles Stats

Be that as it may,there never was any difference between Bitter and Pale Ale,as I said they both come out of the same fermenter.
Brewers assign different names for the same brew according to its destination.
Many times exactly the same beer has been labelled differently.Guinness West India Porter and Foreign Export Stout.Scotch Ale outside Scotland and Strong Ale in it.
The Head Brewer of Bass once described his beer as a Bitter,a Pale Ale and an IPA in the same conversation.

 

American IPA
American Amber / Red Ale
English Strong Ale
American Double / Imperial IPA
American Strong Ale
Irish Dry Stout
Irish Red Ale
English Porter
Doppelbock
Belgian Strong Dark Ale

 

Just checked out my beers ratings and American IPAs are at the top of my list for total ratings, followed by Belgian Saisons and American Imperial IPAs. But, Russian Imperial Stouts were my highest rated style, followed by American Imperial Stout and then American Wild Ale.

Full disclosure:
I have to try way more IPAS then I would like because I'm in the retail liquor business, I'm the resident beer geek at our store, and stouts and sours (the real ones) are are my favorites.

Is there anyone out there with similar tastes?
I'll show you mine, if you show me yours!

My Top Ten (in quantity) Rated Styles:
American IPA | 323 | 11.06% | 4.07
Belgian Saison | 274 | 9.38% | 4.15
American Imperial IPA | 256 | 8.77% | 4.15
American Imperial Stout | 220 | 7.53% | 4.27
American Wild Ale | 207 | 7.09% | 4.22
New England IPA | 155 | 5.31% | 4.2
American Pale Ale (APA) | 119 | 4.08% | 4
Russian Imperial Stout | 79 | 2.71% | 4.34
American Porter | 50 | 1.71% | 4.1
Leipzig Gose | 47 | 1.61% | 4.01

Stouts and Sours for Life!!!
Cheers!

 

Out of 693 beers it looks like I'm into stouts. I'm shocked to see IPAs made my top 10 as I'm really not into them. Realizing my preference for stouts, I made it a point to try all 111 styles.

American Imperial Stout | 149 | 21.5% | 4.12
English Sweet / Milk Stout | 52 | 7.5% | 3.96
Russian Imperial Stout | 43 | 6.2% | 4.02
American Stout | 37 | 5.34% | 3.93
Pumpkin Beer | 29 | 4.18% | 3.67
American Porter | 28 | 4.04% | 3.86
English Oatmeal Stout | 18 | 2.6% | 3.95
American Brown Ale | 17 | 2.45% | 4.03
German Märzen / Oktoberfest | 12 | 1.73% | 3.97
American IPA | 12 | 1.73% | 3.8

 

American IPA, DIPA, and Imperial Stout have been on the top of my list forever. NEIPA shot up into the top 10 in only 2-3 years from basically having one for the first time. Tons became available very quickly.

American IPA | 747 | 8.97% | 3.99
American Imperial IPA | 502 | 6.03% | 4.08
American Imperial Stout | 456 | 5.48% | 4.24
American Wild Ale | 412 | 4.95% | 4.11
Belgian Saison | 366 | 4.4% | 4.05
New England IPA | 292 | 3.51% | 4.13
American Pale Ale (APA) | 282 | 3.39% | 3.96
Fruit and Field Beer | 255 | 3.06% | 3.86
Russian Imperial Stout | 178 | 2.14% | 4.17
American Porter | 148 | 1.78% | 3.92

 

The ratio of styles is interesting. I’m noticing my top ten range from 5.74% to 2.28%. And so far, of a HUGE sample os four, we tend to think the stouts are better than the IPAs.

American IPA | 73 | 5.74% | 3.7
American Imperial Stout | 66 | 5.19% | 4.07
Belgian Saison | 56 | 4.41% | 3.9
American Wild Ale | 48 | 3.78% | 4.07
Belgian Strong Dark Ale | 47 | 3.7% | 4
American Imperial IPA | 47 | 3.7% | 3.9
American Porter | 38 | 2.99% | 3.69
Russian Imperial Stout | 36 | 2.83% | 4.07
American Barleywine | 31 | 2.44% | 3.85
Belgian Tripel | 29 | 2.28% | 3.97

 

I'll go out on a limb and say that my list might be the most eclectic...

American IPA | 94 | 11.87% | 3.88
German Märzen / Oktoberfest | 57 | 7.2% | 3.55
American Imperial IPA | 50 | 6.31% | 4.08
Russian Imperial Stout | 35 | 4.42% | 4.1
American Pale Ale (APA) | 30 | 3.79% | 3.93
American Adjunct Lager | 29 | 3.66% | 3.06
American Imperial Stout | 29 | 3.66% | 4.19
American Light Lager | 17 | 2.15% | 2.76
American Porter | 16 | 2.02% | 3.82
Belgian Strong Dark Ale | 15 | 1.89% | 4.12

I believe the number of beers rated suggest availability more than preference. I've had every Oktoberfest beer in my distribution area, and would have to trade to increase that number. Conversely, I could go to my local bottle shop and buy multiple mix six packs of IPA and double that number easily in a month or two.

 

Stouts, IPAs, and Sours. Seems about right. Kind of surprised to see American Imperial Stouts at the top of the list though.

American Imperial Stout | 259 | 11.17% | 4.24
American IPA | 245 | 10.56% | 4.14
American Imperial IPA | 196 | 8.45% | 4.18
American Wild Ale | 178 | 7.68% | 4.2
New England IPA | 144 | 6.21% | 4.3
Belgian Saison | 110 | 4.74% | 4.15
American Pale Ale (APA) | 75 | 3.23% | 4.15
Russian Imperial Stout | 68 | 2.93% | 4.21
Berliner Weisse | 60 | 2.59% | 4.18
English Sweet / Milk Stout | 54 | 2.33% | 4.18

 

Looks like this thread was merged with a similar thread from last year. Now there is more data to compare, and with at least one person, there is data from before the style update. It is easy to geek-out on this stuff.

My bottom ten is boring, with several zeros, so I'm including the bottom ten with data, and included the zeros. It is much more a reflection of availability. Regardless, I'm noticing a lack of reviews of some styles I enjoy more than review. e.g. Dortmunder, Eisbock, and Kristalweizen. Now I have another summer project. (darn! ;-)

European Export / Dortmunder | 1 | 0.08% | 4.13
German Eisbock | 1 | 0.08% | 4.37
American Malt Liquor | 1 | 0.08% | 3
European Strong Lager | 1 | 0.08% | 1.68
German Kristalweizen | 1 | 0.08% | 4.25
American Dark Wheat Ale | 1 | 0.08% | 2.9
Japanese Rice Lager | 1 | 0.08% | 3.77
Russian Kvass | 1 | 0.08% | 3.49
Belgian Blonde Ale | 1 | 0.08% | 4.54
American Imperial Red Ale | 1 | 0.08% | 4.2
English Pale Mild Ale | 0 | 0% | 0
Braggot | 0 | 0% | 0
Japanese Happoshu | 0 | 0% | 0
Robust Porter | 0 | 0% | 0
American Brut IPA | 0 | 0% | 0

 

The list. Surprised to see Adjunct lager in the top ten but have been trying beers from other countries a lot

American IPA | 176 | 16.59% | 3.89
American Pale Ale (APA) | 79 | 7.45% | 3.9
Fruit and Field Beer | 41 | 3.86% | 3.44
American Imperial IPA | 37 | 3.49% | 3.94
American Blonde Ale | 34 | 3.2% | 3.74
Belgian Saison | 31 | 2.92% | 3.73
American Lager | 29 | 2.73% | 3.5
German Märzen / Oktoberfest | 28 | 2.64% | 3.77
American Pale Wheat Ale | 26 | 2.45% | 3.72
American Adjunct Lager | 25 | 2.36% | 2.67

 

I only drink like 3 styles frequently and that’s about it. Always a stray stout maybe a Framboise here or there, but I rarely branch out or try new things.

Ipas/DIPAs
Pils
Lagers to include macros

 

Am. IPA - 239
Am. IIPA - 193
Am. Imp. Stout - 131
Am. Pale Ale - 95
Pumpkin - 72
R.I.S. - 46
English Sweet/Milk Stout - 46
Amber/Red Ale - 43
Am. Brown Ale - 43
Am. Stout - 40

No real surprises here.

 

How do you physiologically/financially/laws of time & physics-wise possibly consume & review ~ a case of unique beer a week? Is your employer hiring?

 

In light of the new data that BA has provided to us, I'd like to see the top 10 styles you've rated and your average score. It can be found by clicking the bar chart icon next to Styles on your beer rating page.

Here are mine:
American Imperial Stout | 781 ratings | 17.28% of ratings | 4.15 avg. rating
American IPA | 528 ratings | 11..68% of ratings | 3.88 avg. rating
American Wild Ale | 425 ratings | 9.4% of ratings | 4.18 avg. rating
American Imperial IPA | 402 ratings | 17.28% of ratings | 4.02 avg. rating
Belgian Saison | 327 ratings | 7.24% of ratings | 4.09 avg. rating
New England IPA | 234 ratings | 5.18% of ratings | 4.11 avg. rating
American Pale Ale | 147 ratings | 3.25% of ratings | 3.84 avg. rating
Russian Imperial Stout | 125 ratings | 2.77% of ratings | 4.16 avg. rating
English Sweet/Milk Stout | 97 ratings | 2.15% of ratings | 4.05 avg. rating
American Strong Ale | 55 ratings | 1.84% of ratings | 4.01 avg. rating

That's a lot of high ABV beers.. Yikes..

 

Have Quads,porters,stouts at the top followed by IPA ,2IPA NEIPA and Pale and Red ales.

 

American IPA | 37 | 12.85% | 4.09
New England IPA | 35 | 12.15% | 4.28
American Imperial IPA | 20 | 6.94% | 4.3
American Wild Ale | 16 | 5.56% | 4.3
Berliner Weisse | 13 | 4.51% | 4.06
Leipzig Gose | 11 | 3.82% | 3.88
American Imperial Stout | 9 | 3.13% | 4.24
German Pilsner | 8 | 2.78% | 3.82
Belgian Saison | 7 | 2.43% | 4.09
German Märzen / Oktoberfest | 6 | 2.08% | 4.04