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Hello, beer lover. Since October 2010 I have used a more commonly known rating system (so called 50 point system) but I've left the old system ratings (0-5 scale) as they are until I've re-tasted them in the future. My favourite beers are from UK, Finland and Belgium but also other brewing nations are excellent (like USA or Norway). Please, do not take the ratings too seriously because you can think differently about them. Slainte mhath. 15 February 2012 =    beers rated |
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MY WAY OF RATING BEERS: Aroma (1-10 points): -malty (bready, grainy, cereal, burnt, nutty, caramel, chocolate, coffee etc.) -hoppy (floral, perfume, grassy, piney, citrus etc.) -yeasty (dough, leather, cheese, earthy etc.) -miscellaneous aromas that comes to your mind. Appearance (1-5 points) (Description of colour and head) Flavour and finish (1-10 points): -sweet, acidic, bitter, vinegar, sour, salty, malty, nutty, woody, yeasty, fruity, winey, leathery, vegs, tarry, chocolate, syrupy, caramel, grassy, hoppy, floral, citric, spicy etc. Palate (1-5 points): 
-body (full/medium/light), texture (dry, watery, oily, creamy, syrupy etc.)Overall score (1-20 points) Explanations to my ratings: 05 - 19 = Very basic, poor or otherwise not suitable beer for my taste 20 - 24 = Nice but doesn't give any kind of shivers 25 - 29 = Quite good but basically still a mediocre beer 30 - 34 = Good and tasty beer 35 - 39 = Very good and very pleasant beer 40 - 44 = Excellent beer 45 - 50 = Just brilliant, top quality purchase. These will be introduced with a poem or few lines from a classic book. Beer tasting form (print and enjoy)  P.S. Try to support the Finnish small and independent breweries and buy their products. Try to avoid big bulk breweries. It was a very poor decision by Sinebrychoff to shut down Pori Brewery (the original home of Karhu) which was the oldest brewery in Nordic countries that stood on its original place. Shame on you!! Like CAMRA in Britain, we should be having SPY (Suomalaisten Pienpanimoiden Ystδvδt). In English that would be something like HOMBRE (Homage to the Finnish Microbreweries). Hope we will see more and more microbreweries in Finland in the future. Suomalaisten Pienpanimoiden Ystδvδt (SPY) at  Few beer links: Beeradvocate.com CAMRA Maistuva mallas Olutopas.info Ratebeer.com Beer styles: Beeradvocates "beer styles" list What kind of a glass to which beer? Beeradvocates "glassware for beers" list |
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