ALE November 1998 No. 292

East Anglian Beer Star Ratings

Suggested by our Regional Director, Paul Ainsworth.

Over 300 members of CAMRA in the region marked nearly 200 beers out of 10.

Each beer was rated according to its state under ideal conditions, not as it happened to be on some particular occasion.

Star ratings were then awarded as follows:

Five stars: average score 7+
Four stars: average score 6
Three stars: average score 5
Two stars: average score 4
One star: average score 2-3

The results appear here (compiled by Ye Gerbish).

[ (1) East Anglian | (2) National | (3) Others Available in Region ]

(1) Beers Brewed in East Anglia

Five stars
1	Oakham	White Dwarf	8.5
2	Oakham	Bishops Farewell	8.14
3	Dark Horse	Fallen Angel	8.10
4	Woodfordes	Norfolk Nog	7.92
5	Oakham	JHB	7.91
6	Nethergate	Umbel Magna	7.85
7	Reepham	Velvet Stout	7.82
8	Woodfordes	Headcracker	7.70
9	Oakham	Mompesson Gold	7.77
10=	Fenland	Doctors Orders	7.73
	Mauldon	Black Adder
	Woodfordes	Nelson's Revenge
13	Woodfordes	Wherry	7.72
14	Adnams	Extra	7.61
15	City Of Cambridge	Jet Black	7.6
16=	Mauldon	Porter	7.56
	Nethergate	Old Growler
18	Oakham	Old Tosspot	7.52
19	Woodfordes	Gt Eastern	7.46
20	Oakham	Helter Skelter	7.42
21	Adnams	Broadside	7.41
22	Brett Vale	First Gold	7.40
23	Green Jack	Wolf Porter	7.27
24	Elgood	Black Dog Mild	7.34
25	St Peters	Golden Ale	7.33
26=	B&T	Edwin Taylor Stout	7.31
	Wolf	Granny Wouldn't Like It
28	Woodfordes	Norfolk Stout	7.3
29=	Adnams	Old	7.29
	Woodfordes	Baldric
31	Nethergate	Bitter	7.27
32	Dark Horse	Ale	7.22
33=	Dark Horse	Death Wish	7.21
	Elgood	Golden Newt
35	Woodfordes	Mardlers Mild	7.18
37	Adnams	Bitter	7.16
38	Old Chimneys	Miltary Mild	7.14
39	Nethergate	Umbel Ale	7.10
40=	Mauldon	White Adder	7.04
	Nethergate	Golden Gate
42	Crouch Vale	Kursaal Flyer	7.02
43	Dark Horse	Sunrunner	7.00
Four stars
44	City of Cambridge	Hobsons Choice	6.95
45	Fenland	FBB	6.93
46	Crouch Vale	SAS	6.92
	Fenland	Sparkling Wit
	Grainstore	1050
49	Mighty Oak	Burntwood	6.90
50	Buffys	Pollys Folly	6.85
51	Chalk Hill	Flintknappers Mild	6.84
52	Adnams	Mild	6.83
	Green Jack	Grasshopper	6.83
	St Peters	Honey Porter	6.83
55	Wolf	Best Bitter	6.80
56	Wolf	Coyote	6.79
57	B&T	Shefford Pale Ale	6.78
58	Reepham	Rapier	6.76
59	Nethergate	IPA	6.75
60	Earl Soham	Gannet Mild	6.73
61	Ridley	ESX	6.72
62	Old Chimney	Swallowtail	6.70
63=	Buffys	Mild	6.67
	Green Dragon	Dragon
65	Ridley	Wichfinder	6.64
66=	B&T	Dragonslayer	6.60
	B&T	SOD
	Ridley	Mild
69	Iceni	Rosin Dubh	6.59
70=	Crouch Vale	Milennuim Gold	6.56
	Mauldon	Special
	Reepham	Granary
73=	Earl Soham	Albert	6.54
	Woodfordes	Broadsman
75	Tolly Cobbold	Tollyshooter	6.53
76	Mauldon	Midsummer Gold	6.50
77	Earl Soham	Victoria	6.47
78	B&T	Shefford Mild	6.45
79	Green Dragon	Bridge Stout	6.44
80=	Green Jack	Bitter	6.40
	Tolly Cobbold	Old Strong
82	Ridley	Rumpus	6.39
83=	Crouch Vale	Woodham IPA	6.35
	McMullen	County
85	Ridley	IPA	6.34
86=	Elgood	Greyhound	6.33
	Iceni	Deirdre of Sorrows
88	Chalk Hill	C.H.B	6.31
90	McMullen	Stronghart	6.28
91	B&T	S.O.S.	6.27
92	B&T	Shefford Bitter	6.26
93	Ridley	Spectacular	6.25
94	Elgood	Pageant Ale	6.21
95	Old Chimneys	Bittern	6.18
96=	B&T	Old Bat	6.14
	Buffys	Bitter
98	St Peters	Best Bitter
99	McMullen	AK	6.07
	Mauldon	Squires
101	Tolly Cobbold	Mild	6.05
102=	Adnams	Regatta	6.04
	McMullen	Gladstone
104	Scotts	Hopleaf	6.02
	St Peters	Mild
105=	Chalk Hill	Dreadnaught	6.00
	St Peters	Golden Best
Three stars
107	Chalk Hill	Old Trouble	5.92
108	St Peters	Wheat	5.91
109	Greene King	XX Dark	5.90
110	Chalk Hill	Tap	5.89
111=	Iceni	Boadicea Chariot	5.87
	St Peters	Mild
	Scotts	Blues & Boater
114	St Peters	Fruit	5.82
115	Grainstore	Gold	5.80
116	Tolly Cobbold	Cobbolds IPA	5.79
117	Elgood	Cambridge Bitter	5.78
118	Charles Wells	Bombardier	5.74
119	Grainstore	XXB	5.65
120	Tolly Cobbold	Original	5.63
121	Grainstore	Cooking	5.62
123	Tolly Cobbold	Bitter	5.55
124	Charles Wells	Fargo	5.54
125	Greene King	Abbot	5.52
126	Scotts	William French	5.50
127	Green Jack	Honey Bunny	5.40
128	Deeping	Red	5.37
129	Deeping	Summer	5.12
Two stars
130	Greene King	I.P.A.	4.92
131=	Charles Wells	Eagle	4.71
	Deeping	Sun
133	Blue Moon	Milk of Amnesia	4.23
One star
134	Blue Moon	Easy Life	3.49
135	Blue Moon	Hingham High	2.50

(2) National Brews

Four stars
1	Ind Coope	Burton Ale	6.12
Three stars
2	S&N	Theakston Old Peculier	5.71
3	S&N	Courage Directors	5.64
4	Bass	Draught Bass	5.35
Two stars
5	S&N	Theakston XB	4.67
6	Whitbread	Castle Eden Ale	4.63
7	Whitbread	Abroad Cooper	4.50
8	Whitbread	Flowers Original	4.29
One star
9	Tetley	Bitter	3.88
10	S&N	Theakston BB	3.85
11	Whitbread	Boddington Bitter	3.82
12	Ind Coope	Benskins BB	3.81
13	Bass	Stones Bitter	3.76
14	Whitbread	Flowers lPA	3.65
15	S&N	Courage BB	3.65
16	Bass	Worthington BB	3.23
17	S&N	John Smith Bitter	2.96
18	S&N	Websters Yorks Bitter	2.89

(3) Other Beers Regularly Available in Region

Five stars
1	Tim Taylor	Landlord	7.71
2	Batemans	Dark Mild	7.67
3	Batemans	XXXB	7.45
4	Fullers	London Pride	7.30
5	Hook Norton	Old Hookey	7.29
6	Youngs	Special	7.11
Four stars
7	Shepherd Neame	Spitfire	6.92
8	Hook Norton	Bitter	6.74
9	Vaux	Waggledance	6.63
10	Brakspear	Bitter	6.54
11	Youngs	Bitter	6.51
12	Mansfield	Riding	6.14
Three stars
13	Wadworths	6X	5.96
14	Sam Smith	OBB	5.93
15	Mansfield	Deakin	5.75
16	Marston	Pedigree	5.47
17	Morland	Old Speckled Hen	5.46
18	Ruddles	County	5.40
Two stars
19	Ruddles	BB	4.61

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