2013 - The Stats

Now, like every good beer ticker we have analysed the results of last year to see what our drinking habits were. Well maybe not every good beer ticker as we operate by iPhone note when out and about and it all ends up on a spreadsheet. (I am, according to a colleague, a digital ticker and I quite like that!) Yes, yes I can hear your snorts of derision from here, but if real ale is truly an interest then I think you should be interested in what you drink, where you drink it and how much of it you drink. But yes, I have always been one for lists I'll give you that.

So... to the results. 

Most Popular Beers

1. Moonshine 4.3%,  Abbeydale - 24 (Surprised us! Because we generally seek out new ales. But that's the ubiquitous part. Not that it isn't a damn fine beer mind you)
2. Acorn Blonde 4.0%/Easy Rider 4.3%, Kelham Island - 19 (Both are regulars at my local)
3. Deception 4.1%, Abbeydale - 18
4. Blue Moon 6.0%, Pictish - 15
5. First Blonde 4.0%, True North - 12

Most Drunk Local Brewery

1. Abbeydale - 80
2. Acorn - 53
3. Kelham Island - 42
4. Bradfield - 34
5. Thornbridge/Welbeck Abbey - 27

Most Drunk Guest Brewery

1. Pictish - 67
2. Castle Rock/Milestone/Ossett - 21
3. Saltaire - 18
4. Dancing Duck/Great Heck/Phoenix - 16
5. Rudgate - 14

Most Visited Public House

1. The Sheaf View - 82 (It is my local after all!)
2. The Broadfield - 13
3. The Fat Cat -12
4. The Harlequin/Shakespeare's - 11
5. The Red Deer - 9

No, of beer festivals visited; 11

Highlights being; Great British Beer Festival, Bradford (held in Saltaire), Barrow Hill, Nottingham.

Notes

• Counts include halves and pints consumed; how often we have chosen a beer or brewery, not the amount consumed
• The results are definitely a reflection of what we like but are also indicative of how ubiquitous a brewery or beer is, or how narrow the choice may be
• 'Local' includes all South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire breweries
• 'Guest Brewery' refers to all breweries that are not local but are found and drunk often enough to be counted

This year there will be more stouts and porters as we have recently got into them properly, and our tastes have changed so I doubt Pictish will be top gust brewery next year.