Cyber Beer's Top Rated Beers Of 2018

Top Rated Beers Of 2018

Here are the 16 beers I rated 5 out of 5 in 2018

January

Tiny Rebel
Chocolate Stay Puft
5.2%
at The Cellar, Chester

March

Goose Island 

Burbon Country Brand Stout (2017)

14.1% 

at Dead Crafty Beer Company, Liverpool

Brass Castle
Bad Kitty
5.5%
at Head Of Steam, Liverpool

De Dochter Van De Korenaar

La Renaissance 1.5 Year Barrel Aged 

7% 

at Barcelona Beer Festival

April

Saltaire 

Triple Chocoholic 

4.8% 

at Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield

Brew York

Imperial Tonkoko

7.5% 

at Beer Heroes Chester Craft Beer Festival

May

Founders 

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) 2017 
11.8% 

at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen

3 Floyds 

Dark Lord (2018) 

15%

 at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen

Kane Brewing Company 

A Night To End All Dawns

11.4%

at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen

June

Grupa Zyweic 
Zyweic Porter
9,5%
at Hard Rock Cafe, Wroclaw

Browar Stu Mustow
WRCLW Imperial Stout
11%
at Wroclaw Good Beer Festival

August

Brew York 
X-Parrot Tropical IPA
6.5%
at Midnight Bell, Leeds

September

Dugges / Stillwater Artisanal
Tropic Thunder
4.5%
at Dead Crafty Beer Company, Liverpool

November

Mauldon's 
Black Adder
5.3%
at The North Western (Wetherspoons), Liverpool

Samuel Smith's 
Organic Chocolate Stout
5%
at Ye Olde Boot Inn, Chester

December

Hook Norton 
Twelve Days
5.5%
at The Brass Balance (Wetherspoons), Birkenhead

New Year’s Eve 2018

So.....  It’s New Year’s Eve 2018 and I’m off to Chester in First Class on Virgin Trains!

I’ll be celebrating midnight at The Cellar, but as I get in at 3:30pm, I’ll be hitting a few bars before that and getting to my destination for about 8pm.

Wishing everyone a Happy and Beery New Year.

Some interesting projects planned for 2019.

Have a good night and stay safe.

Cyber Beer

Taking The High Rope To Success

In 2014 two guys met at Liverpool's Home Brew Club.  Finding a shared interest in wrestling and beer, Neil and Ben collaborated on a beer for a home brew competition against their Manchester counterparts.  Liverpool Home Brew Club emerged victorious.  This winning beer would go on to become Top Rope's Overkill IPA.

In early 2015 the pair made the decision (most likely over a beer or two) to start their own microbrewery. Equipment and ingredients were ordered, recipes were concocted and Top Rope Brewing appeared in a shed at the end of a garden in Liverpool!

Shortly afterwards, Neil and Ben won 3 out of 5 categories in a homebrew competition run my BrewDog Liverpool.  This served as both a test for future recipes and an amazing sendoff from the homebrew world.

With a brewkit, recipes, artwork and obscure wrestling references in place, this wrestling-obsessed duo were ready to make beer the professional way!



Fast forward to 2018....

Business has been a success, the beer is flying out faster than the garden shed can handle.  It been a good base for these guys, but its time to move up.

And in spectacular style, they have purchased the now defunct Deva Craft Brewery at Sandycroft between Shotton an Chester.

While fans of Deva will be sad to see it go, it is a great site for the expanding Top Rope Brewing.

I wish Neil and Ben all the best in their new venture and success for 2018.

I can't wait to see what you guys come up with next.  I ma always looking forward to you next brew.

2017 New Year's Eve in Chester

For the first time in a few years I attended a free New Year’s Eve event.

For the last two years I have paid £5 to go to my local, this year I fancied

something different.

I attend one of only three free events I could find in Chester at a pub I am a regular

at.  The pub always a good and wide selection of beers and they had a DJ,

free food (well a pie each, but they do usually cost £3 and there were about 60

people there) and a free glass of bubbly at midnight.

The best new year I’ve had in a long time.

I started my NYE celebrations at The Deva Tap at about 3:30pm.   I walked in the

rain,getting totally lost along the way, and wound up at the Goat and Munch at

6:05pm, 5 mins after they closed! 

Knowing time was pressing on, I skipped Telfords Warehouse and went straight to

The Pied Bull for some dinner. I left there, after eating, and got to The Cellar

(my final destination) at 6:30pm.

I also had the cost of accommodation for the night, but it was definitely worth it.