The Beer Lab
25 years of craft beer, distilled
The Beer Lab distils 25 years of Hop Horizons tastings into something you can explore - the best beers, breweries, pubs and places, plus the records, oddities and patterns hiding in the numbers of the beer world.
Charting the beer world since April 2001 · 25 years
32,402Tastings logged
27,384Distinct beers
4,181Breweries
114Countries
1,755Pubs & places
1,034Logbooks
Records & extremes the current record-holders
Highest Rated BeerOmnipolloscope #2Omnipollo100.0%Strongest Beer88 Brewing Scottish Beithir FireBrewmeister75.0% ABVMost Logged BeerOld PeculiarTheakston30 timesBest BrewerySoriby weighted score93.8%Best Beer Stylewheat wineby average score93.7%Best Pub or BarMikkeller Bangkokby weighted score82.9%Best City to Drink InAltrinchamEngland90.9%Best Country to Drink InPeruby weighted score96.5%Best City for BrewingKoΕobrzegPoland85.2%Best Country for BrewingIcelandby weighted score88.7%
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Rankings
πΊTop BeersThe highest-scoring beers in the archive.
πTop BreweriesThe breweries behind the best-rated beers.
π»Top Pubs & PlacesThe highest-rated places to drink.
ποΈTop Towns & CitiesWhere the beer scene shines.
πTop CountriesBest countries to drink in, ranked.
πTop StylesThe styles that score highest.
π§ͺBuild Your Own ListSort and filter the whole database, your way.
Dig deeper
πΏHop VarietiesExplore beers by the hops inside them.
πABV AtlasThe collection organised by strength.
πBeer StylesA guide to every beer style.
π»All Craft BeersBrowse the full beer catalogue.
Stats & science