Bob Klein's Best Beers
March 1, 1997

Bob Klein's book The Beer Lover's Rating Guide lists hundreds of beers by State or Country of Origin, Beers for Novices, those with Odd Names, etc. Here are the winners from the list of Best Beers by Style.

• Ale Chimay Peres Trappistes Ale - Premiere, Belgium, Chimay Abbey
• Alt St. Stan's Dark Alt, USA, California, Modesto
• Bock Samuel Adams Triple Bock, USA, California, Ceres
• India Pale Ale (IPA) Hale's IPA, USA, Washington, Colville
• Lager Aass Jule Ol, Norway, Drammen
• Lambic Liefman's Kriekbier, Belgium, Oudenaarde
• Malt Liquor Adelscott Malt Liquor, France, Schiltigheim
• Non-Alcoholic Extracto de Malta Malt Beverage, Germany, Hamburg
• Pilsener San Miguel Dark, Philippines, Manila
• Porter Rio Bravo Esteban Dark Porter, USA, New Mexico, Albuquerque
• Specialty/Combination Anchor Our Special Ale (Annual), USA, California, San Francisco
• Stout Rogue Shakespeare Stout, USA, Oregon, Newport
• Wheat Beer Erdinger Weissbier Hefetrub, Germany, Erding

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