The Museum Turns 7 Years Old, Part 2: Individual Tap Statistics

It's time to take a look at the individual tap statistics. To revisit the concept, I'm listing which taps generate the most page views on the site. I've divided the rankings based on the year that I profiled the tap, so I've listed the 20 taps with the most views for Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, and Year 7. Since fewer taps were profiled in Year 6, only the top 10 will be ranked for that year. The number in parenthesis is the previous year's ranking if different; "NR" means the tap was not on the list last year. The first tap on the list has the most views, and the other taps follow in descending order.

For this go-around, there was quite a bit of movement, even for the early years, that I found surprising, although some taps are only separated by 2-3 page views. Also, one of the top taps from a previous year, Mellow Mushroom's Bogart, lost its spot, which was very surprising given that the collector's club recently selected that tap as their choice for the #1 tap.

Click through to see the lists..

Blog Year 1: 20 taps with the most page views:

Still The #1 Most Viewed Tap

1. Angry Orchard
2. Dogfish Head Steampunk
3. Mickey's Hornet (4)
4. Wychwood Hobgoblin (3)
5. Coors Light Beer Wolf (7)
6. Goose Island Honker's Ale (5)
7. Dark Horse Shotgun (6)
8. Dragonmead
9. Budweiser Frog
10. Coors Rattlesnake (11)
11. Shock Top Belgian White (10)
12. Abita Andygator
13. Big Sky Moose Drool (15)
14. Lucette Easy Rider (17)
15. Black Sheep Monty Python (13)
16. Panther 3 Stooges (20)
17. A-B Faust (16)
18. Schlitz Bull (NR)
19. Molson Polar Bear (18)
20. Saranac Canoe (19)

Dropping off the list: Lost Coast Great White

People Like Seeing Pink Elephants

Blog Year 2: 20 taps with the most page views:

1. Pabst Pink Elephants
2. Sapporo Samurai sword
3. Blanche du Bruxelles
4. Fireman's Brew
5. Rainier nature scene (6)
6. Sweetwater Blue (5)
7. NOLA Mechahopzilla
8. 3 Sheeps (9)
9. Dry Dock Apricot Blonde (8)
10. Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat phone
11. Newcastle Werewolf
12. Miller Lite Lighthouse
13. Lead Feather Hodag (14)
14. Ayinger Celebrator (13)
15. Coors rodeo clown bobblehead (17)
16. Blue Moon Copper Kettle (15)
17. Sierra Blanca Alien amber alien head (16)
18. Iron Fist Renegade Blonde
19. Kokanee Sasquatch Footprint (NR)
20. Railway City - Dead Elephant (NR)

Dropping off the list: Genesee Cream Ale, McSorley's Irish Black Ale

Take the Black Stout, Winter is Coming

Blog Year 3: 20 taps with the most page views:

1. Ommegang Take the Black Stout
2. Cisco Grey Lady
3. Lederer Premium Pils
4. City Steam Naughty Nurse
5. Falstaff Saddle
6. Dogfish Head Uber Shark
7. Heavy Seas Loose Cannon (10)
8. Frostop Root Beer (15)
9. Tioga-Sequoia (11)
10. Lone Star Guitar (9)
11. Central City Red Betty IPA (12)
12. Dick's 12 Man (7)
13. Duquesne (8)
14. Creemore Springs Mad & Noisy (13)
15. Downeast Cider (16)
16. Budweiser - Bronze Clydesdale (NR)
17. Terrapin Tree Hugger (14)
18. Olde Frothingslosh
19. Shiner Smokehaus (17)
20. Labatt Canadian Ale hatchett (19)

Dropping off the list: Strangeways

A new #1: success has gone to his head

Blog Year 4: 20 taps with the most page views:

1. Fat Heads Spooky Tooth (2)
2. Lion Lionshead (4)
3. Mellow Mushroom Bogart (1)
4. Thatchers Green Goblin (3)
5. Lone Star pistol (6)
6. Rivertown Hop Bomber (5)
7. Parallel 49 Gypsy Tears (10)
8. San Francisco (7)
9. Primo Tiki (8)
10. Fort Christian Hammerhead (9)
11. Flying Mouse
12. Shock Top Twisted Pretzel Wheat (NR)
13. Terrapin Hopsecutioner (19)
14. Northwest Hoppy Bitch (12)
15. Bad Martha (13)
16. Ciderboys (14)
17. Nickelbrook Naughty Neighbor (15)
18. Steam Whistle
19. Sierra Nevada Torpedo (NR)
20. Tampa Bay Old Elephant Foot (17)

Dropping off the list: Jarre Creek Ranch Pitchfork, Rheingold

Remember Goliad!

Blog Year 5: 20 taps with the most page views:

1. Goliad
2. Fiddlehead (3)
3. Ginja Ninja (2)
4. Witch's Hat
5. Greenbrier Valley Wild Trail (6)
6. Ohana v2 (5)
7. Dogfish Head Firefly (lighted)
8. Guns & Oil (10)
9. Pabst Kegatron (8)
10. Belfast Bay Stone Crab (9)
11. Blue Corn Cafe Honeymoon Wheat
12. Belching Beaver (14)
13. Oasis Tut Brown (12)
14. Major Oliver (13)
15. Southern Star Bombshell Blonde
16. Pabst Unicorn
17. Jack Daniels (20)
18. Grupo Modelo Skull (17)
19. Leinenkugal Canoe Paddler (18)
20. Milwaukee Brewing - Outboard Cream Ale (NR)

Dropping off the list: Brawlin' Badger

Fending off all challengers

Blog Year 6: 10 taps with the most page views:

1. Local Option
2. Big Rock Buzzard Breath
3. Charles Wells Dry Hopped Lager (6)
4. Cervezas Alhambra
5. Long Island Meadery (3)
6. Scuttlebutt Hoptopia (5)
7. Monterey Bay Mad Otter (8)
8. 7 Seas (7)
9. Flying Mouse v2
10. Evans The krHOPen (NR)

Dropping off the list: Cobbler Mountain

Nice job in grasping that top spot!

Blog Year 7: 20 taps with the most page views:

1. Narrows
2. River Mile 38
3. Pigs Ass Porter
4. Pacifico Guy Harvey
5. Minott's Black Star
6. Parish Ghost in the Machine
7. Sterling Pig
8. Key West Sunset Ale
9. Big Rock Wayfinder
10. Uinta Anniversary Barley Wine
11. Duffy's
12. I.C. Light Pittsburgh Pirates
13. Original Sin Apricot Cider
14. Mike's Hard Lemonade
15. Fox River
16. Woodstock Inn Summer Ale
17. Down The Road
18. Eastern Shore
19. Celt Thirsty Warrior Cider
20. Thoroughbred

Part Three, featuring the top 10 taps I acquired this year, will be coming soon...