The Pittsburgh BrewMasters club spent 2008 tasting dozens and dozens of brews at their HQ at the Sharp Edge Creekhouse in Crafton.

At last month's one-year-anniversary meeting, the group ranked its six favorites:

1. Corsendonk Christmas Ale
2. Orkney Skull Splitter
3. Bell's Two Hearted Ale
4. Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Hell
5. Samuel Smith Nut Brown
6. Fuller's ESB

"Favorite Beer Night" was a retasting of six of the dozen favorites from over the year.

Founder Christine Span says the group tasted a total of 73 beers.

"We ask the members to score the beers based on their preference, from 1 (least favorite) to 5."

Learn more about the group, which meets on the third Wednesday of each month, at pghbrewmasters.com.