The Best Beers of 2022 by Style Category
2022 was a terrific year for beer (as most years are for the best beverage in the world), and brewers continued to make further forays into fascinating stylistic experiments.
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Published: December 29, 2022
| Updated: February 18, 2025
Each year, we like to produce a list of some of the most interesting and populous style categories that our judges reviewed. This year featured a wide variety of IPAs alongside some notable lager categories such as Munich Dunkel and international pale lager as well as some top-tier European sour ales.
Read on to explore this list of some of the most engaging and popular styles from the year that was.
Top 20 IPAs of 2022 (All Styles)
Top 5 American IPAs
Top 10 Double IPAs
Top 5 Hazy IPAs
Top 10 Specialty Wood-Aged Beers
Top 3 Dark European Lagers
Top 5 International Pale Lagers
Top 10 Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beers
Top 5 Fruit Beers
Top 3 European Sour Ales
Top 20 IPAs of 2022 (All Styles)
1. Double Sunshine Ruby Red Grapefruit
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Rated 97
2. Hopzilla
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Rated 96
3. Stone IPA
Stone Brewing Co.
Rated 96
4. Mega Juicy
Two Roads Brewing Co.
Rated 95
5. Alpha Abstraction Vol. 21
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 95
6. Lazy Hazy Housy
Great Falls Brewing Co.
Rated 95
7. SoGnar Double IPA
Gnarly Barley Brewing Co.
Rated 95
8. Side Bae Double IPA: Sabro Cryo
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 94
9. DDH Deftones Phantom Bride Hazy IPA
Belching Beaver Brewery
Rated 94
10. Super Session #3 (Comet)
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Rated 94
11. Leave’M In The Dust Double (Unfiltered) IPA
Garage Brewing Co.
Rated 94
12. Road 2 Ruin
Two Roads Brewing Co.
Rated 93
13. Alpha Abstraction Vol. 19
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 93
14. Hop Gods
Lakefront Brewery
Rated 93
15. Alphagator
Abita Brewing Co.
Rated 92
16. Coast West ‘22
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 92
17. Black Soul RyePA
Low Road Brewing
Rated 92
18. Fluffy
Night Shift Brewing
Rated 92
19. Sunburst IPA
Wild Heaven Beer
Rated 92
20. Basement Light
Scofflaw Brewing Co.
Rated 91
Top 5 American IPAs
1. Stone IPA
Stone Brewing Co.
Rated 96
2. Brew Free! Or Die Cold IPA
21st Amendment Brewery
Rated 90
3. Throw Back Vibes
Urban South Brewery
Rated 90
4. White Pony
Belching Beaver Brewery
Rated 89
5. Straight Outta Norcross
Social Fox Brewing
Rated 88
Top 10 Double IPAs
1. Double Sunshine Ruby Red Grapefruit
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Rated 97
2. Hopzilla
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Rated 96
3. Alpha Abstraction Vol. 21
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 95
4. SoGnar Double IPA
Gnarly Barley Brewing Co.
Rated 95
5. Side Bae Double IPA: Sabro Cryo
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 94
6. Road 2 Ruin
Two Roads Brewing Co.
Rated 93
7. Alpha Abstraction Vol. 19
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 93
8. Hop Gods
Lakefront Brewery
Rated 93
9. Alphagator
Abita Brewing Co.
Rated 92
10. Coast West ‘22
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 92
Top 5 Hazy IPAs
1. Mega Juicy
Two Roads Brewing Co.
Rated 95
2. Lazy Hazy Housy
Great Falls Brewing Co.
Rated 95
3. DDH Deftones Phantom Bride Hazy IPA
Belching Beaver Brewery
Rated 94
4. Leave’M In The Dust Double (Unfiltered) IPA
Garage Brewing Co.
Rated 94
5. Fluffy
Night Shift Brewing
Rated 92
Top 10 Specialty Wood-Aged Beers
1. Lone Buffalo: Cherry Brandy Barrel Aged Stout
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 99
2. Hell & High Water
Gnarly Barley Brewing Co.
Rated 96
3. Lone Buffalo: Heaven Hill Barrel Aged Stout
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 95
4. Fire Fest Reserve 2021
Grist House Craft Brewery
Rated 95
5. Lost & Found Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Gnarly Barley Brewing Co.
Rated 95
6. Redux Dulcitude Barrel Aged Wheat Wine
Garage Brewing Co.
Rated 94
7. Lone Buffalo: Rye Barrel Aged Stout
Wild Leap Brew Co.
Rated 94
8. Redux Kenspeckle Scotch-Style Ale
Garage Brewing Co.
Rated 93
9. Gravitas Non-Alcoholic Barrel-Aged Bourbon Stout (2021)
Bravus Brewing Co.
Rated 92
10. Eternal Siesta
Gnarly Barley Brewing Co.
Rated 92
Top 3 Dark European Lagers
1. Göller Dunkel
Brauerei Göller
Rated 97
2. For the Love of Lager: German-Style Dark Lager
Wallenpaupack Brewing Co.
Rated 92
3. Black Gold
Arches Brewing
Rated 91
Top 5 International Pale Lagers
1. pFriem Canadian Lager
pFriem Family Brewers
Rated 95
2. Upslope Japanese Style Lager
Upslope Brewing Co.
Rated 94
3. Urayasu Rice Lager
Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co.
Rated 92
4. Skater Aid
Gnarly Barley Brewing Co.
Rated 91
5. BRAMS French Pilsner
BRAMS
Rated 91
Top 10 Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beers
1. pFriem Mexican Chocolate Stout
pFriem Family Brewers
Rated 98
2. LP Witbier
Dokkaebier
Rated 93
3. Pavilion Peanut Butter Porter
Georgia Beer Co.
Rated 93
4. BRAMS French Pilsner
BRAMS
Rated 93
5. Fancy Pants
Urban South Brewery
Rated 92
6. Sumo Sumatra Imperial Stout
Austin Brothers Beer Co.
Rated 91
7. Pineapple Super Diesel
Area Two Experimental Brewing
Rated 91
8. Loriot
Ghost Hawk Brewing Co.
Rated 90
9. Flor de Jamaica
Miel Brewery & Taproom
Rated 90
10. Down with the Thickness
Pontoon Brewing
Rated 87
Top 5 Fruit Beers
1. Double Sunshine Ruby Red Grapefruit
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Rated 97
2. Tremor California Citrus Wheat
Seismic Brewing Co.
Rated 93
3. Party Punch
Gnarly Barley Brewing Co.
Rated 92
4. Smooth Criminal
Arches Brewing
Rated 91
5. Straw-BERRY Fields Hazy Milkshake IPA
Garage Brewing Co.
Rated 91
Top 3 European Sour Ales
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