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Top 47 IPAs

Our highest-rated and overall best India Pale Ales including Hazy IPAs, Double IPAs, Session IPAs, Black IPAs, Belgian IPAs and more!

Top 47 IPAs

 

#43

Suicide Squeeze IPA Fort George Brewery

95
by Tracy Hensley
Suicide Squeeze IPA
Fort George Brewery

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#42

DirtWolf Victory Brewing Co.

95
by Nelson Crowle

DirtWolf
Victory Brewing Co.

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Unassuming name, powerhouse beverage: Victory's DirtWolf Double IPA has been a stalwart of the style since its inception in 2013. A howlingly impressive hop profile headlined by Mosaic, Simcoe and Citra, this Wolf is here to stay.


#41

Digital Bath Belching Beaver Brewery

95
by Tracy Hensley

Digital Bath
Belching Beaver Brewery

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Have you ever had a shower beer? What about a bath beer? Belching Beaver Brewery answers this question in the affirmative with this delectable American IPA brewed with five seminal hop varietals: Citra, Galaxy, Mosaic, Nelson and Simcoe Cryo. Now that's clean.


#40

Samuel Adams Wicked Easy The Boston Beer Co.

95
by Sal Mortillaro II

Samuel Adams Wicked Easy
The Boston Beer Co.

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#39

Mad Hatter New Holland Brewing Co.

95
by Richard Wong

Mad Hatter
New Holland Brewing Co.

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The beer is as stellar as the name, with light yet highly aromatic citrus and peach notes, born of the Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin hopping. The malt base is equally light while remaining firm enough to provide a fine platform with which to fully savor the bounty of some of the year’s biggest hop stars.


#38

Captain’s Daughter Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island

95
by Rodney A. Tillinghast

Captain’s Daughter
Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island

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Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union, makes one of the biggest Double IPAs around. Grey Sail Brewing’s Captain’s Daughter is a terrific canned DIPA with a nose full of lemon, papaya and pine. Light grassiness in the flavor along with dense, hop-derived dankness make this a standout DIPA that’s worth walking the plank for.
 


#37

Mirror Universe Fair State Brewing Cooperative

95
by Nelson Crowle

Mirror Universe
Fair State Brewing Cooperative

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#36

Heady Topper The Alchemist

95
by Brian Eichhorn

Heady Topper
The Alchemist

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A pioneering, classic brew that has spawned legions of imitators looking to improve upon the ultra-hoppy flavor and ultra-hazy appearance of this Vermont IPA. However, some would argue that perfection cannot be improved upon, and it must be admitted that this still holds up as a preeminent hazy Double IPA.


#35
 

Alter Ego Tree House Brewing Co.

95
by Dan Preston
Alter Ego
Tree House Brewing Co.

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The first of two Tree House Brewing IPAs to make this list, Alter Ego's sumptuous blend of Mosaic and Amarillo hops makes for a massive punch of citrus in this hazy, New England-style IPA.


#34

All Day IPA Founders Brewing Co.

95
by BC Review

All Day IPA
Founders Brewing Co.

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Just as the name indicates, this beer strikes a perfect balance between flavor and drinkability. A true Session IPA in the sense that it does not sacrifice flavor for lower ABV.
 


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Comments

pmwarner's picture
Okay is this an IPA review or an IPA, session IPA, and double IPA review? I would not rate all these together as they are all different categories of beer. If you are going to include all of them there are a lot others out there that should be on this list. Beachwood Amalgamator should be number one or at least on the list. Along with heady topper, treehouse, pipeworks, pliny which are all some of the most sought after beers and better than most on the list. Modus Hoperandi has to be one of the worst beers I have ever had in my life and a disgrace to an IPA. This list no credibility to me.
Sparky702's picture
Ok so i just have to say i know this is all personal preference and individual taste but....if you guys put sculpin ballast point that's become an everyday over the counter not that great sold out beer over victory dirt wolf...YOU'RE FRIGGIN CRAZY HAHAHAHAHA
Sparky702's picture
Hahaha yeah second that other guy to pmwarner i was thinking the same thing...yall might as well have put blue moon white ipa in there at the top hahahahaha
Sparky702's picture
Don't take me wrong I'm not trying to be mean at all its all opinion and i do respect everyone's opinion just thought I'd throw mine in there all in good fun
edbeglau's picture
Some very fine beers in this list but missing some of the very best IPAs in the world. Neither Pliny the Elder nor Pliny the Younger on your top 10 nor top 20 nor top 30 - these are not even on your list. Really? And what about IPAs from The Alchemist, AleSmith and Trillium? Oh my. Jesus wept.
Editorial Dept.'s picture
Hello enthusiastic and opinionated readers! We recommend you read the introductory paragraphs in this article. This list was populated in 2016. It includes only the top rated IPA's that have been reviewed by our Judges Panel in our single-blind review. Our Official Review is a highly controlled process to protect the integrity of the single-blind format. Therefore we have not reviewed many IPA's that, yes, could possibly have made the list at the time. There are a number of reasons why these IPA's have not yet been reviewed. 1. We have limited space in our review each month. (do the amount of work involved producing single-blind reviews) 2. The brewers of these absent IPA's haven't submitted their beer to our review yet. Help The Beer Connoisseur by contacting these brewers via social media or email and let them know you would like to see us review their beer. Hope this helps clarify and thx for reading. Cheers! BC
chickman's picture
Wookey Jack at #1??? I don't get it as that beer isn't even in production anymore. No mention of Other Half, Tree House, Equilibrium, Trillium, Magnify, Tired Hands, Sand City, Russian River, Aslin....no Vermont IPA's either. This is a very questionable list in my opinion. Stone Enjoy By series ranks above most of these as well. Anyway, to each his own.
rennieboy's picture
Thanks! Look forward to trying some of these. Haven’t seen Anchor as much as I used to. Probably because of all our local beer in North Carolina.

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