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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!

February 25, 2022
By: Chris Guest
Top 47 IPAs
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#33

Hop Stoopid Lagunitas Brewing Co.

96
by BC Review

Hop Stoopid
Lagunitas Brewing Co.

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Described as a “hop minefield,” this 102 IBU hop bomb is tempered with a subtle balance of sweet, light malts that allow the hops to shine without completely blinding you. And the head is incredibly billowy.

#32

Extended Play Lakefront Brewery

96
by Phil Farrell

Extended Play
Lakefront Brewery

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#31

Juicy Harvest Upland Brewing Co.

96
by Richard Wong

Juicy Harvest
Upland Brewing Co.

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#30

Habanero Sculpin Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits

96
by Nelson Crowle

Habanero Sculpin
Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits

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#29

Blast! Brooklyn Brewery

96
by Josh Weikert

Blast!
Brooklyn Brewery

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#28

Big Guns Fort George Brewery

96
by Tracy Hensley
Big Guns
Fort George Brewery

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As the highest-rated Session IPA on this list, Fort George Brewery's Big Guns sports a blend of Nugget, Meridian and Mosaic hops with a miniscule 4.2 percent alcohol content -- perfect for beachfront or poolside imbibing.

#27

Feasta Väsen Brewing Co.

96
by Dan Martich

Feasta
Väsen Brewing Co.

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#26

Jockamo Juicy IPA Abita Brewing Co.

96
by Joseph Formanek

Jockamo Juicy IPA
Abita Brewing Co.

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A lively, lovely IPA, this offering from Abita in New Orleans showcases a citrusy, juicy variant of the omnipresent IPA. With a blend of Citra, Apollo and Experimental hops, this blend truly defines “juiciness.”

 

#25

Moirai India Pale Ale Fate Brewing Co.

96
by Randy Scorby

Moirai India Pale Ale
Fate Brewing Co.

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#24

Cali-Belgique Stone Brewing Co.

96
by Phil Farrell

Cali-Belgique
Stone Brewing Co.

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Submitted by pmwarner on Wed, 2016-03-23 20:58
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.
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Submitted by Sparky702 on Wed, 2017-02-08 21:40
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
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Submitted by Sparky702 on Wed, 2017-02-08 21:52
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
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Submitted by Sparky702 on Wed, 2017-02-08 21:58
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
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Submitted by edbeglau on Thu, 2017-11-16 20:08
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.
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Submitted by Editorial Dept. on Fri, 2017-11-17 10:49
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
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Submitted by chickman on Tue, 2018-01-09 20:42
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.
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Submitted by rennieboy on Mon, 2022-05-02 14:18
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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