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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

 

#13

Lupulin River Knee Deep Brewing Co.

96
by Randy Scorby

Lupulin River
Knee Deep Brewing Co.

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#12

Tunnel Vision DDH w/Citra Bearded Iris Brewing

96
by Sal Mortillaro II

Tunnel Vision DDH w/Citra
Bearded Iris Brewing

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Watch out! Imbibe too many of these beautiful hazy IPAs and you might get Tunnel Vision! This sterling example of a modern and hazy American IPA features a pillowy mouthfeel and gushes forth with juicy and citrusy aromas.


#11

Kiwi Double IPA Lawson's Finest Liquids

96
by Nelson Crowle

Kiwi Double IPA
Lawson's Finest Liquids

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#10

Rare Trait Cerebral Brewing

96
by Mike Castagno
Rare Trait
Cerebral Brewing

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This New-England Style IPA showcases all the striking haziness and immense hop quotient that one would expect of the style, as Azacca, El Dorado, Mosaic, Citra and Columbus hops express the finest hop aromas and flavors imaginable. A delightful Denver favorite.


#9

Hopslam Bell's Brewery

96
by Joseph Formanek

Hopslam
Bell's Brewery

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Generally regarded as one of the finest DIPAs in the land, our expert judges mostly agreed with that assessment. A pungent, thunderous hop character assails the nostrils, but is tempered by a soft, creamy mouthfeel courtesy of the honey used during the brewing process.


#8

Alpha Abstraction, Vol. 15 Wild Leap Brew Co.

96
by Randy Scorby

Alpha Abstraction, Vol. 15
Wild Leap Brew Co.

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Wild Leap Brew Co. in LaGrange, Georgia might be best known for this series of gorgeously hoppy Double IPAs. While they are uniformly wonderful, this is the best of the bunch according to our judges. “Intense mixed tropical fruit with light resin, and spicy, pungent hops take center stage initially with a light candy-like residual sweetness and bready malt following behind,” is how our judge described it and that pretty much sums it up. Amazing work from our 2021 Brewery of the Year.


#7

Sculpin Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits

97
by BC Review

Sculpin
Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits

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You thought Sculpin would only make our list twice? Think again! An all-time classic beer, Sculpin practically wrote the book on resinous, tropical West Coast-style IPAs. It is still a benchmark beer for any brewery that makes IPAs (i.e. any brewery anywhere) or any person who calls themselves an IPA connoisseur.
 


#6

The Partner Ships Series: Stone Brewing Co. Heavy Seas Beer

97
by Pat Mulloy
The Partner Ships Series: Stone Brewing Co.
Heavy Seas Beer

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A fascinating style combination from two heavy hitters in the craft beer sphere, this Imperial Brown IPA brewed with blackstrap molasses is a sticky, sweet IPA delight of the highest degree.


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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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