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Pale Lagers
is made up of the following styles: Pale Lager | Pilsener | Classic German Pilsener | Bohemian Pilsener | Premium Lager | Dortmunder/Helles | European Strong Lager |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Tuppers Hop Pocket Pils	Pilsener	Old Dominion Brewing Co.	Virginia	USA	3.77	39
	2	B�rgerbr�u Wolnzacher Hell	Dortmunder/Helles	B�rgerbr�u Wolnzach	-	Germany	3.77	18
	3	Rogue Imperial Pilsner	European Strong Lager	Rogue Ales	Oregon	USA	3.71	105
	4	Dominion Spring Brew 2004 (Imperial Pilsener)	European Strong Lager	Old Dominion Brewing Co.	Virginia	USA	3.65	36
	5	Clipper City Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning	European Strong Lager	Clipper City Brewing Co.	Maryland	USA	3.63	20

Bocks
is made up of the following styles: Bock | Doppelbock | Eisbock |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock	Doppelbock	Ayinger	-	Germany	4.17	152
	2	Kulmbacher Eisbock	Eisbock	Kulmbacher Brauerei	-	Germany	4.1	77
	3	Ramstein Maibock	Bock	High Point Wheat Beer Company	New Jersey	USA	3.97	12
	4	Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock	Doppelbock	Weltenburg Klosterbrauerei	-	Germany	3.93	56
	5	Andechser Doppelbock Dunkel	Doppelbock	Klosterbrauerei Andechs	-	Germany	3.92	37

Specialty
is made up of the following styles: Fruit Beer | Smoked | Mead | Spice/Herb/Vegetable |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Apis P�łtorak Jadwiga Mead	Mead	Sp�łdzielnia Pszczelarska Apis	-	Poland	4.3	51
	2	New Glarus Belgian Red	Fruit Beer	New Glarus Brewing Company	Wisconsin	USA	4.22	64
	3	New Glarus Raspberry Tart	Fruit Beer	New Glarus Brewing Company	Wisconsin	USA	4.11	45
	4	Traquair Jacobite Ale	Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Traquair House Brewery	-	Scotland	3.99	74
	5	Stone Smoked Porter	Smoked	Stone Brewing Co.	California	USA	3.9	119

English Style Pales & Bitters
is made up of the following styles: English Pale Ale | Bitter | Golden Ale/Blond Ale | Premium Bitter/ESB |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Rogue Brutal Bitter	Premium Bitter/ESB	Rogue Ales	Oregon	USA	3.77	70
	2	Schlafly Winter ESB	Premium Bitter/ESB	Saint Louis Brewery	Missouri	USA	3.74	20
	3	AleSmith Anvil ESB	Premium Bitter/ESB	AleSmith Brewing Company	California	USA	3.68	42
	4	Fullers ESB	Premium Bitter/ESB	Fuller Smith and Turner (Fullers)	-	England	3.64	144
	5	McNeills Extra Special Bitter Ale	Premium Bitter/ESB	McNeills Brewery	Vermont	USA	3.58	16

India Pale Ales
is made up of the following styles: India Pale Ale (IPA) | Imperial/Double IPA |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	Three Floyds Brewing Company	Indiana	USA	4.31	128
	2	Great Divide Hercules Double IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	Great Divide Brewing Company	Colorado	USA	4.26	39
	3	LaConner India Pale Ale (Bottleworks)	India Pale Ale (IPA)	LaConner Brewing Company	Washington	USA	4.25	41
	4	AleSmith YuleSmith India Pale Ale	Imperial/Double IPA	AleSmith Brewing Company	California	USA	4.17	59
	5	Stone Ruination IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	Stone Brewing Co.	California	USA	4.13	132

American Brown Ales & English Milds
is made up of the following styles: Brown Ale | Mild Ale |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Rogue HazelNut Brown Nectar	Brown Ale	Rogue Ales	Oregon	USA	3.78	108
	2	Bear Republic Pete Brown Tribute Ale	Brown Ale	Bear Republic Brewing Company	California	USA	3.7	22
	3	Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale	Brown Ale	Dogfish Head Brewery	Delaware	USA	3.62	105
	4	AleSmith Nautical Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	AleSmith Brewing Company	California	USA	3.59	14
	5	New Glarus Fat Squirrel	Brown Ale	New Glarus Brewing Company	Wisconsin	USA	3.58	30

Stouts
is made up of the following styles: Stout | Dry Stout | Sweet Stout | Imperial Stout | Foreign Stout |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	AleSmith Barrel Aged Speedway Stout	Imperial Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	California	USA	4.5	40
	2	Dieu du Ciel P�ch� Mortel	Imperial Stout	Dieu du Ciel	Quebec	Canada	4.38	13
	3	Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout	Three Floyds Brewing Company	Indiana	USA	4.34	63
	4	AleSmith Speedway Stout	Imperial Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	California	USA	4.29	116
	5	Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003 (18%)	Imperial Stout	Dogfish Head Brewery	Delaware	USA	4.22	110

Strong Ales
is made up of the following styles: Barley Wine | English Strong Ale | American Strong Ale | Old Ale |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	AleSmith Old Numbskull	Barley Wine	AleSmith Brewing Company	California	USA	4.15	76
	2	Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine	Barley Wine	Three Floyds Brewing Company	Indiana	USA	4.14	15
	3	Victory Old Horizontal	Barley Wine	Victory Brewing Company	Pennsylvania	USA	4.12	129
	4	Double Bastard Ale	American Strong Ale	Stone Brewing Co.	California	USA	4.11	165
	5	J.W. Lees Harvest Ale	Barley Wine	J.W. Lees & Co. Brewers	-	England	4.08	65

Porters
is made up of the following styles: Porter | Baltic Porter |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Fullers London Porter	Porter	Fuller Smith and Turner (Fullers)	-	England	4.1	143
	2	Heavyweight Perkunos Hammer Imperial Porter	Baltic Porter	Heavyweight Brewing Company	New Jersey	USA	4.08	72
	3	Zywiec Porter	Baltic Porter	Zywiec Brewery (Heineken)	-	Poland	4.02	23
	4	Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter	Porter	Three Floyds Brewing Company	Indiana	USA	4.01	76
	5	Sinebrychoff Porter	Baltic Porter	Sinebrychoff	-	Finland	3.99	63

Lambic Or Other Traditional
is made up of the following styles: Lambic - Fruit | Traditional Ale | Lambic - Gueuze | Lambic - Faro | Lambic - Unblended |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Girardin Gueuze Black Label	Lambic - Gueuze	Brasserie Girardin	-	Belgium	4.17	20
	2	Girardin Lambic	Lambic - Unblended	Brasserie Girardin	-	Belgium	4.11	10
	3	Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze	Lambic - Gueuze	Geuzestekerij Drie Fonteinen	-	Belgium	4.07	35
	4	Hair of the Dog Adam	Traditional Ale	Hair of the Dog Brewing Company, Inc.	Oregon	USA	4.07	88
	5	Cantillon Lou Pepe Pure Kriek	Lambic - Fruit	Brasserie Cantillon	-	Belgium	4.06	69

Belgian Session
is made up of the following styles: Belgian Ale | Saison | Flemish Sour Ale | Bi�re de Garde | Abbey Dubbel |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Rodenbach Grand Cru	Flemish Sour Ale	Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm)	-	Belgium	4.03	66
	2	Pizza Port SPF 8 Farmhouse Ale	Saison	Pizza Port (Solana Beach)	California	USA	4	13
	3	New Belgium Abbey Grand Cru	Abbey Dubbel	New Belgium Brewing Company	Colorado	USA	3.98	15
	4	Fant�me La Gourmande	Saison	Brasserie Fant�me	-	Belgium	3.97	44
	5	Pizza Port SPF 45 Saison	Saison	Pizza Port (Solana Beach)	California	USA	3.96	24

Belgian Strong
is made up of the following styles: Belgian Strong Ale | Abbey Tripel | Abt/Quadrupel |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Westvleteren Abt 12	Abt/Quadrupel	Westvleteren	-	Belgium	4.47	111
	2	Rochefort Trappistes 10	Abt/Quadrupel	Brasserie Rochefort	-	Belgium	4.34	145
	3	Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru	Belgian Strong Ale	Brasserie de lAbbaye des Rocs	-	Belgium	4.2	94
	4	Westvleteren Extra 8	Belgian Strong Ale	Westvleteren	-	Belgium	4.19	76
	5	Abbaye des Rocs	Belgian Strong Ale	Brasserie de lAbbaye des Rocs	-	Belgium	4.14	100

American Amber/ Pale
is made up of the following styles: American Pale Ale | Amber Ale |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale	American Pale Ale	Sierra Nevada Brewing Company	California	USA	4.02	44
	2	Three Floyds Alpha King Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	Three Floyds Brewing Company	Indiana	USA	3.98	103
	3	New River Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	Old Dominion Brewing Co.	Virginia	USA	3.83	39
	4	Southern Tier Harvest Ale	American Pale Ale	Southern Tier Brewing Company	New York	USA	3.78	20
	5	Deschutes Cinder Cone Red	Amber Ale	Deschutes Brewery	Oregon	USA	3.74	28

Wheats
is made up of the following styles: German Hefeweizen | American Wheat | Weizen Bock | Belgian White (Witbier) | Berliner Weisse | German Kristalweizen |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	New Glarus Solstice Weiss	German Hefeweizen	New Glarus Brewing Company	Wisconsin	USA	3.99	10
	2	Schneider Aventinus	Weizen Bock	Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn	-	Germany	3.96	141
	3	Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier	German Hefeweizen	Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan	-	Germany	3.81	88
	4	Denisons Weissbier	German Hefeweizen	Denisons Brewing Company	Ontario	Canada	3.77	15
	5	Ramstein Winter Wheat	Weizen Bock	High Point Wheat Beer Company	New Jersey	USA	3.73	34

Dark Lager
is made up of the following styles: Dunkel | Schwarzbier | American Dark Lager | Oktoberfest/M�rzen | Vienna |

		beer	style	brewer	state	country	score	ratings
	1	Stoudts Anniversary	Dunkel	Stoudts Brewing Co.	Pennsylvania	USA	3.9	20
	2	Bornholmerbryg Julebryg	Dunkel	Svaneke Bryghus	-	Denmark	3.8	13
	3	Sprecher Black Bavarian	Schwarzbier	Sprecher Brewing Company	Wisconsin	USA	3.74	44
	4	Great Lakes Eliot Ness	Vienna	Great Lakes Brewing Company	Ohio	USA	3.7	43
	5	Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel	Dunkel	Ayinger	-	Germany	3.69	52