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The Best American Beers
Rank  Name Score Rate Count Style
1Hair of the Dog Dave 4.4932Barley Wine
2Three Floyds Oak Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout 4.46143Imperial Stout
3AleSmith Barrel Aged Speedway Stout 4.38205Imperial Stout
4Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout 4.38708Imperial Stout
5Surly Darkness 4.37157Imperial Stout
6Stone Bourbon Barrel Russian Imperial Stout 4.3630Imperial Stout
7Bells Bourbon Barrel Double Cream/Expedition Stout 4.3461Imperial Stout
8AleSmith Speedway Stout 4.34925Imperial Stout
9Bells Expedition Stout 4.321332Imperial Stout
10Lost Abbey The Angels Share (Bourbon Barrel) 4.29150Barley Wine
11Lost Abbey The Angels Share 4.28265Barley Wine
12Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock 4.28432Fruit Beer
13Bells Bourbon Barrel Batch 7000 Ale 4.2619Imperial Stout
14Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA 4.261008Imperial/Double IPA
15Three Floyds Vanilla Bean Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout  4.2545Imperial Stout
16Russian River Pliny the Younger 4.23223Imperial/Double IPA
17Stone Imperial Russian Stout 4.231265Imperial Stout
18North Coast Old Stock Cellar Reserve Brandy Barrel 4.2106Barley Wine
19Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%) 4.21101Imperial Stout
20Samuel Adams Millennium 4.1986American Strong Ale
21Founders Kentucky Breakfast Bourbon Aged Stout 4.19503Imperial Stout
22Lost Abbey Isabelle Proximus 4.1814Lambic - Gueuze
23Oggis Hop Whompus 4.1865American Strong Ale
24Livery Bourbon Cask Aged Wheat Trippelbock 4.1881Weizen Bock
25Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Fourth Dementia Old Ale 4.1744Old Ale
26Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2003 (21%, CA and UK release) 4.1798Imperial Stout
27Free State Owd Macs Imperial Stout 4.17132Imperial Stout
28Southampton Imperial Russian Stout 4.17162Imperial Stout
29AleSmith Barrel Aged Old Numbskull 4.17267Barley Wine
30Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 4.17661Imperial Stout
31New Glarus Belgian Red 4.17754Fruit Beer
32Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout  4.171153Imperial Stout
33Lost Abbey Cable Car 4.1653Sour Ale
34Midnight Sun M 4.1669Barley Wine
35Valley Brew Uberhoppy Imperial IPA 4.1698Imperial/Double IPA
36Russian River Beatification (Batch 001) 4.16168Sour Ale
37Deschutes The Abyss 4.16384Imperial Stout
38Founders Breakfast Stout 4.16727Imperial Stout
39Flossmoor Station Imperial Eclipse Stout 4.1555Imperial Stout
40AleSmith Barrel Aged Wee Heavy 4.15147Scotch Ale
41Barley Johns The Dark Knight (Returns) 4.15242American Strong Ale
42Russian River Pliny the Elder 4.15423Imperial/Double IPA
43Pizza Port Frank Double IPA 4.14192Imperial/Double IPA
44AleSmith YuleSmith (Summer) India Pale Ale 4.14557Imperial/Double IPA
45Thirsty Dog Siberian Night Imperial Stout 4.14711Imperial Stout
46Valley Brew Decadence 12 Cuvee Speciale 4.1316Abt/Quadrupel
47Lost Abbey Veritas 003 4.1344Belgian Strong Ale
48Bells Batch 7000 Ale 4.13446Imperial Stout
49Surly Barrel Aged Darkness 4.1237Imperial Stout
50The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter 4.12411Baltic Porter
51Hoppin Frog BORIS The Crusher 4.12437Imperial Stout
52Bells Hopslam 4.12837Imperial/Double IPA
53Hair of the Dog Adam 4.12845Traditional Ale
54Russian River Deviation (Bottleworks IX) 4.1137Sour Ale
55Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek 4.11119Fruit Beer
56Foothills Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout 4.11165Imperial Stout
57Great Lakes Barrel-Aged Blackout Stout 4.11276Imperial Stout
58Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine 4.11477Barley Wine
59North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout 4.111835Imperial Stout
60Southampton Berliner Weisse 4.119Berliner Weisse
61Drakes Jolly Rodger (2005) 4.122Imperial/Double IPA
62AleSmith Decadence 2006 4.1228American Strong Ale
63Russian River Supplication 4.1345Sour Ale
64AleSmith YuleSmith (Winter) Imperial Red Ale 4.1538American Strong Ale
65Newport Storm 00 4.0922Barley Wine
66Oskar Blues Ten FIDY (Whiskey Barrel) 4.0931Imperial Stout
67Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine 4.0973Barley Wine
68Town Hall Czar Jack Imperial Stout 4.0987Imperial Stout
69AleSmith Barrel Aged Decadence  4.0995Old Ale
70Russian River Toronado 20th Anniversary  4.09103Belgian Strong Ale
71Captain Lawrence Cuvee de Castleton 4.09130Sour Ale
72Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme 4.09322Belgian Strong Ale
73Victory Storm King Imperial Stout 4.091526Imperial Stout
74LaConner India Pale Ale (Bottleworks) 4.08162India Pale Ale (IPA)
75Fish Tale Poseidons Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged) 4.08244Imperial Stout
76AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale 4.08556Scotch Ale
77AleSmith IPA 4.08678India Pale Ale (IPA)
78Portsmouth Kate The Great Russian Imperial Stout 4.0789Imperial Stout
79Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood 4.07304Barley Wine
80Oskar Blues Ten FIDY 4.07479Imperial Stout
81Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout 4.071018Imperial Stout
82Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA 4.072003Imperial/Double IPA
83Drafting Room 10th Anniversary Ale 4.0624India Pale Ale (IPA)
84Leinenkugels Big Eddy Imperial IPA 4.0644Imperial/Double IPA
85Tyranena Devil Over A Barrel 4.0662Porter
86Barley Johns Barrel-Aged Rosies Ale (Batch 2) 4.0673Barley Wine
87Bells Batch 6000 Ale 4.06348Barley Wine
88Victory Old Horizontal 4.061011Barley Wine
89Bells Kalamazoo Stout 4.061073Stout
90Two Hearted Ale 4.061366India Pale Ale (IPA)
91Stone Ruination IPA 4.061536Imperial/Double IPA
92Valley Forge Stool Pigeon Stout 4.0512Imperial Stout
93Ommegang Biere de Mars 4.0512Bière de Garde
94Willimantic Pushing the Envelope Extreme 4.0531Imperial/Double IPA
95Walking Man Jaywalker Russian Imperial Stout 4.0568Imperial Stout
96Tyranena Whos Your Daddy? Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter 4.05138American Strong Ale
97Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty 4.05179Barley Wine
98Port Brewing Older Viscosity 4.05182American Strong Ale
99Stone 6th Anniversary Porter 4.05202Porter
100Fish Tale Leviathan Barleywine (Barrel Aged) 4.05223Barley Wine


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