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IPA
The India Pale Ale (IPA) is used to describe a hop-forward, bitter, dryish beer. None of these beers ever historically went to India, and many aren’t pale.The standard version generally stands for the American IPA and range between 5.0-7.0 ABV. The American IPA is a decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American ale, showcasing modern American or New World hop varieties. The balance is hop-forward, with a clean fermentation profile, dryish finish, and clean, supporting malt allowing a creative range of hop character to shine through. The “East Coast IPA” is more balanced, offering a malt sweetness with citrus and fruity hop character with a nice little hop bitterness, more reminiscent to traditional english IPAs. In the case of the “West Coast IPA”, bitterness is the at the frontline and pushes malty sweetness to the very back. Stronger and more highly hopped than an American Pale Ale. Compared to an English IPA, has less of the English character from malt, hops, and yeast, less body, and often has a more hoppy balance and is slightly stronger than most examples. Less alcohol than a Double IPA, but with a similar balance. Color ranges from medium gold to light reddish-amber although many substyles exist, each having their own color tone. These other IPA substyles generally are closer-related to their base IPA substyle and should be listed with them, if the substyle is listed.
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Name | Ratings | Score | | | 1 | AleSmith IPA
AleSmith Brewing Company San Diego, California | 2419 | 4.08 | Find | | 2 | Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Bell's Brewery (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings) Comstock, Michigan | 3543 | 4.04 | Find | | 3 | Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point Brewing Company (Kings & Convicts) San Diego, California | 2640 | 4.01 | Find | | 4 | Maine Beer Lunch
Maine Beer Company Freeport, Maine | 755 | 4 | Find | | 5 | Maine Beer Another One
Maine Beer Company Freeport, Maine | 427 | 3.99 | Find | | 6 | Russian River Blind Pig IPA
Russian River Brewing Company Santa Rosa, California | 1462 | 3.99 | Find | | 7 | Surly / Amager Todd - The Axe Man (Surly Version)
Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, Minnesota | 429 | 3.96 | Find | | 8 | Fat Head's Head Hunter
Fat Head's Brewery Middleburg Heights, Ohio | 691 | 3.96 | Find | | 9 | La Cumbre Elevated IPA
La Cumbre Brewing Company Albuquerque, New Mexico | 379 | 3.96 | Find | | 10 | Le Castor Yakima IPA
Microbrasserie Le Castor Brewing Co. Rigaud, Quebec | 241 | 3.95 | Find | | 11 | Surly Furious
Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, Minnesota | 1443 | 3.94 | Find | | 12 | Russian River Hopfather
Russian River Brewing Company Santa Rosa, California | 64 | 3.94 | Find | | 13 | Stone IPA (India Pale Ale)
Stone Brewing (Sapporo) Escondido, California | 4237 | 3.92 | Find | | 14 | Lawson's Finest Triple Play IPA
Lawson's Finest Liquids Waitsfield, Vermont | 62 | 3.92 | Find | | 15 | Driftwood Sartori Harvest IPA
Driftwood Brewery Victoria, British Columbia | 72 | 3.91 | Find | | 16 | Alpine Beer Company Duet
Alpine Beer Company (Tilray) Alpine, California | 994 | 3.91 | Find | | 17 | Dieu du Ciel! / The Alchemist Moralité
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | 569 | 3.91 | Find | | 18 | Great Lakes Brewery Karma Citra
Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) Etobicoke, Ontario | 135 | 3.9 | Find | | 19 | The Kernel India Pale Ale Citra
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 343 | 3.9 | Find | | 20 | Bas-Canada Bank Hotel
Brasserie du Bas-Canada Gatineau, Quebec | 31 | 3.9 | Find | | 21 | Amager Batch 1000
Amager Bryghus Kastrup, Denmark | 424 | 3.89 | Find | | 22 | Three Floyds BrooDoo
Three Floyds Brewing Company Munster, Indiana | 692 | 3.89 | Find | | 23 | The Kernel India Pale Ale Mosaic
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 256 | 3.89 | Find | | 24 | La Cumbre Project Dank
La Cumbre Brewing Company Albuquerque, New Mexico | 161 | 3.88 | Find | | 25 | Societe The Pupil
Societe Brewing Company San Diego, California | 181 | 3.88 | Find | |
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