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the best session strength beers


* not including retired beers.

This is a list of the highest scoring beers with an ABV (alcohol by volume) of less than 4.6%. Non-premium members receive a list of 10 beers. Premium members receive a list of 50 beers.
ABV score  ratings style  
1  3 Fonteinen Hommage   4.5%  4.16  777  Lambic - Flavored  
2  New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red   4%  4.13  1527  Flavored - Fruit  
3  J. Wakefield Dragonfruit Passion Fruit (DFPF) Berliner Weisse   3.5%  4.12  156  Berliner Weisse - Flavored / Catharina Sour  
4  Pilsner Urquell Nefiltrovaný (From The Wood)   4.4%  4.07  113  Pilsener - Bohemian / Czech  
5  New Glarus Raspberry Tart   4%  4.06  1298  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavored  
6  Suarez Family 100 Ft North   4.3%  3.97  37  Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette  
7  New Glarus Strawberry Rhubarb   4%  3.96  412  Flavored - Fruit  
8  Hill Farmstead Table Dorothy - Wine Barrel Aged    4.5%  3.94  23  Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette  
9  Suarez Family 100 Ft North Vintage   4.3%  3.94  12  Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette  
10  Hill Farmstead Table Dorothy   4.5%  3.92  148  Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette  
11  De Garde Hose   4%  3.92  106  Gose - Flavored  
12  Stillwater Gose Gone Wild   4.3%  3.91  298  Gose  
13  Hill Farmstead / The Alchemist Walden   4%  3.89  159  Blonde Ale / Golden Ale  
14  Mikkeller SpontanBerliner Fredriksdal Cherry   4.4%  3.89  44  Berliner Weisse - Flavored / Catharina Sour  
15  Sahtipaja Rött men inte Sött - Barrel Aged   4.4%  3.88  77  Berliner Weisse - Flavored / Catharina Sour  
16  Pit Caribou Brett Session IPA   4.5%  3.88  71  IPA - Sour / Wild  
17  Aecht Schlenkerla Erle   4.2%  3.88  124  Smoked - Rauchbier  
18  Pizza Boy Golden Sour   3.7%  3.87  61  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavored  
19  Pizza Boy HopTart 3.0 - Colombard   4.5%  3.87  27  Sour / Wild Beer  
20  J. Wakefield Orange Dreamsicle Berliner   3.5%  3.87  65  Berliner Weisse - Flavored / Catharina Sour  
21  Tree House Eureka - Mosaic   3.9%  3.87  55  Blonde Ale / Golden Ale  
22  Grimm Present Perfect   4%  3.86  40  Berliner Weisse - Flavored / Catharina Sour  
23  Tree House Eureka - Citra   4.1%  3.86  98  Blonde Ale / Golden Ale  
24  Dunham Berliner Framboises Noires   4.2%  3.86  41  Berliner Weisse - Flavored / Catharina Sour  
25  Trinity Red Swingline    4.1%  3.85  151  IPA - Sour / Wild  
26  Crooked Stave Table Beer   3.6%  3.84  62  Sour / Wild Beer  
27  Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier - Unfiltered   4.3%  3.84  139  Zwickelbier / Kellerbier / Landbier  
28  Hill Farmstead Clara (2013 - )   4%  3.84  204  Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette  
29  Schneeeule / H.ertie Weisse Geuze Yasmin   4.5%  3.84  17  Sour / Wild Beer  
30  Tree House Eureka - Galaxy   3.9%  3.82  37  Blonde Ale / Golden Ale  
31  Verhaeghe Duchesse Petite   4.5%  3.82  29  Sour Flemish Ale - Flanders Red / Oud Bruin  
32  Smog City Cuddlebug   4.5%  3.82  43  Sour / Wild Beer  
33  Cycle Ecto-Cooliner   3.5%  3.82  17  Berliner Weisse - Flavored / Catharina Sour  
34  Bruery Terreux Frucht - Guava   4.5%  3.82  49  Berliner Weisse - Flavored / Catharina Sour  
35  North Brewing Co / Verdant Triple Fruited Gose   4%  3.81  45  Gose - Flavored  
36  NOLA Lowerline   4%  3.81  24  Sour / Wild Beer  
37  Burnt Mill / Newbarns Imperial Measures   4.5%  3.81  17  Stout  
38  Crooked Stave Petite Sour (Raspberry)   4.5%  3.81  238  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavored  
39  The Referend Berliner Messe   3.5%  3.8  24  Berliner Weisse  
40  Highland Park Raised Eyebrows   4%  3.8  27  Sour / Wild Beer  
41  Westbrook Leopold   4.3%  3.8  95  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavored  
42  New Glarus Thumbprint Series Berliner Weiss   3%  3.8  304  Berliner Weisse - Flavored / Catharina Sour  
43  Hill Farmstead Shirley Mae: Sunrise Edition   4%  3.79  26  Porter - Flavored  
44  Funk Factory Meerts - Blackberry   4.5%  3.79  24  Lambic - Flavored  
45  Side Project Bière du Pays   4%  3.79  136  Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette  
46  North Brewing Co / Stu Mostów Triple Fruited Gose: Guava + Raspberry   4.5%  3.79  32  Gose - Flavored  
47  Crooked Stave Vieille Artisanal   4.2%  3.79  629  Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette  
48  Crooked Stave Petite Sour (Blueberry)   4.5%  3.78  315  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavored  
49  Arizona Wilderness Rim Country Framboise   4%  3.78  12  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavored  
50  Verdant Quiet Charge   4.5%  3.78  76  Pale Ale - Hazy / New England