The best shelf IPA in your region

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  1. Shroud0fdoom

    Shroud0fdoom Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2013 Maryland

    Yeah, it's on the shelf here forever, if I didn't purchase them. They would be collecting Dust still. I cannot have great IPAs going bad on the shelf. Call your Distributor or Bottle Shop(s) to see if they can get Maine Beer Company's Hoppy Beers.
     
  2. Mgaines81

    Mgaines81 Initiate (0) Jul 15, 2015 Pennsylvania

    Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin and Sculpin are fantastic. Fresh Squeezed and I also have been digging Slow Ride. Was surprised by that one.
     
  3. 1ale_man

    1ale_man Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2015 Texas

    Sn Torpedo
    Odells Ipa
    Stone Ipa
    Lagunitas
    St. Arnold Elyssa
    Deep Ellum Ipa
    I could go on.
     
  4. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,731) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    Aw, shucks - we don't get that County Line down here :slight_frown: an excellent IPA
    Union Jack always seems to be leaning toward the 3-4 month zone in my stores - I don't often find it as fresh as the others.
    ...and I can't tell if the Half-Stack is fresh... I can never find a bottling date, so I've actually been passing it up :grimacing: :stuck_out_tongue:
     
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  5. BeerBeast

    BeerBeast Pooh-Bah (1,967) Oct 9, 2012 Florida
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    Cigar City Jai Alai
    Terrapin Hi-5
    JDub's Up Top
     
  6. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,848) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Good point about that Singlecut. These days I'm just assuming they are fresh since they move off the shelf, but there will come a day when I will get burned, I'm sure :wink:.

    Union and Double Jack I will only get if they are two months or less, which started happening since the spring. Here's hoping they keep it up.
     
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  7. scottakelly

    scottakelly Initiate (0) May 9, 2007 Ohio

    In Ohio...

    Two Hearted
    White Rajah
    Head Hunter
    Columbus IPA (unfortunately Columbus only)
    SN Hop Hunter

    I see a lot of love for Mystic Mama, which I like, but I think it's outclassed by the above beers.
     
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  8. Beef_Curtains

    Beef_Curtains Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2013 Ohio

    not true, it's also pretty common in NE Ohio
    but it is a good choice
     
  9. travolta

    travolta Maven (1,253) Feb 4, 2004 California

    Any of the "Enjoy By" from Stone. Man, those are good.
     
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  10. BryanReed

    BryanReed Initiate (0) Apr 7, 2015 Idaho

    Aside from the Yulesmith and Space Cake(which I don't think get distro here), I thank the heavens that everything in your list makes it's way to Boise. Ruination is in my fridge more than any other beer. Lupulin River is a nice treat when i can find it floating around, and who in their right mind DOESN'T like Enjoy By?! Good list.
     
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  11. scbeerman

    scbeerman Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2015 South Carolina

    From SC/GA: Creature Comforts Tropicalia, COAST HopArt, Westbrook One Claw rye pale ale, Terrapin Hi-5, Orpheus Transmigration of Souls, Burnt Hickory Didjits.
     
  12. beerwolf72

    beerwolf72 Savant (1,094) Aug 12, 2006 Ohio
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    Second.
     
  13. SlightlyGrey

    SlightlyGrey Maven (1,394) Apr 4, 2011 Minnesota
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    In no particular order:
    Surly Furious
    Steel Toe Size 7
    Indeed Let it Ride
    Summit Saga
    Sucks
    Sculpin
    Surly Overrated
    Bent Paddle Harness the Winter
     
  14. MVP09

    MVP09 Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2012 Massachusetts

    I live in MA. Listed below are my fridge fillers. Whenever I see these fresh I grab a 12 pack and also usually find them for unde $14 a 12pack of cans

    Harpoon IPA and Take 5
    Sam Rebel
    Smuttynose Finest Kind
    Ipswich 101

    As for non local you can never go wrong with fresh SN Pale Ale
     
  15. VictorsValiant

    VictorsValiant Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2014 Oregon

    ^^^ This guy knows what's up.
     
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  16. Harlan_Pepper

    Harlan_Pepper Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2014 Indiana

    Indiana:

    Lagunitas Sucks
    Sixpoint Resin
    Sixpoint Bengali
    SN Hop Hunter
    Bells Two-Hearted
    Triton Railsplitter
    Fathead's Headhunter
    Schlafly Tasmanian IPA/American IPA (seasonal, but one of these two is always available)
    Daredevil Lift-Off
     
  17. miketd

    miketd Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2006 Ohio

    Depends on the time of year, but Head Hunter is the best year round IPA.
     
  18. rynegne

    rynegne Initiate (0) Sep 10, 2014 Illinois

    Definitely this for me or Furious/Overrated.

     
  19. Pup21

    Pup21 Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2014 Texas

    I can get fresh yellow rose weekly
     
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  20. gopens44

    gopens44 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,436) Aug 9, 2010 Virginia
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    Using the word "region" literally as in produced and available in the region, I'd say Jade from Foothills. Wish is were "on the shelf" more often, but it indeed is on the shelf from time to time. As for in the region as in distro'd here, perhaps Sculpin? Union Jack? Two Hearted? Once you include offerings from the rest of the country, the argument becomes very muddy. Lots of good IPAs "on the shelf" in general.
     
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