Chasing the Top 250! (2025)

I was planning on trying the top 10 rated Marzens, then I saw that two of the HIGHEST RATED MARZENS were brewed by Tree House and one of them was that Founders booze bomb they put out a couple of years ago. I shook my head and went back to drinking my Hacker Pschorr 12 pack

 

I see the new glarus r&d is now the #4 beer in the world.
I blame @not2quick for this

 

Lol. Good thing I've already had it! B1 too

 

You actually get laughed at, spit on and kicked the fuck out

 

I'm sorry I haven't rated them yet to knock them off their pedestal.

 

I usually get pretty good results with my Official BA Challenge Coin.

 

As I've said numerous times, I'm in.

 

A few observations from a person with little interest in "best of" lists.
1. Imperial stouts, Imperial IPAs, New England IPAs totally dominate the list.
2. There are very few beers under 8% ABV, almost none under 7%. I enjoy a strong beer occasionally, but at my age 6.5-7.5 is my sweet spot
3. Many(maybe most) of these beers have limited distribution and are thus unavailable to the vast majority of us.
4. Obviously BA is a USA focused site, but few of the world's great beers made the list.
But somebody is drinking and enjoying these beers, so y'all keep on so there will still be good beer for my grandchildren to try.

 

I’m not sure what everyone’s obsession is with the fact that beers on a top list don’t see distribution. These lists exist for food; it can be the best pizza in the world, best pasta, best ice cream, best steak. It could be the “top 10 restaurants to eat at before you die”. None of those see distribution. Or consider looking into ingredients that real chef’s use, or just chef’s you seriously respect or ones that helm restaurants you adore (Olive oil, spices, etc.). They will often talk about a local producer, or product from over seas that isn’t available at your neighborhood market.

That said, obviously BA is a U.S.-focused company, as is Untappd, and the top 250 is obviously a US-centric list. Part of the reason some styles show up so much is because they are so popular here, and people rate by enjoyment, which is especially obvious for lagers, which clearly get a “how much did I enjoy this compared to if I was drinking a BA stout” rating.

 

I stayed strong at 246. I have one of those at home and one on the way. Fame 224 and popular 232. I chase #1 in style as well and went from 99 to 95. Ill soon be able to raise these numbers in all categories thanks to @Bhubbard34