The Standout IPA In Every US State

I call garbage on Arkansas. Social Project Brewing in Bentonville produces several better takes on an almost monthly basis. Survival of the Fittest is just the latest...

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Oklahoma: Not even sure that is one of Roughtail's better ones these days, let alone for the whole state...

 

Ohio is Fat Heads Headhunter or Rhinegeist Truth.

 

Just had a Revision Disco Ninja last night. Not a standout beer by any means. I can think of many other IPAs from Nevada that are more noteworthy/better, including others from Revision.

 

Blimey is a fine beer, but it's not even Reuben's best IPA, not even considering Bodhi, Cedar Dust, or a couple dozen other WA IPAs.

And, I like RPM a lot, but in a state where Pallet Jack (and it's half-brother Wanderjack) exist, that's just laughable for OR.

 

2X4 is a great DIPA from Wyoming. Regular IPA I would say Snake River Pako's.
Or...locally, one of the delicious ones from Mountain Hops but they don't distribute muchly in the state.

 

This.
Hell, I've never even seen Blimey here. I'd have picked Bodhizafa for a state ipa.

 

Colorado: Both Comrade Superpower IPA and More Dodge Less Ram are better standouts. Juicy Bits is more well known and emerged during the rise of the New England IPA, but its now just another one of those, maybe better than some. Westbound and Down IPAs stand out more as well.

Pennsylvania: Perpetual IPA? Really? No shade, but this is a solid option, nothing more or less.


Whatever, these lists are often lazy.

 

Do you see Reuben's at all over there?

 

For Texas, I would have picked Yellow Rose, but Electric Jellyfish is a good choice

 

Broccoli for NY, that's pretty interesting.

I haven't had it yet, but I've had a bunch of other Other Half beers and they've all been delicious. I'd maybe say Grimm's Afterimage is my top pick for NY IPA, so far.

 

Lift Off IPA by Daredevil Brewing in Indianapolis? There are only 309 ratings here on BA and it has a rating of only 3.93. I’ve visited that brewery and would have to check my notes to be sure whether I've had it to base this judgement, but several Three Floyd's IPAs should beat that beer.

 

Edge def goes to HH, but White Rajah and Columbus IPA are up there.

 

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this list is the missionary of beer lists. its fine. boring. possibly ai generated. apologies in advance to missionary lovers no offense meant. aloha.

 

They don’t list their criteria, but as a Vermonter I object, and I think I can get a lot of agreement.

Fiddlehead is my local brewery (2 miles away) but Fiddlehead IPA is a long ways from the must try IPA for Vermont.
I’m not even going to start a list
Bogus article

 

Agreed
I’ve had both
I particularly like head hunter

 

Vermont, better than Fiddlehead IPA:

Heady
Double Sunshine
Sip of Sunshine
Abner
Focal
Second Fiddle
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Obviously all these lists can be nitpicked to shit, but I at least appreciate when you can see some kinda consistency of methodology/thought process across the picks and this is pretty weird.

Most I can understand from a certain POV, like Broccoli isn't THE best IPA you can get anywhere in NY, but it's one of the classic flagships from probably the most important NY brewery of the last 15 years, and at this point is pretty widely available, so makes sense.

On the other hand I love Fiddlehead, if somebody said that was their favorite VT IPA I wouldn't put up a fight, but going that over Heady seems like a subjective value judgement given how iconic and just great Heady is, and it's not that much less easily available in the region. Plus Mastermind is the best IPA Fiddlehead makes anyway.