Best Brewery for IPAs

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  1. enslighet01

    enslighet01 Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2013 Connecticut

    The Alchemist for Heady Topper
    New England Brewing Co for Fuzzy Baby Ducks or G-Bot
    Hill Farmstead for Susan or Society and Solitude

    I've had all of these beers at each of the breweries, and these are my personal favorites.
     
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  2. More_Cowbell

    More_Cowbell Initiate (0) Jul 19, 2013 Washington

    Love Port Brewing's IPAs. Stone is great as well.
     
    #22 More_Cowbell, Aug 11, 2013
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  3. aland1505

    aland1505 Initiate (0) Jun 14, 2013 Indiana

    For me the brewery that produces the most consistent IPA/IIPA is Three Floyds. I'm lucky to live 2 miles away from the brewery, but like everyone else, I jones for something new, so I seek out the highest rated IPA's on this site and I consistently find that Three Floyds various IPA offerings consistently blow away the competition.
     
    #23 aland1505, Aug 11, 2013
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  4. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Surly is great, Furious, and Abrasive are both outstanding. I'll add this one to HF, Alpine and RR.
     
    #24 nc41, Aug 11, 2013
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  5. RaggaD

    RaggaD Initiate (0) Jun 29, 2013 Florida

    no mention of CCB?
     
    #25 RaggaD, Aug 11, 2013
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  6. InVinoVeritas

    InVinoVeritas Initiate (0) Apr 16, 2012 Wisconsin

    Some Vermont love is due and I have no connection what-so-every with VT. . . it's just that DAMN good!!! For sure Lawson's Finest comes to mind for me or Hill Farmstead Brewery.
     
    #26 InVinoVeritas, Aug 11, 2013
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  7. dedbeer

    dedbeer Pundit (767) Jun 23, 2013 Illinois

    I'd say Three Floyd's for my area. I'm sure there's a ton of great stuff I haven't tried yet though. Especially some of the rarer stuff from out west.
     
    #27 dedbeer, Aug 11, 2013
  8. LampertLand

    LampertLand Grand Pooh-Bah (3,163) Nov 2, 2011 Canada (BC)
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Driftwood Brewing , #5 in Canada , #27 in America 'Satori Harvest' (limited release)
    & #4 in Canada , #30 in America 'Fat Tug' (year round)
     
    #28 LampertLand, Aug 11, 2013
  9. StlHopHead77

    StlHopHead77 Initiate (0) May 30, 2010 Illinois

    Three Floyds
    Alpine
    Stone
     
    #29 StlHopHead77, Aug 11, 2013
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  10. mtskier

    mtskier Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2013 Illinois

    Stone and FFF are the two that jump to mind. Honorable mention to Lagunitas as well.
     
    #30 mtskier, Aug 11, 2013
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  11. jaIsPoAn

    jaIsPoAn Initiate (0) Aug 1, 2012 New York

    Ipas not ipa
     
    #31 jaIsPoAn, Aug 11, 2013
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  12. DWheeler379

    DWheeler379 Zealot (747) Jun 15, 2012 Colorado

    Stone is the first that came to mind. They have multiple good ones. Lagunitas as well. Founders, Dogfish Head up ther, too.

    And my favorite brewery, Odell. IPA is so good, plus Myrcenary double IPA, Mountain Standard Double Black IPA, and I'd count St. Lupulin as an IPA-type. Not as many as Stone or Lagunitas, but more memorable IMO.
     
    #32 DWheeler379, Aug 11, 2013
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  13. bennett_loves_good_beer

    bennett_loves_good_beer Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2013 Wyoming

    Avery brewing has a wide variety of fantastic IPAs
     
    #33 bennett_loves_good_beer, Aug 11, 2013
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  14. Stignacious

    Stignacious Pooh-Bah (1,878) Aug 24, 2011 New York
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    Seriously? Has no one mentioned Sierra Nevada for a reason? The sheer volume of IPA's/DIPA's offered eclipses almost any other brewery
     
    #34 Stignacious, Aug 11, 2013
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  15. paulytasker

    paulytasker Pundit (931) May 16, 2012 New York

    Ballast Point
     
    #35 paulytasker, Aug 11, 2013
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  16. Dannywhitewash

    Dannywhitewash Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2010 Ohio

    Whoa. Loaded question, bro.
     
    #36 Dannywhitewash, Aug 11, 2013
  17. ChanChan

    ChanChan Maven (1,341) Dec 12, 2009 California

    Lagunitas.
     
    #37 ChanChan, Aug 11, 2013
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  18. Kuester

    Kuester Initiate (0) May 14, 2012 Colorado

    Sierra Nevada and Odell need to be mentioned more, it's a shame. Celebration alone puts SN near the top. I'd take Odell Myrcenary over PtE and almost any other option put in front of me.
     
    #38 Kuester, Aug 11, 2013
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  19. DinoFight

    DinoFight Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2013 Arizona

    Stone and Sierra Nevada hands down.
     
    #39 DinoFight, Aug 11, 2013
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  20. Immortale25

    Immortale25 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,775) May 13, 2011 North Carolina
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Green Flash, Oskar Blues (for just hoppy beers in general) and Lagunitas
     
    #40 Immortale25, Aug 11, 2013
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