Best IPA's

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  1. Prh27

    Prh27 Initiate (0) Apr 24, 2012 Virginia

    Yes, Sculpin is an IPA. And I understood this question as single IPA's, not double.

    Mine would be
    Bells Two Hearted (currently drinking a 4/19/12 batch. Wow, it's amazing)
    Ballast Point Sculpin
    Firestone Walker Union Jack
    Founders Centennial

    Picking 3 is hard, so I had to go for 4.
     
    #21 Prh27, Apr 30, 2012
  2. nickapalooza86

    nickapalooza86 Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2010 Wisconsin

    My current favorite:

    Ale Asylum Bedlam
    Tyranena Scurvy
    NG IIPA
     
    #22 nickapalooza86, Apr 30, 2012
  3. ardy007

    ardy007 Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2006 Texas

    I wish I had access to the brands that you good people do. Alas I live in a whirlpool of mediocrity.
     
    #23 ardy007, Apr 30, 2012
  4. heyduke

    heyduke Crusader (456) Jan 14, 2011 Colorado
    Trader

    Odell ipa
    Deviant dales
    Marble ipa
     
    #24 heyduke, Apr 30, 2012
  5. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
    Trader

    IPA's= Flower Power, Blind Big, Furious

    Close- Two Hearted, Caldera, Duet, Finest Kind

    Throw in doubles then any of the Alpines, Pliny, HT
    Not sure why they call ZD an APA, it doesn't even closely resemble one, hell it would stand with any IPA on the earth.
     
    #25 nc41, Apr 30, 2012
  6. ant880

    ant880 Savant (1,179) Nov 7, 2010 New York
    Trader

    Surprised no one has thrown Racer 5 out there...still one of the best single IPAs out there IMO. But I will take Two-Hearted all day, every day as my number 1
     
    #26 ant880, Apr 30, 2012
  7. 5thOhio

    5thOhio Pooh-Bah (1,571) May 13, 2007 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah

    "If only there was some list, a list based on reviews, that could settle this argument."

    Yes, I sometimes yearn for a list like that. I often imagine it would look like:
    http://beeradvocate.com/lists/style/116

    Ah well, I can dream, can't I?
     
    #27 5thOhio, Apr 30, 2012
  8. zombiedust3030

    zombiedust3030 Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2012 Ohio

    I know its not classified as an ipa but its tastes like an ipa so I'm going with zombie dust, white rajah and two hearted.
     
    #28 zombiedust3030, Apr 30, 2012
  9. Kadonny

    Kadonny Pooh-Bah (2,616) Sep 5, 2007 Florida
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Regular IPAs:

    Duet
    Sculpin
    Furious

    DIPAs:

    Pliny
    Heady
    Abrasive
     
    #29 Kadonny, Apr 30, 2012
  10. rjknyy

    rjknyy Zealot (657) Nov 7, 2009 Georgia

    Two Hearted
    FW Union Jack
    Sculpin
     
    #30 rjknyy, Apr 30, 2012
  11. denver10

    denver10 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,155) Nov 17, 2010 New Mexico
    Pooh-Bah

    Odell's IPA
    Odell's IPA
    Odell's IPA
     
    #31 denver10, Apr 30, 2012
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  12. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    Blind Pig
    Just Oustanding
    Duet

    Cheers!
     
    #32 FosterJM, Apr 30, 2012
  13. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
    Society Pooh-Bah

    My favorite three ‘regular’ IPAs are: Bells Two Hearted, Firestone Walker Union Jack and Ithaca Flower Power.

    I do enjoy Sculpin when it is in ‘good shape’. Out of a half dozen tries this was only once; but that one time was glorious!

    Cheers!
     
    #33 JackHorzempa, Apr 30, 2012
  14. DevilsCups

    DevilsCups Initiate (0) Mar 3, 2010 New York
    Trader

    Regulars

    - Ithaca Flower Power
    - Peekskill Brewery's IPA's (DIPA is closest to Heady Topper I've found)
    - Lagunitas Sucks
    - Double Trouble
    - Sculpin
    - Maine Beer Co. Lunch

    Rarities

    - Pliny
    - Heady Topper
    - Citra
    - Dreadnaught
    - Hopslam
     
    #34 DevilsCups, Apr 30, 2012
  15. hophead247

    hophead247 Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2008 California

    Aroma Coma
    Blind Pig
    Aroma Coma
     
    #35 hophead247, Apr 30, 2012
  16. gatornation

    gatornation Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,388) Apr 18, 2007 Arizona
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    so many to choose from
    alpine duet
    KR just outstanding
    steel toe size 7
     
    #36 gatornation, Apr 30, 2012
  17. BrianTheBrewer30

    BrianTheBrewer30 Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2009 Massachusetts

    Alpine Duet
    Bell's Two Hearted
    Ithaca Flower Power
     
    #37 BrianTheBrewer30, Apr 30, 2012
  18. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    This thread got me to wondering, so I went and looked at the list. There are 2,821 IPA's listed here. 2,601 of them are rated at 3 or higher. Are we supposed to believe that there are only 220 below average IPA's being (or having been) made? Apparently American brewers are so awesome that they are statistically incapable of making bad IPAs.
     
    #38 BBThunderbolt, Apr 30, 2012
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  19. FatSalad

    FatSalad Initiate (0) Apr 19, 2012

    And I call you Crazypants.

    Hopslam
    Celebration
    Union Jack
     
    #39 FatSalad, Apr 30, 2012
  20. ShogoKawada

    ShogoKawada Initiate (0) May 31, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Finestkind
    Duet
    Leatherlips

    aaand this one:

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    #40 ShogoKawada, Apr 30, 2012
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