Favorite 8% DIPA

You say "other than PtE and HT" like it's assumed that they're in the top 5. I don't know that I'd put them there for me personally; not saying I don't like them (I love those beers) but there are so many excellent DIPAs out there (haven't checked which are in/out of the 8-8.9% range) and I don't necessarily place either of them in my top 5. This specific ABV range may eliminate enough options that they do make my top 5, but it's by no means an assumption in my case.

Now, off to the Style page to see what is my list.

 

Hop stoopid
Dirtwolf
Sucks
Ruination
West coast ipa
No particular order.

 

Kuhnhenn DRIPA 9%. You can keep everything else.

 

Looking at my ratings it is:
Hop Venom
Fatamorgana
The Brother
Mongo
Lil Sumpin Extra
Fair Maiden
Sip of Sunshine

Worth noting that my two favorite DIPAs are 9% (Tank Slapper and Bad Boy) and Heady Topper is below every beer I named and then some for me personally.

 

So I ignored some of my ratings, particularly Head and Pliny; I freely admit those were 'give in to the hype' a bit whereas more recently I've gotten much tougher and give out a TON less 5s than I used to.

My top 10, in order:

Toppling Goliath Sosus
Fiddlehead Mastermind
Columbus Bodhi
Alchemist Heady Topper
Sip of Sunshine
Pliny the Elder
Trillium Mettle
Neshaminy Creek Shape of Hops to Come
Alpine Pure Hoppiness
NEBCo Gandhi Bot

There are also two Tired Hands DIPAs in the ABV range that I really enjoyed, but am not really sure how to place them on the list since I'm an admitted homer when it comes to them.

 

Half Acre's Galactic Double Daisy Cutter, but that's only if I stick to 8% dead on

 

Double Sunshine
Society and Solitude #5
Gandhi-Bot
Mettle
Captain's Daughter
Dirtwolf

 

I think it's more like everyone is just gonna say those two beers because they're so highly sought after. It's good to have a list where those are just omitted.

 

1. sous
2. Abner
3. project dank
4. abrasive
5. dinner

 

Got to add Trillium Heavy Mettle and Vicinity to this list.....

 

Hard to beat Lagunits Sucks in that ABV, especially at it's price.

 

Dirt wolf, sucks and rampant are my choice because I can get them. I would love to try all the others.

 

Fair enough, personally I stuck to only beers in the DIPA style, in the stated ABV range, that I've rated. If I haven't tried it, how could it be my favorite? I do acknowledge though that some people may not follow this theory.

 

Backcountry DIPA (aka. Fix Your Heel) at 8.1% ABV.

 

Geez, can't go wrong with pretty much anything listed in here.

 

All of these I like more or less the same.

Upland Coast Buster
Columbus Bodhi
Hop Stoopid
TG Sosus
Double Sunshine
Mongo

 

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New Republic's Whipsaw ... might be my favorite for any ABV

 

I agree with so many others on this thread:

Dinner
Dirtwolf
Double Jack

ones I didn't see as much of:

Bootlegger's Knuckle Sandwich
Grey Sail Captain's Daughter

 

Abrasive
Myrcenary
sticker fight