IPA Power Rankings

nugget nectar ipa? its imperial amber - personally believe it rides hype anyway

double jack
sculpin
flower power
stone ipa (because this is my old reliable)
Kane head high (jersey love right there)
hoptimum
2xIPA

 

My tops from Reviews, using all hoppy styles IMO:

1 - Founders Harvest Ale
2 - Pseudo IPA from Pizza Port
3 - Nugget Nectar*
4 - Wachusett Larry (only when really fresh)*
5 - Surly Abrassive
6 - Surly Furious
7 - Alpine Duet
8 - Kaito IPA Pizza Port
9 - Pliny the Elder
10 - Lag's Little Sumpin' Sumpin'*

Odd to see it based off of my reviews when reality doesn't include some biggies that I really enjoy. I starred beers I'd probably swap out. The rankings are kind of meaningless on this. I liked this year's Lag Imp Red better than NN. Would also through in Heady Topper, Bell's Hop Slam and Two Hearted, FW Union Jack, NEBCO G-BOT, Ithaca Flower Power, Maine Beer Company Lunch and Zoe, White Rajah, FFF Dreadnaugh and Arctic Panzer Wolf, and way too many SoCal IPAs that I was lucky enough to try over the past few years.

 

Considering these are all fresh:
Exponential Hoppiness
Abner
Pure Hoppiness
Edgar (Bullfrog)
Abrasive
Palette Wrecker
Hoptimum
Devil Dancer
Pliny the Younger
Dreadnaught

You said IPA but didn't specify single, double, or triple. My head is ready to explode because there's WAY too many, IMO, probably THE biggest selection in any one category. (correct me if I'm wrong)

 

and with that in mind, Belgians, English and/or Americans?

 

1) Rogue Yellow Snow IPA
2-10) Anything else that isn't too sweet

 

lagunitas-ipa, lagunitas sucks, Ballast Point- Sculpin, Firestone- Union Jack, Hub Hopworks, Sierra Nevada- Torpedo (extra ipa), Stone-IPA, Uinta-Dubhe (black ipa), Kern River Brewing- Just Outstanding, Hopslam, Strand 24th Street Pale Ale (i know its a pale ale, but very great hops and a little hop foward)

i know thats 12, couldnt pick just 10

 

in no order:
Brooklyn East IPA, Victory Hop Devil, Smuttynose IPA, Green Flash, Sea Dog, Ithaca Flower Power, 21 Amendment Brew Free or Die, Lagunitas(spelling?) IPA, Avery IPA, Sierra Nevada Torpedo (which I am enjoying as of this moment.

Kind of hard to find a bad IPA from Lagunitas.

 

hoppy beers i like:

zombie dust, alpha king, dreadnaught, union jack, nelson, duet, exponential, ugly, poor man's, black poochie, blind pig, furious, heady topper, two hearted, hopslam, hop heathen, hop 15, sculpin, west coast, double trouble, wisdom seeker and some more i cannot remember.

 

I'm just... gonna think of 5 right now.

PtE
Sculpin
Sucks
Sublimely-Self Righteous (black ipas ftw!!!)
Pure Hoppiness

 

Lunch...

 

Galaxy isn't even their best offering... Their Society and Solitude #3 on the other hand needs to be mentioned here.

 

Had that as my number 2. I think only one other person (besides yourself) mentioned it so far, which I'm a little surprised at. Though I guess availability kind of explains that.

 

KR citra
Heady topper
HF abner
Boy king
Pliny
Nelson
Duet
Sculpin
Hopslam
Foothills jade

 

ummm - PTE, HT, ephraim, abner, hopslam, abrasive, furious, double jack, dreadnaught, two hearted

 

drinking one as we speak. picked it up at the brewery today. message for shaun Hill - great job on the beer, but since the Taylor Road sign is missing, please put a sign for your brewery on rt 16. I had a better chance of getting a date with Charlize Theron than a cell phone signal to figure out how to find you today.

 

BTW, Heady Topper all the way.

 

Hmmm, in no particular, remember, this is just like, my opinion, man,
Columbus IPA(I wish they bottled creeper and bodhi, oh, and distributed further than Columbus)
White Rajah(drinking one now)
Abrasive(my favorite DIPA)
Stone IPA
Two hearted
Maharajah
Furious

I have yet to try anything from RR and heady, for what its worth....
somethings happening here, what it is, aint exactly clear...

 

Bottles/Cans, in order and considering both cost and quality:

Heady Topper
White Rajah
Two Hearted
PTE
Sculpin
Stone IPA

Tap only mention goes to Jackie O's Matriarch

 

I guess nobody likes 90min as much as I do...

 

Heady Topper - hands down #1.

Pliny the Elder & Younger, Hop Slam, Zombie Dust - all great great stuff.