Top 10 Imperial IPAs

8% ABV or higher...NOT in any particular order...but those that have the most unique character to my palate:
1. Bootleg Fireworks (Baxter)
2. Heady Topper (Alchemist)
3. Resin (Sixpoint)
4. Hi-Res (Sixpoint)
5. Enjoy By (Stone)
6. Hop JuJu (Fat Head's)
7. Dirt Wolf (Victory)
8. 2XIPA (Southern Tier)
9. Maharaja (Avery)
10. Myrcenary (Odell)

 

In no order.

Heady Topper
PtE
Abrasive
Dirt Wolf
Shape of Hops
Hopslam
Ruination
2X Simcoe
Hi Res
Mongo

 

Top 10 that are classified as DIPA on this site (not necessarily in the order below):
Pliny the Elder (Russian River)
Burton Baton (DFH)
Abrasive (Surly)
DirtWolf (Victory)
Enjoy By (Stone)
The Oracle (Bell's)
Scream (New Glarus)
Ninja Vs. Unicorn (PipeWorks)
Ruination (Stone)
Double Jack (Firestone Walker)

"You must not have had Heady" -- yeah, I've had it a few times fresh (hell, shipped a case home to share with buddies)... and it doesn't make my list.

"This topic has been posted a million times" -- yeah, and new great beers are coming out all the time and distribution of existing beers is expanding all the time. Scream didn't even exist last year, for sake of example. To have this thread once or twice a year isn't a bad thing.

 

Bell's Hop Slam
Knee Deep Simtra
Alpine Exponential Hoppiness
Stone Enjoy By
Pliney the Elder
Heady Topper
Avery Maharaja
DogFishHead 90 Min
Lagunitas Sucks
Surly Abrasive

 

I agree with much of this list. Nicely done

 

Caveat- there are some that have gotten a lot of mentions, but I haven't had (probably enough to make a whole other list ). However...what the hell:

Lawson's Double Sunshine
Hop Drop and Roll
Heady Topper
Hi Res
Shape of Hops to Come
Firestone Walker Double Jack (draught)
Pliny the Elder
Dirt Wolf
Ruination
Lagunitas Maximus

 

Isn't Focal a single? The alcohol is 7% but Jai Alai is considered single and that's 7.5%.

I'll leave PtE, PtY and Heady off my list to add some variety.

1. Hill Farmstead S&S 4
2. Great Lakes Chillwave
3. Carton 077xx
4. Lawsons Triple Sunshine
5. HF Abner
6. Neshaminy Creek Shape of Hops to Come
7. NeBCo Gandhi Bot
8. Otter Creek/Lawson's Double Dose
9. Flying Dog The Truth
10. Kane Overhead

 

1. Coriolis
2. Double Sunshine
3. Dinner
4. Heady
5. GandhiBot
6. HF Double Citra
7. Sosus
8. Thumbprint IIPA
9. Sucks
10.Project Dank

 

To be clear about the list I posted earlier:

Those were the top ten-ish Imperial IPA's that I had today.

 

Based on my reviews:

1. Pliny the Younger
2. Hop Juju
3. Pliny the Elder
4. Ghandi Bot
5. Dirtwolf
6. Heady Topper
7. Sucks
8. Maharaja
9. NG Scream
10. Hopslam

 

In general I'm not a big DIPA fan as I prefer a 'regular' IPA but of what I've had, these are my favorites in no particular order:

Hopslam
Scream
Sucks
Enjoy By
Dirt Wolf
Double Jack
Myrcenary
Hop Stoopid

 

1.Double Sunshine
2.King Sue
3.The Crusher
4.Heady Topper
5.Permanent funeral
6.Dinner
7.Hopslam
8.Abrasive
9.Pliny
10.Sosus

 

Preach it. Scream is the bet!!

 

1. Pliny the Elder
2. Heady Topper
3. Sucks
4. Hop Ranch
5. Dirtwolf
6. Resin
7. Hop Stupid
8. Enjoy By
9. Double Jack
10. Ruination

 

Off the top of my head:

Heady
Pliny
Permanent Funeral
King Sue
Shape of Hops to Come
Sip of Sunshine
077xx
Ghandi Bot
Ninja vs Unicorn
On the Wings of Armegeddon

 

in no order...

Abner
Ephraim
Double Sunshine
Pseudo Sue
Knucklesandwich
The Substance
Pliny
Heady
Hop Ranch
Kane Overhead

 

1. Heady Topper - 4.75
2. Tree House/Lawson's YAHHHRRRGGG - 4.75
3. Abner - 4.5
4. Tree House Very Hazy - 4.5
5. Society and Solitude 4 - 4.5
6. Tree House/Toppling Goliath David - 4.5
7. Port Hop 15 - 4.5
8. Troegs Scratch 98 - 4.5
9. Tree House Curiosity 5 - 4.25
10. Lagunitas Sucks - 4.25

 

Honorable mention? It blows 75% of that list away.

 

What, no Simtra?

 

I'm a bit too drunk for a full ten, but:
1. Simtra
2. Hop Stoopid
3. Hoptimum
4. Racer 15
5. Sucks
6. Dirt Wolf