After a couple of Alpha Abstraction installments, we can safely call this IPA series an instant purchase whenever a new can drops. “A showcase for the galaxy hop, it contains oats and a splash of lactose making it ultra smooth and slightly creamy— it’s like the Georgian Other Half.” Read more about this beer in our Firestone Walker Invitational coverage. One panelist admitted they “always order this when it’s on tap.”. This nonalcoholic German beer … Kros Strain IPAs have been named our Best of Nebraska for two years running, and Fairy Nectar London DDH is a mango and melon explosion the likes of which could hang with the best IPAs in any state. Burial Beer Co. It has just the right amount of bitterness, too, making it well-suited on its own or paired with a light meal. Though they thoroughly wowed us with their stouts this year, we were first introduced to Adroit Theory through their delightfully dank double IPAs. Oozlefinch Craft Brewery– Old Fogey Hazy IPA. Expect big, bold pineapple and tangerine flavors, and a pithy finish. It also has a soft, freshly squeezed mouthfeel. google_ad_client: "ca-pub-2106663178089717", “This is a grand cru beer,” one panelist said. Brooklyn, New York 7% Distribution: New York, New Jersey. This IPA named for an actual whale belies its 7 percent ABV. It’s an accomplishment that continues to impress us. It finishes with a near-astringent bitterness, “like a tannic black tea iced and garnished with orange peel,” one panelist said. But they’re not done yet– we’ve had several of their IPAs this year, all terrific. And it was as clean, juicy, and memorable as any IPA at the festival.” This is, in all likelihood, the best IPA we’ve ever had from Texas. Thanks so much for visiting– we hope you come back soon, and we hope beer travels return to normal as soon as the world will allow. Kros Strain Brewing– Fairy Nectar London DDH. Each year, readers of “Zymurgy” magazine, our sister publication from the American Homebrewers Association, vote for the Best Beer in America. Bale Breaker, makers of the legendary Northwest hop bomb Top Cutter, gave us easily one of the best wet hop beers of the year, a deeply hoppy and marvelously fresh crusher. At a time when the Chicago hazy scene is growing in acclaim, Maplewood’s hazies stand alongside the best of the bunch.” Read more about this beer in our Great American Beer Festival coverage. The label grew triple digits, with year-to-date sales increasing nearly 123 percent as of mid-July 2019. Hooey’s got big juicy hop flavor, but even beyond that, the aromas are so wonderfully fragrant that you can smell the hops while the person standing next to you is drinking it.” Read more about this beer in our Great American Beer Festival coverage. Bell’s Two Hearted has been voted the best beer in the country three years in a row by members of the American Homebrewers Association. You may have noticed that Highland Park Brewery has been on every Best Of list we’ve released so far. This dry, biscuity, citrusy IPA is exactly what a West Coast IPA should taste like. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ When a VinePair tasting panel first encountered Scam Likely, we were shocked by the can art and delighted by what it contained. Dank you very much.” Read more about this beer in our LA Beer Week coverage. (Next stop, Badlands!) We stop what we’re doing, hop in the car, and make sure to grab as much as we can before it sells out. Closures and hour changes are happening rapidly, so before assuming our information is fully accurate, always be sure to double check on the breweries’ social media accounts. You can read our coverage of festivals we’ve covered in the past two years, including the Firestone Walker Invitational, Great American Beer Fest, Carnival of Caffeination, Sour Friends Fest, Extreme Beer Fest, and many more! You can change the ingredients, you can make it simpler or heavier, you can make it crisper or softer… but as long as the basic formula is the same, we will love it no matter what. From hazy and juicy to clear and dry; boozy to sessionable to non-alcoholic; and East Coast to West Coast to whatever a Mountain-stye IPA is, this beer is incredibly varied. Bale Breaker Brewing sits in the middle of flourishing hop fields, and they produce a line of excellent IPAs. Forever Ever is hopped with Apollo, Azacca, Citra, Jarrylo, and Mosaic hops. Begyle is easily one of the most impressive breweries in Chicago, a city stacked with impressive breweries. The hop blend and this beer feature tropical, citrus, floral, and lemon notes. One of our new favorite Virginia breweries is Oozlefinch Craft Brewery. This nonalcoholic American beer uses organic malts to create the ultimate sessionable IPA. Finally, please sign up for the newsletter below– we haven’t been updating as much during the pandemic for obvious reasons, but when regular updates begin again (and they will soon), signing up for the newsletter is the best way to make sure you don’t miss out. Wild Leap has leapt wildly up our rankings. A bit surprised that nothing from Cellarmaker of Alvarado Street made your list – Dank Williams and Delorean Dust were definitely in my top 15 IPAs from 2019. By far the booziest IPA on this list, it holds its alcohol well. How good are they? Cheers! The young-at-heart grandfather of today’s juicy and hazy IPAs is tropical, balanced, and refreshing (despite its high ABV). It shouldn’t surprise anyone to see yet another Chicago brewery on this list, and considering we gave More Brewing our Best of Illinois award, it’s not a surprise they also create masterful IPAs. Please check out our FAQ, and if you think our site is missing something or contains inaccurate information, please don’t hesitate to contact us. It tastes like we’re rolling around on an autumnal forest floor. They also brought a wonderful hazy, the Old Fogey, that struck a fine chord between its bright fruitiness and its dank hoppiness. Bottle Logic is also on our list for the second consecutive year. Ours is Santa Monica Brew Works, and we’re very lucky that their beer is very good. La Pitchoune Chenin Blanc ‘La Bombe’ 2017, Merritt Island-Clarksburg, Calif. For us, the IPA is the pizza of the beer world. Check. All were good, but the Touching the Sun triple IPA struck the best chord, giving us a luscious gulp of boozy juice.” Read more about this beer in our Great American Beer Festival coverage. * We’ve also raved about them here. We add new guides frequently– coming soon, you’ll see guides for Dallas, San Diego, Flagstaff and more! The Best Nonalcoholic Beers Of 2019. It’s Other Half’s unsung hero. We now add to the piles raves about their hazy IPA, Callista Flocheart, a creamy explosion of passionfruit and apricot. And here. Looking at our spreadsheet this year, we gave *ten* different Mumford IPAs top marks– these are the sorts of IPAs that should garner nationwide acclaim and have beer traders foaming at the mouth with envy. As long as craft beer has been a thing, IPAs have dominated, bringing drinkers in … We had both the winner *and* this double dry hopped citra variant this year, and this one may be even *better* than the champ, packing sweet grapefruit juice into a luxuriously smooth mouthfeel. Heady Topper raised eyebrows when it introduced beer drinkers to its now-signature dank, aggressively hopped IPA style. If you’re in Boston taking the 90 west for a beer run to Tree House, don’t ignore Framingham, which had some of Russell’s favorite beers on his entire Massachusetts visit. Best sour? This Bend, Ore.-born IPA is boldly hoppy by design. enable_page_level_ads: true We normally have a constantly-updating nationwide event calendar with well-known beer festivals and celebrations across the country all organized in one location– but since COVID-19 has disrupted the festival circuit, the calendar is on hiatus. Read more about this beer in our Great American Beer Festival coverage. It’s a smooth citrus crusher and another insanely high quality IPA from some of the best IPA manufacturers in America.” Read more about this beer in our Best Beer From Each of the Fifty States list. Check out our lists of the best sour beers of 2019, the best stouts of 2019 and our favorite beers in each of the fifty states— and keep an eye out for what we have in store in 2020!