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Favorite IPA's/DIPA's/Imperial IPA's...

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Favorite IPA's/DIPA's/Imperial IPA's...

Post by BooBoo »

Again, slow vacation day. LOL. Here are my top fifteen, how about you?

Pliny the Elder
Rogue Yellow Snow IPA
Beau's Beaver River IPeh
Smuttynose Finest Kind IPA
Kuhnhenn DRIPA
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA
Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest
Port Brewing Wipeout IPA
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Phillips Amnesiac DIPA
Anderson Valley Imperial IPA
Garrison Imperial IPA
Stone IPA
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Post by Derek »

I think this is everything 4.5 or more... though if I reviewed them now, the could be lower...

Hop Mess Monster The Hart & Thistle 4.8
He'Brew Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. Shmaltz Brewing Company 4.8
Pliny The Elder Russian River Brewing Company 4.75
Maharaja Avery Brewing Company 4.7
Hophead Double India Pale Ale Tree Brewing 4.65
Green Flash Imperial India Pale Ale Green Flash Brewing Co. 4.6
Amnesiac Double IPA Phillips Brewing Company 4.55
Arcadia HopMouth Double IPA Arcadia Brewing Company 4.55
Saranac High Peaks Series Imperial IPA The Matt Brewing Company 4.55
Stone Ruination IPA Stone Brewing Co. 4.55
Double Simcoe IPA Weyerbacher Brewing Co. 4.5
Dreadnaught IPA Three Floyds Brewing Co. / Brewery & Pub 4.5
Moylander Double IPA Moylan's Brewery 4.5

Hop Rod Rye Bear Republic Brewing Co. 4.7
Hop Lava IPA Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom 4.65
AleSmith IPA AleSmith Brewing Company 4.65
Blind Pig IPA Russian River Brewing Company 4.6
Sierra Nevada Chico Estate Harvest Wet Hop Ale (2008) 4.55
Fat Tug IPA Driftwood Brewery 4.5
Founders Centennial IPA Founders Brewing Company 4.5
Furious Surly Brewing Company 4.5
Green Flash West Coast I.P.A. Green Flash Brewing Co. 4.5
Racer 5 India Pale Ale Bear Republic Brewing Co. 4.5
Red Racer IPA Central City Brewing 4.5
Arbor Brewing Sacred Cow IPA Arbor Brewing Company 4.5
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Post by teichertbier »

Port Hop 15
Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Three Floyds Dreadnaught
Founders Double Trouble
Founders Devil Dancer
Avery Maharaja
Great Divide Hercules
Bell's Hopslam
Oskar Blues Gubna
Stone 14th
Bell's Two Hearted
Brewdog Punk
Central City Red Racer
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe
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Post by matt7215 »

1 - Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA 4.7
2 - Russian River Pliny the Elder 4.6
3 - Port Brewing Hop 15 4.5
4 - Bells Hopslam 4.5
5 - Surly Furious 4.4
6 - Central City Red Racer India Pale Ale 4.4
7 - Grand River Curmudgeon IPA 4.4
8 - Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA 4.4
9 - Bells The Oracle DIPA Ale 4.4
10 - Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3 4.3
11 - Durham Hop Head 4.3
12 - Grand River Plowman’s Anniversary Ale 4.3
13 - Southern Tier Un*Earthly 4.3
14 - Lagunitas Sonoma Farmhouse Hop Stoopid 4.3
15 - Wild Rose Imperial IPA 4.3
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This is like picking your favourite child. :o
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Post by kwjd »

My top 15 according to my BA ratings for the 2 sytles combined (I am behind in entering my reviews though, Sculpin probably would be on this):

Russian River Brewing Company - Pliny The Elder
Central City Brewing - Red Racer IPA
BrewDog Ltd - Sink The Bismarck!
Shmaltz Brewing Company (He'Brew) - He'Brew Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A.
Hoppin' Frog Brewery - Hop Dam Triple IPA
Avery Brewing Company - Maharaja
Half Pints Brewing Company - Humulus Ludicrous
Garrison Brewing Company - Imperial IPA
Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port - Pseudo IPA
Green Flash Brewing Co. - Green Flash Imperial India Pale Ale
Black Oak Brewing Company Ltd - Black Oak Ten Bitter Years Anniversary Ale
Russian River Brewing Company - Blind Pig IPA
Stone Brewing Co. - Stone IPA (India Pale Ale)
Bear Republic Brewing Co. - Hop Rod Rye
Deschutes Brewery - Inversion IPA
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Post by TJ »

Off the top of my head the ones that really stand out for me are:

DIPA: 3F Dreadnaught, DDC Chaman, Avery Maharaja, Deschutes Hop Henge Experimental IPA and both Plinys.

IPA: Russian River Blind Pig, Surly Furious, CC Red Racer, Bell's Two Hearted, Sculpin India Pale Ale and Deschute's Inversion IPA.

And just because they seem to get overshadowed by IPAs, American Pale Ales: Dale's Pale Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Great Lakes Burning River and 3F Alpha King, even if it's closer to an IPA imo.

From Ontario I'd say Black Oak's 10 Bitter Years, Beau's IPEh? and Smashbomb hold their own pretty well. I just wish they were easier to get.
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Post by IPA_Lover »

Alright so reading these lists is making me thirsty and needing to try Pliny the Elder NOW! Where is this available?

I think I'm going to swing by Beer Bistro tonight to try the Port Brewing Hop-15.

Not seeing this on anyone's list but I recently tried Sierra Nevada's Torpedo Extra IPA while in the US and it was pretty tasty!
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Post by kwjd »

IPA_Lover wrote:Alright so reading these lists is making me thirsty and needing to try Pliny the Elder NOW! Where is this available?
Philly is the closest city that it is available on tap. Other than that, I don't think it makes it outside of California/Oregon/Washingon State.
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Post by TheSevenDuffs »

Here's my top 10:

Bell's Hopslam
Pliny The Elder
Red Racer IPA
Dreadnaught
Flower Power
10 Bitter Years
Jai Alai
Great Divide Hercules
Little Scrapper IPA
Smash Bomb
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Post by iguenard »

Notables... from this year at least:

- Great Lakes Lake Eerie Monster
- Charlevoix Simcoe
- Alesmith IPA (no one? really?)
- Dieu du Ciel Shaman (we're pressuring them to have this bottled soon)
- Stone Imperial IPA
- Stone Ruination IPA
- Southern Tier Oak Aged Unearthly
- Founders Double Trouble
- Bell's Two Hearted

Also, cant wait to try Sierra Nevada's Imperial IPA coming this January 2011.
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Post by cfrancis »

Just had a Three Floyds Dreadnaught last night. Rocketed to my favourite DIPA.

Man that thing was just divine!
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