the best beers of new zealand

The following are the highest rated beers brewed in New Zealand as they appear in the ranks at RateBeer.com. Beer scores are weighted means so that more ratings for a beer increase the score's tendency to the beer's actual mean.

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		score	count	style
1	Renaissance Elemental Porter	3.69	40	Porter
2	Epic Armageddon	3.69	20	India Pale Ale (IPA)
3	Pink Elephant Imperious Rushin Stowt	3.68	20	Imperial Stout
4	Emersons Pilsner	3.65	155	Pilsener
5	Epic Pale Ale	3.63	66	American Pale Ale
6	Emersons APA	3.61	114	American Pale Ale
7	Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black	3.55	12	Porter
8	Epic Mayhem	3.54	21	American Strong Ale
9	Renaissance Stonecutter Scotch Ale	3.53	33	Scotch Ale
10	The Twisted Hop Golding Bitter	3.51	20	Bitter
11	Pink Elephant Rogers Reserve	3.47	12	English Pale Ale
12	Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black 2009	3.47	10	Porter
13	Emersons Bourbon Porter	3.46	28	Imperial/Strong Porter
14	Emersons 1812 India Pale Ale	3.44	91	India Pale Ale (IPA)
15	Emersons Old 95	3.43	112	Old Ale
16	Moa Methode Moa	3.42	73	Pilsener
17	The Twisted Hop IPA	3.42	12	India Pale Ale (IPA)
18	Wanaka Brewski	3.41	31	Bohemian Pilsener
19	The Twisted Hop Twisted Ankle	3.41	17	Old Ale
20	Invercargill Smokin Bishop	3.41	21	Smoked
21	Moa St Josephs Belgian Tripel	3.40	17	Abbey Tripel
22	Emersons Bookbinder Bitter	3.39	33	Bitter
23	Harringtons Big John Special Reserve	3.39	36	Scotch Ale
24	Renaissance Perfection Pale Ale	3.38	24	English Pale Ale
25	Pink Elephant Trumpet	3.38	13	Barley Wine
26	Pink Elephant Mammoth	3.37	38	Brown Ale
27	Galbraith Resurrection	3.35	12	Abbey Tripel
28	Three Boys Oyster Stout	3.34	27	Stout
29	The Twisted Hop Enigma	3.34	17	Barley Wine
30	Emersons London Porter	3.33	87	Porter
31	Speights Porter	3.33	47	Porter
32	Limburg Witbier	3.32	34	Belgian White (Witbier)
33	Cock and Bull Monks Habit	3.32	15	India Pale Ale (IPA)
34	The Twisted Hop Challenger	3.32	21	Premium Bitter/ESB
35	Duncans Founders Fair Maiden Ale	3.32	14	American Pale Ale
36	Mussel Inn Captain Cooker Manuka Beer	3.31	21	Spice/Herb/Vegetable
37	Brew Moon (NZ) Dark Side Stout	3.30	23	Stout
38	Limburg Hopsmacker	3.29	26	American Pale Ale
39	Tuatara Pilsner	3.29	34	Bohemian Pilsener
40	Renaissance Marlborough Pale Ale	3.29	11	India Pale Ale (IPA)
41	Galbraith Bitter and Twisted	3.28	17	Premium Bitter/ESB
42	Emersons JP (2009)	3.28	14	Abbey Dubbel
43	Renaissance Paradox Blonde	3.27	19	Golden Ale/Blond Ale
44	Galbraith Bob Hudsons Bitter	3.26	14	Bitter
45	Emersons JP (2007)	3.24	17	Belgian Strong Ale
46	Emersons JP (2008)	3.24	13	Fruit Beer
47	Galbraith Grafton Porter	3.23	12	Porter
48	Emersons Taieri George	3.23	47	Spice/Herb/Vegetable
49	Mussel Inn Dark Horse	3.22	13	Porter
50	Brew Moon (NZ) Hophead IPA	3.22	31	India Pale Ale (IPA)