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IPA
The India Pale Ale (IPA) is used to describe a hop-forward, bitter, dryish beer. None of these beers ever historically went to India, and many aren’t pale.The standard version generally stands for the American IPA and range between 5.0-7.0 ABV. The American IPA is a decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American ale, showcasing modern American or New World hop varieties. The balance is hop-forward, with a clean fermentation profile, dryish finish, and clean, supporting malt allowing a creative range of hop character to shine through. The “East Coast IPA” is more balanced, offering a malt sweetness with citrus and fruity hop character with a nice little hop bitterness, more reminiscent to traditional english IPAs. In the case of the “West Coast IPA”, bitterness is the at the frontline and pushes malty sweetness to the very back. Stronger and more highly hopped than an American Pale Ale. Compared to an English IPA, has less of the English character from malt, hops, and yeast, less body, and often has a more hoppy balance and is slightly stronger than most examples. Less alcohol than a Double IPA, but with a similar balance. Color ranges from medium gold to light reddish-amber although many substyles exist, each having their own color tone. These other IPA substyles generally are closer-related to their base IPA substyle and should be listed with them, if the substyle is listed.
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Name | Ratings | Score | | | 1 | Shepherd Neame / Stone California Double IPA R
Shepherd Neame Faversham, England | 27 | 4.17 | Find | | 2 | LaConner India Pale Ale (Bottleworks) R
LaConner Brewing Company LaConner, Washington | 166 | 4.05 | Find | | 3 | Maine Beer I R
Maine Beer Company Freeport, Maine | 68 | 3.98 | Find | | 4 | Satyr Brews Menace IPA R
Satyr Brews Athens, Greece | 53 | 3.95 | Find | | 5 | Town Hall Masala Mama IPA R
Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery Minneapolis, Minnesota | 485 | 3.94 | Find | | 6 | The Kernel India Pale Ale Citra Mosaic R
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 72 | 3.91 | Find | | 7 | Ciechan Grand Prix American India Pale Ale R
Browar Ciechan (Browary Regionalne Jakubiak) Ciechanów, Poland | 120 | 3.91 | Find | | 8 | Cloudwater IPA [Winter Range] R
Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, England | 37 | 3.9 | Find | | 9 | Surly Wet 2011 R
Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, Minnesota | 112 | 3.89 | Find | | 10 | The Kernel India Pale Ale S.A.NS R
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 58 | 3.89 | Find | | 11 | Holy Mountain / Cloudburst Wetwired (2018) R
Holy Mountain Brewing Company Seattle, Washington | 18 | 3.88 | Find | | 12 | Three Floyds Alpha Khan R
Three Floyds Brewing Company Munster, Indiana | 62 | 3.88 | Find | | 13 | Founders Harvest Ale R
Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel) Grand Rapids, Michigan | 1038 | 3.88 | Find | | 14 | Drafting Room 10th Anniversary Ale R
Tröegs Brewing Company Hershey, Pennsylvania | 24 | 3.88 | Find | | 15 | Surly Wet 2012 & 2015 R
Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, Minnesota | 107 | 3.88 | Find | | 16 | Surly Wet 2009 & 2010 R
Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, Minnesota | 141 | 3.87 | Find | | 17 | The Kernel India Pale Ale Mosaic Chinook Simcoe R
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 29 | 3.87 | Find | | 18 | Garage Project Unconditional Love Mix Tape IPA R
Garage Project Wellington, New Zealand | 40 | 3.86 | Find | | 19 | Satyr Brews x Vodka Juniors Pubriot IPA R
Satyr Brews Athens, Greece | 22 | 3.86 | Find | | 20 | Russian River Registration Ale R
Russian River Brewing Company Santa Rosa, California | 31 | 3.86 | Find | | 21 | The Kernel India Pale Ale Ella Chinook Citra Centennial R
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 23 | 3.86 | Find | | 22 | Deschutes Chasin' Freshies 2014 - Mosaic R
Deschutes Brewery Bend, Oregon | 137 | 3.85 | Find | | 23 | Buckeye Amarillo IPA R
Buckeye Brewing Company Lakewood, Ohio | 41 | 3.85 | Find | | 24 | Sly Fox Simcoe IPA R
Sly Fox Brewing Company Pottstown and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania | 41 | 3.85 | Find | | 25 | Port Brewing Wipeout IPA R
Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey San Marcos, California | 1495 | 3.85 | Find | |
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