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IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double IPA
The “Imperial India Pale Ale (IIPA)”, or “Double IPA (DIPA)”, is an intensely hoppy, fairly strong pale ale without the big, rich, complex maltiness and residual sweetness and body of an American Barley Wine. The term “Double / Imperial" is arbitrary and simply implies a stronger version of an IPA, generally based around the standard American IPA with 8.0 to 9.5% ABV. Bigger than either an English or American IPA in both alcohol strength and overall hop level (bittering and finish). Less malty, lower body, less rich and a greater overall hop intensity than an American Barleywine. Color ranges from golden to light orange-copper although many substyles exist, each having their own color tone. These other Imperial IPA substyles generally are closer-related to their base IPA substyle and should be listed with them, if the substyle is listed. The style also includes the “Triple IPA (IIIPA / TIPA)” and “Quad IPA”, a massively hoppy beer of at least 9.5% ABV with outrageous amounts of hop flavor, malt flavor, alcohol and bitterness, without the big maltiness balance of an American barleywine. The Triple IPA may be similar to a Double IPA in hop character, but is differentiated from the style by a thick, syrupy body accented by intense hop resins that make it a heavy sipping beer.
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Name | Ratings | Score | | | 1 | Alpine Beer Company Keene Idea R
Alpine Beer Company (Tilray) Alpine, California | 66 | 4.12 | Find | | 2 | Pizza Port Frank Double IPA R
Pizza Port (Carlsbad) Carlsbad, California | 193 | 4.1 | Find | | 3 | Alpine Beer Company Exponential Hoppiness R
Alpine Beer Company (Tilray) Alpine, California | 443 | 4.08 | Find | | 4 | Russian River Pliny for President (2021) R
Russian River Brewing Company Santa Rosa, California | 39 | 4.08 | Find | | 5 | Cloudwater Birthday DIPA R
Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, England | 32 | 4.08 | Find | | 6 | Surly Abrasive Ale R
Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, Minnesota | 724 | 4.07 | Find | | 7 | AleSmith Double IPA R
AleSmith Brewing Company San Diego, California | 1452 | 4.06 | Find | | 8 | Hill Farmstead / Cigar City Nor R
Hill Farmstead Brewery Greensboro, Vermont | 60 | 4.05 | Find | | 9 | Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA R
Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat) Paso Robles, California | 1684 | 4.05 | Find | | 10 | Cloudwater DIPA - v11 R
Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, England | 74 | 4.03 | Find | | 11 | Arizona Wilderness DC Mountain Double IPA (- 2018) R
Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company Gilbert, Arizona | 53 | 4.02 | Find | | 12 | Charlevoix Lupulus R
Microbrasserie Charlevoix Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec | 465 | 4.01 | Find | | 13 | Port Brewing Hop 15 R
Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey San Marcos, California | 1518 | 4.01 | Find | | 14 | Cloudwater DIPA - v8 R
Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, England | 77 | 4.01 | Find | | 15 | Cloudwater DIPA - v10 R
Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, England | 62 | 4 | Find | | 16 | Willimantic Pushing the Envelope Extreme R
Willimantic Brewing Company Willimantic, Connecticut | 60 | 4 | Find | | 17 | The Kernel India Pale Ale Double Citra R
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 118 | 3.99 | Find | | 18 | Pizza Port Lou P. Lin R
Pizza Port (Solana Beach) Solana Beach, California | 124 | 3.99 | Find | | 19 | Beavertown / Naparbier Bone King R
Beavertown Brewery (Heineken) Tottenham Hale, England | 82 | 3.98 | Find | | 20 | Boneyard Notorious IPA3 R
Boneyard Beer Company Bend, Oregon | 249 | 3.98 | Find | | 21 | Goose Island Imperial IPA R
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) Chicago, Illinois | 641 | 3.97 | Find | | 22 | Cloudwater DIPA - v2 R
Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, England | 59 | 3.97 | Find | | 23 | Otter Creek / Lawson's Finest Liquids Double Dose IPA R
Otter Creek Brewing Middlebury, Vermont | 143 | 3.97 | Find | | 24 | Three Floyds Rye Da Tiger R
Three Floyds Brewing Company Munster, Indiana | 221 | 3.97 | Find | | 25 | Pizza Port Hop Suey Double IPA R
Pizza Port (Carlsbad) Carlsbad, California | 113 | 3.96 | Find | |
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