Best Beers Of America

The following are the highest rated beers brewed in America 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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	Name	Avg	#	Style
1	Toppling Goliath Kentucky Brunch	4.54	162	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
2	Schramm's The Heart of Darkness	4.42	98	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
3	Toppling Goliath Mornin' Delight	4.40	297	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
4	Cycle / 3 Sons Rare Scooop	4.38	38	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
5	Three Floyds Dark Lord - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.36	417	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
6	Russian River Pliny the Younger	4.35	757	IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double IPA
7	Schramm's A Smile of Fortune	4.34	79	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
8	Three Floyds Dark Lord - Bourbon Vanilla Bean	4.34	444	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.33	915	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
10	Superstition Grand Cru Berry - F.O. Barrel Aged	4.32	43	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	4.31	206	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
12	Superstition Berry White	4.31	113	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
13	Schramm's Madeline	4.31	100	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
14	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Apple Brandy Barrel Aged	4.31	183	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
15	Superstition Straw Berry White	4.31	105	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
16	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	4.30	1511	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
17	Bell's Black Note Stout	4.30	1011	Stout - Imperial
18	Perennial Barrel Aged Abraxas	4.30	280	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
19	AleSmith Speedway Stout	4.29	3119	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
20	Schramm's The Statement Reserve	4.29	54	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
21	Side Project Anabasis	4.29	38	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine / Rye Wine
22	Hill Farmstead Ann	4.29	127	Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette
23	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout	4.29	1045	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
24	Schramm's Black Agnes	4.28	186	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
25	Lost Abbey Yellow Bus	4.28	117	Sour / Wild Beer - Flavored
26	Superstition Blue Berry White	4.28	119	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
27	Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)	4.28	3078	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
28	Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout	4.27	1869	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
29	Russian River Pliny the Elder	4.27	2790	IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double IPA
30	Bell's Expedition Stout	4.27	3163	Stout - Imperial
31	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	4.27	2954	Stout - Imperial
32	Superstition Grand Cru Berry	4.25	84	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
33	Modern Times Monster Tones	4.25	49	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
34	Funky Buddha Morning Wood	4.25	215	Porter - Imperial Flavored
35	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.25	219	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
36	Superstition Black Berry White	4.24	93	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
37	Hill Farmstead Aaron	4.24	168	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine / Rye Wine
38	Toppling Goliath Assassin	4.24	254	Stout - Imperial
39	Bell's Bourbon Barrel-Aged Expedition Stout	4.24	182	Stout - Imperial
40	The Alchemist Heady Topper	4.23	1628	IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double Hazy (NEIPA)
41	Superstition Endovelicus	4.23	60	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
42	Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA	4.23	2097	IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double IPA
43	Schramm's Red Agnes	4.23	103	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
44	Prairie / Evil Twin Bible Belt - Barrel Aged	4.23	360	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
45	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	4.23	241	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
46	Superstition Framboesa Atando	4.22	42	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
47	Firestone Walker Parabola	4.21	1250	Stout - Imperial
48	Evil Twin Double Barrel Jesus	4.21	198	Stout - Imperial
49	Angry Chair Rocky Road - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.21	38	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
50	Funky Buddha Last Buffalo in the Park	4.21	198	Porter - Imperial Flavored

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