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	4.53	135	Stout - Imperial
2	Toppling Goliath Mornin' Delight	4.40	244	Stout - Imperial
3	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Double Barrel Aged	4.39	329	Stout - Imperial
4	Three Floyds Dark Lord - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.36	413	Stout - Imperial
5	Russian River Pliny the Younger	4.35	729	IPA - Imperial / Double
6	Three Floyds Dark Lord - Bourbon Vanilla Bean	4.34	437	Stout - Imperial
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.33	878	Stout - Imperial
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	4.31	194	Stout - Imperial
9	Bell's Black Note Stout	4.31	983	Stout - Imperial
10	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	4.30	1196	Stout - Imperial
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout	4.29	3018	Stout - Imperial
12	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout	4.29	1022	Stout - Imperial
13	Hill Farmstead Ann	4.28	125	Saison
14	Perennial Abraxas - Barrel Aged	4.28	258	Stout - Imperial
15	Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)	4.28	2860	Stout - Imperial
16	Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout	4.27	1850	Stout - Imperial
17	Russian River Pliny the Elder	4.27	2719	IPA - Imperial / Double
18	Bell's Expedition Stout	4.27	3122	Stout - Imperial
19	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	4.27	2834	Stout - Imperial
20	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	4.26	46	Stout - Imperial
21	Funky Buddha Morning Wood	4.26	191	Porter - Imperial / Double
22	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.25	205	Stout - Imperial
23	Anchorage A Deal With The Devil Barleywine (Double Oaked)	4.25	34	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine
24	Hill Farmstead Aaron	4.24	140	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine
25	Alchemist Heady Topper	4.24	1541	IPA - Imperial / Double
26	Toppling Goliath Assassin	4.24	224	Stout - Imperial
27	Side Project Anabasis	4.24	20	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine
28	Modern Times Monster Tones	4.24	37	Stout - Imperial
29	Side Project Beer : Barrel : Time	4.23	23	Stout - Imperial
30	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Coffee	4.23	977	Stout - Imperial
31	Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA	4.23	2083	IPA - Imperial / Double
32	Prairie / Evil Twin Bible Belt - Barrel Aged	4.23	331	Stout - Imperial
33	Cycle Trademark Dispute (Yellow)	4.22	122	Stout - Imperial
34	J. Wakefield / Abnormal Bake Kujira (750ml) 2017	4.22	16	Stout - Imperial
35	Evil Twin Double Barrel Jesus	4.22	189	Stout - Imperial
36	Firestone Walker Parabola	4.21	1176	Stout - Imperial
37	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	4.21	176	Stout - Imperial
38	Bell's Bourbon Barrel-Aged Expedition Stout	4.21	110	Stout - Imperial
39	Cycle Trademark Dispute (Green)	4.20	98	Stout - Imperial
40	Funky Buddha Last Buffalo in the Park	4.20	162	Porter - Imperial / Double
41	Surly Darkness	4.20	1097	Stout - Imperial
42	Angry Chair Rocky Road - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.20	32	Stout - Imperial
43	Deschutes The Abyss	4.20	1678	Stout - Imperial
44	Side Project Three Candles	4.20	19	Stout - Imperial
45	Hill Farmstead Abner	4.20	397	IPA - Imperial / Double
46	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	4.20	479	Stout - Imperial
47	Funky Buddha Wide Awake It's Morning	4.19	218	Porter - Imperial / Double
48	Bell's Hopslam	4.19	2655	IPA - Imperial / Double
49	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	4.19	561	Stout - Imperial
50	Hair of the Dog Matt	4.19	498	American Strong Ale

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