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	4.52	160	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
2	Schramm's The Heart of Darkness	4.42	98	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
3	Toppling Goliath Mornin' Delight	4.40	287	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
4	Cycle / 3 Sons Rare Scooop	4.36	36	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	750	IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double IPA
7	Schramm's A Smile of Fortune	4.34	70	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
8	Three Floyds Dark Lord - Bourbon Vanilla Bean	4.34	444	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
9	Superstition Straw Berry White	4.33	95	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.33	913	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
11	Superstition Berry White	4.32	107	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
12	Superstition Grand Cru Berry - F.O. Barrel Aged	4.32	43	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
13	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Apple Brandy Barrel Aged	4.31	181	Stout - Imperial
14	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	4.31	199	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
15	Schramm's Madeline	4.31	96	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
16	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	4.30	1491	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
17	Bell's Black Note Stout	4.30	1010	Stout - Imperial
18	Perennial Barrel Aged Abraxas	4.29	279	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
19	AleSmith Speedway Stout	4.29	3105	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
20	Schramm's The Statement Reserve	4.29	54	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
21	Hill Farmstead Ann	4.29	127	Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette
22	Side Project Anabasis	4.29	34	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine / Rye Wine
23	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout	4.29	1041	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
24	Superstition Blue Berry White	4.28	113	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
25	Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)	4.28	3037	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
26	Schramm's Black Agnes	4.28	181	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
27	Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout	4.27	1866	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
28	Russian River Pliny the Elder	4.27	2777	IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double IPA
29	Anchorage A Deal With The Devil Barleywine (Double Oaked 2017)	4.27	42	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine / Rye Wine
30	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	4.27	2944	Stout - Imperial
31	Bell's Expedition Stout	4.27	3160	Stout - Imperial
32	Funky Buddha Morning Wood	4.25	212	Porter - Imperial Flavored
33	Modern Times Monster Tones	4.25	48	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
34	Superstition Grand Cru Berry	4.25	82	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
35	Superstition Black Berry White	4.24	89	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
36	Hill Farmstead Aaron	4.24	165	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine / Rye Wine
37	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.24	216	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
38	Toppling Goliath Assassin	4.24	250	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
39	Bell's Bourbon Barrel-Aged Expedition Stout	4.24	180	Stout - Imperial
40	The Alchemist Heady Topper	4.23	1616	IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double Hazy (NEIPA)
41	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Coffee	4.23	988	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
42	Superstition Endovelicus	4.23	60	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
43	Schramm's Red Agnes	4.23	98	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
44	Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA	4.23	2087	IIPA DIPA - Imperial / Double IPA
45	Prairie / Evil Twin Bible Belt - Barrel Aged	4.23	356	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
46	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	4.22	236	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
47	J. Wakefield / Abnormal Bake Kujira (750ml) 2017	4.22	16	Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry
48	Superstition Framboesa Atando	4.22	41	Mead - Melomel / Fruited
49	Evil Twin Double Barrel Jesus	4.21	196	Stout - Imperial
50	Firestone Walker Parabola	4.21	1234	Stout - Imperial

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