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	242	Stout - Imperial
3	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Double Barrel Aged	4.40	325	Stout - Imperial
4	Three Floyds Dark Lord - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.35	412	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	877	Stout - Imperial
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Vietnamese Coffee	4.31	193	Stout - Imperial
9	Bell's Black Note Stout	4.31	979	Stout - Imperial
10	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	4.30	1174	Stout - Imperial
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout	4.29	3014	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	256	Stout - Imperial
15	Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)	4.28	2846	Stout - Imperial
16	Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout	4.27	1845	Stout - Imperial
17	Bell's Expedition Stout	4.27	3110	Stout - Imperial
18	Russian River Pliny the Elder	4.27	2712	IPA - Imperial / Double
19	Funky Buddha Morning Wood	4.27	183	Porter - Imperial / Double
20	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	4.27	2826	Stout - Imperial
21	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	4.26	37	Stout - Imperial
22	Cigar City Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.25	197	Stout - Imperial
23	Hill Farmstead Aaron	4.25	136	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine
24	Alchemist Heady Topper	4.24	1537	IPA - Imperial / Double
25	Side Project Anabasis	4.24	20	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine
26	Modern Times Monster Tones	4.23	36	Stout - Imperial
27	Toppling Goliath Assassin	4.23	221	Stout - Imperial
28	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Coffee	4.23	971	Stout - Imperial
29	Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA	4.23	2083	IPA - Imperial / Double
30	Bell's Bourbon Barrel-Aged Expedition Stout	4.23	102	Stout - Imperial
31	Anchorage A Deal With The Devil Barleywine (Double Oaked)	4.23	30	Barley Wine / Wheat Wine
32	Prairie / Evil Twin Bible Belt - Barrel Aged	4.22	325	Stout - Imperial
33	Cycle Trademark Dispute (Yellow)	4.22	121	Stout - Imperial
34	Evil Twin Double Barrel Jesus	4.22	189	Stout - Imperial
35	Firestone Walker Parabola	4.21	1168	Stout - Imperial
36	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	4.21	161	Stout - Imperial
37	Surly Darkness	4.20	1095	Stout - Imperial
38	Cycle Trademark Dispute (Green)	4.20	97	Stout - Imperial
39	Funky Buddha Last Buffalo in the Park	4.20	157	Porter - Imperial / Double
40	Deschutes The Abyss	4.20	1674	Stout - Imperial
41	Angry Chair Rocky Road - Bourbon Barrel Aged	4.20	31	Stout - Imperial
42	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	4.20	545	Stout - Imperial
43	Funky Buddha Wide Awake It's Morning	4.20	216	Porter - Imperial / Double
44	Side Project Three Candles	4.20	19	Stout - Imperial
45	Hill Farmstead Abner	4.20	396	IPA - Imperial / Double
46	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	4.20	478	Stout - Imperial
47	Bell's Hopslam	4.19	2655	IPA - Imperial / Double
48	Hair of the Dog Matt	4.19	498	American Strong Ale
49	Hill Farmstead Dorothy - Wine Barrel Aged	4.19	68	Saison
50	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	4.19	54	Stout - Imperial

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