Zymurgy‘s 2015 Best Beers in America Results

Each year we ask Zymurgy magazine readers to share a list of their 20 favorite beers that are commercially available in the United States.

We’ve tallied the votes, and here are the results for the 2015 Best Beers in America survey, including Top Ranked Beers, Top Breweries, Best Porfolio and Top Imports.

Share your favorite commercial beers in the comments below!

Note: ‘T’ indicates a tie, and hyperlinked beers include a clone homebrew recipe.

Top Ranked Beers

	Beer	Location
1.	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Santa Rosa, CA
2.	Bell’s Two Hearted Ale	Kalamazoo, MI
3.	Ballast Point Sculpin IPA	San Diego, CA
4.	Stone Enjoy By IPA	Escondido, CA
5.	Founders Breakfast Stout	Grand Rapids, MI
6.	The Alchemist Heady Topper	Waterbury, VT
7.	Bell’s Hopslam Ale	Kalamazoo, MI
8.	Three Floyds Zombie Dust	Munster, IN
9.	Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA	Milton, DE
10.	Firestone Walker Wookey Jack	Paso Robles, CA
11.	Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA	Bend, OR
T12.	Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro	Longmont, CO
T12.	Sierra Nevada Pale Ale	Chico, CA & Mills River, NC
T12.	Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA	Chico, CA & Mills River, NC
15.	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Chicago, IL
16.	Russian River Blind Pig I.P.A.	Santa Rosa, CA
T17.	Arrogant Bastard Ale	Escondido, CA
T17.	Founders KBS	Grand Rapids, MI
T19.	Russian River Consecration	Santa Rosa, CA
T19.	Russian River Supplication	Santa Rosa, CA
21.	Deschutes Black Butte Porter	Bend, OR
T22.	Firestone Walker Parabola	Paso Robles, CA
T22.	Firestone Walker Union Jack	Paso Robles, CA
T24.	Firestone Walker Double Jack	Paso Robles, CA
T24.	Odell IPA	Fort Collins, CO
T24.	Tröegs Nugget Nectar	Hershey, PA
27.	Founders All Day IPA	Grand Rapids, MI
T28.	Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA	Milton, DE
T28.	Sierra Nevada Celebration	Chico, CA & Mills River, NC
30.	Lagunitas IPA	Petaluma, CA & Chicago, IL
31.	North Coast Old Rasputin	Fort Bragg, CA
32.	Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’	Petaluma, CA & Chicago, IL
T33.	Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin	San Diego, CA
T33.	Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale	Kansas City, MO
35.	Surly Furious	Minneapolis, MN
36.	Stone Ruination IPA	Escondido, CA
37.	Deschutes The Abyss	Bend, OR
38.	Green Flash West Coast IPA	San Diego, CA
39.	Oskar Blues Ten Fidy	Longmont, CO
40.	Cigar City Jai Alai	Tampa, FL
T41.	Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter	Cleveland, OH
T41.	New Belgium La Folie	Fort Collins, CO
43.	Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale	Longmont, CO
44.	Founders Backwoods Bastard	Grand Rapids, MI
T45.	Victory DirtWolf Double IPA	Downington, PA
T45.	Fat Head’s Head Hunter	North Olmsted, OH
T45.	Lagunitas Sucks	Petaluma, CA & Chicago, IL
T45.	Stone IPA	Escondido, CA
T49.	Odell Myrcenary	Fort Collins, CO
T49.	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Santa Rosa, CA
T49.	Ballast Point Victory at Sea	San Diego, CA

 

Brewery Rankings

	Brewery	Location
1.	Russian River Brewing Co.	Santa Rosa, CA
2.	Stone Brewing Co.	Escondido, CA
3.	Bell’s Brewery, Inc.	Kalamazoo, MI
4.	Founders Brewing Co.	Grand Rapids, MI
5.	Firestone Walker Brewing Co.	Paso Robles, CA
6.	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	Chico, CA & Mills River, NC
7.	Dogfish Head Craft Brewery	Milton, DE
8.	Lagunitas Brewing Co.	Petaluma, CA & Chicago, IL
9.	Ballast Point Brewing	San Diego, CA
10.	Deschutes Brewery	Bend, OR
11.	New Belgium Brewing	Fort Collins, CO
12.	Avery Brewing Co.	Boulder, CO
13.	Odell Brewing Co.	Fort Collins, CO
14.	Three Floyds Brewing Co.	Munster, IN
15.	Oskar Blues Brewery	Longmont, CO
16.	Goose Island Beer Co.	Chicago, IL
17.	New Glarus Brewing Co.	New Glarus, WI
18.	Surly Brewing Co.	Minneapolis, MN
19.	Tröegs Brewing Co.	Hershey, PA
20.	The Bruery	Placentia, CA
21.	Green Flash Brewing Co.	San Diego, CA
22.	The Boston Beer Co.	Boston, MA
T23.	Great Divide Brewing Co.	Denver, CO
T23.	Cigar City Brewing	Tampa, FL
T25.	Victory Brewing Co.	Downington, PA

Best Portfolio

	Brewery	Portfolio
1.	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	60 Beers
2.	Stone Brewing Co.	54 Beers
3.	Bell’s Brewery, Inc.	52 Beers
4.	New Belgium Brewing	47 Beers
5.	Avery Brewing Co.	39 Beers
T6.	Goose Island Beer Co.	37 Beers
T6.	Dogfish Head Craft Brewery	37 Beers
T8.	Firestone Walker Brewing Co.	35 Beers
T8.	The Boston Beer Co. (Samuel Adams)	35 Beers
T8.	The Bruery	35 Beers

Top Imports

	Beer	Country
1.	Unibroue La Fin Du Monde	Canada
2.	St. Bernardus Abt 12	Belgium
3.	Rodenbach Grand Cru	Belgium
4.	Guinness Draught	Ireland
5.	Saison Dupont	Belgium
T6.	Orval	Belgium
T6.	Chimay Grande Reserve/Blue Label	Belgium
8	Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout	England
T9.	Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier	Germany
T9.	Cantillon Gueuze	Belgium