Each year we ask Zymurgy readers to share a list of their 20 favorite beers that are commercially available in the United States. We tallied the votes, and here are the results for the 2014 Best Beers in America survey.
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Top-Ranked Beers
For the sixth consecutive year, Russian River Brewing Company took the top-ranked beer title for their double IPA, Pliny the Elder. Want to brew a world class IPA like Pliny? Russian River Co-Founder and Brewmaster Vinnie Cilurzo shared five tips for brewing better IPAs!
(T indicates tie)
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
3. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
4. Bell’s Hopslam
5. The Alchemist Heady Topper
6. Lagunitas Sucks
7. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
8. Stone Enjoy By IPA
9. Founders Breakfast Stout
10. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
11. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout
12. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
13. Firestone Walker Wookey Jack
14. Three Floyds Zombie Dust
T15. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
T15. Sierra Nevada Celebration
17. Firestone Walker Double Jack
T18. Firestone Walker Union Jack
T18. Arrogant Bastard Ale
20. Sierra Nevada Torpedo
21. Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye
22. Russian River Blind Pig IPA
T23. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
T23. North Coast Old Rasputin
25. Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
26. Stone Ruination IPA
27. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
28. Russian River Pliny the Younger
29. Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro
30. Russian River Supplication
31. Green Flash West Coast IPA
32. Surly Furious
33. New Belgium La Folie
T34. Founders All Day IPA
T34. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
36. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
37. Stone IPA
38. Lagunitas IPA
T39. Russian River Consecration
T39. Troegs Nugget Nectar
41. Deschutes The Abyss
42. Cigar City Jai Alai IPA
43. Bear Republic Racer 5
44. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
45. Surly Abrasive
46. New Belgium Ranger
T47. Ommegang Three Philosophers
T47. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
T49. Founders Backwoods Bastard
T49. Odell IPA
Brewery Rankings
1. Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, Calif.
2. Bell’s Brewery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
3. Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, Calif.
4. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Del.
5. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, Calif.
6. Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
7. Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, Calif.
8. Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma, Calif.
9. Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore.
10. New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Colo.
11. Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, Ind.
12. Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, Ill.
13. Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, Calif.
14. Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Colo.
15. Boston Beer Co., Boston, Mass.
16. Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, Mo.
17. Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont, Colo.
18. New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, Wis.
19. Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, Pa.
20. Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, Colo.
21. Surly Brewing Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
22. Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, Colo.
23. Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland, Ohio
24. The Bruery, Placentia, Calif.
25. Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, Colo.
Top Imports
1. Unibroue La Fin du Monde (Canada)
2. Guinness Draught (Ireland)
3. St. Bernardus Abt 12 (Belgium)
4. Westvleteren XII (Belgium)
T5. Rodenbach Grand Cru (Belgium)
T5. Duvel (Belgium)
T7. Weihenstephen Heffeweissbier (Germany)
T7. Rochefort 10 (Belgium)
9. Chimay Grande Reserve/Blue Label (Belgium)
10. Duchesse de Bourgogne (Belgium)
Best Portfolio
(T indicates tie)
1. New Belgium Brewing Co. | 60 beers
2. Boston Beer Co. (Samuel Adams) | 53
3. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | 49
4. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery | 48
5. Stone Brewing Co. | 46
T6. Bell’s Brewery | 41
T6. Short’s Brewing Co. | 41
8. Deschutes Brewery | 40
9. The Bruery | 38
T10. Avery Brewing Co. | 37
T10. Boulevard Brewing Co. | 37
T10. Goose Island Beer Co. | 37
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