Zymergy magazine recently posted the 50 best beer in America as voted by its readers.
There are so many of our favorite beers on this list that it's really hard to be upset at the order. I think if we had to make a few changes, it would be to move Sierra Nevada Pale Ale out of the top 10 and add Union Jack. Celebration and Torpedo are both solid top choices, but personally, I would love to see some other styles represented.
What do you think of the list?
The 50 Best Beers in America
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale *
3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA *
4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale *
5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale *
6. Bell’s Hopslam *
7. Sierra Nevada Celebration *
8. Stone Ruination IPA *
9. Sierra Nevada Torpedo *
10. North Coast Old Rasputin
11. Firestone Walker Union Jack *
12. Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye *
13. Bear Republic Racer 5
14. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
15. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA *
16. Firestone Walker Double Jack *
T17. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
T17. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot *
19. Stone IPA *
20. New Belgium Fat Tire *
21. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
22. Avery Maharaja
23. Founders Breakfast Stout
24. Left Hand Milk Stout
T25. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA *
T25. New Belgium Ranger *
T25. Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
28. Deschutes The Abyss
29. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
30. Surly Furious
T31. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin *
T31. Rogue Dead Guy *
T31. Samuel Adams Boston Lager *
34. Troegs Nugget Nectar *
T35. Lagunitas IPA *
T35. New Belgium La Folie
T37. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
T37. Founders KBS
T37. Russian River Blind Pig IPA
40. Green Flash West Coast IPA *
41. Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
42. Victory Prima Pils *
43. Great Divide Yeti
T44. Alaskan Smoked Porter
T44. Anchor Steam
T44. Lagunitas Hop Stoopid *
T44. Samuel Adams Noble Pils *
T48. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
T48. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
T48. Russian River Pliny the Younger
* Beers we've tried
There are so many of our favorite beers on this list that it's really hard to be upset at the order. I think if we had to make a few changes, it would be to move Sierra Nevada Pale Ale out of the top 10 and add Union Jack. Celebration and Torpedo are both solid top choices, but personally, I would love to see some other styles represented.
What do you think of the list?
The 50 Best Beers in America
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale *
3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA *
4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale *
5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale *
6. Bell’s Hopslam *
7. Sierra Nevada Celebration *
8. Stone Ruination IPA *
9. Sierra Nevada Torpedo *
10. North Coast Old Rasputin
11. Firestone Walker Union Jack *
12. Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye *
13. Bear Republic Racer 5
14. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
15. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA *
16. Firestone Walker Double Jack *
T17. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
T17. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot *
19. Stone IPA *
20. New Belgium Fat Tire *
21. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
22. Avery Maharaja
23. Founders Breakfast Stout
24. Left Hand Milk Stout
T25. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA *
T25. New Belgium Ranger *
T25. Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
28. Deschutes The Abyss
29. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
30. Surly Furious
T31. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin *
T31. Rogue Dead Guy *
T31. Samuel Adams Boston Lager *
34. Troegs Nugget Nectar *
T35. Lagunitas IPA *
T35. New Belgium La Folie
T37. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
T37. Founders KBS
T37. Russian River Blind Pig IPA
40. Green Flash West Coast IPA *
41. Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
42. Victory Prima Pils *
43. Great Divide Yeti
T44. Alaskan Smoked Porter
T44. Anchor Steam
T44. Lagunitas Hop Stoopid *
T44. Samuel Adams Noble Pils *
T48. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
T48. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
T48. Russian River Pliny the Younger
* Beers we've tried
