MisterTipsy
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Home brewers picked their top 20 beers and Zymurgy complied the list. It looks like home brewers really like their IPAs.
top 50 beers
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
2. Bells Two Hearted Ale
3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
6. Bells 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 Dales 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
4. 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
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
top 20 breweries
1. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, Calif.
2. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Del.
3. Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, Calif.
4. Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, Calif.
5. Bells Brewery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
6. New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Colo.
7. Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, Calif.
8. Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore.
9. Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma, Calif.
10. Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
11. Boston Beer Co. (Samuel Adams), Boston, Mass.
12. Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, Colo.
13. Oskar Blues Brewing Co., Longmont, Colo.
14. Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Colo.
15. Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, Ind.
T16. Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, Colo.
T16. Rogue Ales, Newport, Ore.
18. New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, Wis.
19. Victory Brewing Co., Downington, Pa.
20. Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, Ill.
21. Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, Colo.
22. Surly Brewing Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
23. North Coast Brewing Co., Fort Bragg, Calif.
24. Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, Calif.
25. Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, Calif.
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/news/show?title=2012-best-beers-in-america
top 50 beers
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
2. Bells Two Hearted Ale
3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
6. Bells 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 Dales 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
4. 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
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
top 20 breweries
1. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, Calif.
2. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Del.
3. Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, Calif.
4. Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, Calif.
5. Bells Brewery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
6. New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Colo.
7. Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, Calif.
8. Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore.
9. Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma, Calif.
10. Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
11. Boston Beer Co. (Samuel Adams), Boston, Mass.
12. Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, Colo.
13. Oskar Blues Brewing Co., Longmont, Colo.
14. Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Colo.
15. Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, Ind.
T16. Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, Colo.
T16. Rogue Ales, Newport, Ore.
18. New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, Wis.
19. Victory Brewing Co., Downington, Pa.
20. Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, Ill.
21. Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, Colo.
22. Surly Brewing Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
23. North Coast Brewing Co., Fort Bragg, Calif.
24. Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, Calif.
25. Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, Calif.
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/news/show?title=2012-best-beers-in-america