Calling all IPA lovers...what are your favorite 3?

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Great Lakes Commodore Perry
Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster
Laguinitas Maximus IPA
 
It changes constantly as I try new beers and brewers tweak their recipes, but here's my top 3 as of right now:

Russian River Blind Pig
Bear Republic Racer 5
Black Raven Trickster (a new brewery outside Seattle that's already churning out some fantastic beers)
 
southern tier 2xipa
flower power ithaca beer
green flash imperial ipa
the list goes on .........hard to pick:drunk:
 
I'm sure that I'm forgetting things, but off the top of my head (in no order):

Racer 5
West Coast IPA

I'm not sure about the 3rd one, so I'll just go with a standby: Dogfish 90min.
 
Sculpin (ballast point)
Ruination (stone)
High Tide (Port Brewing)

One more that would be my favorite if I could find it anywhere would be pliny.
 
DFH 90
RR Pliny
Left Hand Warrior

Hard to pick just 3! Some honorable mentions though, go to RR Hopfather, Dry Dock's IPA, Racer 5 and Doible Dog from Flying Dog
 
Ninkasi - Total Domination
Roots - Woody IPA
McMinamins - Sunflower IPA

All in the Pacific NW... 2000 miles from me :(
 
Great Divide Titan IPA

Stone Ruination IPA

O'Dell IPA

Side note: What an awesome thread! Sticking to the top three is a real test of one's self control.
 
stone ruination is great
Sierra harvest ales

I am drinking a Smuttynose here and not entirely sure I could have told you it tasted different if you put it ina Stone IPA bottle.
 
Based on my limited sampling (missing some of the great IPA breweries up here in Canada):

Central City Red Racer IPA
Mikkeller 1000 IBU
8 Wired Hopwired IPA
 
Hop Stoopid - Lagunitas
Total Domination - Ninkasi
Longhammer - Redhook

(no particular order)
 
IPA
Firestone Walker Union Jack
Terrapin Hopsecutioner
SN Celebration Ale

IIPA
Bell's Hopslam
SN Hoptimum
Odell Myrcenary
 
Ninkasi Tricerahops
Kern Just Outstanding
Alpine Nelson

And you can add IIPAs instead of IPAs if you wish. It's like comparing regular gasoline to super. Not that big of a deal.
 
Since pliny is a double ipa guess i cant add that like some people :) So.. thinking off hand
HopRod Rye(double?) or Founders Red Rye
SN Estate ale or Sculpin(double?)
Ska Euphoria or Victory Hop Wallop-(double?)

It would be awesome to have a line up and blind taste test of like 20 favorates.Hard also. A top 10 or 20 may be more of a fair/favorite list.
 
DC Brau - On the Wings of Armageddon
Mikkeller - Single Hop Nelson Sauvin
The Alchemist - Heady Topper

I also can't not put Founders' Double Trouble in there too.
 

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