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

hoppyhoppyhippo · Apr 24, 2014

Picking just 3 is tough. I'll use 2 catagories

best 3

Enjoy by IPA
Heady Topper
Pliny the Elder

best 3 I can get easily

Dirt Wolf
Hop Wallop
Firestone Walker Double Jack

rlmiller10 · Apr 25, 2014

Howe Sound Devil's Elbow IPA
Odell Brewing Runoff Red IPA
Lagunitas Brewing A little Sumpin Sumpin Ale

You will notice that none of these taste like a grapefruit.

GrogNerd · Apr 25, 2014

for my 2nd answer, I will quote John Connor from T2

John Connor: We've got company!... Police!
Sarah Connor: How many?
John Connor: Uh... all of 'em, I think

LakeErieMonster · Apr 25, 2014

Lake Erie Monster- Great lakes
Two Hearted Ale - Bells
Nugget Nectar - Tröegs

knelson13A · Apr 25, 2014

Stone Ruination
Ballast Point Sculpin
Peticolas Sit Down or I'll Sit You Down

Snicklefritz · Apr 25, 2014

Pliny
Enjoy By
Dirt Wolf

JordanKnudson · Apr 25, 2014

Lagunitas Sucks (like many other folks, this is my hands down #1)
DFH 90 minute
Stone Go-To, which I find to be impressively hoppy for a low-ABV beer.

I should mention that, being a midwesterner who has never participated in a long distance trade or made a beer pilgrimage to either coast, I haven't had the opportunity to try such mainstays as Heady Topper or Pliny the Elder/Younger.

The_Nid_Hog · Apr 26, 2014

Top 3 (No particular order)

RR's Pliny the Elder
Wicked Weed's Freak of Nature (Asheville NC)
NoDa's Hop, Drop and Roll (Charlotte NC)

Runners Up

GF Palate Wrecker & West Coast IPA
Bell's 2 Hearted
Great Lakes Chillwave
Laguitas Sucks
Six Point Resin

dustys_dad · Apr 27, 2014

Odell's IPA
Enjoy By
Lasso by Great Divide

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thisisbeer · Apr 27, 2014

RR Pliny the Elder
Lone Pint Yellow Rose
Ballast Point Sculpin

Ridire · Apr 27, 2014

I might throw a local, Kuhenen DRIPA, onto my list.

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xxmetalhead89xx · May 1, 2014

Ninkasi total domination
Lagunitas little sumpin sumpin
Odell tree shaker imperial peach ipa

captgreg · May 18, 2014

Clown shoes Tramp stamp
Hop nosh
Cigar city Jai Lai

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aStoutObserver · May 18, 2014

Green flash - west coast, uinta - hop nosh (notch) and cigar city - jai alai

Cyclman · May 18, 2014

O'Dells, Ska, and Dry Dock.

bford · May 20, 2014

Lone Pint Yellow Rose
Ballast Point Sculpin
Saint Arnold Endeavour

brrman · May 20, 2014

Victory HopDevil
Stone Sublimely SelfRighteous
Bell's Two Hearted

avocadojr · May 21, 2014

Best 3
Heady topper
Double jack
The elder

3 regular
Jai alai
Hop notch (nosh, whatever)
Hop hands

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drkwoods · Jul 30, 2014

PTE, Sculpin and Racer5

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Iceman2197 · Jul 30, 2014

DFH 90 min
Lagunitas maximus
sierra Nevada torpedo

NervousDad · Jul 30, 2014

Racer 5, hop stoopid and Modus Hoperandi.

Flipadelphia · Aug 3, 2014

1. Fat Heads HeadHunter
2. Victory Dirtwolf (double IPA)
3. Bell's 2 Hearted

I appreciate beers I can actually buy regularly, not some mystical beer that you have to follow delivery trucks around to obtain.

macphergus · Aug 4, 2014

Pliny the Elder, Alpine Duet, Lagunitas Sucks.

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ICWiener · Aug 4, 2014

I gotta go with:

Pliny
KRBC - Just Outstanding
Alpine - Nelson

Honorable mention for Stone's 'Enjoy By' series

FMWarner · Aug 4, 2014

1. Lagunitas IPA
2. Stone Ruination
3. Green Flash West Coast IPA

beeber · Aug 5, 2014

Tired Hands Pineal
DFH 90
Heady Topper

treacheroustexan · Aug 5, 2014

Local:

1. Great Lakes Chillwave
2. Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster
3. Fat Heads Hop Juju

The rest:
1. Stone IPA
2. DFH 60 minute
3. Southern Tier Gemini

Rcerick · Aug 6, 2014

Pliny, Heady Topper, Stone Ruination

BrewerBrad82 · Aug 6, 2014

Bells 2 Hearted (A benchmark), Heady Topper, Ninja Vs Unicorn

paulquinn · Aug 6, 2014

Elder, Younger, Sculpin

jamboo · Aug 6, 2014

Two-Hearted, Workhorse, FYIPA

pumpkinman2012 · Aug 6, 2014

Centennial, Hoptimum, Harpoon

taylorc3407 · Aug 6, 2014

Ballast Point Sculpin (#1 in my book)
Sweetwater IPA
Surly Furious

kcmobrewer · Aug 6, 2014

Dogfish 120. Pliny the Elder. Heady Topper.

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BrewerinBR · Aug 6, 2014

Pliny the Elder --- IMHO The best beer on planet Earth! --- Sigh I cannot get it.
So
A - Bear Track Brewing American IPA
1. Mad Hatter -- New Holland
2. Centennial IPA - Founders
3. Two Hearted Ale - Bells

djevans3 · Aug 6, 2014

My top 3 are:

1. Bell's Two Hearted
2. NoDa Hop Drop N' Roll
3. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin

benm1024 · Aug 6, 2014

Pliny The Elder (or Younger, Or Blind Pig)
Sculpin
Lagunitas Sucks!

alf2617 · Aug 6, 2014

My current top 3(in no particular order):

Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Sierra Nevada Torpedo

And I have to give an honorable mention to Three Floyd's Alpha King(even though it's marketed as an APA)

firerat · Aug 6, 2014

Sweetwater IPA
Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
Two Hearted

renrutle · Aug 6, 2014

Karbach Hopadillo
Southern Star Valkyrie
Founders Devil Dancer

oh and
Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale

and . . .

Well you get the point.

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

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