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

[-TH-]

1) Sierra Nevada Celebration (seasonal)
2) Columbus Brewing Company IPA (year-round)
3) Racer 5

I had #2 (above) in Columbus last year and I was very impressed. Glad to see it make it into this thread. I've only had the one 6 pack so far so I would need to have more in order to put it in my top three but it could very well be that good.

Speaking of my top three, here's mine currently:

1. Bells Hopslam
2. New Belgium/Alpine Brewing Lips of Faith Super IPA
3. New Belgium Ranger IPA

A bit different than my OP. I know, two of the above are IIPA's but still.

For fun I've been keeping a little database of all the commercial IPA's and IIPA's that I've tried, and so far I have 62 entries.

 

[WAORGANY]

Ithaca Flower Power
Firestone Walker IPA
Stone IPA

 

[cheezydemon3]

Upland IIPA
Stone Ruination
Mine

 

[Evan_L]

Stone IPA
Goose Island IPA
Southern Tier 2XIPA
Sierra Nevada Torpedo

(Couldn't cull it to just 3)

Can someone explain the Goose to me, god knows I've drank my fair share of decent beer, but my ability to describe it is trailing behind. The Goose has a very distinct flavor in it that I can't quite put my finger on but love it for just the same. For anyone who knows it, is this a yeast factor, hops factor, or something else?

 

[Yourrealdad]

1. Odells IPA= THE perfect IPA, but I might be biased since I was born and raised in the Fort.

2. Lagunitas: Hop Stoopid

3. Ska: Modus Hoperandi, I probably have drank more of this beer that anything else. Cans make everything so easy.

I could add on the other hundreds cause they are all good (Union Jack, etc). One I haven't tried that seems to be on many peoples lists is Goose Island. Do they distribute to CO? I live in an area that is pretty hard up for quality beer now a days.

 

[solbes]

Goose Island was bought by InBev, so it has been showing up in almost every liquor store I go into now. I now see single brew and variety 12 packs whereas I used to only see single brew 6 packs. I am in MN, so not far from Chicago. Might take a bit longer to get to Colorado, but I assume it will.

 

[pdxbg]

1) Stone Ruination
2) FW Union Jack
3) Boneyard RPM

 

[Evan_L]

Cracked a Southern Tier Unearthly tonight, been a while, this is an amazing beer!! Screw my other fav's, this can take spots 1, 2 and 3.

 

[val214]

Russian river Pliny the elder
Drakes hopocalypse
Port brewing hop 15

 

[snowtires]

I dont have a lot of experience with different ipa's

 

[snowtires]

I dont have a lot of experience with different ipa's

Oops. But mu favorites so far are


#1 green flash american IPA
#2 phillips switchback IPA
#3 red racer IPA (not to be confused with racer 5 ipa)

 

[kpr121]

Hmm this is tough for me but here's my current top 3:

Fatheads Headhunter
Bells Hopslam
Troegs Nugget Nectar (labeled as an amber I think but its an IPA to me)

I've never had a lot of those west coast brews like union jack and Pliny... I imagine my list would change a bit.

 

[palys2]

Sierra Nevada Torpedo
Stone IPA
Otter Creek Black IPA

 

[brobeman]

Pliny the Elder
Heady Topper
Hopslam

For beers I can get when I want them:
Lagunitas IPA
Racer 5
Dreadnaught

So many IPAs.

Brobe

 

[passedpawn]

Had some Stone IPA last night. It's a blast of fresh hop aroma.

I don't know how they get that into a bottle and all way from San Diego to Clearwater, but I do appreciate it.

 

[DBear]

Chainbreaker white ipA
Lagunitas daytime
Sweetwater ipa

 

[Hodges]

#1 Sierra Nevada Celebration
#2 Unita - Crooked Line - Detour
#3 Dogfish Head - 90 Min

 

[-TH-]

Stone IPA
Goose Island IPA
Southern Tier 2XIPA
Sierra Nevada Torpedo

(Couldn't cull it to just 3)

Can someone explain the Goose to me, god knows I've drank my fair share of decent beer, but my ability to describe it is trailing behind. The Goose has a very distinct flavor in it that I can't quite put my finger on but love it for just the same. For anyone who knows it, is this a yeast factor, hops factor, or something else?

I could be wrong but I think goose ipa is classified as an English ipa if that helps.

 

[-TH-]

I dont have a lot of experience with different ipa's

This post made me laugh. I was going to write "its never too late to start". Then I saw your next post. By the way for someone with little experience you're not doing that bad...

 

[BreezyBrew]

Bells Two Hearted
Stone Ruination
Deschutes Hop Henge

 

[diturbe]

1. Pliny the younger
2. 90 min IPA
3. Sierra Nevada torpedo

 

[arsenal610]

1. Cigar City Jai Alai IPA

I'm so happy to have easy access to Cigar City Brews. It is probably one of the most flavorful IPAs out there. This one does have a low hop profile, but it's still a high class IPA in my book.

Here's my video review on it, if you would like to check it out.



2. Dogfish Head Sqaull IPA <<<no longer exists , but I hear the 75 minute is a great replacement


3. Sweet Water IPA

 

[jlsummers75]

Firestone Walker Union Jack
Russian River Pliney the Elder
Stone Ruination

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

This is hard for me because I love so many IPAs for different reasons

1. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
2. Victory Hop Wallup
3. Dogfish 90 Minute

 

[ChrisVZ]

Sam Adams Double Agent IPL
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Double IPA

 

[1fast636]

longtrail IPA
dogfish head 90min
victory hop wallop

its hard to pick three tho because IPA's are my go to brews

 

[BreezyBrew]

Deschutes Hop Henge
Sierra Nevada Hoptimum
Alesmith IPA

Honorable mention: Lagunitas Hop Stoopid

 

[solbes]

I added entries since last reported on pg 30 (post 292). Sorted and pasted below. Always new IPA's being added to this list (15 this time!).

Bells Two Hearted 50
Stone IPA 48
RR-Pliny the Elder 42
DFH 90 39
Stone Ruination 32
Sierra Nevada Torpedo 27
Bear Republic Racer 5 22
Bells Hopslam 19
Sierra Nevada Celebration 18
DFH 60 16
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA 13
Victory Hop Devil 12
Goose Island IPA 12
Green Flash IPA 12
Victory Hop Wallop 12
O'Dells IPA 10
Lagunitas IPA 9
RR-Blind Pig 9
Smuttynose IPA 9
Sweetwater IPA 9
Bridgeport 7
Flying Dog Snake Dog 7
Firestone Union Jack 7
Southern Tier IPA 7
Three Floyd's Dreadnaught 6
Alchemist Heady Topper 6
Ithaca Flower Power 6
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid 6
Avery IPA 5
Founders Double Trouble 5
Great Divide Hercules 5
Great Divide Titan 5
Three Floyd's Alpha King 5
Lagunitas Maximus 5
New Belgium Ranger IPA 5
Port Hop15 5
Surly Furious 5
Boundary Bay Inside Passage Ale 4
Dark Horse Crooked Tree IPA 4
Founders Centennial 4
Left Hand: Warrior IPA 4
Ninkasi Total Domination IPA 4
Alesmith IPA 4
RR-Pliny the Younger 4
Ska Modus Hoperandi 4
Troegs Nugget Nectar 4
8 Wired Hopwired IPA 3
Acery&#8217;s IPA 3
Alpine Nelson Rye IPA 3
Arcadia IPA 3
Ballast Point Big Eye 3
Bear Republic Hop Rod IPA 3
Deschutes Inversion 3
Flying Dog Raging Bitch 3
Founders Devil Dancer Tripple IPA 3
Founders Red Rye 3
Hair of the Dog Blue Dot 3
Harpoon IPA 3
Hop Ottin' 3
Moylan's HopSicle 3
New Holland Mad Hatter 3
Rouge Yellow Snow IPA 3
Terrapin Hopsecuitioner 3
West Coast IPA 3
Alaskan IPA 3
Cigar City Jai Alai IPA 3
Sierra Nevada Hoptimum 3
Tyranena Bitter Woman IPA 3
Deschutes Hop Henge IPA 3
Abita Jockamo 2
Alpine Duet 2
Bittersweet Lenny IPA 2
Boulevard Single-Wide IPA 2
Breckenridge 471 2
Captian Lawrence Imperial IPA 2
Four Peaks Hop Knot 2
Heavy Seas Loose Cannon 2
Kern River Citra 2
Lakefront Brewery IPA 2
Magic Hat Lucky Kat 2
Mikkeller Single Hop Sauvin 2
Mountain Sun FYIPA 2
Ninkasi Tricerahops 2
Red Hook Longhammer 2
Saint Arnold's Elissa 2
Samuel Smith's IPA 2
Schlafly Export IPA 2
Short's Huma Lupa Licious 2
Sierra Nevada Wet Hop Harvest Ale 2
Southern Tier Gemini 2
Speakeasy Double Daddy 2
Summit IPA 2
Summit Saga IPA 2
Terrapin Hopzilla 2
Central City Red Racer IPA 2
DFH Squall 2
Firestone Walker IPA 2
Long Trail IPA 2
21A Hop Crisis 1
21st Ammendment Brew Free or Die 1
Acme California 1
Avery Maharaja 1
Bear Republic Apex 1
Big Daddy IPA 1
Big Sky IPA 1
Black Raven Trickster 1
Blue Point 10th Anniversary IPA 1
Boulder Mojo 1
Boulevard Double Wide 1
Breakwater Kali Kush 1
Breckenridge 427 1
Brooklyn East IPA 1
Caldera IPA 1
Clown Shoes Hoppy Feet 1.5 1
Coast Brewing Hop Art 1
DC Brau On the Wings of Arnageddon 1
Deschutes Red Chair 1
DFH Burton Baton 1
Diamond Bear IPA 1
Diamond Knot IPA 1
Driftwoods Fat Tug 1
Elysian Jasmine IPA 1
Epic New Zealand 1
Evolution #3 1
Flossmoor Station X-IPA 1
Founders Bravo IPA 1
Founders Cascade IPA 1
GF West Coast 1
Great Basin Ichthyosaur IPA 1
Great Lakes Commodore Perry 1
Great Lakes Erie Monster 1
Hantan Hop Shock 1
Henry's Short Lived IPA 1
Hercules DIPA 1
Heretic Evil-Cousin 1
Hop Wallop 1
HUB Ace of Spades 1
Ice Harbor 1
India Beer 1
Ipswich IPA 1
Kashmir IPA 1
Kern Just Outstanding 1
Kodiak IPA 1
Laguniatas Little Sumpin Wild 1
Leafer Madnes 1
Leefer Madness 1
Left Coast Hop Juice 1
Loose Cannon 1
McMinamins Sunflower IPA 1
Meantime English IPA 1
Michigan High Seas IPA 1
Mikkeler 19 1
Mikkeller 1000 IBU 1
Napa Smith Hopageddon 1
New Glarus Hop Hearty IPA 1
Northern Lights IPA 1
Odell Mercinary 1
Pike 1
Port High Tide 1
Port Wipeout IPA 1
Rocky Mountain IPA 1
Rogue Brutal IPA 1
Rogue Imperial IPA 1
Roots Woody IPA 1
Saranac Imperial IPA 1
Scuttlebutt Gale Force 1
Sierra Nevada Anniversary 1
Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA 1
Sixpoint Begali Tiger 1
Sixpoint Resin 1
Ska Euphoria 1
Stone Arrogant Bastard 1
Stone Cali Belgique 1
Stone Subliminally Self Righteous 1
Terminal Gravity 1
Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster 1
Three Heads Kind IPA 1
Toppling Goliath Golden Nugget IPA 1
Town Hall Masala Moma 1
Troegs Perpetual IPA 1
Walking Man Imperial IPA 1
Waschusett IPA 1
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe 1
Widmer Nelson IPA 1
Yards Philly Pale Ale 1
Oso Hopdinger 1
Colombus Brewing IPA 1
Emperyan Mango IPA 1
Great Lakes Crazy Canuck PA 1
Alpine Lips of Faith Super IPA 1
Upland IIPA 1
Boneyard RPM 1
Drake's Hopocalypse 1
Phillips Switchback IPA 1
Fatheads Headhunter 1
Otter Creek Black IPA 1
Chainbreaker White IPA 1
Laguinitas Daytime 1
Unita Crooked Line Detour 1
Sam Adams Double Agent IPL 1

 

[Adaman05]

1. Surly Furious
2. Three Floyds Dreadnaught
3. Three Floyds BrooDoo

Honorable mention: Odell IPA, Alpha King, Two Hearted, Town Hall Masala Mama

 

[WesleyBrewViking]

Favorite three IPAs:
1) Phillips Brewing Company - Hop Circle IPA
2) Noble Pig - Imperialist Pig IPA
3) Tree Brewing Company - Hop Head IPA

Favorite three IIPAs:
1) Howe Sound Brewing Company - Total Eclipse of the Hop IIPA
2) Phillips Brewing Company - Amnesiac DIPA
3) Uhhh... I forgot. Curse you, Amnesiac!