HOPIQ SCORE
The Top 50 Beers
16 beers from 15 breweries · Ranked by style authenticity — not marketing
These rankings are dynamic. As more people rate, match and like beers on hopIQ, community signals will increasingly shape the results alongside style authenticity and award recognition.
These beers rank highest on the hopIQ Score — a nightly-updated weighting of style authenticity, award history, and community signals. Filter by style family or country to narrow the list; the top-3 podium and full ranking below always reflect the current day’s data.
How this ranking works
The hopIQ Score weights style authenticity (80%), user engagement (10%), notability (10%), and award history. Active, in-production beers only — non-alcoholic excluded. No paid placement — order follows the data alone. Ranking spans 16 beers from 15 breweries.
Top 5 of 16
Twelve DaysBest Overall
ABV
5.5%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
dark 28
Twelve Days is a strong dark porter that pours a deep red-brown, with the weight of a winter night. The malt backbone runs rich and full, carrying toasted grain and warming spice, with nutty tones that linger into the finish. Beneath sits… Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
Fuller's London Porter
ABV
5.4%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
dark 41
Fuller's London Porter is a classic dark British porter brewed with a blend of roasted malts that deliver rich chocolate and coffee notes. This sessionable porter offers a smooth, well-balanced character with subtle sweetness and a dry… Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
NITRO HOKUMBest Session
ABV
4.4%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
dark 32
Nitro Hokum is a nitro-served porter from DEYA Brewing Company, based in Cheltenham in the heart of the English Cotswolds. Poured on nitrogen, it settles into a deep, near-opaque mahogany-black with a smooth, creamy tan head that clings… Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
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Porter
ABV
4.8%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
dark 32
Burning Sky Brewery's Porter, crafted at their rural East Sussex home in Firle, United Kingdom, revives the proud tradition of old-style running porter with contemporary British craft precision. It pours a deep black-ruby, with a tan head… Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
5
Plum Porter
ABV
4.9%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
dark 35
Titanic's best-selling beer and the one that made the brewery nationally famous. Adds natural plum flavouring to a beer darkened with dark crystal malt and hopped with English Pilgrim, Golding, German Herkules, and Slovenian Celeia. "One… Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
Ranks 6–10
6
Railway Porter
Five Points' celebrated porter — named after the railway that runs past the brewery. "Rich and roasty with notes of dark chocolate and coffee, balanced with a smooth, easy-drinking finish." Available on cask. One of London's most loved… Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
7
Enville Old Porter
Enville's dark flagship — a traditional English porter with roasted malt character. Brewed on the Victorian farm complex with the same farm borehole water used since 1993. Coffee, chocolate, and dark fruit notes with a smooth finish. Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
8
London Black
UK Beer of the Year 2025 — "London Black is the lifeblood of Anspach & Hobday." A nitro sessionable London Porter. "The resulting creaminess and smooth mouthfeel balance perfectly with the subtle roasted notes of coffee and chocolate."… Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
9
The Kernel London Porter
"In a London Porter things are warm and dark and rich. Dried fruit — raisins, prunes and dates — and chocolate. Then a balanced espresso finish. Hints of leather, tar, tobacco." Brewed with brown malt (a distinctly London tradition) and… Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
10
Double Espresso Coffee Porter
A porter built on espresso intensity: coffee enters the brew at two distinct stages, sourced from Squarepeg and roasted by Clifton Coffee specifically for this beer. The result is smooth and rich across the palate, with a full body that… Ranked here for style-fit against the Porter reference and award history in Porter-specific categories.
The taste landscape
Of the 16 top beers, 8 lean malt-forward and 0 lean hop-forward.