HOPIQ SCORE
The Top 50 Beers
1398 beers from 265 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 1398 beers from 265 breweries.
Top 5 of 50
Point SpecialBest Overall
ABV
4.8%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
pale gold 4
Point Special has been the brewery's flagship since 1857, a classic American-style lager with a soft malt base and a modest hop presence. It pours clear yellow-gold under a dense white head. The nose carries light hay, grain and a touch of… Ranked here for style-fit against the Lager reference and award history in Lager-specific categories.
Genesee Cream Ale
ABV
5.1%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
pale gold 4
One of America's most historic beers — brewed since 1960, based on a style unique to North America. Light, clean and refreshingly smooth with a subtle corn sweetness, gentle malt and low bitterness. The original American Cream Ale. A… Ranked here for style-fit against the Lager reference and award history in Lager-specific categories.
Mai Tai P.A.
ABV
6.5%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
golden 8
Mai Tai P.A. is a Pale Ale from Alvarado Street Brewery, based in sun-soaked Salinas, California. True to its tropical namesake, this Californian brew pours a clear, golden-amber hue with a bright white head. The aroma is an inviting wave… Ranked here for style-fit against the Pale Ale reference and award history in Pale-Ale categories.
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Johnny Utah
ABV
5.6%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
golden 7
Johnny Utah arrives as a light-colored ale where the malt steps back deliberately, leaving room for an assertive citrus and pine register. Pronounced grapefruit, citrus, and pine resin notes lead the charge, undercut by a faint verdant… Ranked here for style-fit against the Pale Ale reference and award history in Pale-Ale categories.
5
Bodhizafa
ABV
6.9%
Bitterness
Strongly bitter
Colour
golden 8
Bodhizafa gets its light, silky texture from rolled oats. Mandarin and citrus run through both aroma and flavour, carried by a heavy hop load — over five pounds per barrel. Chinook, Citra, Mosaic and Columbus on pale and Munich malt,… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
Ranks 6–10
6
Point Amber Lager
Developed in the early 1990s as the brewery's first step beyond its pale lagers, this beer was long sold as Point Classic Amber. Caramel malts give it a reddish copper colour and carry the flavour: soft caramel and lightly toasted bread… Ranked here for style-fit against the Lager reference and award history in Lager-specific categories.
7
Narragansett Lager
Narragansett Lager is the beer the brewery started with in 1890 and remains its year-round flagship. It is brewed with six-row malt, corn from Iowa and seedless hops, and fermented with a lager strain the brewery has relied on since… Ranked here for style-fit against the Lager reference and award history in Lager-specific categories.
8
Copper Alt
Zipline's most decorated beer — a German-style altbier and winner of World Beer Cup Gold (2023), U.S. Open Gold (2022), and GABF Gold (2015). A hybrid between ale and lager, this bronze-hued brew goes down easy with subtle nuances of… Ranked here for style-fit against the Amber-Ale reference and award history in Amber-Ale categories.
9
Adirondack Lager
Adirondack Lager is the beer with which Saranac became the brewery's flagship brand in 1991, a bottom-fermented lager in the German tradition with a golden-amber colour and medium body. Pale two-row and caramel malts are balanced against… Ranked here for style-fit against the Lager reference and award history in Lager-specific categories.
10
Schlafly Kölsch
Gold at the 2010 World Beer Cup for German-Style Kölsch — Schlafly's most decorated beer and a St. Louis staple. Bright, crisp and clean with a soft fruitiness and spicy hop note. Ranked here for style-fit against the Pale Ale reference and award history in Pale-Ale categories.
The taste landscape
Of the 50 top beers, 15 lean malt-forward and 27 lean hop-forward.