HOPIQ SCORE
The Top 50 Beers
19 beers from 17 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 19 beers from 17 breweries.
Top 5 of 18
Saranac Blueberry Blonde AleBest Overall
ABV
5%
Bitterness
Lightly bitter
Colour
golden 8
Saranac Blueberry Blonde Ale is a summer seasonal built on a traditional blonde ale with blueberries. Wheat malt and oats give a light golden haze and a medium-light body, and the hop bitterness is kept low so that the fruit comes forward.… Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
Mr. Pineapple Wheat
ABV
5%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
pale gold 4
Won silver at the World Beer Cup and was named Best Local Beer in Phoenix by The Phoenix New Times. A pineapple-infused wheat beer that's genuinely tropical and refreshing — not sweet or artificial. One of the best-loved beers in Arizona. Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
Saranac Pumpkin Ale
ABV
5.3%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
golden 8
Saranac Pumpkin Ale returns every autumn as the brewery's seasonal spiced ale. Pumpkin is used with a restrained hand, and the spicing follows the classic pumpkin pie profile. Cinnamon, allspice, clove and ginger shape the aroma, set… Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
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New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
ABV
5.1%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
amber 12
New Glarus' most celebrated specialty beer — a Belgian-style kriek brewed with a full pound of Door County Montmorency cherries per bottle. Tart, fruity and complex with cherry, oak and mild sweetness. One of America's finest fruit beers. Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
5
Abita Purple HazeBest Session
ABV
4.2%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
pale gold 4
Louisiana's most recognised craft beer — a crisp American lager brewed with real raspberries for a delicate fruit aroma and a subtly tart finish. Purple Haze is the beer of New Orleans Jazz Fest, Louisiana beach bars and Mardi Gras: light,… Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
Ranks 6–10
6
Blue Moon Mango Wheat
Blue Moon's fruit-forward summer variant — Belgian white base with real Ataulfo mango. Sweet, tropical and refreshing with a smooth wheat body. Blue Moon Mango Wheat is the approachable fruit beer for warm-weather drinking. Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
7
Samuel Adams Porch Rocker
Samuel Adams Porch Rocker is a Bavarian-style Radler — the Boston Beer Company's take on the classic German cyclist beer. Brewed with Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops and blended with lemon purée, it's refreshingly tart and citrus-bright at just… Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
8
Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager
Abita's seasonal fruit lager brewed with real Louisiana strawberries from Ponchatoula — the Strawberry Capital of the World. Released each spring when the Louisiana strawberry harvest peaks. Light, fresh and fragrant: the taste of a… Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
9
Jackie O's Razz Wheat
Jackie O's raspberry wheat — natural raspberry purée added during fermentation, a rosy haze in the glass, a sticky pink head. Continuum of sour-sweet held together by a wheat backbone. Jackie O's second-most-popular beer (behind Mystic… Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
10
Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb
A bright, tart fruit beer bursting with cherry character — one of Melvin's earliest and most beloved recipes. Playful, refreshing, and unmistakably Melvin. Ranked here for style-fit against the Fruit-Beer reference and award history in Fruit-Beer categories.
The taste landscape
Of the 18 top beers, 2 lean malt-forward and 4 lean hop-forward.