HOPIQ SCORE
The Top 50 Beers
496 beers from 205 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 496 beers from 205 breweries.
Top 5 of 50
BodhizafaBest Overall
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.
Palm Sway
ABV
6.5%
Bitterness
Strongly bitter
Colour
golden 8
Palm Sway is an island-style IPA with a juicy, tropical hop character. The fruit leans toward mango, peach and lime, backed by orange peel, some pine and a light floral note. It pours a clear pale gold to light amber, and a thin layer of… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
Competition
ABV
7.3%
Bitterness
Strongly bitter
Colour
golden 7
Competition is a West Coast IPA hopped with Simcoe, Mosaic and Citra; the exact hop bill shifts from batch to batch, and some batches add Strata. It pours clear gold, and the aroma is expressive, with kiwi chewy candy, lemon zest and juicy… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
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Good Green
ABV
7.2%
Bitterness
Strongly bitter
Colour
golden 7
Good Green is a West Coast IPA built on Citra and Simcoe, two hops the brewery chooses for their green, dank character. It pours clear golden, and the aroma opens with evergreen pine and resin, followed by fruit punch, tangerine zest and… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
5
Revision IPA
ABV
6.5%
Bitterness
Strongly bitter
Colour
golden 6
Gold at the 2018 World Beer Cup in year one. Simcoe-hopped with tropical citrus, orange and pine flavors melding seamlessly. Clean, quaffable, and a genuine benchmark for West Coast IPA done right. Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
Ranks 6–10
6
Pako's IPA
Snake River's flagship and biggest seller — it outsells all their other beers combined. Named for the brewery mascot, this golden, full-flavoured IPA delivers explosive hop aroma from a pungent Simcoe and Mosaic blend, balanced and… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
7
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Green Flash West Coast IPA is a classic American IPA showcasing bright citrus and pine characteristics with a crisp, balanced finish. This well-crafted beer combines assertive hop bitterness with a clean malt backbone, delivering a… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
8
Hop Knot IPA
Gold at the 2012 World Beer Cup, silver at the 2013 GABF. Five American hop varieties woven in at seven different intervals for bold, interlocking hop flavor with crisp clean bitterness. The grapefruit-forward West Coast IPA that launched… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
9
DDH Pillow
DDH Pillow is the double dry-hopped version of Pillow, the brewery's hazy double IPA, dosed with Citra and Mosaic both as pellets and as lupulin concentrate. It pours a dense, hazy golden yellow. The nose leads with orange creamsicle,… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
10
Islander
Islander IPA is the brewery's original India Pale Ale, named after Coronado Island. Centennial, Chinook and Columbus hops set a pine-driven bitterness against ripe apricot, grapefruit and mango. The beer pours a clear, deep golden to light… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
The taste landscape
Of the 50 top beers, 1 lean malt-forward and 49 lean hop-forward.