HOPIQ SCORE
The Top 50 Beers
92 beers from 79 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 92 beers from 79 breweries.
Top 5 of 50
Left Hand Milk Stout NitroBest Overall
ABV
6%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
dark 40
America's most celebrated nitro stout. Pour hard over a spoon for a cascading creamy head — then drink deeply of dark chocolate, coffee and silky smooth milk sugar sweetness. Left Hand engineered a nitrogen widget into the bottle, creating… Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
Darkstar November
ABV
14.2%
Bitterness
Very bitter
Colour
dark 40
Darkstar November is the imperial stout with which Bottle Logic started its barrel programme, and it returns every year as a new vintage. Rye and molasses go into the brew before the beer ages in bourbon barrels. Molasses sweetness and a… Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout
ABV
5.3%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
dark 35
Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout is a collaboration with a Rhode Island coffee company that, like Narragansett, dates back to the 1890s. The brewery's stout is combined with the partner's roast. Roasted barley, chocolate malt and crystal malt… Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
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Zonker Stout
ABV
6%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
dark 40
One of the most-awarded beers in America — a rich, well-balanced foreign-style stout with a generous amount of roasted barley, sweet chocolatey malt, and a smooth finish. So decorated that Snake River reportedly no longer even enters it in… Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
5
Hauling Oats Oatmeal Stout
ABV
5.7%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Colour
dark 40
A roasty, easy-drinking stout with oatmeal smoothness — the kind of dark beer that converts people who think they don't like dark beer. Coffee and chocolate notes without the weight. Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
Ranks 6–10
6
Marble Imperial Stout
Marble's highest-rated beer on BeerAdvocate. Rich dark chocolate, espresso and roasted malt in a thick, warming body. One of New Mexico's most acclaimed dark beers and a Great American Beer Festival medal winner. Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
7
Fundamental Observation
Fundamental Observation is the flagship of the Bottle Logic barrel programme, an imperial stout released as an annual vintage since 2015. The beer ages in bourbon barrels and is conditioned on Madagascar vanilla beans before blending. The… Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
8
Nitro McCarthy Stout
Alaska's original canned nitro stout — a dry Irish stout with a nitrogen widget that pours the cascading tan head and silky mouthfeel you can usually only get on draft. Roasted coffee and dark chocolate up front, dry finish, low ABV. The… Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
9
Nitro Irish Stout
A Colorado take on the classic Irish Stout, served on nitro — cascading tan head, silky mouthfeel, and a low-carb velvet across the palate. Roasted coffee and dark chocolate lead, with a whisper of bitter cocoa on the finish. Not heavy,… Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
10
Schlafly Oatmeal Stout
A classic British-style stout with oat flakes in the mash for a smooth, creamy body. Dark and roasty with chocolate and coffee notes, balanced by just enough bitterness and a nutty character from the roasted barley. One of Schlafly's most… Ranked here for style-fit against the Stout reference and award history in Stout-specific categories.
The taste landscape
Of the 50 top beers, 12 lean malt-forward and 2 lean hop-forward.