HOPIQ SCORE

The Top 50 Beers

19 beers from 19 breweries · Ranked by style authenticity — not marketing

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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 19 breweries.

Top 5 of 19

Kilt LifterBest Overall

Four Peaks Brewing Company · Scottish Ale · United States

ABV

Bitterness

Lightly bitter

Colour

deep amber 17

Four Peaks' flagship and the beer most associated with Arizona craft brewing — a Scottish-style strong ale with pronounced caramel and roasted barley, earthy floral hop aroma from UK varieties, and a clean dry finish. Silver at the 2013… Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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Point Bock

Stevens Point Brewery · Bock · United States

ABV

5.2%

Bitterness

Mild

Colour

deep amber 15

Point Bock goes back to a recipe first brewed in 1938. Production paused during the war and resumed in 1945, and the beer has come back every winter since, following a formula the brewers later rediscovered in the archives. Two-row and… Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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Bing Crosby White Christmas

Narragansett Brewing Company · Winter Warmer · United States

ABV

7.4%

Bitterness

Noticeably bitter

Colour

deep amber 15

Bing Crosby White Christmas is a seasonal English-style winter warmer that Narragansett releases for the holidays. It is brewed with cherry, sweet orange peel and ginger. A big malt character comes first, with notes of English toffee and… Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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Punkin AleMost Distinctive

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery · Pumpkin Ale · United States

ABV

Bitterness

Noticeably bitter

Colour

amber 14

One of America's original and most beloved pumpkin ales, brewed every autumn since 1994 with real pumpkin, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice — rich and warming with a bready malt base, holiday spice, and a smooth, clean finish. A… Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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Yards Thomas Jefferson's Tavern Ale

Yards Brewing Company · English Strong Ale · United States

ABV

Bitterness

Noticeably bitter

Colour

amber 10

Brewed from a recipe attributed to Thomas Jefferson — made with honey, rye and wheat in the colonial tradition. Rich, warming and historically evocative. Part of Yards' Ales of the Revolution series connecting Philadelphia's present craft… Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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BeYOB

Wayfinder Beer · Doppelbock · United States

A strong spring lager named in homage to an Oregon doom-metal band, mashed with four decoctions and conditioned for weeks at below-freezing temperatures. It pours a deep amber. The repeated boiling of the mash shows in dense bread crust,… Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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Real Ale Real Heavy Scotch Ale

Real Ale Brewing Company · Scottish Ale · United States

A rich, warming Scottish-style Wee Heavy — unusual for a Texas brewery but exceptional. Toffee, caramel and dried fruit from extended kettle caramelisation, a hint of peat smoke and a long warming finish. Texas meets the Scottish Highlands. Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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Capital Dark Doppelbock

Capital Brewery · Doppelbock · United States

Capital's German-style Doppelbock — rich dark fruit, caramel, chocolate and a warming malt sweetness in a full-bodied, smooth frame. One of America's finest American-brewed Doppelbocks and Wisconsin's premier winter lager. Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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Bosque Scotia Scotch Ale

Bosque Brewing Company · Scottish Ale · United States

A rich, warming Scottish ale with caramel, toffee and dried dark fruit. Full-bodied and complex — an unexpected but beloved dark beer in a state better known for sun and cerveza. One of Bosque's most decorated beers. Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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Anchorage Brewing A Deal With the Devil

Anchorage Brewing Company · American Barleywine (Cognac Barrel-Aged) · United States

Anchorage's American Barleywine — released in numbered annual batches at 17-23% ABV (batch mid-range ~20%), aged in cognac and bourbon barrels for the extended finish that carries the strength. Rich dark-fruit and caramel malt, oak-derived… Ranked here for style-fit against the Strong-Ale reference and award history in Strong-Ale categories.

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Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot Barleywine

Weyerbacher Brewing Company·Barleywine

11.1%·Strongly bitter·dark 22

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Maibock

Blind Tiger Brewery·Maibock

6.8%·Lightly bitter·golden 7

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Founders Dirty Bastard

Founders Brewing Co.·Scottish Ale