HOPIQ SCORE
The Top 50 Beers
1177 beers from 501 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 1177 beers from 501 breweries.
Top 5 of 50
Dikkenek Citra HopBest Overall
ABV
6.7%
Bitterness
Strongly bitter
Colour
golden 8
A straw-blonde IPA with an abundance of foam, built on the Belgian brewing tradition but steered firmly toward citrus and tropical fruit. The nose is fruity and hoppy at once — orange zest, mango, blackcurrant — and the dry-hop treatment… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
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.
Nessie
ABV
6.6%
Bitterness
Strongly bitter
Colour
golden 8
The craft outlier in the range. Part of its wort still runs over the historic open copper vessel that gives the beer its subtitle. It stands copper red and hazy in the glass under a cream head. Grapefruit, mango and pine resin come first,… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
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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.
5
Greene King IPA
ABV
6.2%
Bitterness
Strongly bitter
Colour
golden 8
Greene King IPA is a classic English-style India Pale Ale brewed with a blend of English and American hops, delivering a distinctive balance of floral and citrus notes. This full-bodied ale offers a robust malty backbone with a crisp, dry… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
Ranks 6–10
6
Hop Stomper
The name refers to the old practice of stomping hops into bales. Australian pale and pilsner malt with Carapils keep the base light and leave room for four American hops: Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra and Cascade give pineapple, grapefruit and… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
7
Crafty Fox
Crafty Fox pulls off a contradiction: it wears the black of a stout and delivers the hop character of an IPA. The malt brings dark fruit and a whisper of toast, while hops and double-roasted malt keep the bitterness present without… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
8
Off The Hook IPA
Off The Hook IPA arrives pale and bright, the colour a first signal of the citrus to follow. Orange and citrus strike immediately and sustain throughout — not a whisper but a full, refreshing character. At 4.3 percent it drinks light… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
9
Hornet
Began as the brewery's summer seasonal before moving into the core range as its second canned beer. The aroma brings stone fruit and citrus peel, while a base of Caramel Pils, Crystal and Caramel Munich malts adds light caramel, toffee and… Ranked here for style-fit against the IPA reference and award history in IPA-specific categories.
10
First Drop Session IPA
The story frame: 'First Drop' traces the journey of the water from the ancient well beneath the Faversham brewery to the finished session IPA. A four-hop blend of US and UK varieties, lively citrus aromatics with tropical undertones, a… 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 44 lean hop-forward.