HOPIQ SCORE
The Top 50 Beers
229 beers from 95 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 229 beers from 95 breweries.
Top 5 of 50
Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée RenéBest Overall
ABV
5.5%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
golden 5
Lindemans' traditional gueuze — a sparkling, slightly dry blend of young and old lambic, refermented in the bottle. Named in honour of René Lindemans who convinced the brewery to revive the style in 1995. Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
Gose
ABV
4.3%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
golden 5
A traditional German sour ale brewed with lactobacillus, salt, and coriander — refreshingly crisp with bright lemon notes and a vibrant salinity. Won back-to-back GABF gold medals in 2015 and 2016, the beer that put Reuben's on the map. Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
Boon Oude Geuze
ABV
7%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
golden 6
A monument of spontaneous fermentation — a traditional 100% natural Oude Geuze blended from 18-month-old lambic with a small proportion of 3-year-old beer. Unsweetened, unfiltered and unpasteurised, bottle-refermented, with a fresh citrus… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
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Edelgose
ABV
4.5%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
pale gold 3
Edelgose is the tavern's own Leipzig Gose, brewed on site since 2017 and set deliberately milder and less sour than the historical style. Wheat and barley malt, a light dose of salt and coriander seed and lactic acid shape it at about 11.5… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
5
Passionfruit Smash
ABV
4.2%
Bitterness
Mild
Colour
pale gold 3
A gose brewed with real passionfruit on a base of pilsner and wheat malt. The fruit leads the nose with a tart tropical sharpness, while the salt addition traditional to the style sits underneath and keeps the finish clean rather than… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
Ranks 6–10
6
Wayward Raspberry Berliner Weisse
Wayward Raspberry Berliner Weisse is a 3.8 % tart wheat beer and the brewery's longest-running sour, first sold under the name Sourpuss. It pours a vivid pink, with fresh raspberry on the nose and a zippy, lemon-like acidity on the palate.… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
7
Rodenbach Vintage
World Beer Cup 2026 Silver. Unblended Rodenbach aged for two years in a single foeder. Complex, tart and vinous with red berry fruit, balsamic vinegar, oak and a long dry finish. One of Belgium's most prestigious limited releases. Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
8
7 Bells
7 Bells takes its name from the naval signal rung half an hour before the end of a shift, and began as the passion fruit sour Green Beacon's brewers reached for at knock-off. It is brewed as a gose: tart, light and thirst-quenching, with a… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
9
Schultheiss Berliner Weisse
A light, tart Berliner Weisse from Germany with subtle wheat malts, gentle acidity and a dry finish. Low alcohol and minimal bitterness make this crisp, refreshing wheat beer remarkably quenching. Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
10
Girardin Gueuze 1882 Black Label
Girardin Gueuze 1882 Black Label is a traditional lambic blend that combines aged and young lambics to create a complex, naturally carbonated beer with a distinctive dry character. This authentic gueuze showcases the cellar mastery of… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
The taste landscape
Of the 50 top beers, 4 lean malt-forward and 16 lean hop-forward.