# The best American craft beers

The American craft beers that top the American Homebrewers Association's Best Beers in America poll (Zymurgy) and lists of the most important US craft beers ever.

- 31 votes · 17 items
- Nov 5, 2024 · Madison Weaver
- https://even.best/en/l/137/the-best-american-craft-beers

## Top 15

1. **Russian River Pliny the Elder** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Double IPA from Santa Rosa, California; voted best beer in America by homebrewers eight years running.
2. **Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Continually hopped imperial IPA from Delaware.
3. **Samuel Adams Boston Lager** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The Vienna lager that launched Boston Beer Co. in 1984.
4. **Firestone Walker Union Jack** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Award-winning West Coast IPA from Paso Robles.
5. **Sierra Nevada Pale Ale** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The Chico pale ale (1980) that put Cascade hops on the map; often called the most important US craft beer.
6. **Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The original bourbon barrel-aged stout (1992), released every Black Friday.
7. **Founders KBS** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels in old gypsum mines, from Grand Rapids.
8. **Anchor Steam Beer** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — San Francisco's California common, the original American craft beer (1971 revival); the brewery closed in 2023.
9. **Bell's Hopslam** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Seasonal double IPA brewed with honey, released every January.
10. **Bell's Two Hearted Ale** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Michigan IPA hopped only with Centennial, which knocked Pliny off the Zymurgy top spot in 2017.
11. **Three Floyds Zombie Dust** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Citra pale ale from Indiana with a cult following.
12. **Stone IPA** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — San Diego's West Coast IPA (1997), bitter and piney.
13. **The Alchemist Heady Topper** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vermont's canned hazy double IPA that started the New England IPA craze.
14. **Allagash White** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Belgian-style wheat beer brewed in Portland, Maine, since 1995, spiced with coriander and orange peel.
15. **Brooklyn Lager** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Amber lager from Brooklyn Brewery (1988), with Milton Glaser's logo.
16. **Tree House Julius** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Juicy New England IPA from Massachusetts that people queue hours to buy.
17. **New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Cherry ale sold only in Wisconsin, a gold-medal favourite.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.