Το Zymurgy®, γι' ακόμα μία χρονιά, κοινοποίησε τη λίστα με τις καλύτερες μπύρες και ζυθοποιίες που κυκλοφορούν στις ΗΠΑ, όπως αυτές διαμορφώνονται βάσει των αναγνωστών του περιοδικού.
Στις τέσσερεις κατηγορίες, Top Ranked Beers, Top Breweries, Best Portfolio και Top Imports, διακρίνουμε την παντοκρατορία των μικρών και ανεξάρτητων ζυθοποιείων-μικροζυθοποιείων.
Top-Ranked Beers
1. Bell's Two Hearted Ale
2. Russian River Pliny the Elder
3. The Alchemist Heady Topper
4. Bell's Hopslam
5. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
-. Founders CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)
-. Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)
8. Three Floyds Zombie Dust
9. Founders Breakfast Stout
10. WeldWerks Juicy Bits
-. Founders All Day IPA
12. Cigar City Jai Alai IPA
-. Tree House Julius
-. Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA
15. Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
16. The Alchemist Focal Banger
17. Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue
18. Lawson's Finest Liquids Sip of Sunshine
-. Sierra Nevada Celebration
-. Russian River Blind Pig I.P.A.
21. Melvin 2×4 DIPA
22. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
23. Surly Todd The Axe Man
-. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout
25. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
-. Odell IPA
27. Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro
-. Old Nation M-43 N.E. IPA
29. North Coast Old Rasputin
30. Russian River Pliny the Younger
-. Surly Furious
-. New Holland Dragon’s Milk
33. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
34. Arrogant Bastard Ale
-. Ommegang Three Philosophers
36. Firestone Walker Parabola
-. Allagash White
-. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
-. Fat Head's Hop JuJu Imperial IPA
-. Prairie Artisan Ales Bomb!
43. Summit Extra Pale Ale
-. Founders Dirty Bastard
-. Bell's Oberon Ale
-. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
-. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
-. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
49. Odd13 Codename: Superfan
-. Tree House Green
-. Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA
-. Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin
-. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
-. Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
-. New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
-. Odell Rupture
-. Creature Comforts Tropicália
-. Orval
Top Breweries
1. Bell's Brewery, Inc. (Comstock, MI)
2. Founders Brewing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI)
3. Russian River Brewing Co. (Santa Rosa, CA)
4. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Chico, CA & Mills River, NC)
5. Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Paso Robles, CA)
6. Deschutes Brewery (Bend, OR)
-. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Milton, DE)
8. Stone Brewing (Escondido, CA)
9. The Alchemist (Stowe, VT)
10. Three Floyds Brewing Company (Munster, IN)
11. Tree House Brewing Company (Charlton, MA)
12. New Belgium Brewing (Fort Collins, CO & Asheville, NC)
-. Odell Brewing Company (Fort Collins, CO)
14. Surly Brewing Company (Minneapolis, MN)
15. Boulevard Brewing Company (Kansas City, MO)
16. Oskar Blues Brewery (Longmont, CO, Brevard, NC, & Austin, TX)
17. WeldWerks Brewing Co. (Greeley, CO)
18. Ballast Point Brewing Company (San Diego, CA)
19. Lagunitas Brewing Company (Petaluma, CA & Chicago, IL)
20. Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL)
-. Toppling Goliath Brewing (Decorah, IA)
22. Avery Brewing Company (Boulder, CO)
23. New Glarus Brewing Company (New Glarus, WI)
24. Melvin Brewing (Alpine, WY)
-. Victory Brewing Company (Downingtown, PA)
Best Portfolio
1. Stone Brewing (33 beers)
2. Firestone Walker Brewing Company (29 beers)
3. New Belgium Brewing (24 beers)
-. Founders Brewing Co. (24 beers)
5. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (23 beers)
6. Avery Brewing Co. (22 beers)
-. Hill Farmstead Brewery (22 beers)
7. Boulevard Brewing Company (20 beers)
-. Trillium Brewing Co. (20 beers)
9. Bell's Brewery, Inc. (19 beers)
-. Deschutes Brewery (19 beers)
-. Odell Brewing Company (19 beers)
-. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (19 beers)
-. The Bruery (19 beers)
-. Three Floyds Brewing Company (19 beers)
Top Imports
1. Orval (Belgium)
2. Unibroue La Fin du Monde (Canada)
3. Duvel (Belgium)
4. Westvleteren XII (Belgium)
-. St. Bernardus Abt 12 (Belgium)
-. Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock (Germany)
-. Guinness Draught (Ireland)
Περισσότερα, στο τελευταίο τεύχους Ιουλίου του Zymurgy®.
