Even if beer isn’t your adult beverage of choice, there’s a good chance that you’re going to encounter one (or a few!) over the course of the holiday weekend. Thanks to new rankings by the Homebrewers Association, you can make sure that you’re drinking the tastiest ones available, instead of the same boring standbys. Warning: if you happen to loathe IPAs (cough, cough), you might want to skip their top three picks. Also, on a related note, most of our advice for how to throw a hipster-theme bbq still holds true.
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder 2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale T3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA T3. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout 5. Bell’s Hopslam 6. Stone Arrogant Bastard 7. Sierra Nevada Celebration T8. Sierra Nevada Torpedo T8. Stone Ruination 10. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 11. Stone Sublimely Self Righteous 12. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine 13. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout T14. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter T14. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale T16. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA T16. New Glarus Belgian Red 18. North Coast Old Rasputin 19. Bell’s Expedition Stout T20. Deschutes The Abyss T20. Left Hand Milk Stout T20. Odell IPA T20. Samuel Adams Noble Pils T20. Surly Furious T20. Troegs Nugget Nectar
T26. Rogue Dead Guy Ale T26. Samuel Adams Boston Lager 28. Anchor Steam T29. Bear Republic Racer 5 T29. Ommegang Three Philosophers T29. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy T29. Three Floyds Alpha King T29. Three Floyds Dark Lord T34. Avery Maharaja T34. Dogfish Head Indian Brown T34. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron T34. Three Floyds Gumballhead T38. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA T38. Lost Abbey Angel’s Share T38. New Belgium La Folie T38. New Belgium Ranger T38. Oskar Blues Old Chub T43. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA T43. Great Divide Yeti T43. New Belgium 1554 T43. Russian River Blind Pig T43. Ska Modus Hoperandi T48. Alesmith Speedway Stout T48. Dark Horse Crooked Tree T48. Green Flash West Coast IPA T48. Summit EPA T48. Victory Prima Pils