2014-01-30



Popular beer rating site RateBeer.com has published their “Best of List.” Starting yesterday (January 29th), a new list is released each day.

Today’s list features the Best Beer, Best Brewer, & Best New Brewery by state (seen below). Check back at RateBeer’s Best every day for a new published list.

Alabama

Good People Snake Handler

Straight To Ale

Alaska

Anchorage Bitter Monk Belgian Style Double IPA

Midnight Sun Brewing Company

Arizona

Arizona Wilderness Bear Wallow Berliner Weisse

Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company

Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company

Arkansas

Diamond Bear Paradise Porter

California

Russian River Pliny the Elder

AleSmith Brewing Company

Modern Times Beer

Colorado

Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout

Avery Brewing Company

Fate Brewing Company (CO)

Connecticut

New England Gandhi-Bot Double IPA

New England Brewing Co.

Delaware

Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA

Dogfish Head Brewery

Florida

Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout

Cigar City Brewing

Georgia

Terrapin Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout

Terrapin Beer Company

Jekyll Brewing

Hawaii

Maui Brewing CoCoNut PorTeR

Maui Brewing Company

Idaho

Laughing Dog The Dogfather Imperial Stout

Grand Teton Brewing Co.

Illinois

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)

Ale Syndicate

Indiana

Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout (Bourbon Vanilla Bean)

Three Floyds Brewing Company

18th Street Brewery

Iowa

Toppling Goliath Kentucky Brunch

Toppling Goliath

Confluence Brewing

Kansas

Free State Owd Macs Imperial Stout

Free State Brewing Company

Kentucky

Against the Grain 70K

Against the Grain Brewery

Louisiana

Abita Select Macchiato Espresso Milk Stout

Abita Brewing Company

Maine

Maine Beer Lunch

Maine Beer Company

Maryland

Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter

Stillwater Artisanal

Full Tilt Brewing

Massachusetts

Samuel Adams Utopias

Jack’s Abby Brewing

Trillium Brewing Company

Michigan

Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)

Bells Brewery

Griffin Claw Brewing Company

Minnesota

Surly Darkness

Surly Brewing Company

Dangerous Man Brewing Company

Mississippi

Lazy Magnolia Timber Beast

Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company

Missouri

Perennial Barrel Aged Abraxas

Boulevard Brewing Company

Side Project Brewing

Montana

Big Sky Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout

Big Sky Brewing Company

Nebraska

Nebraska Reserve Series Black Betty Russian Imperial Stout

Nebraska Brewing Company

Nevada

Tenaya Creek Imperial Stout

Tenaya Creek Restaurant & Brewery

New Hampshire

Smuttynose Baltic Porter

Smuttynose Brewing Company

New Jersey

Kane Head High

Flying Fish Brewing Company

New Mexico

La Cumbre Elevated IPA

Marble Brewery

New York

Southern Tier Choklat

Southern Tier Brewing Company

North Carolina

Olde Hickory The Event Horizon

Foothills Brewing

Hi-Wire Brewing

North Dakota

Fargo Wood Chipper IPA

Laughing Sun Brewing Company

Ohio

Hoppin Frog DORIS The Destroyer

Hoppin’ Frog Brewery

Rhinegeist Brewery

Oklahoma

Prairie Artisan Ales Bomb!

Prairie Artisan Ales

Roughtail Brewing Company

Oregon

Deschutes The Abyss

Hair of the Dog Brewing Company

De Garde Brewing

Pennsylvania

Tired Hands HandFarm

Tired Hands Brewing Company

Saucony Creek Brewing Co.

Rhode Island

Narragansett Private Stock Imperial India Pale Ale

Coastal Extreme Brewing Company

South Carolina

Westbrook Mexican Cake Imperial Stout

Westbrook Brewing

South Dakota

Crow Peak Pile-O-Dirt Porter

Crow Peak Brewing Company

Sick N Twisted Brewing Company

Tennessee

Yazoo SUE

Yazoo Brewing Company

Texas

Jester King Atrial Rubicite

Jester King Brewing Company

Community Beer Company

Utah

Epic Big Bad Baptist

Epic Brewing Co. (Utah)

Vermont

Alchemist Heady Topper

Hill Farmstead Brewery

Lost Nation Brewing

Virginia

AleWerks Bitter Valentine

AleWerks Brewing Company

Apocalypse Ale Works

Washington

Fremont Kentucky Dark Star

Elysian Brewing Co.

Bale Breaker Brewing Company

Washington DC

DC Brau On the Wings of Armageddon

DC Brau Brewing Company

Atlas Brew Works

West Virginia

Bridge Brew Works Peregrine Porter

Wisconsin

New Glarus R & D Sour Fruit

New Glarus Brewing Company

Mobcraft

Wyoming

Snake River Zonker Stout

Snake River Brewing Co.

GERMANY

top beer

top brewer

best new brewer

Baden-Württemberg

Häffner Bräu Hopfenstopfer Comet IPA

Häffner Bräu

Bavaria

Schneider Aventinus

Brauerei Aying

Hans Müller Sommelierbier GmbH

Berlin

Heidenpeters Pale Ale

Hausbrauerei Hops & Barley

Brandenburg

Braumanufaktur Potsdamer Stange

Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle

Hamburg

Kehrwieder Prototyp

Kreativbrauerei Kehrwieder

Kreativbrauerei Kehrwieder

Hesse

BrauKunstKeller Amarsi

Kärrners Hausbrauerei

Lower Saxony

Einbecker Winter-Bock

Einbecker Brauhaus

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Störtebeker Atlantik-Ale

Störtebeker Braumanufaktur

North Rhine-Westphalia

Schumacher 1838er

Hausbrauerei Päffgen

Rhineland-Palatinate

Craftwerk Hop Head IPA⁷

Parkbrauerei

Saarland

Karlsberg Brauerei

Saxony

Original Ritterguts Gose

Ritterguts Gose GmbH

Saxony-Anhalt

Hasseröder Fürstenbräu Granat

Metbrauerei Striewski Honig-Met Fruchtig & Lieblich

Thuringia

Wöllnitzer Weißbier

Gasthausbrauerei Talschänke

ENGLAND

top beer

top brewer

best new brewer

Bedfordshire

Courage Russian Imperial Stout (2011+)

Wells & Youngs

Berkshire

Siren Bones of a Sailor Part 1

Siren

Siren

Buckinghamshire

XT 13 Pacific Red Ale

XT

Cambridgeshire

Oakham Twenty Years

Oakham

Cheshire

Redwillow Soulless

Redwillow

Cornwall

Harbour Porter No. 6

St. Austell

Cumbria

Hardknott Vitesse Noir

Hawkshead

Derbyshire

Thornbridge Bracia

Thornbridge

Devon

O’Hanlon’s Brewers Special Reserve

Hanlon’s (prev O’Hanlon’s)

Dorset

Badger Golden Champion Ale

Art Brew

Durham

Durham Temptation

Durham

East Sussex

Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout / Imperial Russian Stout

Harveys

Burning Sky

East Yorkshire

The Hop Studio Obsidian

The Hop Studio

Essex

Crouch Vale Amarillo

Crouch Vale

Gloucestershire

Arbor / Moor Double Dark Alliance

Arbor

Greater London

The Kernel India Pale Ale Double Citra

The Kernel

Weird Beard

Greater Manchester

Marble Decadence

Marble

Hampshire

Triple fff Jabberwocky

Triple fff

Herefordshire

Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody’s Wholesome Stout

Wye Valley

Hertfordshire

Tring Death Or Glory Ale

Tring

Isle Of Wight

Goddards Fuggle-Dee-Dum

Goddards

Kent

Shepherd Neame Double Stout (Bottle 5.2%)

Shepherd Neame

Lancashire

Thwaites 13 Guns

Thwaites

Leicestershire

Everards / Devils Backbone India Pale Ale

Everards

Lincolnshire

Hopshackle Imperial Stout

Brewster’s (UK)

Merseyside

George Wright Citra

George Wright

Norfolk

Woodfordes Norfolk Nip (Oak Barrel)

Redwell

Redwell

North Yorkshire

Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout

Samuel Smith

Bad Seed

Northamptonshire

Tetleys Trust Porter

Great Oakley

Northumberland

Anarchy Sublime Chaos

Anarchy

Nottinghamshire

Blue Monkey Silverback In The USSR

Blue Monkey

Oxfordshire

Lovibonds Sour Grapes – Barrel Aged

Hook Norton

Rutland

Grainstore Rutland Panther

Grainstore (Davises Brewing Co)

Shropshire

Salopian Black Ops

Salopian

Somerset

Moor Hoppiness

Moor

South Yorkshire

Steel City Shadowplay

Acorn

Staffordshire

Titanic Cappuccino Stout

Titanic (UK)

Suffolk

Old Chimneys Good King Henry Special Reserve

Adnams

Surrey

Adventure West

Surrey Hills

Tyne & Wear

Darwin Cauldron Snout

Mordue

Warwickshire

Purity Saddle Black

Purity

West Midlands

Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild

Banks’s (Marstons plc)

Fownes

West Sussex

Dark Star Imperial Stout

Dark Star

West Yorkshire

Magic Rock Un-Human Cannonball

Magic Rock

Wiltshire

Downton Roman Imperial Stout

Plain

Worcestershire

Buckle Street Porter

CANADA

top beer

top brewer

best new brewer

Alberta

Grizzly Paw Moose Knuckle Winter Oatmeal Stout

Alley Kat Brewing Company

British Columbia

Driftwood Fat Tug IPA

Driftwood Brewery (Canada)

Powell Street Craft Brewery

Manitoba

Half Pints Le Temps Noir

Half Pints Brewing Co.

New Brunswick

Picaroons Yippee IPA

Pump House Brewery

Nova Scotia

Garrison Imperial I.P.A.

Propeller Brewery

Bridge Brewing Co.

Ontario

Great Lakes Brewing 25th Anniversary Imperial Black IPA

Bellwoods Brewery

Collective Arts Brewing

Prince Edward Island

Gahan House 1772 IPA

Quebec

Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

Dieu du Ciel

Farnham Ale & Lager

Saskatchewan

Paddock Wood 1000 Monkeys Imperial Stout

Paddock Wood Microbrewery

Yukon

Yukon Midnight Sun Espresso Stout

Yukon Brewing Company

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