6/19/2023 0 Comments Beeradvocate apocalypse cowCheers!Īnd now to begin with the top IIPAs of the year we will start with what I will label the “Honorable Mention” category. So, with out further ado, I give you the Top Imperial IPAs of 2013 (I tried to include a photo with as many as I could). This would assure it a chance to make next year’s list. If you feel a beer has been left out and would surely make this list, feel free to contact me to make arrangements to send me said beer. I do my best to try as many IIPAs as I can, but getting a chance to try all of them is not exactly an easy task to accomplish throughout the year. One last note, if there is a world-class IIPA which is not on this list it is probably because I have not had the privilege of trying it, or at least did not do so during 2013. Narrowing it down close to 50 was work enough, to rank these individually would end up being pure tedium. ![]() As you can see, the beers are not ranked, but rather they are in tiered categories. In order to have made this list a beer has to have an ABV (alcohol by volume) of ~8% or more and/or categorized as an Imperial/Double IPA on or. With some difficulty I have compiled a list of what I feel were the top 50 or so Imperial IPAs during this past year. So once again it’s that time of year when all the media publications and blogs put out their “top whatever” lists, so here at BREWPUBLIC we figured we’d again do the same. On RateBeer, it scores 3.03 out of 5 and is in their 49th percentile.Everyone loves lists right? No more is that evident than in the craft beer world. On BeerAdvocate, it scores an overall grade of B. It would be a good go-to session beer and I can see how it’s a big seller. Overall: I think this is pretty prototypical of the Cream Ale style, light and sweet and grassy but very clean. Mouthfeel: Light and crisp with a pleasing mineral-sweetish afterbite. Fairly clean and crisp, tiny notes of hops and a little mineral-y. Taste: French bread crust, wheat and a bit of sweet green grass. Smell: Crisp wheat and a touch of sweet corn. Normally only available in Wisconsin, I was able to acquire some just to be able to review it for Cream Ale Week.Īppearance: Golden yellow with a bit of haze two fingers of fine white head. Naturally cloudy we allow the yeast to remain in the bottle to enhance fullness of flavors, which cannot be duplicated otherwise. We even give a nod to our farmers with a little hint of corn. Brewed with flaked barley and the finest Wisconsin malts. We continue this pioneer spirit with our Wisconsin farmhouse ale. Here’s their description:Ĭask conditioned ale has been the popular choice among brews since long before prohibition. ![]() As it happens, it may also be Wisconsin’s best-known beer-it’s certainly the flagship beer for the brewery.Īt 4.8% alcohol by volume it’s a true session ale. The most-rated beer for the Cream Ale category on both BeerAdvocate and RateBeer comes from Wisconsin, specifically the town of New Glarus: Spotted Cow, from (fittingly enough) New Glarus Brewing. JanuBy Jon Abernathy | Filed in Reviews, Theme Week
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